New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-02-06
,r1y vopK DAILY TRIBUNE SATURDAY. FEBRUARY o. 1863

the ,vord NJ promise kept to the ear ana broken
70 the hone When they we're tod I.ac 30
many officers had gone out t5ey Sa S"rpe The war
in fh onntcer service had left their position wnen te
exigencios OF the service None of them nrmured
bnt no bsn II was asked that these men who had Deen
educated at the expense OF the tbese oicers ought
never TO let go their hold upon the treasury ne n1
favor Of the bill that should IeduG h eSce the officers
beers by consolidating them. ana thus $1,000 seemed TO
Mr.. FARNswORTH said that as everypouy, me earliest
be in favor Of the reduction o. 1e Of the Committee
Military Affairs professed to be reauy W oyv ask
the unanimous consent that the Chairman OF the Com
Inttee on Military Affairs might move MS ahohu'N' "
this BIZ, and that 1t be printed.
Unanimous consent was given. ,, no
e a GsSea at e % and an M
that the Committee on Military Affairs would offer tne
a Question of Mr. Bntler, he said he held III his hand
the Army Register Of 1862 showing the list OF casualties
among the officers OF the army. There were two pages
OF ine print containing the names CT the ofcers VINO
had resigned, or who had been dismissed IRON ftI
the service in consequence OF COurtsinartlii
The Committee on Military Affairs, he said, were noI
willing to be put the attitude OF advocates Tor speca
law 10 protect army officers. They only stood by the
practice of the Government since its foundation, With the
single exception Of the late war Then ohcers came Oae
into civil life because they preferred to 90 So But many
OF those officers OF the regular army had known no otner
duly twenty years than the duty OF their
Their whole lives had been spent In the duties 0i ta
life and 1t quite different thing to turn them OUT ia
their old age with nothing TO fall back on except ther
and good namen0 profession, ana perhaps 10
special aptitude for entering professions lie thougns
there reason for maintaining them I'D tue Serse'
After further discussion the House, al u ocA,
took until II o'clock the evening Session 10 oe ii
S'"'i"' N' EVENING SESSION.
The House resumed s sSSsqa IN G tSS nair u ''
| Mr. JULIAN Rep Ind) addressed the Committee on On
the subject Of nances arguing a bv He sssaon but
must depend the natural course OF trade-oh i u
events which could neither be governed 1oreseen
IN
the great material interests OF the country WITHIN so
wears past and to sustain proposition that the country
was growing so fast that there should DO no apprehe
| sion felt about the ability 10 pay the hulonai
ment he held to be that Of mastery inactivity
All that Congress could do to speed the resumpoh ~
specie payment TO remove some OF the principal
saces 10 the development of tho resources OF the co
try, and TINS afford the opportunity Ior PROFESS
first duty OF Congress was TO prompt 'e s iaws
No man could defend tho past adpU OaiSS
| OF Congress in alternating the pubic donaln'
The development OF the financial resources Of the GOV
eminent was another means toward the same end le
of the precious metals speed the time when II can
be safely done. His policy was this Abolish iahu Spegu
iatons reform the policy Of land grants reform the In
Congress respecting mineral lands so aS 10 develop the
MIR BROOMALL Rep, Pal was the next speaker bis
topic being the questions Of currency the day OF spec
payment he said was further of to-day than II seemed
be In 1865 The people suffering AL the evils OF
paper currency, not the least among Whch was thil
earessness as TO its existence Those evils were directly
| traceable 10 a debased and nuctuating standard
OF value The Government had created the Dlschiel,
and the Government aDate It, He proceeded 10
crtcse the scheme proposed by Mr. Butler OF
setts the speech IN which ne characterized gVu anu
silver as the currency OF the barbarians lie thonght
| that Mr. Butler should have lived two centuries
| ago. He would have made an excellent adluuSI 20
| Law, and might have kept ms famous silssls-
sippi bubble from exploding as soon as lt dq.
Mr. BrOoma then proceeded to discuss ana 10 state ms
0blectons 20 the plans OF the Secretary of the Treasury
and OF Senator Morton. His conclusions were that
immediate redemption OF the notes was mpractcanle'
and that IL would bankrupt debtors crush the mantac-
turing and producing interests, and destroy ha OF tue
capital or the cOuntry aud also that liking day Tor
redemption within two, three four years would pro-
| duce the same results. -,
! Mr.. fRUNN dem, " " was the next speaker Ills
| topic also that Of currency and finance.
| Mr.. MULLINS rep, Tenn was the next speaker,
taking for his tonic the whole range or political phOso
| ply and constitutional and national law.
At the conclusion Of Mr. Muins'S speech, at 1850
| o'clock, the House adjourned.