Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-08-20

uuobiy IOHcWcus WlJU chCu DItRbu
forever to strict observance Of all Its
obligations, with kindness and fraternal
love everywhere prevailing, the desolatiOns
of war will soon be removed, its sacrifices
of life, sad as they have been, will, with
christian resignation. be referred to provi-
dental purpose OF fixing our beloved coun-
try on a firm and endurable basis, which
will forever place our liberty and happi-
ness beyond the reach of peril; then and
forever will our Government challenge the
admiration and receive the respect of the
nations Of the earth, and be In no danger of
any efforts to impeach our honor. And
permit me, sir, In conclusion, to add that,
great as Is your solicitude for the restora-
tion of our domestic peace aud your labors
TO that end, you have also a watchful eve to
the rights of the nation, and that any at
tempt by an assumed or actual foreign
power to enforce an illegal blockade against
the Government or citizens of the United
States, to nse yourown mild but expressive
words, twill be dlsregarded." In this de-
termination am sure you will receive the
unanimous approval of your fellow citizens.
Now, as che Chairman OF this committee,
and In behalf OF the Convention, have the
honor to present you with an authenticated
copy of its proceedings.
4uC dlluoiOn OilC dDONC duuIC5o W buO
determination of our Government to dlsre-
gard tile attempt of an assumed or actual
foreign power to enforce an illegal block
ade. caused loud and continuous cheering.
When Mr.. johnson had concluded, the
President said:
Mr.. CHAIRMAN, AND GENTLEMEN OF THE
COMMITTEE Language Is inadequate to
express the emotions and feelings produced
by this occasion, and perhaps l could ex-
press more by permitting silence to speak.
and you to infer what | Onght to say. /
confess that Notwithstanding the expert
ence l have had in public life, and the au-
diences | have addressed, this occasion aud
this assemblage are we'll calculated to, and
do overwhelm me. AS have said, have
not language to convey adequately my
present feelings and emotions. In listen
ing to the address which your eloquent and
distinguished Chair man has just delivered,
the proceedings Of the Convention, as they
transpired, recurred to my mind. Seem
ingly partoOk of the inspiration that pre-
vailed in the Convention. When received
a dispatch by two of its distinguished MEM
bers conveying in terms the scene which
has Just been described, of South
Carolina and Massachusetts, arm-in-arm
marching into that vast assem-
blage, and thus giving evidence that
the extremes had come tOge her, and that
for the future they were united, as they
had been in the past, for the preservation
of the Union; when the dispatch Informed
me that in that vast body of men, distin-
guished for intellect and wisdom, every eye
was suffused with tears on beholding the
scene, could not finish reading the dis
patch to one associated with me In office.
for my own feelings Overcame me. Cheers
] think we may justly conclude that we are
moving under a proper inspiration, aud
that we need not be mistaken that the fin
ger of an overruling and unerring PrOvi-
dence Is in this matter. Loud eheers.l The
nation is in peril. We have just passed
through a mighty, a bloody, a momentOus
ordeal. Yet we DO not find ourselves free
from the difficulties and dangers that at
first surrounded us. While our brave men
have performed their duties-both officers
and men-(turning to Gen. Grant, who
stood at his right)-whie they have
won laurels imperishable, there are
still greater and more important
duties to perform and while we
have had their cooperation in the field. we
now need their support in our efforts to
perpetuate peace. Loud cheers.l So far
as the Executive Department of the Gov
ernment is concerned, the effort has been
made to restore the Union, to heal the
breach, to pour oil into the wounds which
were consequent upon the struggle, and,
to speak In common phrase, to prepare. as
the learned and wise physician would, q
plaster healing in character and coexten-
sive with the wound. Loud cheers. We
thought, and yet think, that we had par
TALLY succeeded, but as the work progressed,
M nfliofint, uoatYna1 70 h. knLf II
and the country becoming united, we found
q disturbing and marring element oppOs-
ing us.
Appropriations by the Last Con-
greSS.
New YORK, Aug. 1S.-A Tribune's spe-
cial says: The following are the amounts
appropriated by the last Congress for the
services of the Government, as appears by
the acts already published, which, it is be-
lieved, comprise nearly all the appropra-
tion acts: Legislative, Executive and Judi
cial service, $25,4l2,550; Civil and Mis-
cellaneous service, $5,729043; collecting
revenue from Customs, $4,2O0,000; Consular
and Diplomatic service, $l,405, 400; Indian
services, $397l ,557; Naval services, $lS,-
9O4667; Military service, $44, $4,000; PEN
sions, $l5,440,006; rewards for capture of
Assassins, $l05,000; various acts for deti-
cheney, $2600000; total, $l22,005,3O7. This
does not include the amounts necessary to
pay the bounties under the recent Bounty
law, for which no amount is given, and
there are numerous other appropriations
made to which no sums are affixed. The
Treasurer variously estimates the amount
required under the Bounty act at fr. m
$60,000,000 to $200,000,000, and the other
g. -.
given at from 100000 to $500,000. Among
the items in the Civil Appropriation bill is
one directing the payment, out of the COM
mutation fund arising from the draft,
which now amounts to about $4,000. 900,
the sum of $500 for each slave who either
enlisted or was drafted in the military SER
vice, to be paid to the loyal owners of the
slaves. The benefits of the bill are con-
fined to the slave States represented in
Congress since 1854. The amount necessary
to make the payment will be about $lO,-
100000.
Payment Of BOuntles-HOw Pay.
menIs will be Made.
The Commissioners appointed by the Sec
retary OF War to make rules for the pay
ment OF bounties, have not yet concluded
their work, but 1t is understood they will
make swindling the soldiers and those enti-
tied to the money, by the claim agents, a
very up hill business. This commission is
now discussing the feasibility of a plan
recommended by the Paymaster General
for the sending of paymasters into each
Congressional District, and there distrib-
uting to each claimant the specified bounty.
This proposition meets with warm opposi-
tion, as the inability of every soldier to
correctly prepare his record Of papers and
the necessary expense of bringing two wit
nesses from distance to testify before the
paymaster, will lay the soldier liable to a
class Of swindlers so numerous during the