The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1849-02-02


selves hem have hesitation believing that
money In your e,rts eff This truly national object
regret much to ud that nnrng zeal Is not likely ,o
meet with propotionac reward
'w. o. BUTLER"
Sir il is that letter, and letters like that, which have
led me to believe that Mr.. Myerle was an individual
whose want of COOL character has not deprived him of
The right to make claim upon TINS government which
is in my ind men founded obviously IN right and jus
tce . , -
But we have made no application TO the Navy Depart
men. Mr. President, ask in regard 10 the transactions
which took place. what information Is Il which we are
like to receive from the Navy Department more salts
factory than that which has already been gwen! Wei
have the contract entered into by Mr. Paudlng with MIR
Myere, and his report TO the United States, stating the
execution OF that contract He informed the Senate that
in order carry out the experiment he was Determined
extend the time, if the hemp should not be furnished
within The time limited by the contract we have he
report OF the committee OF the House OF Representatives.
and Mr.. Pauldings endorsement OF that report That
report sent 10 the Secretary OF the Navy and he has
verified its and has expressed his views and
wishes. What more them can We obtain from the Navy
Department by new references
Mr.. President, upon this general question OF indehns
posponemen fobear to occupy the time OF the Senate
by going into further details. trust the motion for post
ponement will not prevail. hope this individual will
have Justice done TO him. II the motion does not prevail
the question will recur upon the bill and the collateral
question introduced BY the senator from Kentucky lhr
UNDERwooD] and that suggested by the senator from
Arkansas, IMr. BoRLAND 1t will be time enough ,o
go further into the bill when the Senate shall have de-
cided to upon the consideration OF the subject
Mr. HANNEGAN Mr.. President, this question en
tered the Senate when did and has been here year after
year during the period that nave beena member OF Il 4
Senate acting barrier to the progress Of other bus
ness AS suppose that every senator has made up bis
mind upon the question, for the purpose OF having de
cison, az test motion, move to lay the bill upon the
table Upon that motion ask the yeas and nays.
The question being states upon the motion by Mr.
HANNEGAN, the yeas and nays were demanded and OF.
dered and being taken, the yeas were 10, nays 81 al
follows
YEAS-Messrs. Atehison, Benton. bor!and, BradbnT,
Dix Downs, Felch, Fitzgerald, Hamn, Ianncsan, Hun
Johnson of Georgia, Zones, Maso" Metcae Surseoa
NAfS--Messrs. A,herton, Badger, Baldwin, Bell, Ber
rien. Bright Butler Clarke, Davis Of Mississippi Dnyo
Greene, Houston, ohnson Of Louisiana King Miller, Ne
Pearce, Rusk, Spuance, Walker, Webster, aud Yalee-g
So the the bill was not laid upon the table.
motion for adjournment was made and negatved
on dvi~on--ayes 49, noes %.
Mr. BENTON. | made statement. sir, which ID
ge nteman from Georgia [Mr. BERRIEN] answered b
reading from report. ] said that this contract wa
made in the expiring moments OF that administrator
He read show that the contract OF 200 tons OF hem
made the year before the expiration OF the admins
ira ion But the claim is for FIVE hundred tons OF hemp
is it not And, sir, three hundred of these tons wen
granted in the expiring moments of that administrator
II that contract oil three hundred tons, constun
the bulk of this demand which had in my mind wle
said that the contract granted in the expiring moi
ments of the administrations SO much Tor that remard
The senator from Georgia also repre- sents the goye]
selves of his skill and his capital, to introduce into
west the manufacture of waier-rotted hemp. | belle
that is the way he represented it. do not mlsundersta
the senator, presume for, he says nothing, Now,
was cotenporary with all these things and was ma
in the beginning, to "hold CANDLE to II little; SO
know all about #. Mr.. Myerle sought me, on
great knowledge upon the subject, and Of how much
was going to do. And he got from letter 10 the
rotary Of The Navy. have looked over the large aE
lection OF letters which he has here but do not lind
Has any gpntle sPan n r
Mr.. YULEE. | saw 1t to-day, sir.
MIR. BENTON. wrote such letter. sir, and
guage because wrote from bis own representation.
got other letters, to my knowledge. in the same way
obtained from the then senator from Pennsyl
now Secretary OF State. know that Mr.. Myerle ca
here person coming get thing from thcgovernms
Of the United States. The government never though
him, the Secretary OF the Navy never thought OF
nobody thought of hin. IT is altogether piece
poetry and romance to represent the government as ~
ing out this he came here, sir, as others come
came here jobber; and he went from meno'
member--and he came % myself among others-o
out case until he got enough names to carry to
Secretary Of the Navy. When he went there with
representations, the Secretary of the Navy gave him
FIRST contract, and afterwards gave HIM another OF
tons in the expiring moments of his administration III
In the beginning, held a candle In that way
wards, when at Woolford where he carried on his
atoms, the operations of this individual, and
to the houses of such men as the Harris, who have
lhenp-growng from the beginning. The docunens
the two Houses thirty years ago show that they were
eiipiEcu IN tHe business OF WaieI-TOliNS Hcu'i
are engaged in it now. saw these persons and
that Dir. Myerle the laughing stock OF the h'
growers and the hemp manufactures there, and o.
Secretary OF the Navy also sir. IL. was the laugh
stock OF every practical man. He went there WHO
farthing OF money. The shn-plas,ers which he l''
up the Ohio were sent after him, but cond not DC
lccted. He went there without farthing oil mo
without particle Of credit, and without any know
of the subject. His whole stock from the beglnnn
the present time has been this contract, and nothing
lie has gone upon that from beginning to end
it, sir; and could prove il, ii the hemp growers o.
lucky here, or ii the hemp-growers OF NUS
were here, or even If those Shawnees AMI Deia~a
were here
He came here for Job from Congress, and he su'a
ed, as 50 many others succeed. he had nothing 10
sir he hal no skill to mpart; he had no credit 10
The very terms upon which he got money show
Whether he entered into these terms frauduently,
design to cheat the in the end, or whether he
into II in good faith. desiring that they should
eventually, it comes to the same thns-he goi
money. He ruined the men, and he has, to my
ledge, utterly refused-and he fights il of by every
in his power-to let the men whom he has ruined
| one farihing Of this amount.
And now, sir, they read the letters from the Secle
I am unfortunate, Mr.. President, in not beng
make myself understood. My complaint Wa
these papers had not been sent TO the very hs,
alone could give the answer-io the hemp ase'
refused to receive the hemp. did not ask thai u
be sent to the Secretary then in olice, or inc ou
ceediDg him. Neither of them, sir, was The F
give the answer TO this petition The person 10
answer, sir was the hemp agent TO whom Tue y
was tde, and who authorized 10 pass ufoh
| MIR. BRADBURY. read from the contract:
| "rhe said hemp shall be subject, delivery, 70
lion and test 10 be made by to be appoli
navy commissioners by n,e commander
yard Aforesaid, aud shall be entirely to ibeif 49, o
othcrwis it is not TO BE- received by the goverhn
Unitcd States"