The New York herald., 1870-02-04
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that IT would extend throL the year.
Mr.. BECK, another memDer Of the COMMITTEES,
hoped the amount would be reduced 10 $z,0oO00O
and he was not quite satisfied even At thai
Mr. BANKS. t-ep.l OF Mass, chairman OF the Com
sence OF any public necessity a. to strong navy.
saiu mat no man could say tnat there was any dAn-
~, @ Vi conflict Win any other naton over tne ses,
VI lne Country year hence in THAI regard. Ther0
were outstanding questions with other government:.
ana .nefe Was public sentiment existing IN tniS
oouneiy ss which might bring ON conflict ana II tno
SHIPS ALREADY on the stocks for repair were not COM
Pleteu Wnat Would the country do 10 meet tue emer-
gencles which might arise and when were In no
degree Impossible oven improbableY No man
thus country 9 VIVA. yeas as be ns on SoncSt
that whatever appropriations were. best ID
Do made u was the bounden duty OF Congress to
make lneiii al this time. lie did not collect ever
having urged appropriations larger than those re-
ported by the Committee on Appropriations for tho
Navy Department.; and II this was q general Rppr0-
priation bill he dd not think ne should have WOrd
70 say against any reasonable report that the COM
mtce might he pleased 10 offer but this was An ex-
ceptlOnal case and did not Involve those general
considerations 10 which the gentleman had referred.
There were eighty vessels on the stocks Tor repair
ana II their repair which was now in progress, was
not continued and completed great de,riment 70 tho
government would ensue. Looking ~ II IN another
lght, here i've or six thousand men thrown out
OI employment The gentleman from Missouri
(AIr Benjamnl' had said that Congress was not re-
quired To employ every idle man In the country.
That he Nir Banks) conceded but that was not thta
case. These men IN the employment VI the govern
ment were, without an tnstant's notice. thrown 0ut
OF employment In an nclemcnt season, at time
when the industry OF the country 70 prQxrate0 ana
when none oil them can gain employment. Thseo
was not corporatlOn-heartiess and HOulleeB A.
corporations are-tAere was not an employer In tho
land who would throw out OF employment nvo tn0u-
sand or one thousand or one hundred men under
circumstances OF that character. The government
was bound by every consideration Of justice-ay,
even OF decency-to give those men q reasonable
notice before they were thrown out OF employment
and unless this bill passed 1t could not be d0nos
Mr. WAsnBuRN, OF Wis, remarked that an appro.
prlauon OF sl50o00o would enable the Secretary OF
the Navy to give them sixty days notice.
Mr.. BANKs-Ycs, and then they would be thrown
out again. We should give TO tho Secretary OF the
Navy Inat which he asks in this case, and wnen the
condition OF the navy comes up for consideration In
the General Appropriation bill We VIII have The
whole subject before II tile navy IS to DO rcOr-
ganlzed, or II 1t Is 10 be abolished, or appropris-
tlons for 1t to be Increased or diminshcd, les
that be done, and will make no protest against
any reasonable action which the COMMITTEES may
recommend In that regard; but when the secretary
OF the Navy now asks us for permission TO use funds
already Appropriated, to the amount OF four mil.
lions Of dollars. that he may complete The work
which viii suffer If not completed. and thai he may
Charged, think we ought 10 give him tnat full
amount and leave the responsibility with him.
Mr. LAWRENCE had listened 10 ell that had been
said, in the hope that he might hear something 10
show the necessity OF this appropriation, but he mad
listened III vain. ii taeae anlps were constructed
they would rot ut the wharves or De sold Tor nero
song, as numbers of them mad been sold within the
last two or three years. The question OF free CUBA
had been lugged into the discussion, but did any
gentleman propose to make war to iberate Cuba
They should at least wait until they mad declared
war and then make all necessary preparations. He
was unable 10 see why. In time Of profound peace.
wnen there was no prospect OF war, they should go
on win these Expenditures for the navy. IL was
time To come to 4 peace establishment
Finally the discussion was closed and the vote
was taken On the amendment offered by Mr.. Benja>
min, OF No., TO reduce the appropriation for the
Bureau OF Engineering 10 $500 O0D and for the Bu-
reau or Construction and Repair to sl0oo,000, ana
II was agreed TO without u division, the yeas and
nays beng refused. Thc btfi as amended WAS then
passed, and the House ut halfpast four O'Clock ad
IQurued