Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1870-03-30

.o eIH sasssd fimss ~ rAeG Ms dwn Oh sracIsf
was oasaailsd, Esd OenEro4a. was assailod
throuah him, be was bound TO, reply 10 his
81 The Houne Of Representatives was 6oml
posed OF ten kentlemsn, each or whom had
sefsei IN me army during the late war, and
would therefore naturally have great sympa-
:, III, Logan then proceeded sgsla 70 compare
the number Of qfhoefa In the European armies
md quoted from ofiolAl doeumsnis And re-
eordato show that the proportion was greater
10 the Amrfiean army fhah in any other coun.
s spny !. hsS sRRtsS S SI sSs
and not all the employees IN the diffefent de-
paftmentn Of the ARM, all Of which General
sss y y s ssS
htxty. three ofieera, while N ~ Of Russia, with
hundreds d thousands o. men, Wss ouly three
NJ. siosaus Mixed aea. Logan whether he
wished to DO understood aa stating that the
stat eftha Russian AFuF AZ Elyeo by HIN ln-
ordnanes Ahd eogiheet ofieefs, ~, Of the
~ lIosanisSia that army wss 'dIHsrsptIy
are not o iiesrs ihers IS lhey are 10 ours. ~,
Mr. Stooum uAld that made exactly the DIFF
ference, but did not show FEWER stan officer
Mi. LoEAu hoped he would not be Inter
ruptod Wills making this sxpianAtion. Ifthe
gsh,leman would kseP quiet he would expiAln
lie then went on to refer TO the Russian army,
Which, he said. had only astAn Of 'iEiy'three
Nv. Slosdm wanted the Hoase and country
10 understand the difference that what We
caiiod HtNf Culcern 70 THIS couetry were DOT
stan cneefs "a ne Enfopesn arunita, but they
posi,ipnsas OUT staff ,oliloers. I II wHn unfair,
thersfoTa 70 the ermy And toltho country to
give out Al fdea that We were supporting a stan
greater than European countfIes supported
with their armies OF hundreds OF Thousands.
Mr, Logan thought he could explain all
thsd dlffereueea A. he progressed, but II was
he iptsSdsd 10 deceive iss country 10 his state
Mr. slOsuu aid not say the geptlsnAp IN,
ments as they were put were calculated to
NJ. Logan said he expected that some 6ns
General Sherman upon him, but IL the gentle
mAn would only keep quiet all the dlnerenses
would be explained, and ne would show that
then proceeded 10 compare the French and
American stAn organizations. 10 our army
commissaty offioers wete metnbers Of the star,
while In France the oommiAaAry department
was constituted OF elylllAns, aud was no part
q the stan. The engineer department was also
ia msiIne up his number Of the star he did
not include civilian smployeeS, and neither
did France. England had asa general otieeTs,
OF whom $50 were AvAilable. but 10 England
SSs The DUKE Of f osmStidss rf Tor so IN.
| stance, who was commAnder-in-ehief, was q
| field marshal, = general and colonel Of four
sasssl sh. ana AZ .ouS,.a h..e o.ss
| England had no etAR organization n this
country had, but the staI officers Of her army
were made by details. With her 3S1 general
ofiieerh EnglAnd had an army OF only lO5, 900
/ men, or i7s,00o all told, including Officers and
men. He hoped the day would never como
proportion ofofieers and men.
Referring 70 the charges In ueneral Sher
| mans letter that TO reduce tho rank OF oflceri
failed TO see i1humaniiy ia IL. When the ar.
| mics were disbanded, at the close Of the late
| war, u was not considered inhuman 10 ruduet
GaEinE The war, was nG now sooSsi, wiRsoa
who captured Jelf Davis, was now \ lieuteB
ant colonel, Reynolds, who had fought brave
s,, xs @s'o otssSs ae wso.s r.5S SSsS Ss
duoed, and the reduction was not then cons ID
cred az an act Of lnhumAnity. U ....
| = Mr.. Sloeum inquired whether these offioeri
had not Only been reduced from their Volun
teer rank to their regular army rank.
Mr.. Logan admitted that the gentlemal
Sspt during The wsr' and that no regular . m
Ger rAuked them unless the CON mission OF tn
regular was the oldest, -
Mr.. Sloeum asked the gentleman TO give hin
an Instance where the rank Of q regular offlee
had been reduced, except for crime or misde
| MI Logan COuiu NOT 10 INTO uothllu upon Al
these questions At this time. ID the Essllemai
wanted to make . personal explanation h.
could do so. Mr. Logan then went on to Sal
that the bill, Substantially As u passed tn
House, except such 1msndmonis az had bee
made In the House, was submitted BY himsel
to the Secretary OF War, MT, BelknAp, and 4
asner. sheSmA9 h "a, nnd ss,snsp and sns z
section, and Gen. sherman approved OF all Q
II except the section In relation to the abol
tlon Of the oineel Of General Apd LieutsnAn
mention. He could not see, therefore, via
what grace Gen. sherman could write such
had s SssS T sS Al. and ,;is e n
through the nev.PAPers, ~ any one doubte
his statement as TO Gen. ShormAn's assent, IL
hin who doubted 20 ask the se,srstsry o. We ,s,
manner he could not understand ~
Mr. Logan then pielared the triqmpha
5srss 90 zen ls,pS 81 h nY ss ~ ram NV "
march TO the sea; he tMr. Logan the
marched At the head Of an army OF 10000 men-
Nsv Yoy,S NJ sioSaal was Also then Al In IN
head Of the army OF deotgia, and Gen. sheI
mAn marched 10 hdyanee OF both Of them an
oitheir sImles Lhese ~ MES wee son Pee ~.
have 6sen dlsbADded, and have returned Z
peaeeful Ayooatons. In few years thsi
names would be forgotten, and a few reguia
lie was willing that they should have TIL
credit, but he protested against any assumT
tlon Of power ey high otiieials because the
lie protested against the legislation Of th
country being innusnesd By what high on
sst o. the 99Ss,n.ssi nigh, Say Sr VIII ~.
and untrAmmslled, for theee men are bot Law
! makers, but they are bound 20 obey the law
! made for them By OonStsss; lilefislA,son q
| the columns of newspapefs, then no wonld "a
farewell to the liberties OF this republlei an
when you paaa9 ths ~ ss IA eoo me e p ~
} parade the downfall Of the liberties Of the PEI
pie. He wanted to hn S, Wheeler ~ ss AZ q
the hands Of aEistoerat1yif We were 70 creAi
titles and perpetuAts class above and grsat'
/, than she e,he , eiass asn o. ,ns ooany
. ten IL was q direct attack upon the boys VII
} made up our volunteer army, and upon d
widows and MANNED soldiers OF the oountr
9 Tor TO keep up our present great militAI
: lssta6iiahment was to tax the people and tai
I their hard OaFnings 10 keep mp an aristocrAt
class. He stood here as the dsfendeL q the
2 deceased soldiers, aud would AlwAys be four
d standing In his place here 20 denounee a
SystemS Of dietAtion and all dietAtoTu.
! rs hsG With aPSissss, which was prompt
y puppTessed'b by the SpeAker. .a ....
Q THE TARiFF ntLL.
l. On motion OF MI Schonok the House order
i that general debate upon the tariff bill ahou
Z close In one hour aud half Atter the morniI
a hour tomorrow. nrE.lHHL - . a.. . d.
J Tho Hoube then resolved Itself into CoI
: mittes OF the Whole and resumed consider
% tIon OF the tariff bill. ..
Mr.. MArshsll, Of ILL.,, opposed the bill, Al
~ comm need by saying that the men who mo
% earnestly advocated this bill were the ehAl
,. plons ofthAt class who thought they could u
~ BY everything through the House. The b
n under eonHiderAtlon would not relieve 4
people Of the burdens under which they gtoa
nor would II add the least to the prosperity
3 the country for an import duty was nothi
% more nor less than tax upon the whole bo
= Of the people OF the country, He referred
n The history Of the country that had acted
"a the latereit Of protection, and showed IN
u the deeadency OF nations commenced with q
70 deoadeney OF oommoree,
IL He pfotehted against bills for protection,
Pc they were called, as being simply robbeFl
y and uwlndleA, begotten Of AvArloe aud oJ
o. ming, and reared IN bribes and corruption, a
lg WhIoh should not be Recognized by hone
20 Legislation. He likehed II TO the erection o
70 Chinese wall about the county, and a. oAlt
oil lated 20 exclude all outside lntotentai and
| this connection be said Robinson OTuloe "
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