, 1862-05-26
KELLEE'S REPLY TO VOORHEES,
Spicy Debate in Congress.

HOUSE OF REPREsES7Ar1yEs--Th House |
resumed the consideration Of the Condscation |
bill.
Mr. voorhees, Dem., 1nd.) reviewed the !
financial policy which has governed the Ad- !
mipistrat1on since it came into power, charac- |
terizing it as unsound, unwise and ruinouB.
The criminals who have been plundering the
Treasury have not been brought to Justice, |
nor has honesty peryaded the departmental
History will on this subject cause every lover
Of his country to bow his head while his cheek
will burn with shame, because Of the extrava-
Gapd shamelessness of expenditures By
means Of mismauageme and fraud, the pub
lie debt year hence will be one-sixth OF the
wealth Of the country or two th0pSand mil
lions Of doltsrs doas Now the proportion 70 every
it will be S400. Where was the evidence that
any other people had been SO burdcned within
so short : time. He might be met with the
familiar cry that these rash expenditures arc
necessary to ca1ry On the war. 10 this he
socyer quarter It might. The Mexican war,
though carried on in distant country, cost
for every man less than one-fourth what Tas
now expended; but fraud and crime had
swollen The enormous burden on patriotic and
honest people. This be stood ready to prove.
He alluded to the. results Of the Investigating
Committee to support his argument. In con
clnsion he expressed the hope and predicted
that the people would rise in their might aud
send hitherto representatives who will be gov
cru 81 the teachings ofthe Bible and the Con-
stitution, and TINT the Union will be re-estab-
1ished On the principles Of Justice and Chris
tianity.
Mr. Morrill, (Rep., Vt-) expressed his sur
prise at the gentleman's extraordinary speech.
The gentleman said ut the end Of smother
year The national debt will be two Thousand
| millions Of dollars, and the interest over one
hundred millions. To say nothing Of the at
| tacks On the Administration, which IL doing
all it can TO- put down the rebellion inaugu-
| rated by the gent1eman7s Own party, be would
| remind the gentleman that our armies are ia
part commanded by Democratic generals, and
they must take their due share. Tho Office
| Of Secretary Of War Is filed, too, by .
! Democrat. The charge came with an i'll
| grace from the gentleman When, the fact
shall be investigated, he (AorrilD would be IS
wiling "a the gentleman to visit the delin-
on gibbets for e1ec1ation in all time to come
He thought there would be found rs many OF
them In the Democratic a. In any other party.
In relation to the expenditures, he would
ton for the year ending 1862 i $3.50 1000 200,
ard for that ending 1858, 1854 600 600; SO if the
. war continues then till the end Of another
year, the expenditure VIII. nos excaed
$l,13O, ,Do, ,000. The present debt, Including
the old, is little over s6oo, ,ooo, 900: The in:
more than $40, 900.
III: Kelley (Rep., p } said if the speech o
Mr. Voorhees, had been made In the halls o
the Confedetate Congress, It's well rounded
, appleuse,s Was John 3. Floyd member Q
Abraham Lineoln's Cabinetf Whp vas b
bnt the man who stole the al1ns from the vel
$ stocked a1ssnalb: and gaze them to the rebel
member Of MI. Lfncoln's Cabinet. It was h
D who put the credit Of our county SO 1oN
n We could not borrow money at twelve pc
centnm- It caused every foreign nation
y turn up 1ts nose. 50 to speak, at American q
n c1risies, Was Jacob Thompson member {
the Indian bonds-' Was Toucey member {
= Mr.. Gncoln's Cabinet?-he that dtsmantle
! the few ships remaining In our wsters, an
sending others to distaDt shores. These we,
the thieves and sconndrels of the form,
J Administration, over whose overthrow Il
,e gentleman from Indiana mourned. II
!. Egntle1nau's remarks reminded him of Sata
y eproving sin; but he had never before sse
9, | 1t ptacticrd On So great = scale as now. Fl
=. present condition OF tha country Was the HI
- ural result Of the training the people receig.
as at the hands Of the Democratic party,
i, | made our country the plundersr Of nation
| provided they were feeble F1llibuaterism
le came eynunymous with Democracy during u
IL two last Administrations. Considering :,
= their corTupsions. it did not lie In the moct
as psrty to reproach the present Adm1n1strasi,
IN With dishonesty nnd ffaud. In further repl
- Mr. Kelly said the Labor of the country "
&c. pay the taxes Stephen A Douglas truly 81
be there will be. only two parties IN this W.
"pat11ots and traitoFs' no neutTals. A N
n must be for or against. the Government. ]
L. aeked whether anybody could tell from
speeches of the gentleman from Indis
- whether the latter was for or against the Gt
oa eminent. "a