Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1864-06-10


defending us to see 70 il that ID some way or eth
er We put an end 70 the gross frauds that have
/ been so extensively practised upon cur soldiers
Idonot know whether this Blu VIII be entirely
| satisfactory but letus examine, tits smoothing but
fair that we should haze it before US 1t Is unjust
to the orignators and the to friends Of the bill
to pass resolution indefinitely postponing it. and
i in that way to defeat it
aEr FLEMING DIR Speaker, when this mo-
ton for indefinite postponenent was first made,
/ had made up my mind to vote against it; but In
asmuch as this discussion has taken place shall
now vote IN favor of it. When the bin Of the
Senator from Ilycoming made provisions
for the tntnIe, while being retrospective also In
| the matter OF bounties--was before the Senate,
voted for 1t after it was SO amended as to make it
prospective only for ] considered that it was but
proper and Just that the State should assume the
payment of bounties hereafter offered But, sir,
| / am opposed to the bill now before the Senate,
because It would give rise to great deal of ma
ehinery and a great deal Of unnecessary expense
that ought TO be avoided Fl is easily seen that IL
| this money were raised by taxation, and if the
moneys raised by the local authorities shonSI be
refunded, 1t Wll give rise 10 expenses of a yeTsS
| great amount 1t would scarcely amount 10 any
thing after the attendant expenses we're defrSyed
That Is one great and serious objection that have
/ to this b though if the system of paying boun-
ties bY tie State had been adopted in the first
place, believe itwou3d have been wise and Hlst.
argues that the taxes are unequal But, sir, hav-
| ing gone INTO the system, and the money having
| been raised and disbursed must believe that it
would only bring troubleupon the people to change
the system now | am therefore in favor of In
definite postpeneTfent. was desirous that this
question should have fair and candid discus
sion; and as it has now been discussed for the
second time, think every Senator understands
it.
Mr.. HOUSEHOLDER. Mr.. Speaker, I do
4 not bIauie the Senator from Dauphin for favor
/ ing his own constituency, While the proportion
to be paid by his constituency would be one thou
sand one hundred and one dollars per taxable, the
average for the whole State is seven hundred and
! fifteen dollars and twenty-five cents, according to
! my celebration. But ] mist say that when Sen
ators nsbsesentins the poorer districts Of this
/ Commonwealth whose valuation is below the ay-
erage OF the State, vote against the interest Of
their eeIistitueney, | cannot see how they can go
home and face their constituents On the other
hand Think that Senator's representing even the
wealthiar portions of this Commonwealth should
in illstieeto their constituents who have dissursed
money for this purpose vote 20 have their money
1 refunded and LET the tax come also upon those
l'whe haIaeTefHSed to contribute anything towards
Il the raising Of their asssas. The bill proposes
that th4 State shall assume this Indebtedness and
II place d tax lI0la esefH eifizeRs of this Common
wealth The l0Fal Rfen who gives of his sub
sfaneer reaaily VIII then bear his proportion Of
4 this exTe ehse while the dsloyal man win also be
compyetl 10 csntFibute his sharer / think, SIR,
that II Senators representing the wealthy portions
4 Of this commonwealth would look at it in the
Il proper way. they would see that il Is feasible,
Il practicable and Just not only 10 the poorer conn
tics, bat toIheni also hope, SIR, that with such
facts staring Senators in the face, they will do jus
tiee ii this bill, and not condemn it without the
4 Dir CLYMER Mr. Speaker, merely desire
in this connection TO show the Senator the aliaey
i of his position. He tells us THAT tile high b0uh-
ties in other parts of the State have drawn from
bis country nearly half the population liable to
draft and that ifa future draft should be inforeed
it would take all the remaining portion to meet it.
Now, SIR let US see what he proposes to 90. The
men who have left his county have been paid three
hundred and fifty dollars In another county per
haps in the eouaty ST Chester. u hat Is passed
cannot be undone The county of Chester has
rot credit for those men: and il he throws this
matter upon the State. he merely taxes has own
4 county for men who have been credited to the
county Of Chester | would suggest 10 the Sena-
I tor that hereafter if this bill become law and IL
the richer portions of the State, under the pres
ent bounty system, were to pay bounty of three
! hundred dollars in addition, and men were taken
from his county BY that means. there would be no
men left to be be drafted, and yeo his county
would be subjected to tax for other portions OF
the State.
Mr.. HOUSEHOLDER viii explain The
| Senator from Berks seems to understand my ar
gument as applying only to my county. | am ar
guing III behalf OF all those counties that are op-
pressed BIS reason of lis pTeponderance; bat /
would say. II the State assumes the payment Of
three hundred dollars TO each person who will
volunteer there would be tlis advantage to those
who have raised their quotas under the cal: they
would be enabled to get their men. 1t they could
not furnish them themselves the men would stlll
be obtained from some other county. thus reiiey-
Tafa fbfaI ri
subjected to a draft while in many sections Of
! this Commonwealth in which the conserpsian
imust necessarily be enforced under the present
law unless the President orders differently. there
would be a greater chance it 1t were publicly
known throughout those sections that the State
gave three hundred dollars bounty towards raising
the men necessary to FIJI their quotas.
Il On the motion for indefinite poStponement.
The yeas and nays were required by Mr..
HOUSEHOLDER and Mr.. WILSON, and
were as follows viz;
YEAs-Messrs Bucher., Champneys. Clymer,
/ Connell Donovan, Dunlap, Fleming, Glatz,
Hogh Kinsey, Lamberton, l.atta, Lowery, M
Sherry, Montgomery, Reilly, Ridgeway, Smith,
Stein and Waace-20.
| Mrs. -MessrS Bearlslee, Graham Hopkins,
Householder, johnson, NJ Candless, Nichols, st.
Clair. Turrel, Wilson, Worthington and Penney,
| .Soedker-l2
| So the motion was agreed to-
Mr.. GRAHAM said. While | am opposed to
| the BILL and shall vote against it when it comes
before the Senate yet / am wiling that it should
come before the Senate properly for the purpose
Of amending it, and getting itin the shape in
which he thinks it should be passed, / shah
! therefore vote no.
Mr.. HOPKINS. For the same reasons with the
gentleman from Allegheny, ] vote no.
From Thomas Jeaerson's Notes On Virginia.
4 SIT is difficult to determine on the standard BY
which the manners of nation may be tried,
whether catholic or particular ltis more dit