Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1859-05-12


The Patriot, contiRning discussion OF Che public
expenses says that the s4th Congress was .misera.
big cursed by a Black Republican House Of Rspre>
sentativssa This is rather harsh language for that
paper to use towards the only men who are in "(lp>
pesitiOn4 to the Democracy in the Northern States
the only men to whom the Patriot can direct its
appeal for aid in the formation of an opposition
parry in those Satee. Indeed, the Patriot, in an
other place, classes this transferable curse as 'the
Opposition" and, 50 far, we agree with it.
We viii briefly reTiew some Of the items of tex
trayagsnce," ehargedby the Patriot against the late
Democratic House Of Representatives
First, it charges as follows:
ave first give the vote on the general deficiency
bill to supply deficiencies in appropriations for the
year ending June 80, 1858, which the Rlaek Repub~
lican House Of the year before, which is now so
much denounced for prOfigacy, failed to pass This
bill appropriates the snug of So 704 2O9 49, 1t
passed the House on the 9th April, 1S58.-See Con-
gressionGI Globe, p. 1850. Yeas, Democrats 49, OPP
position Is; Nays, Democrats IL, Opposition 80 ]"
The Patriot is particular to classify the vote, and
it puts down the Black Republicans as Opposition"
-'fhe Opposition" is the name of the paper for
which, we suppose, the figures were prepared To
have been entirely frank, the Patriot should have
added that this deficiency bill was passed to cover
the expenses of the troubles in Utah, not anicipa-
ted or provided for in the estimates from the War
Department, and to defray other expenses, ordered,
but not proviled for by the preceding Black Repub-
lican, or ''05positon," House of Representatives.
And il the Patriot will look little further into the
record, it will iad that Messrs MAYNARD and FOL
LTcoTFER voted for the bill. Is is easy to see why
! the Patriot fails 10 state that fact.
This charge is answered then, blythe fact that the
deficiency was occasiOned by the failure of the "Op
position (black republican, House to provide for
expenses incurred by its order ard by the exigen-
| cies of rebellion in Utah and the appropriation
having been voted for By the present chairman Of
the Opposition Executive Committee, (Gen. ZOL
LIooFFER,) and by the "oppOsiton" candidate fol
reelection to Congress in the second District, il
cannot be urged against the Democratic party By
the Patriot Before the Patriot again exolaims, thai
'ony II Democrats out of 128 in that Congress were
found to oppose this magnificent grant of treasure,
we insist tba. it explain why ZoLLicOFFgR and May
SARD did not oppose i'll
The next charge by the Patriot is, that appro
priatiou was made by the Democrats for defcien
cy of S341, l89 due the printer for work mainly
deTea By the Black Republican and "OEpOsitOa" Con
gress The Patriot must, in objscting TO this appro
priation, think it wrong for Democratic House t.
pay debt contracted by the Black Republican Cp
position. Even LEWIS D. CAMPBELL, Of Ohio, thu
very head of the Opposition" in the House, said o
! this appropriation:
| There can be no controversy about the bill. 1
| is simply TO pay for work that has actually beer
1 done, which members have received and sent hOmG
to their constituents. The printer is suffering fol
want Of the means due him. and has been for q lOnl
| time"
The Composition" ordered the work-failed L
make an appropriation to pay for it-and the P1tri0
charges it as an item of democratic extravaganza
when the deficiency is supplied by a Democratic
House.
TIE deficiency in the Indian Department, the vote
on the appropriation for which is not given, OPP.
position member desiring TO record his UOts against it, il
referred to by the Patriot as democratic extrava.
gance. 1t was to pay debts due the Indians under
treaties with them. for which the Opposition House
! failed to provide.