The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1854-04-27
A Faiseheod Nailed.

Democratic Lma0m, we saw an article
commenting on the merits of Judge Poll
LOCK, our candidate for Governor, in
which the editor of the Union charges
Mr.. POLLOCK with having voted against
the bill to increase the pay of soldiers,
then in the Mexican war. Believing the
statement 70 be false, we determined to ex-
anime the records, and see how far the
Union was correct Through the polite
ness of Hon. JOS CASEY, we were fur
nished with copy of the Congressional
Globe and Appendix, containing the
proceedings of the I'd Session, of the 29th
Congress held during 1s46 and AT. On
page 272 and 273, of the Globe, we find
the proceedings of the House, on the bill
to grant Bounty Land to the army i'll
which Mr.. Pollock took an active part,
and offered two additional sections to the
bill, granting bounty lands to the officers
and soldiers who served in the war against
the Indians. On motion Of Mr.. Phelps,
new bill was substit uted, in place of the
one reported by the select committee, the
FIRST section of which is as follows:
BE Ii e5tactcd dc, That from and after
the first day of May last, and until the
termination of the war with Mexico, the
monthly pay of tho non-commissioned
officers, musicians and privates, of the
army of the United States, and Militia
and volunteers in the service of the same
shall be increased So per month
This bill was agreed to by vote of
III yeas to Is nays. Mr.. Pollock
voting with the YEAS. VIII the Union
be honest enough to correct
On page l30, of the Appendix we find
Mr.. Pollock's speech on Bounty Lands
and the Mexican war from which we
make the following extracts.
4 bill now under consideration pro
poses an increase of three dollars per
month to the pay Of the regulars and
volunteers, The pay at present re-
ceiycd is seven dollars per month. This
is but small compensation for men who
leave home and comfort behind, and 60
to endure the toll and rrivation of a camp
expose their health and lives in a fore
ign cline. and encounter the pestilentia
vapors and noxous exhalations of the
swamps and marshes of Mexico, land
where "the pestilence walkcth in dark
ness, and destruction wasteth at MONDAY
The proposed increase, under these cir
cumstances. will not be deemed extrava
gance. At home but few would be will
ling to give a month labor for that pitt
full sum- | will therefore, vote to in
crease their pay, and give to the toilworn
soldier, deprived of the ordinary comforts
of life, something that may relieve his
wants, and cheer him in his onward
course of duty and of danger.
And again, in concluding his speech
he said
/ hope, sir, the provisions of the bill
now under consideration, and the amend
ments l have proposed, may receive the
| favorable action of the House; and thus
some proof be given that republics are not
ungrateful. We owe it to ourselves, and
to the private soldier who ghts the bat
ties of our country. Fame the highest
aspiration of the soldier, tells not the
story of his daring. 1t gathers its rich
clusters around, and encircles the brow
of the victorious General. Not so with
the private soldier She has reserved no
niche in her proud temple for him. His
name is found upon the muster roll, and
perhaps in the list of the wounded and
the dead. He is thrown carelessly into
the grave; the earth covers him; and not
even plain marble, sculptured with his
name, marks the resting place Of the gal
liant dead. Pass this bill, and let the
record of our proceedings be at once the
record of nations gratitude, and the
soldiers fame.
The speech, from which the above ex-
! tracts are taken, is one of the most elo-
qucnt and logical we have ever read. 1t
is such a speech as would do honor to
the head and heart Of the greatest States
man. If our Locofoco friends have any
more false statements to make, in regard
to Mr.. pollOck's course, while in Congress,
they can put them out, as we arc prepar
ed for them.
The attempt to inj ure Mr.. Pollock, by
criticising his acts while in Congress, will
be of no avail His whole course was pa
triotic, manly, and honorable. We want
no better proof Of the honor, integrity
and patriotism of our candidate, than his
acts in Congress. lie was always found,
as the rccorde will prove, defending the
interests Of his county, and her honest,
industrious yeomanry,-Uni0n Co. Star.