The republic., 1851-01-27

commons by order Of the commanding officer
and is lost; and the fourth 10, where he dies to'
want of sufficient provender being furnished Dy ths
Government These are the four cases proyideo
for by law, where horses that are lost are paiu iof
according to my present recollection laPpeai 70
gentlemen to say, whether a soldier VINO has ios'
his horse from any other cause than those nave
mentioned, would be entitled TO compensation un-
der the existing laws.
ask whether it is right that he should demand
compensation from this Government under any
other circumstances than those specined py law'
If this law is not sufficiently broad In It's terms 10
cover such cases as members desire should be paid,
let the law making power make the necessary
amendments, but do not require the heads OF pu-
reaus 10 usurp high powers by taking jurisdiction
of and allowing claims not authorized by law TO
be paid. ~
II you present case that does not come within
the provisions of the law, and insist on its payment
you ask that officer to grant demands which he Is
not authorized to grant, and the granting Of which
would justly render him obnoxious to all wise and
just men.
Mr.. MOORE obtained the floor, and remarked
that he intended to say but few words, and
should not have participated in the running fight
at all, if il had not been for what be considered
some ungenerous remarks which had been made
in reference to the executive officers OF the Govern
ment, by some of the gentlemen who had partlci-
pated in the debate. And he must say, that he
considered the remarks made by his honoraple
friend from Kentucky, (Mr MARsHALL,) in his
speech upon the bill reported by the select com
the executive officers of our Government gener-
ally, and especially as applicable to the Third
Auditor OF the Treasury Department lie could
not remember all the denunciatory remarks used
by that gentleman in the course OF his speech but
ne had confused recollection of "the patients be-
ing in comatose state, Cerbonian bsgs, and other
phrases of this nature, with which that speech was
embellished; and he also remembered an lntlma-
ton that the additional clerical force asked for in
that bill was only wanted to increase executive pa
tronage. 1t is true, the honorable gentleman has
since somewhat qualified his language on this sub
lect, by saying that he meant she would not vote
for these additional clerks merely for the purpose
OF increasing executive patronage" All he had
to say to this was, that no member OF that commit
tee, friend cf the bill, asked or expected him to
vote for it for any such reason but for the reason
that this additional force actually necessary TO
speedy and prompt execution of the Bounty Land
act of last session And he somew hat surprised
to hear such sentiments from one who professed to
be, only friend of the Administration but was,
at the time Of the passage Of the Bounty Land act,
and he believed is now anxious to be considered a
friend of the poor soldier, as he has not unfre-
quently termed them. He thought the honorable
gentleman taking very singular method OF
demonstrating his friendship either Tor the Admin
istration or the soldiers who were to be benefited
by the Bounty Land act As for the lntinatlon that
this clerical force wanted to increase executive
patronage, he would say to that gentleman, that
there was not an officer of the Government, from
the chief Executive down to the lowest officer in
any of the Departments, who has the appointing
willin ely submit to reduction OF their salary, to
be relieved from this most difficult and unpleasant
of all the duties they have to perform be ven
ured to say that they would return vote of thanks
to Congress if it would, in any manner, relieve
them from this duty. He did not, however, desire
to multiply words on this subject. The honorable
gentleman would have them believe that he was a
friend of the poor soldier, and he (Mr. Nj did not
doubt but that he was; but how did he manifest itS
Why, by telling the House that he should vote
against the bill authorizing these additional clerks
The effect of which vote would be- II 1t prevented
the passage of the BILL to delay the effective opera
tion of the Bounty Land act 80 long, that hundreds
and thousands Of those now living, and for whose
benefit the law enacted would be in their graves
and beyond the reach ofts provisions long before 1t
could be carried into effect And the honorable
gentleman talked as if the various bureaus in the
Departments connected with the operation Of this
act, had nothing to do but to go to work at once
and carry its provisions into effect, for he said or
intmated, that there was already sufficient cleri-
cal force in thDse bureaus, ii they would but to
work and attend to their busness and he instanced
the Third Auditors office in particular. He MIR.
Nj believed that it in this part Of his speech
that he spoke of "Cerbonian bogs," &c. Now, if
the honorable gentleman believed there
duty to perform in that office except to attend to
this Bounty Land act, be would refer him to state
ment which he held in his hand of some of the bust
ness before that Office, which had been made by
order of the Secretary Of the Treasury, and from
which he could get the following facts:
Statement shoring the number Of cases Of all descrip
tions pending IN the Office Of the Third auditor on
the 5h March, 1919, the number pending year,
t,co years. and three years, and the aggregate pend
ing the 5th March, ls49; also the cases pending
on the LIST Nopembsr, 1850, aud the ich0e number
settled during that period. Prepared in o6ro ,rnce
TO an order of the Secretary Of the 4. eastrv. Or
tobG %, 1850.