The New York herald., 1866-03-20

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h'ing voted for the bill himself he feli need OF per-
,bs 49, but majority of the Union party on
uone 20 upon leiberaiion from clear and dixcrminat
ins sruse OF dniy Their obJe tons founded IN
lnaos oe'a ana did not so 20 the principle or poll
cy involved Yet be proclaimed that tho vote
ON Friday indicated determination 10 persist In a policy
of paper money and 70 resist specie payments
Nothing could be further rom the truth Gentlemen on
this side without exception, deemed thc whole sub.
Ject OF prices and nnance ia unwh0lesomc cindi-
Ton, aud they all mean to do everything possible
10 improve II and To do II speedily N s
safs and conservative Isruiag paper money
was only temporary expedcnt eIpedcnt
deemed necessary In tho midst or great and sudden
war Colo and silver were the true standard Of value,
the worlds standard. the only enduring standard.
Whyy Not because they are money. 'rhe rank Ia bps
the gulneas stamp" but because besides being money,
they represented the cost Of production THIS paper
can never do; and paper never except temporarily,
be The sole currency of this country Common sense sad
this; common interest said ~ tho laws OF trade say II
and the people say The Secretary OF the Treasury In
his Fort Wayne speech aud IN his annual report, ana
tho President IN the clear and and patriotic passage
In his Message treating phancal theories only record
the sentiment OF the country that at The earliest pfacu
cable moment We were TO come back 70 whonhomc
condition Of thngsio specie basis His dat nguishod
friend from Illinois (Mr Wentworth was not st all 70
assume that bis colleagues on this noor stand IN
need Of advice this subject He hr Conkllngl hap
pened 60 be of those who al the ontss, had gwen his
vote and he voice In this House against bgnning tho
paper moDey lie knew then what evils u would bring
with H. and how hard II would b. and how long would
take 10 get rid OF H. lie beloved then aud he believed
now that al the time adopted it Was pronAiurei
that could have been postponed aud the evils In somo
das avoided
NJ NkNIwoHTii, Vcp.l OF III asked Tue privilege OF
the floor TO state that he wa not member OF the House
at that time.
Mr. cosKuSG-No; my fucud from Illinois has been
here many times when he us~ful; but he not
here at that time Iaughterl Mr. Consins went ou ,o
that opposed a. he was TO paper policy dreAdiag
the result he had done, when forced to
H. hc confessed that his fears had been only IN part
realized and he was thankful for H. He ws thank
fdl that the people, and especially the poor people
and those dependent ON aKcd nc"mos, wcro
worse on They were suffering and nothing
vas 40 desirable or In legislation than tha
n
al dollar used TO buy We were making progress In
the right direction lie had Jusl received despatch
rcloccd aud took courage from that II ought not 70 DO
worth more than the currency OF the country. Hs
hoped for the time when would not be but Il s idc
and mad To talk about descending IN SMILE leap TO
specie bottom II such lump should be ven.ured upon
ally, II slowly shall wreck half the material
interests in the country Nobody know this bett"r than
the present able head OF the Treasury Tue President
of the United States felt II when ho adopted tho ~s
chosen words OF his ssage. The Union mon In this
House did not decide at this point al all except opinion
as To how BOON spoco payment can be assumed Thoso
who have voted for the bill do not that can do
IL at once those who voted against do not mean that
". shall not do It ~ soon We can safely. All moan
resumption u specie az soon practicable Al were
united aud the only practical question was ~ To ,ha best
way OF getting at it Gcniiemrn differed as to tho
OF power which the Secretary has already aud
differed about the precise arrangement and degree @
additional power 10 In conferred but they would get u
substantially right and at the Tina VA such form
will command tho whole Union vote of tbs House, an
he (Mr Conkin1 hoped and believed One thing he dh
propose ho did not want 10 bill
unatfactory "a large part of the sdmlnStrat on party
by AID OF from the ohrr nids of the House.
Those who, throughout the war, idl. " not nn-
friendly spectators ths shore when the al p VAS
drifting on The rocks would no, 10 troubled lay
down OF carry financial policy for the country %
for tho admnis,ration The Committee % Ways
and Means and the majority world save ,hom that uoa-
10 brng In an acrsp,Able and suabcent btu.
Mr. R.soiLI- of Pa desired N kaow with which sds
OF The House ,he gsn,lensn had voted WHEN he vo'd
Mr. coskLis1 replied thai the scntismAn from Penn
ss. srs s' S.s 20 % ssss % 40. q me os. 90 Zoe.
question.
the gentleman voted with the democrats who thon
| Ina the House.
Mr CoxKIIss-The gentleman doe. not undsrsand the
member ~ the Commnie of Ways and Means az sb-
sn, the eo%nss was was, r., eomR9,sa q eight four o.
and the Houss vas divided vsp much after the s~sns
| fashion
Nr ElDrrDss, dem Of wis, Inquired -be,bsr tho
been then
| Nr CoSxuso-rhe gentleman andsrstand. no doubt,
the present stgaon aud has ooabsd Tho AdyAnisg ~
appearing, with his friends 10 bc ardnni W the anp
port anin siraioa gsAsars the details of which
have divided the Union vote
Mr. BsooKs-I s'n puzzled how 10 vo,s 90 tho notion
Of my honorable colleague lhr Conklng. wi.h nfof.
nation from him tho sub oct II ana thifty
other gentlemen this the of this
til VIII tho other aide ~ The House vote aNnsi ~
NJ said hp colleague put that qsss,on for
The sate o the iun !, might make aud Tho siiebon
Mr. Bs0,szI have been trying ssppor The sffnin-
sira0n Ia this I've frssldsut recommends
The course Of policy which have bcru purauing
fecr.Ary of the Treasury fec1mmenis a. tie comm,ee
W Ways aud NesLH recommend " and the uA9flty of
The House have voted that ssy today and bor tho
BcmbsTs on the other aide Eoug tarn thsfppevc-
bccasss sons thirty Foutlcnisn this sids Of tbs
Iioass belp tbefni ~ish an answer - my gsesilos
hoS am " vote 90 the motion ~ fscomnL
hr coaEuSg-i vii sBdeasef " ans~sf NY colleague,
and sappos@ the Houss - answer him afg- min
utss undcrsisni everybody sisr undsrstsnsa shat
frnusmeu on the other sfs ~ the HJssr fons-
Iast a. they voted on negro sHrrase n toe prci ~
Columbia ~ith the uon ibs anai ol ths
Hous', v there are sny, order 70 divide dnvs
into faise position tl@aEhof on the dsmccfaiir sds
ol tbe hol-el 20. nor, ~ mere political ma
14ugh'erl We al sndsrissd ibst = ma
aeos..ary % snpiaiG a, beesas siplshs
secure uBanimiiy We have haa 80 or ures Insst,a-
ioDs q the .isdou y r-sona ttng -ta ihs no
oon.,s,lon.l smendmen' and ne pFii Right bii Afs
Ar Bpooss r.l-s1 question 0 ora,r. thai nssro OF
frags o. consttIosal susndnsus the subject
q fncasson bu, n,oosy y--osabos
me srrssrs oysrrusi ~ pini u order hoisisg
The reference ~ thoas natter oniy 10 lissfsoH
W cosELsS fssuDef hia aEsmsnt His H.otos. he
-af 80 ~ pfsrical pufiose NJ beis ~ ths
psny "a IN. hos.s eosapstsns 10 isy ao-n sosss
tbaEra policy l1ot ~ 10 fettofatsn u sf~fis t4y.
and bs should - ssd 10 have tbs % The
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that cab - devised all thes~ ql~stiyns fsOve thst
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