Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1858-01-29
CoNHREss.
WASHINGTON, Thursday, Jan. %
SENATE

| WASHINGTON, Thursday, Jan. %.
SENATE.
On motion of Mr.. Hamlin of Maine. res.
olution was adopted instructlng the Commit
tee on Commerce to inquire into the expedi-
eEcy OF repeating the law creating the Light
| House Board.
Mr.. Hale arose to make a statement Of facts,
saying, in his remarks the other day on the
| Army Bill, he called attention to tho expens.
es of the Army, which were annually increas-
ing, and he noticed his statement had been
made the subject of editorial comment in a
newspaper called the Washington Union,
which he believed was the organ of the Ad-
ministration, the Supreme Court, and the LIE
compton Constitution. daughter He read
an extract from that paper, in substance that
his inexcusabe ignorance OF the subject in
hand, or wanton disregard of the truth, was
evident; and said that the editor went on in
column OF twaddle, which he supposed was
meant for wit, but which would lave to be
explained before any body could see where
the joke was, and had concluded by saving
that the Senator had made slight mistake Of
$4,000, 900. Mr.. Hale read extracts from
documents, in support of his former state
ment, to show expenses for the Army and for
tifcations, and military academies, to be set
down at nearly $40, 800. 900, and the defcien-
oy asked for by the Qlartermaster General
was $1,000, 900 and if operations were car
ried on from the Pacific, an increase would
be required over that sum. Having the fg-
ules on his side, he would leave the wit to the
Union.
Mr.. Davis Of Miss, said the Senator fell
into error in charging everything to expenses
OF the Army. Amounts expended for FORTH.
cations form no part OF the expenses of the
Army, any more than the Capitol extension
| or Washington Aqueduet.
Mr. Hale SIMPLY wanted to vindicate him
self before the country for the use of those
| hgures, which he had obtained entirely from
the official documents.
MI. DAVIS only wished 70 put the army IN
is true position, end not to enter into con-
uoversy between the Senator and the editor
OF the Union. L
The Senate then took up the bill to increase
the army. Mr.. Toombs, of Ga, said there
was no necessity for passing the bill on ac-
count OF The Indian hostlties, for there had
not been an embodiment OF the Indians with.
IN the country Tor twenty live years past
which was capable OF lighting 1000 men.
With regard to the Mormon troubles, he
deemed It ridiculous to suppose that Brigham
Young was able to compete with 5000 U. S.
troops. Hence there was no necessity for IN
crease on that score. In abiding to Messrs.
lverson and Chandler, with reference to
the troops OF the United States in Kanzas,
Mr. Ioomos remarked that he would not
enter into this controversy, but he would no.
vote to give single man for the purpose of
maintaining the peace OF Kanzas, whoever
might there hold power. Experience and
history for forty centuries had demonstrated
that order maintained by regular soldiers was
despotism, and that peace only thus main-
tanned was the cemetery of liberty. He would
not maintain peace in Kanzas on such terms,
nor have order there at such cost. If free
men could not maintain peace among them
selves they were unworthy of the exercise of
self government. They were not fit to be
freemen. A regular army has always been the
instrument of despotism. There was not a
despotc government in Europe to day which
could stand 80 days withoutit When John g.
Calhoun was Secretary of War, the expenses of
the army were reduced to 1928 per man. but
now estimating the legitimate expenses Of the
army, they amount to more than a thousand
dollars for each man per annum. He earnestly
i expressed his opposition 10 regular soldiery.
except so far as was actually necessary for The
common defence. The last soldiers seen in
Georgia, were sent thither to helm the Indians
against the whites, and he expressed the hone
that the sole of the foot of another federal
soldier would never again press the soil of that
State.
l. The hour having arrived for the considera.
ton of tina special order, it being medal to
Com. Paulding, it was taken IN.
Mr.. Pearce Of Nd. in the course Of his re.
marks, said the attempt to DENY SO notorious
a fact that the expedition of Walker was of a
military and illegal character. was celebrated
to remind one of the egregrious work of
Archbishop Whately, in which il was a,tempt.
ed to rebuke the prevalent shirt of incredu-
lity, by bringing forward historic doubts. not
only as to the more marvellous exploits of