Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1866-10-13

thls, tHcy uouDl, OF say lltN uoi
tho truth Of the reports OF Indian
raids and Indian outrages, which
reach us almost every day, and in
sinuate that they are Cotton up
with II view to the humbngging OF
the Legislature into tho scattering
of large sums ofmonoy among them,
aud that II is the "money and not
the men we want, and in this con.
nection, it would not, perhaps, be
amiss for me to say by way cf per-
sonal explanation, that | under
stand il is being whispered around
by the enemies of the bill, that the
carnestness with which | have ad-
vocated this measure ever since its
introduction, has not been actnated
entirely by unsclilsh motives, or in
other words, that | expect to have
command ofthcse forces when raised.
Gentlemen are wrong, and are do
ing great injustice not only to this
measure but to myself who circu,
late, or believe any such report. l
have not sought the position, nor
would | accept it If il were rendered
me. | hope, when organized, that
thcsc'troops may be commanded by
some one much better qualified than
/ claim to be, for so important II
position, and let me assure these
most skeptical Senators, that how
ever exaggerated they may think
these reports of border troubles,
these reports fall far, very far short
of the actual truth.
Now, sir, if what / have said of
the extent of that frontier, and of
its bloody history for the last five
or six years, be true, it is conclusive
that troops should be raised for its
protection, and if ample protection
is contemplated, it does seem to me
that the idea of attempting to give
that protection with a less number
ofmen than the number provided
for in the House bill, will force it's
elf irresistibly upon every unpreju-
diced mind, as being simply absurd.
But the opposition, not satisfied
with reducing the number of men
to force mad quate to the duties
which will be required Of it, they
propose an allowance in pay, that
they must know, and | believe they
do.llnow, will not procure the ser.
vice, Why, sir, the two hundred
and forty dollars, IN currency, which
they propose to give as fullcompen-
sation for twelve months service,
would not, even if paid in advance,
be but barely sufficient to arm and
equip a man for the field, without
making any allowance for the pur-
chase of second horse, which con-
tingency is most likely to occur l
assure you, in the course Of twelve
months service on the plains; and
Senators acknowledge, or some OF
them at least, of the opposition ac.
knowledge, that the pay proposed
by the substitute is not enough, but
they think that the people out there
ought to be sufficiently patriotic to
serve for less than fair compensa-
ton.
Well sir, 1 incline to the opinion,
that for patriotism, those people out
there will average pretty well with
the people Of any other porti Of
the State; but cannot for the life
of me see how that patriotism, how
ever devoted and unselfsh it may
be, will support the families of the
soldiers, during their absence, and
some of them may fall in battle, and
when the orphaned little ones of
those who do so fall shall cluster
around their widowed mothers
knees and cry for bread, the proud
recollection of their fallen fathers
patriotism will not supply that
bread.
The distinguished Senator from
Anderson, Mr.. lowers wants to
know from me how / propose to
supply the means to meet this ex-
traordinary expenditure of the peo-
ple's money. | will say to that
Senator, that l only propose, at
present the calling out of a sntfiel-
'ent force to prevent the continuance
of the tragic scenes which are being
enacted daily upon our border, and
will depend upon the COMMITTEE
on Finance" to provide the means
to make this action of the Legisla-
ture effective. | viii say further to
the Senator, that am no fnancier,-
that the field of finance is to me a
labyrinth, field crossed by an in
Vulnerable number of paths, run
ming in every conceivable and in
conceivable direction into which,
whenever | enter, | at once get lost.
But, sir, if l was ever so good a b.
nancier, If. / was even the "head and
front" of the Finance. Committee OF
the Senate, or ifI, like the Senator
from Collin, Mr.sBumpas, : regarded
myself the peculiar champion of tho
Treasury, | am,not of that cold and
calculating composition, which
would. enable me, like them, to
place money in the balance. against
the livest and fortunes ofmy fellow
citizens, to weigh gold, sir, against
human blood. s.
Permit ME now, Mr.. Chairman,
to allude, briefly, to SOME of the re-
marks Of the bonorable Senator
from Cherokee, who, in the excess
of his enthusiastic devotion to the
Treasury, and his very laudable
anxiety to guard the interests of
that very interesting portion of his
constituency, Gu. the acknowsedg-
ment Of whose claims. upon every
patriot heart, no one. further than
myself can goo the widows and
orphans of the Confederate soldiers,
has permitted himself, | think, TO
20 little beyond the record, in or
der. sir, to prejudice the minds Of
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