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10 the beneft of Messrs Morimullin and Cornwall, the
assgnees OF the hemp rejected by the officers OF the Uni
MIR BRIGHT said: The effect Of that amendment is Il,
prevent any benefit whatever TO result To Mr. Myerle
i is nothing more nor less than granting injunction
from this body upon whatever money MIR Myere is en-
titled 10. II is TO tie up until suit in shall de-
iermine it's disposition. If this petitioner as remarked
isdependent Of any amendment of this kind He en-
titled in person not II all The object of the amend
ment is to make an appropriation 10 other individuals
who furnished the money with usurous interest for the
consummation OF the arrangement II is contrary both
10 law and morals for legislative body encourage
system OF this kind The effect of the proposition s, TO
asked the senator from Kentucky tMr. UnDERwooDl
lew days ago. when this proposition was before us to
cite precsdsnt where pssiiioaer has shown that he
was clearly entitled to relief, in which a legislative
body has nterposed to protect the right OF third parties
by an amendment apprehend that he can cite case
Mr. UNDERWOOD I beg leave to state a case to the
senator 40 that he answer it now. In the Of
the building OF fort on the shores of the gulf Of Mex
leo by Harris, would ask whether the laborers who
had claims against Harris protected in the srihu
ton OF that money which the government owed to the
contactors In the OF the improvement made here
Quenee OF having performed the work at the instance of
the contractors: admit as the gentleman from Con-
nec,cut Mr. NLEsl said the other day. that the pre-
ceden's are that where Congress nteposes 10 the
rights Of SPECTATORS they to the aborer the
money he has earned in the performance of the Job.
have found no presidents beyond those and there are
others to the effect produced the last session of
Congress These can be hunted up for the satisfaction
Mr. BRIGHT lam much obliged to the honorable
senator for referring to the case Of Farrell and Harris
II he will 90 little further and take the trouble turn
over the journals of Congress- he will ascertain that that
very has been intcrminabe one. The parties
teescl pelitioned Congress for the passage of BILL and
the matter ID yet unsettled The mentioned
very different from this 1t is part Of the policy
fraud the part of particular contractors They make
the labor OF the bcontractor, the material he fur
nshes lien upon the thing created That is not the
case here II these gentlemen had mixed their labor in
the matter under consideration, under arrangement
with the government il would have presented very diff
AS remarked before Mr. Presidentif this petitioner is
entitled to the appropriation asked for he is entitled to it
in his own right, independent of other parties, any
association he may have formed with third parties 1t is
not analogous to the one the senator refers
The effect of the amendment he offers is to embarass tho
bill and defeat the object in view OF aordng relief to the
defeat of the object of the BILL but it is protection to
men III the exactiOn OF uHurOus interest," who hope by
their contract to avail themselves Of all the proposed
advantages resulting to the persons who undertake an
Er Underwood Ibid hope, sir that was done
with this bill forever and doubt great many of the
senators had wished the same thing But sir cannot
allow such statements are made here to go unnoced.
after have participated in the discussion OF the BILL and
lemsn from Louisiana do lie attempts prejudice the
claim OF Mortmuliin & Cornwall, by saying that they
were guilty q usurous sxacon and thar the passage Of
ssssss ssSsss : So: s.d ss e ~
Cornwall viii obtain q ali i; The usury which their
spuates to receive Sir, this is not So There
is not lawyer in Kentucky no matter how humble he
be in his profession who does not know better than
that. In the Investigation which takes place.. our law
always curails the usury, and allows only the simple
interest Il does not as it formerly did, vacae con.
tract entirely because OF the exacon of the Interests and
now, if contract appear the principal and the legal in
terest is allowed. and no more.
Well, now. sir is that the ground upon which you will
refuse justice Individuals Win YOU whenever
tractor has in making contract stipulated to make great
er profit than the law allows upon that ground refuse
Senate of the United States has 10 say to him. "You
shall not have sheer Justice" hope those extra
considerations will not be thrown in here. How
Oh says he they for labor; this did not work
the market. He did not work like iaborers upon the
thing Created. Ii he had sweat and labored. and toll
ed those did, then he might have had chance to
go and ask interest Of the Legislature of the country
And st put case or IT, the gentleman
will answer. We have an army. or fragment OF one,
in Oregon Suppose you horses for the OF that
deliver thousand horses s Alter he gets contrac he
comes 10 Kentucky and says 10 me, any other Ken
tuckian. Here il my conract-ook at it. am to have
$780, 2o0 300 dollars apiece for these horses have not
sufficient to purchase all of them Will you, Mr.
Underwood. Mr.. ID, step forward and let me have
the OF your credit and enable me 10 furnish this
thousand horses and 20 with them, and deliver them in
Oregonl You shall have lease upon the horses,
and receive every dollar OF the money, and pay your
self out Of i; and you shall have twelve pei. cent
for your risk and trouble. Well, sir, do it., or
any other Kentuckian does it. He uses his money,
lends his credit, and goes into bankruptcy. lie pur-
chascs his thousand horses, and takes them to Oregon
When he gets there the officer OF the to
him. will not receive your hoses have made no pro-
vision take Of them II take them they will die
upon my hands You must take them back to kentucky.
Every horse dies for want OF forage Then SIR the con-
tractor Of the government here, and sayst0 gov
eminent, ." sent thousand horses to Oregon, just
would not receive them he had provided forage and
every horse died lost the whole Now pay me Tor
the horses carried there He says, Mr.. Presdent-by
the way OF petition TO Congress-this did moi ex-
pend dollar; il all my money. purchased the
horses; the contract between him and me was, that
was hold the horses till got the money advanced
for him. They rejected nj Oregon. and perished;
and beg you, in the name al ustce not 10 pay this
insolvent man, who now has fallen out with me
for il you do. shall never get dollar for my horse:
How will the gentleman dispose OF that cascl Will
he turn round aud say to him. under circumstances of
kind you must lose your horsesl This insolvsnt
contractor must have the money. and you shall not
touch dollar oil il. Sir. Congress would be
mockery in administering justice you should thus treat
that petitioner. Sir, another occurs TO You
want TO deliver provision for the use Of your army,
and
Mr. BRIGHT II the senator viii allow me. win