The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-06-03

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been mslsd by designing men, aud when he got Ills amy
Nj. LErfiER So far q that is concerned, think
the gentleman, II be knew more shout tho President
would agree with that he about - haN to lssd -
any other piece Of humanity In this country Laugh.
make nlsch heatiway in leading hln and thnb fr0R
what have assn. would ~ troublssma opesAfon TO
drive him. n . All - q !, M
Mr.. LETTER II II not fact thxs priv.tS citassn Of
the United States out to- the Territory and hroNght
about peace If there WAS any tho Amy
got near IL
Mr. l.ETCHER i have newer hsssd Of is.salf 4 Is,
do not know it. The first lntiuatiqA Aaya hA4 that
any private citizen trying ~ bng about All Arrange
ment, was Whist Saw In ushew9p&pess ahQnt eoe.
Of whom never heard before, who. It wa st1tsd bad
gone there and had malb some arrangement BY which
Gov Cumming was TO enter Salt Lake CITY, and take
charge Of the territorial government But H. - the
gentlsan says tho President scnt he army there fox the
purpose Of declaring and uslag y eebtslvey wi
he tell me Why the army has not been 20 ussa when y y
Mr. LETTER cannot cay, unless It b. from ths fact
that tho President had not ueryp enough 70 carry out hts
design
M. LETUHER. I take It that II tbs President had
nerve enough call out the arpy and sod IL acrche
plains Utah. In violation Of law aud ~ violation q hfs
official duty, the gentleman ys he did, he would avc
had enough to give the order 20 fe the gum ~0en
Mr. LETTER They did not get within, range q airing
guns at all. Everything was peaceful and quist.
+ Mr.. LETCHER! They could have bosn Within rangc
MI: LETTER desire to ask the gentleman another
question. rsefcea sas $50 w ~ u as ~
MIR. LETCHEn Be quick, then il must be the last.
How much time have L. Mr. Chairman
The CHAIRMAN. The gentleman has Ave minutes.
Mr.. LETTER If tho gentleman has only 6vs minutes
left will not interrupt him
Mr.. LETCHER The gentleman from Ohio [Ar; S4ya-
nhn
ration In tho way Of extravaeAncc He rcrrsd "a tho
cusomhousc 1t New Orleans, and mid that II wss 4nk
ing and had been built where It probably could not
stand. concur In that opinion and say ~ the
gentleman knows and "a every gentleman hero pesAap
knows that have been opposed to these appropattons
for custom houses since came to Congress But If
the New Orleans custom house ia chargsablc to snybody
go back and put the blame upon the administration that
preceded General Pierce under which tho work waS
started and under wlch your policy of building cUm
houses began. The work commenced then and
since that time they have been calling for additional
appropriations and telling that II DO not make
them every dollar which has been heretofore applied to
make the works available and useful will be thrown
M. SHERMAN Of ohio The gentleman VIII Ind
that the custom-house ct Nov Orleans WAS cemsneed
under the administration Of President Folk The Arst
law was passed In I64S
Mr. LETCHER The work was commented In 1850
or 1861, and Mr.. Polk went out I'M March, ls4s.
Mr. SHERMAN, OF Ohio. would say TO tho gentle
man that there was democratic majority In both
branches OF Congress In 1850. fNe t$se lA
Mr. WASHBURN, of Maine. And there has been over
since except in the House during the last Congress
Mr.. LEICHER. WE'LL now, let MS See Thern arc
some custom-houses mp In Maine. Laughter And
would remind my friend thore that he probably
voted for some of them.
Mr. WAsHBURN Of Maine. Yes, sir.
Mr. LENHER Then my honorable friend from
Mr.. wAsHBURN Of Maine. WIN the gca,tlsina1 from
Virginia yield to me for = moment ash
Mr.. LETCHER. For single moment
Mr. WAHHBURN Of Maine. A. tho gentleman from
Virginia has alluded to MAne he Win allow nae 70 Say.
that while his party friends asking very laxgo arfo
paons for custom houses In his part Of the countEy
for instance, for house In New Orlsans which
told s to cost ~ 600 900 for os In Chsflseon
to over two millions and for other places In the
same proportion-I believe that two throc ap
propratons Of $40 900 and $50 600 each made for
houses In Maine. Tho gentleman hae inquired
who arc responsible for tho y.s. app1ops.soa. rhis
be in pursuit of knowlbdge under apparent Difficult
ties and will endeasor 70 snlghAsn- him, II hs will
permit mo, by stating that his party han besn IN tho
unless he would sxcpt tho ASt tw0, rhe ths baance
of power held III the House Of Representatives BY
the American party 1t during the ascenddncy Of his
party N both houses thae :ach ths Texas
grstuity Of 81 500 0O0 and the adep treaty, requiring
$40 900 900, for patch Of Land which l0neI Benton
said of the vsIue Of but few thousand pasod
by the votes Of his party ncasdiug, hsevs, the ch
present sesaion they have passed deficiency bill for
eleven million dollars ovsr Aso * which for tho
Utah made by tho President, without tho
shadow Of authority and that tho people arc called
to foot the bills he asks who It 10 that havc caused
these appropsatonsi 1has ase specimens OF
the instances could cte, time, the consent Of tho
other side Of tho House, would permit
MIR. IETCHER There II this material difference be-
tween ,s Orleans and Oharlatons and th0se places in
Maine At the former the collected exceeds the
expenses of collecting it, but thst not the In the
lattor Now IL the Asmocatc party did wrcngin votng
for these things hsrstoore Why did mot the gentleman
from Maine set example in the last Congress BY
voting against them Why did he vote (As be say
the democratic party in Congress had voted before Why
did the gentleman vote for these measurca when and
other gentlemen this side Of the Housc were hghn
aganst them, and uxing whatever nfucnce we had to
defeat them ~ assBi N }e asisg a sif5 sassssf
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