Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1859-10-14

+ " Yes, Mr. 0lden voted against rejoicing
over the victories Of our Soldiers hi Mexico
| Now + say. that any man who would vote
against a resoatio8 81 that kind is not 81 to
be Governor Of the State Of New Jersey. 1t
would be a disgrace apen the State to have
such man 81 the Chief Executive oficerY
| True aAagricua Oct. 5sl This he said with
the Senate proceedings for the year 1850 be-
fore him, NJ
Now let Us brand on the forehead Of Gene
raj joel Parker Of Freehold, Monmouth coua-
tys New Jersey, the swell earned titleo faIsis
Ifiers
Jan 10, 1850, the Senate was informed
that 1 he a ssssnbly had passed resolution to
liRqnire into the espediency OF grantiHg TO the
II. j. volunteers ii the Mexican War some
Suitable Legislative testimonisl' Of their APP
tpreciation Of the soldiers valor, &c, and had
lapnointed committee on the subject and re
Iqnested the Senatesto concur, which was then
Temporarily laid on. the table. Senate Joar-
nal, p ST So.
Jan al, 1856, the resolution was, taken mp
again, and on motion of Mr. 0ldeps was laid
on the table and printed for the use Of the
Senate. {JomRaIsp- SO 80
Feb 9th, 1853, the resolution was taken
up and an'ehd IL q Committee appointed
on the. subject cart fthe, Senate, con-
fssting of Mr. EJzden and Mr.. Morford.-
| (Journal, pr i26i @E EFE 9K56
| March. 5th, 1850, the joint committee re-
ported a preamble and four resolutions on the
subject. (Journal, ap. 394 eegE gTg
Here follows the important testimony of
the Record Bear 10 mind that the question
for the Legislature to settle was what would
be suitablesle Legislative testimoniaF' to the
| volunteers -. rs $'s% v-sssF
March 7th, 1850, the resolutions were taken
up and Asa Whitehead of Essex moved as
Substitute the foIlowing: q
/ RESOLVED, That the Adjutant General of this
State be authorized to present to each Of tile
Mexican Volunteer citizens of this State at
the time they enlisted, mustered into the SER
vice, o musket from the arsenal with the ac-
requirements complete" sN eeagr aae-
| Me-. Whitehead thought a substantial pres
ent, an instrument of war, which would remind
the soldier at once ofshis own valor and Of his
own State, and hers appreciation of the sacri-
| fees would he more suitable Legislative
| testimonial than mere Resolutions Of thanks,
mere windy praise. This motion was lost.
YEAs-Crafg, Ednlund, Gil, OLDEN,
Reeves, Rogers, Whltehead--T
Nays Garfield, Cassedy Of Hudson,
| (Wright's friend Greer, Manners Marsh
| Morford Van Brunt and three others 10
| journal. p AT W e.s ae f o@ sou
Olden agreed With Whitehead that sub
stantal gift was more suitable testimonial"
than mere words. va NaR s,j taa @ q,
| The first Resolution was passed to8, Old
en- in the negatives the second was passed l 2
to 5. Olden in the negative. fz agE q q
| Tie third I" Resolred that while We rejoice
at the return of these who fortunately escaped
destruction by the climate or the foe, We sn-
ccrely sympathize with the bereaYed families
ofthose who sacrificed their all on the altar of
their coun rvs cause" was passed without any
opposition.
Mr.. Reeves who had voted for the "mus-
ket" resolution of Mr. Whitehead, inasmuch
as they could not secure gift to all the vol
Iunteers, now prospsed the fol owing as the
4th Resolution:
Resolved, phat'each Of the officers, citi.
zens OF NewwIkzsaYy jnscGmmand Of she vol
uateers, be furnished by the Cove NOR with
swords of a credtable description as a tril u
for their distinguished bravery on the battle
/ fields of Mexico, and that he be authorized to
draw upon the Treasurer for the expenses."--
| This was. carried ~ e.. 49,
YEAs-Craig, Edmund, Morford, OLDEN,
| and seven others--ll go. 81
NAYs-Canfeld, Cassidy of Hudson,
(Wright's friend, Greer, Gill, Manners.
The fifth Resolution was adopted, Ii to 6,
Mr.. Olden voting il the negative. '
Mr.. Garfield then Cat it again y moved to
reconsider the vote in favorsof giving swords
| to the officers, which was carried, sCan6eId
and eight others voting yea; Mr.. 01DEN and
lsevcn Others voting nay, tn t is, not 10 recoI :
| slider, but to let the. vote stand. -t,, goa eaa
The Resolution topresent the swords was
| then again put and this time lost, Mr.. OLD
EN- and six others voting nfayor and Mr..
Garfield (again?) and eight others voting
against it. ah S $3.50. ~.
/ Mr. Whitehead then foSr the second time,
offered his :. Musket" resolution, which was
amended SO as also % We medats to two n
j. Volunteer Surgeons and was adopted as
lamended without vision, owing to The per
fsstent efforts of Messrs Whitehead, Reeves,
| and OLDEN, to Induce sheSenate to do
something more than pass mere wordy reSo
lutions.s So each volunteer was voted his
musket and the Surgeons Their medals. a.aigl
Then the question arose. upon the passage
of the whole of resolutions and preamble in a
| body as originally offered with the I" Musket'
and Medal amendment and they were
passed yeas to n1ys, Mr. OLDEN voting
in the affirmative. [Senate Journal, p. 428.
f429, 1907 1l43 SCR g 23ss ZIG
Now you will observesthat the controye
sey arose on the morning of March It'll, upon
Mr.. Whitehead's motion. to make snbstan-.
tial gift to the volunteers instead of present
ing them with the prettyworcs of resolution
ofpraise, and that OLDEN always stood IL
favor of making substantial gift to them; ;
and when this was q. accomplished at last,
through the perseverance, of Whitehea,' !,
Reeves, and OldeR, he voted for all the res
olutious rem deiing ths-v Praise 10 the gallant
volunteers, when he could accompany that
with substantial tribute to their patriotism
and valor. -
These are sc facts Of the case as the re-
cord shows them. and on them, and them.
al9ae Gen. Joel Parker, of Freehold, in the.
County of Monmouth, bases his false charge !
and Gen. Joel Parker of Freehold, Monmouth
County, New Jersey, will find it very hard
to get out of this scaape, and if be does clear
It up, We will look upon him as we have hcre-
tofore, as pretty fair sort of man for a
Democrat. 's - e,fh s,asse, Il
The speech.of Mr. Van Beethoven vas we'll
received. We are compelled to omit the rest
q MS remarks for want Of space IA gess
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