The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1858-08-21

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Who has been suffering these too years
In my judseneut tie world has neve'
seen exhibited each refined maiiguity
aud cruelty = this attempt TO trest With
scoru that suffering man This - worse
. thousand fold than the spirit, which IN.
der excitcaeut could strike the blow, fos
this il premedisased and continacd NAL.
ice. Load applause. A voice Three
cheers for Sumner Three cheers we're
givea heartily-1
mestion this, my fellow citizens, %
show the condition Of things at Wash
ingson- J,cs me tell ron another fact.
l went - yosr representative s~o years
ago to Washington, almost IN entire
s;rsDger, never having met more than
| two o. sAree memb~rs Of the Senate In
my life. l IrcmainedNhere - one Of the
representatives of this State through two
sessions Of Congress, seat there to con-
suit with the representatives Of other
co equal States for the best good Of CON-
mon country, and for those two years
vas nos placed on . committee which ev-
er met. Republican Senators were not
consa.ted--we we're ignored by this pro-
-cripg;ve, i.:clerant party that made ad-
hesion to the interests of the slave pow
er the only tes. BY which they allowed .
person to take part in the proceedings Of
government, wherever they could prevent
lt.
A little different state Of things pre-
vailed after the Fremont election iu
1856. But let me tel you ho~ it is
now. The c,mmittees we're organized
anew at the commencement Of the last
session Of Congress, and | have with
me list of them. On looking at il you
will End that ell the leading committees
are not only entirely in the Interests Of
this pro-slavery party, but are controlled
by Southern men. The Committee on
Foreign Relations Is one Of the most i'm
portant. i, is presided over BY Mason
Of Virgins, and 4 majority of thst Com
nitsee are from the Southern States.
The Judiciary committee Is presided over
by B1yard Of Delaware, and majority
of that Committee are from the South
ern States. The Committee on Naval
Affairs is presided over by Mallory Of
Fiorids, and majority Of that Commit
tee are from the Southern States Thscom-
niitscc on Military Affairs is presided over
by Davis of Mississippi. On Post-Ofi-
ees by Yulec Of Florida. The Commit
tee on Finance by Hunter Of Virgins.
Southern men are at the head os all
those committees. That on Commerce
Is presided over BY Clay of Alabana-
that on Indian affairs by Sebastian Of
Arkansas. | believe there are one or two
other committees besides that on Terri
tories Of which Mr. Douglas is the Chair
man, the craftsmanship OF which is given
to the North; perhaps the Committee on
Enrolled Bills, or something Of that
kind Now the Northern CT free States
constitute . maiorisy, and you see how
powerful they are in the business Of the
State.
This Is 50 not only in regard to the
distribu,ion of the business of Congress,
bat in the appropriations At the last
session OF Congress more than three
fourths Of oil the money appropriated
for fortifcations On the Atlantic and the
Gulf coast, was appropriated for FORTH
cations in slave-holding States. There
are two buildings in the South erected
for custom house purposes-one .. New
Orleans, and the other at Charleston
not yet completed, and no estimates ye.
furnished OF what the cost Of completioa
viii be; already more than FIVE millions
Of dollars has been appropriated to build
these two houses alone There's where
the money goes The last Congress ap-
propriated si50, 900 to continue the work
upon them; and when | cnauired in the
Senate, of the Chairman Of the Commit
tee on Finance, how nnch the custom
house at Charleston was TO cost when
completed, he replied that no estimate
had been made; but the Inquiry led to
the disclosure Of the fact tha, marble
palace was being built fronting on a fish
market on one side, which had already
cost, with the appropriation then asked.
some two millions of doliars, aud it
would cost some three millions before il
would be finished. How many men do
you suppose are to occupy this building
when iuishedy Forty.eigh, was the
number Of employees In 1857, the last
year reported, aud the amount of reve-
nuc collected was little over $500, 900.
Laughter.) The so-callcd Democracy
want, for the accommodation of these
forty eight persons, and to collect $500,
600, q building to cost three millions.
In the great city Of New York there is
custom hcuse--many Of you have seen
it--a 6ne building il is, and it cost about
eleven hundred thousand dollars. Ho.
many persons do you suppose are employ
ed at the New York custom house, and
how much revenue collected, The last
year reported more than forty-two mil
lions Of dollars were collected at New
York, aud there were more than thou
sand persons employed in its collection,
and building costing little over mil
lion was sufficient to do the business in.
Do you suppose such an appropriation as
that at Charleston could be cot 10 cree.
a public building in the Northern States,
mo. no. The custom house in the
city Of Philadelphia only cost some four
or I've hundred thousand dollars; tha, in
Boston shout million, while that in
New Orleans has cost more than three
millions. a Voice" Aud sinking at
that" Laughter Yes, sinking at
that. Like the Treasury, my friauds,
il is based on sandy foundation. IRE
ncved Laughter.) While thrce-fourths
Of the money appropriated Tor fortiG.a-
tions 1t the last session i TO be expcn-
ded to slayo States, not dollar Was ap-
propriated for the Ratification of the