The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1867-03-07
GREENvlILE, SOUTH cARoIINAs MARCH i, ! 1867,
auarreling Over the spoils.

Quarrehng Over the Spoils.
Our New England and New York
compatriots are in most unbecomiug
state,of i'll humor. Read The following,
from the Springfield Republican, (radi
.cal.) :. -. =. ~,
Z" Tue New BoUNTY Bill AND A
New SEcrIoNALIsM---SThere was
straight. SECTIONAL contest over the boun
~ bill in, the House, Friday--not. this
time. between North and South, but be ;
tween East and West, and the, latter
conquered BY exactly it's numerical pa
pondersnee, without regard to party.
And in the debate; as well 1.-THE voting,
it was. made clear that it was a mere
struggle,of brute force, with the least
possible regard to justice or any recog>
nized principle. Mr.. Schenck, of Ohio,
who engineered The bill, undertook to
play, the despot, according TO the pre-.
Sailing style in that body, and refused
to petmit any attempt at amendment,
but he did not carry such vigor of per.
sonal authority as does Mr.. Stevens, and
the members gtew restive under j, and
refused to order the previous question,
thus opening the bill, 10 debate and
amendment. Mr. Schneck stated The
amount Of money required by the bill
at anywhere from hundrd 10 five hun.
dred milliops--wbat is hundred mil
lions more or less 10 great nation like
thisl 1t was shown by the representa-
tives from the Eastern States and New
York thai the result of dcducling 6oun
ties previously paid will be, that only
the Western soldiers will get the benefit
Of the bill--that, in fact, it will take
| several hundred millions from the sol
diers and people Of the East, and put it
in the pockets of tho soldiers Of the
West, for boun,ies that their own States
- should pay them, il they are to be paid
at all, To this fair showing, which they
did not undertake 10 deny, the Western
members replied that three times as
many Eastern as Western soldiers de-
serted and that the East could afford 10
pay the money, because it, bad wrung
its wealth utof The West BY high tar
ifs and moreover, they wanted to
. prove that, .heIceforth, the. West is to
!, control in national legislation. So the
Western men stood together, RcpubIi'
cans and copperheads, and imposed This
tax on the East, for their own benefit
by vote Of ninety-two to sixty>nine.--
To add to the aggravation of this delib'
crate act ofrobbery, Mr.. .Schenck coolly
tells us that this bill merely meets { The
first expectation Of the soldier, and he
| hopes hereafter to bring bounties up tc
4 1.-The highest standard paid This ne"
,sec,ionalism starts off magnifcently;in.
deed, and it may soon become ques
tiop how much we have gained by ex
changing Southern for Western suprem
acy." ..
| II is extremely refreshing to hear I
radical abusing, legislation " by brute
force and callingfor "juslice and pin
ciple )" to hear radical characterize tht
prevailing s.yle'in the House Of Rep
- resentalires as playing the despol,'
and so forth. But the most interesting
j. matter is the dispute between the Eas
and West, as to which side Furnished
the most deserters
No doubt, gentlemen of New England
it is very hard to'have uoosiers for mas
. ters, but you will have TO stand it.