Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1859-04-06


Of Var the Gcnerai-in. Chief, aud he genel
ais 'ommnnding the department Of 7 sas. hay
4 shown every disposition TO give protection {
4 our frontiers, as far ns the means .ced n
= The necessity for calling these rounleer
into the service is shown By the ncion OF Gen
erals Smith and Twiqgs, NJ different period.
. commnnders of the department of Texus.
; is shown by the action of the Govsrnor Of III
: Sinre OF Texas, aud BY the ncio" on sewers
ocrnsons, Of the Legislature Of Il al S,a,e.-
| is shown bv the ample tesrln ony Of olhe
Officers Of the Army, md by ,he superiniend
eat Of Indian afF,irs oi TeSh,; aid numerous
aud reliable statements of priva,e clizcns
which nre printed in ih. document now befor,
~, and vou.hed for BY p'rsous high in officin
station. The necessity foroddiiicna protection
there was recogoDd by the general. l.in.chief
Gcneral Scoti, aud bv The Secretary of War
And The Secretary OF War, IN letter Of the
>. lth Of lnsf mouth, 10 General Davis, the
lchairman oi the Military Committee in the
Senate, says:
al heg leaveto suggest to the committee, most res
pecifully, the propriety of appropriatug money al
once to pay off Nil the JUS claims which the State OF
Texas may have against the United States on accoun,
of services rendered BY volunteers"
their disposal wnnld enable them 10 do so, con.
sisrcnily with their obligations To other portions
Icf the country. Aud was much gralificd
when, nj the hast session, Congress passed n
law authorizing the raising Of regiment Of
mounted volunteers in Texas, for The protection
of our frontier For this would have given
peace and security 10 life and property on our
frontier if the patriotic design of Congress in
Ieuacling that law had been carried out. | was
iequaliv graffied when, during the Inst SESSION,
the bill passed this House appropriating the
money TO bring this regiment into service
Add could bur turn with sadness aud sorrow
to behold the suffering condition OF our frontier
settlers, when, upon the suggestion Of the
| President, poinadly made in two special mes.
sages to II e last Congress, ihe Senate refused
to pass t G Honse bill mtking the recessa'y APP.
preparations to bring his regiment into lhe
| field. Ii would seem HAT some fatal spell has
come over that State. wonld hope /, has no'
been brought about br The neificiency Of her
Representatives; and sha regret to be forced
10 the CONCLUSION that il results eiihef from
willful and perverse negleci by Congress of oui
rights, and of their duty towards US, or from
the hasc. consider tiou TINT IL xus has but two
humble members on this floor, who need MOI
be consulted in any general scheme for the dis
lppnsntion,o of patronage for political effect or for
securing public plunder, or from the fact that.
she has bot fnur yaics in4tbe electoral college
flor President, and because, from that fact, it
becomes matter Of but little consequence
wnether their favorable consideration be pro-
pirated here or not when other States, with
more votes here aud in the electoral college
have still use for more money ana Govern.
meat patronage.
1tmnv be unjust te suppose that such con.
sideruiiops can have any influence here, and !
wonid not be understood as impntine such mo.
uves of nction; but | nm afraid that. IN the /
hurry Of business. and in the necessary and I
natural exerton of members to secure the in
ierests Of their immediate constituents, such |
influences are sometimes felt in our action here I
II this b. not so, how should account % the
people OF my State for the rt fusa Of Congress
TO provide for the defense of our frontier, when
murder aud pilhge by hostile savages are
spreading terror and dismav all along the line
of our frontier for six or eight hundred miles
in exrenia How shall account TO them for
the fact that, with Gulf coast OF eight hun
drad miles or more, we have not single fort
to protect our towns aud commerce and ship /
ping? How shall account for the fact hat,
in all this long line Of coast. we have 10 Gus
tom uou.es, such as are built in other States
similarly siuaied2 How shall | account Tor
ihe fact that we have not been able TO get any /
appropriation for the improvement Of any al I
our harhor<, while Ike Improvements have
been appropriated for in other States, having
no greater. necessities lhan ours Tor such n
How shall account for the facl
that our Efforts 10 secure The necessary appro- Z
for the building of couff-hoi'sfs atd
post offices have bren wholly disreghiued, not s
vntsinnding ihe Federal conrts are held at }
oar places in the Snie, white this day we II
lave voted in this House to reappropriate two 81
r three million dollars for the building OF II
ourt.horses and post Offices in other States. 6
nd 10 many places " ere they are less neces.
airy than in l'ex,sD D Ard how shall account
o them for the fact thai il wasregarded by the
Committee OF WAYS and Means, and also by :
his onse, n few days nen as out of Older
nd improper 10 iusprt in the general military :
bull provision making an ap. h
roprlliion TO reimburse Texas for money paid
ut by her Tor the defense Of oui frontier, when
motion was made for that purpose by my col
sagne; Mr.. Bryant aud 10 provide the means
,r calling the mounted regiment Of volunteers
" Texas into The service, on motion OF the
en,lenlan from Grorgia, Mr. Stephens; j while
T, the same bill (the military appropriation lll) 4,
was deemed ia order and right, by the Corn-
,iftee of Ways and Means, to report ini. sor 9
T an appropriation Of $4,000 for the snrves}'It
the northern lakes, where all is peace ard .
rosperity, but wliete there happens to os d -
lrge number OF members Interested WAat " "
hall say 70 hem 10 satisfy them 81 me JUS /;
&C. of such legislation as this sad to = induce :, -
hem to b,lieve they receive irsm the federai -
due 20 tf,eir allegiance and totheir fidelity m
, the Constitution and The Union y Y
Aod ,osin. sir. what sheil say 10 them Ia o