Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1858-02-26
SENATOR TooMBs on ARMY INCREASE.

SLaAIpe IO0MBS ON ARMY INCREASE.
There is no necessity for the increase on
account OF the Indian hostlities, for there
has not been an embodiment of Inlans with
in the country for twenty-five years past
which was capable OF ish:ing 1000 men
With regzrd TO the Mormon troubles, he
deemed it Ridiculous to suppose that Brigham
Young was able to compete with 5000 Unit
ed States roops-hence there was no ne
cessity for the measure on that score In
alluding tothe remarks of Mr. Iverson (Ga.)
yesterday, who said that if it had not been
for the tF--ps in Kansas, the Aboiitionists
would have been exterminated, and 10 those
of Mr. Chaddler (h1ich. } who thought that If
such had ken the case, fearful retaliation
would have been visited or the border settle
neBts Of Missouri, Mr.. Toomhs remarked
that he would not enter into any controversy
on those points, but he would not vote a
single man for the purpose of maintaining
the peace OF Kansas. whoever might there
hold power. Experience and history of over
forty centuries had demonstrated that order
maintained by regular soldiers was despoiism
and that peace only thus maintained was the
cemetery of liberty. He would not main
tain peace in Kansas on such terms or have
order there at such a cost. If freemen
could not maintain peace among themselves,
they were unworthy of the exercise of self
government, they were not fit to be freemen.
A regular army has always been the instru-
men Of despotism. There was not despot-
ic Government in Europe to-day which could
stand ninety days without it. When John
G. Calhoun was Secretary of War, the ex-
penses OF. the army were reduced to $273
per man; but now, estimating only The legiti-
mate expenses of the army, they amount TO
more than S 900 for each man per annum.
He earnestly expressed his opposition to
regular soidery, except 50 far as was actual
" necessary for the common defense. The
last soldiers seen in Georgia were sent thith-
er to help the Indians against the whites, and
he expressed the hope thrr the sole of the
foot oi anashar Feder4i Soldier would never
! az in press ih so;l Of that s ,a;e.
MR. KgI.b2Gi on TIE DEMONSTRATION.
Mr. CAairman, If ever President of the
United States neeted the supporting hands
of his friends, it is now. Who, sir, can tell
which is Tie Administration party on this
! fyoy. Who eau teii'in this day Of Demo
/ lion measures! Look you to the Senate.
The Warwick Of the Administration 10 that
/ body has refused it his support; and standing
alpof, proudly conscious CT his strtugth, like
| Warwick 81 England, be hurls defiance at
/ the Administration. In this House, sir, who
are the trieSds of the Administration! In
| this Hoasa@he Iron Duke-the Wellington
of lha nariy--has refused his support to the
! measures OF the Administration, now totter-
| ing beigzge ~ 6-st quarter Of lis existence.
Iii cit;.a eii955 r.sgse5 wifi Il aJiona Treasury
+ bursting with plsfh5fa. Now, before thecnd
of tie frs; year, the Treasury is empty and
the Government bankrupt. The Central
+ A;ne7ican question is pressing hard upon
your President. .Flllbusteris,n is about to
oyerwhelm him. Then, again, the Kansas
outrage, which he seems to be pressing
forward with the view of the destruction OF
! freemen's rights, is hurled back upon him
| from nearly every portion OF the country
until he is ready to sink under it. Yea, sir,
Utah has defied the powers Of the General
/ Government; and Brigham Young, from his
harem, laughs the Government to scorn.-
This, sir, is the position OF our Administra-
.ion. Sir, methipks l hear the President
now cxclaiming: "save me from my friends!'
May we then not excIaim: ssWhat an immor-
tally of fame awaits the sage Of Wheat
land."
SENATOR HAML'N on ARMY EXPENSES.
GIr. President, " hile the Senator from
Georgia Mr.. Toombs] was addressing the
S senate the other day, remakeJ, in an IN
dertone, and saw that it was incorporated
into what he said, that the expenses of iht
Army per man for the past year were equa
to 81 800. The Senator from Louisiana noN
states that, taking the number composing tht
Army ut fifteen thousand, and such under
stand to be the number from the Chairman
of the Military Committee, and devlding Fl!
teen millions by that number, it will MAX
81 900 per man. The amount is sxteeI
millions, which would be little, more. .than$I /
, cooper man. What the Senator states is tru
t but is irnot equally true that we have befor
! US an appropriations of about six million
, asked for for legitimate Army purposes fo
the past year, outside of the Notifications
, You may tell me it is for extraordinary stat
, of things Grant IT.; but add to your Army
. and if they are to be located in the very pc
t sition now occupied by your Army, wi
5 not the same state of things exist, demand
I ing of US like appropriation to supply tn
t deficiency for another year. L say, then, b
it every Just rule in the world in ascertainin
J. what is the amount of expenditure for I'll
L Army proper for the past year, you shou
v AXE into the account the appropriation
f about six millions which is now asked OF |
If to supply deficiencies. Take, then, thes
1t two sums together, and wbat do they
r. mount to! Fifteen millions and six miilioI
a are twentv-one millions. Divide that su
ID bv fifteen thousand, and you have to a dc
er lar--excluding the odd dollars in the mi
II lions--S 400 to 4 cent, and | insist tn
j that sun, and not 81 900, is the amour
l. which is to oe set down legitilnately US Il
" expense OF your Army for the PAST year, al
ID it Is an alarming expense.
y Mr.. Pres; dent, it was my purpose at oil
to period OF time to address the Senate on III
le qpeston, but other Senators have anticipat
c. me in what proposed 10 say. l shall, ther
Mt fore, content myself with voting upon re
sons which have been given by others.
| wish, however, to state one suggestion wh
he occurs to me as worthy Of remark, and viii
e. has not been stated to the Senate. The
it troops, ii they are to be used at all, ii lu
ch derstand the State Of things existing, are
e- be used for the same purpose, and in I
all way, that our Army is now employed. 7
Nv war making power, in all its ramiicatIoI
n is delegated expressly in the Constitution
nix Congress. Are we to have war in Utah.
60 hold that it is question for us to determr
yh and while have seat here, will not VI
ou dollar or mao 10 support executive WI
ad anywhere, Ii there is to be a war, if th'
n are to be forces used in Utah, insist tha
lat is question for us to sett;le, and to det
ed mine the mode aud manner in which IL