Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1846-06-19

ihs elusr Of Jag " 80 80, bou"tS paid i,'- 3 IA
hrlmenl was eauIsd uP 10 near ole hum
died anu tie, duudns. ~ cuuise, l know
vety l,uIt o. lhr puthc srugmeui Al lhat
TIME in rtsprcI 10 Ihe wasrs o. the private
soldiers. Uug have often hratd wtl''lulo''
uitd mru, " la loUk prominent parts ia uir
-rpurs ui tha. dal, Uttr.ute many ol I've
disasters that urlrIl our aims ga 'he hisi
parl OF thdl val to lAu iuadrqudcy oi lae
pay ol the pItyues,
low ~ il now rn Louisiana, where our
war ,hould he 70 populaf' II a"y where!
! Da not the newspapers INFORM US That VOL
,utpprs 40 not come IoIwaid IN sufficient
Z numbers 10 enable the Hor,rnor OF thai
State to comply with The ryqusi'oh m"de
upon hun by General Tay y,o', and that he
/ wIlI have 10 resort To draughI Ia do SOL
I And this, too, when It Is We known that
! the very cXsIeuCr OF GencIal layloI ar
NV may drprnd upon a plomii compliance
( with In rt7lui-Itul. Yet, no one duub!s
1 the par o.isln OF the citizens OF Louisiana,
or lheir deep sympathy with our fellow
cIlizens ui The "dlmy OF OrcupallOn.' /
| tell you, M. Chairman, you must do some
/ thing 10 ruiSr "Jncle sans Character as
an employer aud paynasle,, or thls raising
| OF volunteers wlli prove an uphill business.
! On the score Of rcOIuWy, too, btlieve
| The policy OF low wages III very worst IN
the world. A shoT. var, with high wages,
Itwil be much LEES expensive than a long
war with low. II yon Will take the uou'
tie 10 look INTO this army appropriation bill,
| YOU VIII zee that ol the rAprnse OF keep
/ ing up our military establishment, the va
grs ol the rank aud file bears but very
-ualI proportion; aud IT you wit 20 stt!t
| further, and examine the war accounts,
aad especially tIlr accounts Of the Florida
! Nar, NCu will hud that Ihr amount OF their
wages, when compared wlth the Olh.rrX-
prnsps OF d War, Is absolutely insignificant.
! Aud yet, SIR, as Jou very wei know, OF all
the essential qualities OF .aa Amy, the
character and disposition OF the rank and
! Ire Is III most important. How viii tlIl'
niggardIy policy OF ours towards the prl-
vaIr soldier appear to ia" people, when
lh"y learn that We pass, without objection,
suclr Ilrlu- a. thrrr!
"For communication ofoiG GERS subsistence,
four hundred aud SIX y-live thousand eight
| hundred and Ihuty..wo dulals.
"For commuAtuu o, forage Ior oIlirrrs'
horses, seventy -One thousand SIX hundred
and three dollars.
"For expenses of recruiting, twelve
thousand an twenty-five dulIais.
"For uanSp1rL.ou oI Officers baggog",
! when travelling without troops lilly thou
sand dollars
And these items, be it renembered, are
10. tue peacp establishment.
Whilst | have the floor, (which, as YOU
! know, Mr.. Chairman, Is not always TO he
had Tor the asklng,) / may as We'll make IN!
trknow ledsrmpnta IL lha gpnlcnlan nom
New lork, On. Cor Ion,) WHO. IN hi7
! speech delivered dis moulug. was 50 very
complimentary 10 the iou teen memhors OF
this House v ho vogcd against lhr MrAlcan
war till rs to dtnounce rs rs rnrltilrs "a
our country. and 10 coHalgn Us 10 an mn
mortality ut lnttmy.
In order 10 a Just appreciation OF our OBJ
legation 10 this amiab.c grntIumtn Il should
1r rpmrIn, cred, lhlt all thr WhIle he wa
I-lylng these crvlI thDug~ ut NJ, he was sui
lrrlng. ~ II seemed, Under some nrHrah'r
disease. which. dough 1t couIJ rot dr~uo,
.hr natural sWretuc~S al hS tCmprr, dld
Ipoducr such strange d-ouo4r Ol lore ats
were pamlu 10 b'hold. 1t was que obtr
Gus that he, lmluaruIrlr vatuot that h" T.
though be lrIt constrained Toy high ~rns
0l puhIr duty to cumirun us, yes dld
aore ia sorrow lhal in aUgrr. hrtnkr
Hty, condemnation, coming from such "
source, and administered IN such punt
must needs be 10th pleasant and profitable
to H.; and rFusl that we shall hr aljr f.
give II iu-t the consideration that /; de-
serves. Douhtlcss We rOmmllcd great
error, IN the opinion ol til, gentleman, hN
cndrdv0giug 10 deprive our c0Ouuy 0i th'
blessings 0I War; hul VIII hr not llslen t,
a word in cNtPnuatlnn. II not IN excuse, o
oar offence! lie should rrmembrr Iha
though some ol the o.drslOt thc."lonrtern
may have had something To do WilII war n
the old fashioned way, yttuotonr OF then
: ever participated IN that most novel rli
ned, aud rhtvarr hind wuh which tn
! gentleman it0m New York is 30 ianl'ar
i and which is IN snmuch favor with hlS CON
slturut,--i mcan, sir. that kind OF wa
= (which L. sometnneS waged by di-@ulart
! mob against the legally constituted au'hor
,ieS ol thrrcuUuiry. Wchlve never sccl
war in is mo-t attractive TORN, and there
. tore cannot BE- expected to cour! II with al
= the ardor Of those who have.
i, In conclusion, Mr.. Chairman, must be-
u leave to suggest to the ho"orahIr gentle
man, thatit is possible that he moybe dis
appointed in his expectations lromlhl7w wa
y " dh MrXirr; not lhat lhu,k II is traUgh
I, W til any great daAgerlUhjmi on tae con
u warv. brieve that hc viii ue Qur'r sal
= lrom s.rhrrt~, Tor understand thal be re
Isdtsal the tmko some creek away anon
= the Delaware hills. " here II lorrlgn enrn
: world hc bothered 10 lind HIM, and IA d,
= me-lc QUE would be- apt to regard hlm a
u friend. yeIy much doubt, however
whether the gentleman Will be "hIe 10 de
mn al n AR