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


and others: Now, il provide for the payment OF one
OF the creditors, virtually cut off the claims OF all
me others think there is difficulty in this1a grea
difficulty; and is very dangerous practice to be adopt
ed IN any case remember the case OF contractor
believe upon the avenue here-who sustained he yy
loss his contrast and here for additional al
lOwance. Congress about 10 grant it aud when
they about pass the bill the very who hal
done the work came in and said that their rights
must be taken care Of Well; they privy then
for the allowance was to be made for the very service
which these had performed We pay for The
work, and the who had done the work said we have
not got our pay from the contractor. Congress very
properly took care of these laborers There differ
ence in the laws OF all the States. think, between
money lender and ordinary creditor or aborer. The
laws OF the States protect the rights OF labor They
grant lien, for instance, a vesselnot for money
loaned. bat for labor This man is a mere capitalist
rate of interest," and upon the best security he gel
and il il turns out unfortunately for him, he must submit
lit Other men enter into contracts TO make great prof
its, and consequently must be conened with great haZ
| ards; and that believe, is the present ease sir.
MIR. MErCALFE. | should doubt the proprety of
this claim were for other reason than the bare TACT
these gentlemen from whom he obtained his capital to
carry his work with entitled TO any portion OF this
amount for no other reason than that he objects to
what would be lawful decision upon that subject,
should suspect his claim. He claims credit, to be
sure. sir. for having discovered some years ago, the
process Of water rottinS hemp and introduced It into the
the government has, according to him, derived great adj
vantages Indeed regard 10 this of ottng
no Mssourian, and one from Illinois, will say that
such has been the fact What his proofs OF those
statements that he has rendered any service whatever TO
| the country in regard to this matter
Sir, the honorable senator from Connecticut upon my
left Mr. NILES It understood him, tells US that was
the opinion Of the Secretary OF the Navy tina, Tins hemp
any here to the Senate OF the United States
and put in claim for the sum of $4,000 upon such
ground
1t would certainly do but little honor-anl say it
with all proper defeenceto the Senate and the Union
that they should vote away the public money, even upon
the ground that the Secretary of the Navy lad said that in
his opinion the hemp improperly rejected Sir, both
the Secretary OF the Navy and this claimant Mr.. My
ere know perhaps the bout much as The other
| Gully anything ut all about it. Such believe most SIN
cerely to be the fact II not, repeat where are the
proofs from Kentucky, Missouri, and Illinois, that he
communicated any instruction whatever that has been
beneficial to the hemp-srowers
/ am sure, sir. that principal hemp. grower in Ken
ucky-now no more--who was sensible aud excellent
farmer, looked upon him man disposed to swlndle
the country farmers, as well as otleis lie comes not
here repeat with clean hands, when he comes here to
| ask for 100000 from the treasury.
Perhaps another of the merits that he claims is that
he has endeayoel to induce the Indians 10 undertake the
growth of hemp and the water roting of hemp They
contend that the kentuckians llinoans, and missouri
and Indians have been especially benefited by this
mans instructions in regard to the process OF water-ro-
ting hemp The Navy Department, doubtless, has re-
/ ceved immense advantages from II.
Now. sir, 1t is, according TO my humble conception,
clearly the truth ns represented by the senator IRON MIS-
did comply with this contracts that he furnished
article iha, rejected. | believe this, especially
the from Georgia could not pretend to
say that the Secretary OF the Navy had the hemp
and if he hal, should not have thought sufficient evil
dence. should have thought the Secretary OF the Ma
Wy did not understand whether it OF the required
quality not understand it to have been Inspected by
those who understood the business take It Tor granted
they acting under the oaihs Of their Office
/ But sir, il any is entitled 10 anything, IT is clear
that the capitalists whose money he obtained for the pur
pose OF carrying this work. ought 10 receive at least
their due proportion Of it, But am far, very far from
being under the conviction that any OF them IS entitled
to the first eest They trusted their capital to this
and il he had such an article as he had bound
himself to do. they were justly entitled to their share
And il he now receives damages, are they not unqnes-
onably entitled to portion OF III Toe fact IS that they
were paid anything for tie money which they ad'
4 vanced.
/ confess Mr. President that the character Of this
has its influence upon my mind in regard TO those mat
ters:--a man coming forward with such CLAIM, ina,
wherever he has been among the henpgrowers will
dare say, you will fad to tell you he is trust
worthy citizen Wha,a miserable hnmbug! My ornon
of this is that his oec, Is to get at the paolc rea-
sury in asking that should pay for the information
communicated 10 the people OF tins countTyto the hemp
growers all the through Missouri Illinois, and Ken
lucky. and 10 the Italians; that we should pay hhn See
900 for this informaou that we should go upon the
presumption that the hemp was such an article as he had
contracted to deliver, aud improperly eJeccJ Give
the proofs; let the proofs be demonstrabe, and such
be denied; for the opinion Of the Secre
ary OF the Navy who did not it, if he hal it.,
was incompetent 10 Judge as conceive We all know,
who Know anything about hemp raising, that i, is easy
process represented by the senator from Missouri r
| ATcHIsoN) They put 1t in vat CONSTRUCTED Tor that
purpose, pond OF water and watch il, and when in
the right state they take set ont and let 1t dry and
then break it. should consider the Senate to be exceed
ngly humbngged if it should consent to pay this money
MIR. DICKINSON | send TO the Clerks desk the Sec.
retarys letter, which desire TO hear read.
| The letter accordingly real.
Il Mr. BORLAND. II this bill be not Indefinitely post
poned propose TO offer amenlnent
Mr.. ATCHlSON called for its reading. AMI il was
cordngy read.
Mr.. BENTON The realing of this letter from the
then Secretary of the Navy had induced me to make the
inquiry at this moment which intended to make of the
chairman of the committee who reported the b-wheth-
er OF moi the of the United States has been
heard in this demand against it for $4,000 for violating
this contract Has the government been heard, is
the thus fac pdrte3 should be glad TO have
answer to that question, sir
i Mr.. YULEE. There is nothing than appears in
the report.
Mr. BENTON Then, Mr. President. have to say
that when came here, learned from Mr.. - that in
all where claim was brought AMI cases male out
against the government, he had inquired from the gov
eminent ITSELF through the agent who had the
ton OF the business; and he had generally found that,
when the answer OF the government came upon the
other side, there foundation for tae charges. Ii
has therefore, been practice nexorably Observed when
have had anything to do with the examination OF one
of those claims upon the first accepaton of it, 10 send
ment has turned il 10 the officer who is charged
with the superintendent OF it, and through whose fault
neglect is supposed the damage had occurred We
got his answer; and until got the of the gov
ernment have considered IL before al all.
There was pdrie complaint up on side the
other party has not been called in and has told its
story am not going 10 vote away public money
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