The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-01-24

600, and the granite for which was estimated to
cost 81. 900. We're they going on with such
expenditures We're they going to put So, ,0OO,-
600 from the old Philadelphia navy yard and
sS00,0 900 from the Treasury into League Island
when they might as well wait five years?
Two things seemed to be desired; the reduc-
ton of the public debt by the administration,
and relief from the burdens Of taxation by this
House. [Applause by the Democrats.] Meth
er of these things could be accomplished with
ont another thing which both overlooked-a
reduction of the expenditures. How was 1t pro
posed at the other end of the avenue to pay the
public debt, unless the expenditures were
reduced? ['sHear," shear" from the Demo-
crats.] How did the House propose to relieve
the people AID the enterprise and capital Of
the country from the burden oftaXatfon under
which they were groaning, unless the expen-
tell his amiable friend from Maine (Mr. Peters,
who had emahcipated himself from the case
about pennies, and who had gone off in vain
search for dollars, on which he proposed to
economic [laughter,] that twas the pennies
taken by Taxation of the spikes, cordage and
rigging of the ships OF Maine that made the
commerce of the country decline. [Sensa-
tion.]
RISE ABOVE PARTY.
He called upon the members OF the House to
stand by the Committee of Appropriations on
the pledge which 1t now gave 10 the country,
that it would cut down those. estimates below
the figures at which the country took the power
from Andrew Johnson's administration. In OF
der to do that they must forego any private
interests and imaginary political gain In the To-
caities by expenditure of money. lSensation
and applause.] They must rise above those
considerations and look to general results, and
then the fingers Of industry would again ap-
ply to their work, enterprise would gain
courage. the country would go on IN pros
perity and development, and the nation;
would in the years that were to come build
navy yards at League Island and at New
London, amplify those at Boston and Ports
mouth, and all over the country [Applause.l
If that should be the policy, then there would
be reduction of expenditure, so that thereby
the people might be relieved from the burdens
of taxation at one end Of the avenue, and the
public debt might be paid at the other. TWAS
with this view, and because he believed It TO
be test question, that he would vote to lay
the bill on the table. and would, on that mo
tion. call the yeas and nays, so that the people
might know who would stand by the Commit
| tee on Appropriations In its attempts to cur
tail the expenditures of government. lap
plause.
THE EFFECT IN THE HOUSE.
A very marked degree of attention was paid
on both sides Of the House to the speech Of
the chairman of the Committee on Appropria-
tlons. The doctrines of prudence, economy
and care In the public expenditures were re-
ceived by the Conservatives In the most col,
dial manner, and they repeatedly expressed
their satisfaction at the outspoken enthusiasm
and the courageous honesty of the gentleman
from Massachusetts as fully In accord with the
policy advocated by Democrats, not In Con-
grcss alone, but throughout the country. At
the close OF the speech Mr.. Dawes received
numerous congratulations.