The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1859-02-25

solicitations of their constituents. ll the people de-
rnand these facilities Of they must foot the bill
Now, endosc all that part o the gentleman speech
ia favor of rctrenchment. am much Ia favor OF re
trenchment as any gentIemn on this floor. Bat do
think that II the gentleman had gone directly 90 work
aud introduced bill with the object OF eiecing retrcnc
Inen II might have been done Ia less time than has been
consumed In discussing the subject IT. then. the ex
peses oi the government be reduced let proceed
20 do Let bin be introduced into the House either
10y special committees or general committees who have
charge OF such departments OF the government. Let
retrenchment come in that form tangible, comprehen
sbe easily TO be understood by the House and by the
country.
do not pretend 10 say that there is not money
expended than is necessary think there has been But
this money has been expended under the authority Of at
of Congress- passed by predecessors and by ourselves
II is not the President that is TO be held responsible
any of the departments The responsibility rests on Con
gress Aud yet Congress has done what il thought was
for the interests of the country and on the best niorna
tion within their reach
But, Mr.. Chairman, deny that the saving for the
next fiscal year proposed 10y the gentleman is reform Ii
Is rens to appropriate money at this time 20 complete
important national works in PROCESS and which the
gentleman admits must be finished the treasury
rcp!enished All he has sail then about reform Is de-
ccptive dcusive and he knows it. sir half the tine Of
this session. important IL is to The business interest OF
the country has been consumed in Idle clamor for reform
Yet no champion of that has been able to suggest
beginning point To discover where the extravaganza
really is II is quite easy to complain and carp but is
difficult TO discover the existence Of and sug
gest plan of reformation. The requires words only,
which all possess the other high order Of states
manshp, which few possess in these days of am-
bition
Having said so much on that subject desire to cx-
anime for very short time the remarks of the gentle
from Pennsylvania Mr. PniLIrTsI the subject of
the tariff He sets out with the declaration that Anicr
labor must be protected desire especially that my
portion Of the Union shall understand what is meant by
American labor
Now, what is American labor know that in the
southern States arc told by gentlemen opposed to the
democratic party that American labor embraces every
species olabor upon this continent 1t is not so under
stood at the North and not SO defined take il that
Mr. Webster will be regarded as reliable authority on the
subject and what does he define American labor to be
lie said
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The great sbntai nee on Which, We ALI stand moi eua scr
vice not eal toll mot tho irksoe dradgery by Of
KIM, on a.eoan' oi Color 10 anoer race man
for r earning II. own ages ncc,nlaIi those ag mo ca
becoming par society system educating
shdheo mananhg worsip claiming he right OF the elective
- amoean hbor a y cp1 nm sI mn, r i, ia
and my voice until am dumb vii, be 10,
N,v ,,,, ,orc ~. f,on 10, ,Lt ~, , s ,o
t;on odyocateI Iv tbo ,na, s,o,,, pns,,a; ,
not ncnl lie snec;ga 80 laln, n,,,inat .sIa,a 1,
ls,, IN ,his o,,,i,r,, A. 49,. D,,,,t -. ,sa,,,
the ,ano, aba, ~ E,,a, and ,s sa.. ,a,'ar - M,
countrv on precisely, The snme fno,;n and the only
I,r e., MIN, Le III M nrott;n ,yas tha MT i.y
of tbo NORTH Are we tien 80 he s,, b, H., ;nncsl
81 s,n,,,t !, ,o,sn,a ,,h;h 4; ;,,,,a.d ~. ,is;.;,
aainst nur system of labor ana IN 'ror ~ di.'ant
sHsteu, of lolor for ne s,,l, nevn, IL f,n ,ot;n
81, AM, neasr ,hat Il ~, bays ,hs r.t af M.e,;,'a
,;n,, ,,,i,st tl,e nort;on os th Ir;on IN h;l ;I
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fr, psnnsyiyon; ,hat tha, i ,, x = =, ~,
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q, a n,.asnr, ,ybiI IL nosa,, -, th;, -,
welfare Now, had mot understood ,I,at t,at nas ~
reoson Of tbc poI action, az te rentlcan frn, Penn
sylyania had supposed they we're Governed ly What
tLev conceived &, m ibrir cons,u,onal oh,iat;nn
only to themselves but ~ overv ,o,tn ns thi Jrni
alike Aud IL sir tb,r motives in sucb sunnot 40 e
have received from the,o lerntf,,o ha. Ioa, nratd
nn,n a ie, flat vvo ,veya ,,r,o,,var, ~, o,,,o ,s
10 them and to tbeir interests ami their y;e,ys r nn;
then ,npst confess Gal M oI,ato, y, ,h,n s ,I;
vntcs -. '''N'
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institution nf slaye,, h,ya ~ - ;;id hs = IL
of the cmanc;not;on of ,h.;r s,ayos n,so,s 49, !
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as veil ~, ',aanI an ia &C., ~ ~ ,h ~ a. |
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tho prncaeds of the lonr of nur sI,y.s sr b,ac as
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