New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-01-13


lance By The actually trareled By tie Ma Cby Rich
u1ond Charleston, &c 10 g47 miles as he charges.
This Of in manner conflicts with the
statement in The Tribune The whole controversy
has been checkered by ust such Misrepresentation
evasions as this
Gen. JAMES j. MCKAY Of " {. said there was
mistake in his case as given in The Tribune out il
was immsierisl. II there appeared tina, he charged
81 30 excess or for travelling 395 miles while bis dis.
lance by nearest Pos, Route only 81 miles The
Tribune entirely right far the distance bis
Post Office concerned, but he Tired sst' mills b..
you'd his Posf-Ohoe, and charged accordingly.
Nj. GREELEY. How could nave known that
Gen MCKAY. You could not. am not com
planning Of the article in The Tribune go with you in
th. matter bur you challenged all 10 poln, out any er
rors and did you required
Mr. GREELEY; OF course, Mr.. Chairman, there
May be many such cases as this Ny predecessor
Mr.. ID. s. JAcKsos) lived seven or eight miles be
yOnd his Post Office ] myself live halt as far
Nobody imagInes that IN the cases where there 3
discrepancy Of a few dollars only between the
Mileage as IL is and as ] contend il should be,
there Is any intentional excess. The People vii
understand all this without special explanations.
And now % the gentleman from Mississippi
Gov. BROwsl who IGNORED me with 40 large
snare Of his attention and his courtesy yesterday.
That gentleman made direct charge upon me Of
falsifying his account, saying ] lad set down lis
distance By the nearest POst-ROute at some eight
or nine hundred miles, whereas the actual distance
was over 900 miles from this city 20 jackson.
Miss. aud he lived thirty-odd miles beyond that.
Sir. Chairman, that gentleman is set down Ia The
Tribune as taking - s64 Mileage for a distance
Of 1880 miles 20 Washington, while the actual
distance by nearest Post-Route is stated at ,04s
miles-Excess OF Mileage - 026 30. have the
Table OF Post-ROute Distances already quoted be-
fore me- and that gives the shortest Post Route
distance from this city % Jackson, Miss. at l.0l0
miles add 81 miles for the gentemans distance
beyond Jackson and you have the l,0i1 miles
stated in The Tribune.
Gov. BRowS-Tbe Tribune article the Edito-
hal) asserts that in toe accompanying table the dis
,ances are taken from the asi Official List Of Poet Of
fees With their distances from Washington that not
true. have the lost Official List before me, and il
makes the distance TO Jackson aforesaid over 100
miles
Mr.. GRFFIEY ! have repeatedly stated, and
| this Committee well knows that did not make
up the Table published IN he Tribune. direct
! ed IL 10 be done and employed a competent man
10 doit told him 20 use the latest Ofica List, and
presumed he had done 81. And he did use the lat
est he could find containing lat II Ne sererQi
Post Offices ruth fhe1r respectlre ftsfaHces from
| Washington By the shortest Post-R0Ufe. The list
the gentleman rfhDs IRON 4uitt hNiuSs
The distances il gives not by the shortest Mail
| Route but by the usual Mail ROute-the circuit
Gus route through Charleston, Augusta. Monigom
cry, &c taken 70 carry the great Mail from tins
city % Jackson. Miss-and hat route Is only about
Q thousand miles shorter than the one by which
the gentleman charges. By the shortest Mail Route,
the gentleman's residence is but lO49 miles from
this CITY as is stated in The Tribunes table is It
NV fault that the gentleman has been moved so
grossly TO assail me
The gentleman saw ht TO speak Of my vocation
as an Editor ard 70 charge me with editing my
paper from my seat on tins floor NJ Chairman,
/ do not beve there is one Member IN this Han
who has written less IN bis seat this Session than
have done. have been too much absorbed IN
the Ito me novel and exciting scenes around me
TO write and have written 10 Editorial here
Time enough for that, Sir. before and alter your
daily Sessions. But the gentleman either direct
w charged or plainly insinuated that | have neg
ected ny duties as a Member Of .his House to at
tend 10 my own private business. | meet this
charge with a positive and clrcumstantlal denial.
Except p brief sitting Private Bill day, have
not been absent one hour in all, nor the hall Of H.
from the deliberations OF this House have never
voted Tor an early adjournment nor TO ADJOURN
over Nv name will be found recorded on every
call Of the Yeas and NAYS. And, as the gentleman
insnuated n neglect of my duties as Member OF
Committee Public Landsl ! appeal 70 Its Chair
man for proof 10 any that need II that ! have
never Dttn atetti nun Iitttlhe VI tHhN yum
mittee, nor any part of one and that have rather
sought than summed labor upon It And | am
confident that, alike in my seat and ont ~ SC,
shall DO as large a share .of the work devolving
upon this House as the gentleman from Missis
sipp will deem desirable.
And now Mr.. Chairman, word on the main
question before us ! know very WE'LL knew
from the iirst-what low, contemplate dema
goguing business this of attempting to save Public
Money always is. II is not a task for gentlemen
1t is esteemed rather disreputsble even for
Editors. Your eentemanly work Is spending
layishing- -dstributing-taking Savings are al
WAYS such vulgar beggarly, two.penny affairs
there is sorry and stingy look about them most
repugnant TO al gentlemany instincts. And be-
side they never happen 70 hit the right place-it
is always Strike higherl Strike lower TO
be generous with other peoples money-generous
20 sell and friends especially that is the way TO be
popular and commended 60 ahead and never
care tor expense Iii your debts become incon-
venient, you can repudiate and BLACKBOARD your
creditors descended from Judas lscariot All
| Mr.. Chairman, was not rocked in the cradle OF
| gcntihfy
| A word now Tor the gentleman from Ohio Mr.
lioorl who also addressed the Committee on Tues
day. Either he has greatly changed, or ! have
been sadly deceived Tor | think there was time
within my knowledge Of him when he would not
have made that Speech could hear my part in
il very quietly; but was sorry Tor his. We do
not easily part with our Illusions.
The gentleman told Us at the outset that he bad
seen r good many Of these propositions of Reform.
and that he had seen how they were all disposed
| of-by pilng amendment upon amendment, re
trcnchment upon retrenchment, until the affair be
came perfectly odious If not absurd running the
thing INTO the ground, and there burying it. That
was the gentleman's text his Speech and his
| proposition were the fitting commentary. They
| showed HIM adept in the arts he so proclaimed
his knowledge of. He must know-no man better
that his scheme OF charging by the hour for Mem
bers travel 10 and from tins city will neverbe sdopt
ed. There is no real equality aboutit Many man
| travelling Railroads spends a dollar per hour
| for mere passage money others, travelling IN
| stages. hardly spend shilling. Who viii say
whether necessary detention awaiting convey
ance the subsistence OF swollen rivers should be
paid ior--and If II shoald. how much OF 1t there
| would be Beside, no man would kRow how
much Mileage to charge under this rule lie
might know how many hours he had been coming
from Iowa or Texas 10 this City in November but
that would never determine how long II would
take him to return 10 Iowa or Texas in March. IL
would be all guess-work and who guesses for
IeN.l. NJ Nal