The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-02-13

admired and sustained Andrew Jackson and his pfin-
cipes They stood in solid phaianx and declared upon
the record that these claims ought not 10 be paid by this
government Is not this authority Allow me TO read
their names. They ALLEN ArcHsos BgsroS Breese
Colqutt Dickinson Dix; Hannegan, Huger, Lewis, Nc
Dufie Tappan, and Walker.
do not ask senators this floor but ask my con
stituents TO look these When are pre-
sented TO authority, 60 10 these proper
lights guide ia the way OF my official duty, if seek
10 be guided by anybody.
Again the 2sd of January, 1851 there another
in the Senate upon this question: and at that time
senator from the democratic ranks found favor
able the passage Of this BILL and only more for then
they had FIVE believe there two Of the opposition
Of whom sir BELL is believe, still member Of this
body, who voted against the measure then. The nays
were Messrs Atchison, Benton, Borland Butler Cass
Chase Clemens Davis of Mississippi Dickinson Dodge Of
Wisconsin, Dodge of Iowa Douglas Fech Foot Hunter,
Jones King, Norris Rhett Rusk, Tnrney Walker, Whit
comb aud fulee
What have these men been dong-robbing the treasury
protecting the poor2 That is the question say, sir,
from my reading of history, settled point with the demo-
cratic party is TO resist these and kindred claims and TO
protect the treasury of the nation If this bill be adopted
where will il endi Are there other persons whom
spoliatons have been commted2 believe that never,
from 1894 down. have people received dollar for spo-
lations committed by Great Britain. How many men
wronged by her before the revolution who
eel we'd "copper" How many before the of 1877 1t
is said you compensate for his property but
ask you to compensate man who taken out of one
of his own ships, from beneath his flag compelled to
load guns upon foreign vessel to be used against his own
counymen and ellowcizens Take that class OF Who
before the war; impressed into the British service
Was that spoation that ought to be corrected IL you
going opay insurance companies those who have made
themselves rich by their premiums2 Why not and
take in all hese You must do it, If you propose to con-
suit your generosity and sympsthes upon claim like this
of doubtful character at best ask you where win you
stop You stop and you ought not to stop, until
make full and ample reparaon for every sufferer in
| the land.
Sir the passage of this bill will establish principle for
claims which Soo0oo,o00 will not in my Judgment lqu-
date Ii will take from the treasury that which should be
applied to the national defences and the discharge OF eg
mate demands upon the government 1t will open the old
claim for high protective tariff and wrest from the dem
ocratc party of their effective old battecries protec
the masses from high taxation, and guard with honesty
and vigilance, the public treasury aH
Ii goes further. II casts odium long line of true and
faithful democrats and crowns last with the ebapet
victory that party which denounced Jefferson as French
Jacobin and foe TO American commerce And, sir II II
goes forth the country that this great nntidemocratc
has been carried by the aid of democratic in
the Senate shall hear repeated the sad nerrogatoy
which Caesar uttered when he dagger in the hand OF
him whom he considered to be his friend. 8Na II
i There is another view of this matter, Mr. President
France justified the spoliaons ground that gov
eminent had in fact joined the alliance against it, and
connved at the designs which the allies had to starve the
French people, the disturbances and commissions of the
having broken her agriculture and rendered France
and her islands dependent foreign nations for provis
IONS BY the terms of the Jay treaty British cruisers
permitted seize American ships frcghted with supplies
for French ports and carry them into English ports try
the question before British tribunals whether provisions
contraband Of war As provisions not contra
band of except beseged ports that clause of the
treaty regarded by France and Others hostile act
against that country and treated SUCH These spo
ons then grew out of the Jay treaty in this view for
though France repudiated all the claims for spoatons af
ter that treaty made she recognised and paid these
prior that date and that paid to the govern
ment part of the consideration in the purchase of Lou
isana. e@8
The general democratic sentiment the country thai
day against the Jay treaty Its ratification advised
in the House by vote of 81 to 49, and think two
Tho Of fha
ding Officer to decide the question. Though we
ton in the wrong, nevertheless Unidentified
selves by retaliation under letters OF marque and reprsa
and believed captured more prizes than the French
took from The views of Mr. jefferson and his friends
regard to that treaty and the spoiations well
destood by the country and in the treaty of September
1900 for good and sufficient reasons he believed
abandoned the contovered claims and that is the extent
of the set-o which they base all these declarations
j Mr. President the arguments to pay these claimants
go the Of the absolute condemnation of the adj
minstraon of Jefferson and of the democratic party
which sustained him. Is it not 500 We may as well
speak plainly about these matters Everybody understands
Them and they are TO be reviewed. and examined and
desood by the country because by and when the treas
nry is exhausted as 1t will be- when we are called upon to
fortify the coast from Maine to Texas and the English
have burnt of your cities and they clam
be protected, where will you look for the
if you go as this bill proposes? You must resort to
high tariffs you must wiring from the hard earnings OF the
country enough to support your government you must
resort to direct taxation
Let this great be considered in its light and
in my Judgment instead of condemnng the administration
of Jefferson for resisngas substantially he did for he
approved these claimsthe country will that he
and this long line of who have stood together in OPP
position to them from that day to this have been right in
their objections Then | sayI say it, perhaps, not so
much to gentlemen here to Others who will examine
this question outsdedo not attempt to dim the spendor
which surrounds the and memory and administra-
ton of Jefferson In Judgment sir the attempt cannot
be successful Localities may shade his glory but with
the American democracy his fame win live untrnished
and mistaken until the political rights of shall be for
crushed and the last worshpper of freedom shall
ish sH HHi