Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1846-08-01
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OFFICFRs AND PRIVATES.

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r. OFFICERS AND PRIVATES.
u Synopsis of Mr.. StetOarts'S Speech in
~ House of Representatives. in taror Of
- creas;ng the pay Of rOlntesrS.
at Mr.. Stewart of Pu., said that he thong
,e the comufittee were expanding too niue
e oF theIftime in making provisions for Il
d officers Of the army, and not enough
g. making provisions for the priyates in i
!. ranks. He inquired OF the Gha6Mwheth
n it would be in order to M Rpep
ment to The amendment nd n
king an increase in the pay seer
The officers we're we'll paid cou
9 take care of themselves, but what was
S become of the families of the poor voIuI
n leers, who encountered all the hardship
of military service for seven dollars
| month. It's very comfortable thing
r have an officers birth and ample provi'
: ions from Government, while the men di
j. the fighting, Now be though, these YER
= men, who after all had to bear the bron
r of the battle, who ought first to be provi
D ded for.
: Mr.. S. had risen mainly for the purpos'
, OF indicating himself and those who &C
ted with him from false and caIumniou'
charge. The wings in that House hac
been charged with throwing cold waller
upon the war, diShearening the nation
and decrying and dscouraging the yoIun.
teers. Now, actions spoke louder than
words, and he should, on this occasion, ap
peal to facts to show who were, and who
were not justly liable to this charge.
What were the facts!
A few days since bill had been return
ed from the Senate reducing the pay of
the volunteers from ten dollars month
to seven dollars month, and on concur
ring with that reduction the yeas and nays
had been called and what was the result?
The wings in that House went in body
against concurrence and tor giving the
volunteers len dollars, while every mem.
Der OF the democratic party, with the ex.
cePtIon Of eight, had voted to reduce their
pay to seven dollars. Was that the way
patriotic gentlemen encouraged voun-
teerlng? Mr.. S. looked at votes, not at
speeches. He did not ask who flattered
the volunteers, but who voted to pay them.
Apply this test, and how stood the two
parties? Who voted to give them ten
dollars a month! The Wings. Who
were Tor reducing their pay to seven DOL
lars! The democrats. Mr.. S. had pro.
duced this stubborn fact for the vindlca.
ton OF himself and his friends. He an
PeaIed TO the record. There stood the
yeas andnays. Let gentlemen deny their
own votes, If they chose.
What more? Mr.. S. had introduced a
resolution which proposed to increase the
pay oil volunteers to ten dollars, and to
give them hundred and sixty acres OF
land Here was another test. Every
wing, but fre voted in favor of the mo.
llon, but 1t was voted down by gentlemen
the other side. Mrs.. had renewed the
same proposition yesterday in committee
OF The whole, but it was again voted down
oy gentlemen on the other side in a body.
NOW, he wanted the country to understand
mis- matter. A strong effort was making
10 cause the people to believe that the
wings were opposed to the war; that they
were throwing embarrassments in the
way OF the administration, dishear tening
t IN. army, and dlscouragng the volunteers.
heSe SANDERS are repeated every day in
!! the ofhclaI, (the Unlon) and copied from
!. III all the party papers, the followers Of
Tue OnIon, In the country. Yet how stood
Inc TACT? Who was it that DISCOURAGED
'hevolunt eers2 Was it the wings, who
were ready to pay him ten dollars month
ana give him a comfortable farm, or was
IL the SO called friends ofthe adminisira-
ton, who, wanted him to fghbt...a mo
and find himself? Seven GoIIatsa month (
A pretty amount Of pay for farmer or a
mechanic, who could get dollar day,
oy iaborng at home, but who forsock his
business and his family, and went inlo the
slckly climate of Mexico, encounter the {
dangers Of the camp, the iatigues of the q
march, and the blood and carnage of the a
oa''le neld; 1t was saithe went for glo-
fy' Yes; but could his wife and children b
i've upon glory? The wings were ready r
Q give him tract Of land; the democrats b
'o'ed 1t down two to one. The whios a
wanted TO give him ten dollars; The demo. h
rats gave him seven. Was not this verv a
patriotic? Here were gentlemen, famine 4,
'atrlots too, who received their eioht do11 +
ars Tor spending few hours day in L. v
,,lsiatlon, and who then returned to aIIlh
ne comforts of plentiful home, and I
ouId very coolly vote a man seven dol. h
ifs month, less than what they them b
ewes received day. for going to Mex. /,
Q, a distant and uncongenial climate. v
10 exposing himself to the lances and a
le Oayonets OF the foe! These we're the D
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