The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-01-27


that report bcEGe him, putit before tht
country that the Secretary ofthe TreAgu'
n, who Is estimating Tho ofleaS Of he
| Government, had estimated the eXpe1dl'
ltureS for The coming year St SS1 900, LOO
lou tfl .O00, 1000 moro than be knew, q
ought 10 have known, was the estlmAtel
oe the Administration, and yet his col
LleAEue, with al that knowledge, had
Isent abroad the unjust, incorrect and
most unhappy statement 70 the com.
try 70 bo 4. cInb In The hands u
the enemies Of the government
with which to assault II Why did
not hiS colleague be governed BY its ex.
penditurCS instead Of by mere estimates
made by the bureau officers, and which
they Wera directed to make By the law 81
CongFcs! Why did he take The estimate
Of these bureau Offices Of 1881 ,000,OOO
when he had an Official statement OF the
Secretary Of the Treasury stating that
the whole expenses would not exceed for
the year $9pl ,0O0, ,O0N
What he COmplAined O(, and what the
Republican party had right 70 complain
Of In his colleagues, was that standing IN
the place be did, he had given talse lmpEes'
sion TO tho country;tha the pledges ofocnn-
omy with which tho administration came
In were not carried out in GAct, and were
not 10 be carried out by Il. He had thus
given an adTantAgeto 10 his enemies, 70 their
enemies, and To the enemies Of the gov
eminent by which 70 wrest the power
from tho hands Of those who had carried
the country through the war, and 70
place II In the hands Of those who
sought or would permit It's dcs.
truCtion by war. Ile (Butlerl had
been endeAvoring In his own mind to &C
count for his colleagues action IN this
matter, and had come TO the concluatOn
that the explanation Of Il was that his
colleague was couStltutionally consGFva.
tive, and was radical only because Of his
location. When the Thirteenth Amend
mcnt was pending before tho House, 70
cmancipate l1,Q00,000 OF bondmGn, his
colleagues conservatism held him frUm
raising his voice In IL behalf, although Il
passed Congress by a single vote and
needed his great power in tIs aid When
the Fourteenth Amendment, which 80
cured freedom, was before Congress, his
colleagues voice was silent No word TO
help either Of these great measures Oftrc0-
dom and radlcalisH had passed his llps.
When the Civil Rights bill was pending
in the House il received not his colleagues
powerful advocacy. When the Fifteenth
Amendment needed every true man 10 the
rescue his colleague was not heard.
When the Reconstruction acts were
before Congress, and had come to
be almost u tcst Of party tealty,
no word came from his colleague in
behalf Of the struggling Republicans Of
the Southern States, and tho only utter.
ance upon these topics his colleague did
make, was against the passage Of the
Mississippi bill, in the last days Of last
session; and his argument then had fur.
nlshed the eloquent gentleman from lndi'
ana (Mr. VOORHRR9) the thesis for the
best speech against Georgia At this Ses-
sion. True, except in the latter case, his
colleagues name had always appeared on
roll cali But II was Massachusetts that
had voted and not his colleague.
In reviewing the speech Of his col.
league, which he had felt II his duty to
do because Of some familiarity with the
subject of appropriation and estimates, It
would be seen that he had not sct
down aught In malice. The only
feeling that had been ELECTED was
one Of sorrow and regret that he had
not set down with him or some other
member or some one worthy, and made
some examination, as he had now done
before he had made his speech, and saved
the country from shock which 1t hnd
experienced, and saved tho Administra-
ton Of his choice, from misrcprcscntA.
ton upon the public expenditure, about
which the people were sensitive.
Mr.. DAWES rose to reply, and "a he
commenced 10 speak, the members from
fall parts Of the hall gathered close to him,
10 hear his remarks, lie said /: | shall
now move tliSt the committee rise, but
before doing so, desire to say that when
the committee Is again In session, / shall
ask Its attention, while state the occasion
TINT had for making the speech which
my colleague has responded TO. Truth and
that speech, and to the prupriety Ofnak.
Ing that speech. shall endeavOr as well
as am able to confne myself to those
tIlrec points. After further remarks Mr.
DAWES moved that the committee rise
The Hous0 adjourned at 4:8O Pm.