Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1864-03-04
Maine and Minnesota.

| "A siaFp ueoate spFuho up III thc sen
ate on Monday between Mr.. Fessendel
of Maine and Mr.. Williams OF MINES
sofa. THE latter had been Urging the
reduction Of the salary of Mr.. Fox, tn,
Assistant Secretary Of the Navy. Mr.
Lane of Indiana having obtaincl tao
/ floor -
: Mr.. Fcsscnlcn. l ask the Senate to
yield to me for Il moment. Mr.. Pfesi-
dcat, with reference to the remark which
has been made by the honorable Senator
from Minnesota have simply to say that
so far as the Assistant Secretary Of the
Navy is concerned, the bill originating
that office and fixing his salary at s4oO
was brought into the Senate alil advocst-
ed and carried through by mes'e'"
man.
=, Mr.: Mr.: wilkinson, wilkinson. lie has got 4" Navy
Mr. Fessendod. That may be.tL>-s.et.
IF they have got anytsnry = ,Reffs ut,
out there that is troublesome wis1-saey
would get rid of it. [Laughter.l Dat
the fact is as have stated Now in ref
erepce to raising the salary of the .Assis-
tant Secretary Of the Treasury, that pro-
position came from the House of Repres-
cntatives and was concurrcd in here
1t was no. originated here. | have
said what my opinion was in reference to
the matter, and Of course | do not wish
to repeat it 3; but | wait to say TO the
Senator that in my judgment the great
West, the -porvaling W est, the with
out-which nothing -clse-lives-in-thc-
West, has some interest in the Treasury
Of the United States, | reckon, as well
as the Atlantic coast.
Mr.. Wilkinson. We do not get much
out CT il.
MIR, Fessenden. What salary do We
give to the honorable gentleman who
came from Indiana and has 5000 year
tAe Comptroller OF the Garrcncy-moge
than the Assistant Secretary very consil-
crabIy. | believe he WAS dlstin .uishel |
citizen of the West.
Mr.. Wilkinson. submit that it was
necessary to hnd the brain competent to
manage that department OF the Govern
mcnt, and il was necessary to g to tac
West to 6nl them.
Mr.. Fcssendcn. will put it upon
that ground. | have already admit,el
that the West furnished everything that
there was nothing without it, brains or
anything else, in its own estimation. |
think that this is all idle talk. | am sor-
ry to hear such a remark from the hon
orabe Senator from Minnesota. | be-
licyc he is the only Senator in the whole
number who ever in this Senate makes
an allusion Of that kind, which is section
al and calculated to create i'll feeling
There are one or two members OF the
House of Representatives who do the
same thing. have only to say with re-
gard to it that in my experience in this
world because this is AN imputation Of
motive, and of bad motive,) those gem
tlcmcn who are so anxious to lmpute bad
motives and sectional motive. to others
in matters Of legislation mus. draw from
consciousness, aud from nothing else.
Mr.. Wilkinson then proceeded to ex-
plain that he felt that he had some spec.
ial right to indulsc in such n course OF
remark, because Mr.. Fessendcn had, as
he charged opposed a bill tor paying
bounties to most deserving western reg
iment, the First Minnesota - ,
Now, | ask the honorable Senator if
we have not light to be little impud-
ent. ask him if we have not right
to assert here our position upon this floor
and boast little in regard to the i1hu-
ence and the rights, if need be, OF the
people OF the West ? What have we
done sir? What have these people Of
the west done since the war commenced ?
They have won and redeemed for this
country, the whole State Of Missouri
they have redeemed the State of Arkan.
sas they have redeemed the whole OF
Tennessee and all of Mississippi. What
has this great army recovered for the
country and for the Union 1t has
marched down to the Rapidan and it
has marched back again. and it has
been swinging like the pendulum OF a
clock, one day going forward twenty
miles, and the next day going back thirty
miles. Laughter.
This sir, is my excuse for saying things
that ought not to say, and let me tell the