New-York daily tribune., 1858-12-27
NewNork daily gribm,re
MONDAY, DECEMBER q, 1853.

The Pension bill, which has passed the House o
Representatives, and is now pending in the Senate
is strange measure to be supported by any advocate
of retrenchment and economy. The country ii
prottrste by the effects Of great Commercial
revulsion; the Treasury is exhausted; the Govern
nent has rounded out a career of unexampled poll
teal corruption and proig~y by running heavily
into debt the revenue is vastly inferior to the e1'
| penditures and no provision has been made, nor
does any seem likely to be made very soon, to re-
store the lost equilibrium. Under these circum.
stances, the House Of Representatives, by vote
Of 122 to 81, passes a bill giving pension of 500
| q year to every man who served sixty days, or
fought IN battle, i'll the war Of l5l2, with Great
Britain or in the wars with Indians which occurred
at that time. IL is true that We are told In some
quarters that many members voted for the bill in
the belief that it would be defeated in the Senate;
but we do not see the force Of that apology.
If the act is mere piece Of bu1combe gentle
men ought to be ashamed to have been concerned
in it; if on the other hand, it is an honest act,
me aiming what it pretends to mean, why then, we
say it indicates reckless willingness TO vote great
snms of money without regard to the state Of the
Treasury, and without providing the means to
meet the appropriation. At any rate, however,
the matter is one of .uch Importance that we copy
from The Globe the record of the decisive division
upon the BILL
ASga Ass As2y es. All SsSs" asSss.
Bishop, Bhn, Bosie B,estoH Bluint3.n g. burt. so..
sSa@,k, John b. ci.rk.r Cla,s.ea. C.y Co0O. Cia,k
Cox e. ..%.. s1sn'ess G,.s. c.si Dtvr. Da; Mss:
Dean Dewat Des DoSd DHre Eo fsn'woIih, , s res
G"odrin g." tGsse1 Gregg, Lswrepce W. Hall HAAS
KIN Hatch Hswkins Hoard Hopkins, Houston Hughes Huy'
Lei Tsi6v. HvmrHEtr M.ssHaIi sa,ael s. Marshall, Maoo
M.ySARD MOryin Ecra,d joy MO,,i, snc MoRss M1r Mt
Potat Purronce READY, Resean, Rely. RIcAUD Robt'n
ROt Royce Russell s.yase oha Sa"Sa sn.,ef Is, KIes,
Sra Tsbo 1appa1 Thas JSmpki1; .t rsrsrE pa9ss NEE
bum. ws,kns' White wOod.on, John " Wright and zOLL
HAYs-Mes.r B.k.dsle, BoSoct Bonham B5anos c,,se
CHAPMAN HORACE T. CLARK, Burton CIase, Curry DAVIS
mississippi Dari. q Iowa Dowde Ea%andsoD son g,'"" Sn~@a
HILL Horton Hopa'd Jackson, jenkins george Jones'
Ov en- Ione. knapp Lamar Letter Le.sher L0's,'y Ma'.y
MSoS'fs, MsS wc Ncsol JoSn s. Phelps. William w Pnelp.
Philips Richie, ssndidge Scales Seward h,nr5 m nTs sarS
Mile, Taylor, Wade Walbytgs Cqd.atadt, C. Wa,,o4,1
Republicans Italics LecomPtones in Roman others In
small capitals.
The estimates of the sum to be required, should
the bill become Law, vary immensely. On one
extreme We are told that the pensions it conIers
will absorb nearly a hundred millions of dollars
year while the lowest estimate of the friends OF the
bill is that there Will be under it some 1900 PEN
sioners, receiving the aggregate sum of $4,000
a year. But evea this last SUN is more than can
well be furnished out Of nothing. And with what
success can gentlemen who have made them'elves
parties TO such measure expect to oppose the
enormous extravaganza Of the Administration, or
to assist 10 restoring order to the finances OF the
Government