The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1851-03-28


tor Pearce towards in the Senate, together with 50
much OF the official report OF the proceedings IN that body
on this subject is requisite TO explain what the con-
duct of the honorable senator We should not have
bestowed moments notice on this matter. had it moi
been for two very important considerations, VIZ: /, the
RepuJ 10 says Mr. Pearce acted with propriety in his
course towards US; and 81 that we had right TO ex-
pec anything from the wings but 'simplc and sepere
Justice" So far respects the conduct OF Mr. Pearce
we have only this to observe that when the bill WIS
taken up for relief, it wanted just twenty five IN n
u,es Of IL oclock-,he hour of final adjournment He
rose and stated that he had materials for speech" col
lec,ed from public printed documents which have result
ed from the examinations of Consrcss He did not pre-
tend that he hal word TO say which had not been
peated thousand times, in Congress aud in the newspa
pers year past 10 add TO those already
known every member, in the printed documents before
him This whole SUI cct had been sed TO the bottom by
the committees of both houses the facts had been fully
laid before them; the arguments had been exhausted ;
the House ha passed this bill large majority Of the
Senate was in It's favor the session within few
moments of its close; important appropriation bills re-
manned 10 be passed, without which the government
could hardly 90 with lis operaons-among the rest
the naval appropriation and lighthouse bills, in which
no State in the Union las direct interest than The
State of Maryland; every senator had definitely made
up his mind on the subject; each man understood it as
WELL and ni,ls-tenthS Of them better than the senator
from Maryland and yet, at this critical instant, he rises
to make speech lie, any read the proceedings be-
low and he will see clearly what was his design Ii
was not to throw light upon the question, for that he
knew he could not do 1t not 10 discuss H. but 10
preren po'e from beiag taken, and thus 10 defeat IT.
When poniedly asked by General Foote whether he in
tended to speak the time Out he attempted TO evade the
question but the attempt al evasion was 50 feeble the
vel! was so thin that il amounted in effect TO direct
,maon that he would speak the session out, and defeat
all the important appropriations then pending rather than
see us relieved He did state his purpose boldly and
atly He endeavoed TO veil il by such transparent stuff
as to disclose his purpose most efecually
General Foote knew the man. He had seen his achieve.
mens OF Ike dignity, on former memorable occasion, and
he thought il right and proper to lay the matter the
table The Republic charltably thinks Mr. Pearce had
right 10 require the adjustment OF the whole printing sys-
TEN before any action taken for our relief. And
pray, what to be done' The new contract was
made and completed. II had nothing TO do with u.s. nor
we with it and how that poor preext for
excusea Our application was for juslice-ay, simple
AMI severe justiee"not for charity grauity We had
performed our contract Congress had refused pay
for much Of our work that afforded the only profit 1t
withheld the census which we had right 10 expec,
and holding only TO the hard paris of our bargain
working our ruin We asked for relief from this unfair
and oppressive imposition. We asked iustiee-Mr.
Pearce denied ii not by fair vo,e but by preventing
fair vote-by intima,ng clearly that he would speak
until the expiration of the session; and yet the Republic
thinks be acted with proprety and deserves 10 be
mended
The Republic seems think that there is difference
between sphig and democratic justice. Had we been
wing, we might have been relieved but we were
democrat, wings must administer 10 us "simple and Sc
we're justice" alone. Well, we agree TO this. We are
satisfied 1t is all we desire We had supposed that
Justice was not to be measured by mans politics
When parties enter into contracts with the government
il is presumed that their rights to be estimated and de-
termined By the ordinary and known rules Of au uppii-
cable 10 the case When this TO be the rule OF
CURLY who will deal with the government what rel
ance can be placed in It's faith and ntegriy On the rule
of the Republic. with such partsans MIR. Pearce to
carry il out the despotsm Of Russia would be Just and
equitable compared with this system OF proceeding We
are glad however to be able to say that the great leading
minds in the whig party above this minded
bigotry We had no hmer and more enlightened advo-
Gates in the Senate than Mr. Clay, Mr.. Berren, Mr..
Badger, and MIR. Dawson; and in the House. many
of the most intelligent and respectable wings stood
By us throughout the contest. We have the sat.
isfacon, too, of believing that had Mr. Webster
been in the Senate he would have been among
the number Of our friends. We ready TO accept
"smpe and Justice from the hands of such
They know what it is, and they possess the high and
manly spir, to award it TO political adversary
Mr. Ewing told General Fooe that il other individual
would speak dorm the bill for relief, he would do it,
He found ally in Mr. Pcarce TO take the work of his
hands We have had occasion 10 speak of MIR. Ewing
in no very complimentary TERMS but that fault of
ours What had to do with his speculalons, his
house rent and his nun other great and small trans
sressons II he would have escaped censure he should
have acted differently and have given cause for cen.
sure. Hence his hostility is natural-the ''galled Jade
will vince" As for Mr. Pearce he had no jus, ground
for opposition OF personal nature this evidently
1t is true thought his conduct the compromise
not very creditable to him as senator,
and said 80 but this more than almost every
body else said. and Mr.. Clay-ay even his own cons'i.
tuensas cmpha,cally any other persons. This was
scarcely rational cause for such unmitgated rancor
he displayed He is, TO be Of that peculiar
idiosyncnsy who would deem very slight personal