Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1858-07-09
s5l,OOO secured to Maine.

! The most ahsurdly false and mean charge
that l. compton organs of this &C have
preferred against the Maine Members of Con
gress, is that they shave no influence a
/ Washington, emo talent they are "onl,
cyphers," that Maine has lost her position
and respectability by reason OF sending he
publicans instead of democrats to Con
gress," Such are the dignihed terms with
which the Lecompton Peter Funk organ'
speak of the Maine memembcrs OF C1ngress
! Proofs of the ialsity and absurdlty OF suct
charges are to be found in almost every pagt
Of the official reports Of the proceedings II
both branches of Congress. For one OF the
many proofs we refer to the debates in tn,
House On the Claims of Maine. We call at
tcntion to the extreme pcrtlnacity with
which j. Clancy Jones, Buchanan hight
Bower in the Ilous,. Letcher, Jones OF
Tenn. Philips and other leading Buchanan
members sought to defeat the allowance Of
the Claims of Maine; to what subterluge>
and tactics they resorted to trip up Wash
burn and deny Maine her just rights. But
Washburn fought long and well against "tht
beast of Ephcsus," the most talented and
skilltul Of Buchanan tacticians. and con
euercd them at last. lie, aided efficiently
by Mr.. Morse, sustained the Sen tie anmcnd-
ments. came of victorious, and thus secured
for NJ line over FIFrI-ONE THOUSAND
DOLLARS!
Mr. Weston. the Commissioner of Maine
on these claims at Washington. had prepar-
ed this case with his well known ability and
elearness. Senators lIanlin and Fcssenden
took the matter in charge before the Senate
Committee and would not let the Committee
alone until it had incorporated amendments
into the civil appropriation bill recognizing
and paving the claims of Maine. The com
mittee unanimously reported them to the
Senate and our Senators took good care to
have them adopted by the Senate. They
were unanimously adopted by the Senate. e.
So much for the two "cypherss' the two
members of mo influence from Maine in
the Senate The bill with these amendments
was duly reported in the House and came up
IN committee of the whole under the kind
and fatherly care of j. Clancy Jones , The
administration members did their best, let
themselves out their full length, % defeat
the amendments to pay these claims. Prop
ositlons to pay interest to other States on
claims tccre defeated in the same bill on the
same day. The administration leaders called
loudly on their majority in the House to vote
these amendments down Philips cried out,
-s.lf rs see ,chc it is tho rotcs for such
clcims." lie threatened to ''spot" the men
on his side of the House who voted for the
claims, 1t was tantamount to saying
"those black Republican members from
Maine shan't have dollar of their claims
not they And the mcanest of all the tricks
of the administration men was that OF Jones,
who, after finding that Washburn would car
~ the day, offered an amendment that the
amount found due to Name shall be cred,teG
10 Name IN offset for Names portion of III.
Surplus Rcrnue ! ; ! What do We say tc
this administration movement, We Lecomptou
organs in Maine? This movement serves tc
show the utter desperation and unscrupulous-
ness of the friends of the Administration tc
defraud Maine Of her just claims.
The Senate amendments were saved in the
House, and Maine gets over SOL 900 to re.
plenish her treasury which the Sam Well.
administration almost entirely exhausted
The Maine delegation are mere scyphers,
have "no influence, - "no talents, $50 tn,
Peter Funk organs asserts-[ Bangor JEFF
/ fersonian.