New-York tribune., 1870-05-25

his defense OF the navy that t was afraid to q Do
Cuban waters with ample power ana wGa % & ,aen e hin
of the United staes insulted in his own house AMI
under his own Gag IN Prasa ne nees be9o liz
Lopez lie Dawe would yindlc1s, , VI. psyy ION any
sue sufn n ~ ~ tc a" navy snppoed that It could Vnd
sef before the country, OF tat ,Vuu lor'e 'oa
s 70 S Z ds sg1 SH preet e honor Of the Bag becea
1t had not force enough, IL mlstook ts m 10?
country RI had power enongh 20 yindcate lts ag, ard
he Dawes repeled the iinputation that was beca.
Congress did not cothe IT with power enough thal had
not perfoTraed ts duty in Cuban waters. .
Mr.. MUNGEN DEM, Ohiol algued that OH that vac
necessary to protect hmeIicans W c9a IRON me Dlcod.
to recognize the belgerent rights OF Cuba. France aud
England would follow suit, FOR those Governments wors
stanGing arGszcd that the American Republic did no,
step in among those m0B8teis AID command them 70
cease their murders OF prisoners of wsr.
nr. MYERS tRep, Pchn.j, men, ef CI the Commtes
OF Foreign Affairs stated that tia, Coimttce had 00ns
its whole duty IN that regard, AM tnat az ION as The
fact OF those Outfages were DfOdgh - ~ hCuc bsnt
for the Sccretary and under - advice W2 yesi5 "er,
dispatched 10 Havana ana saata-o de 'uDa. III u re
vessels were not sent, 10 was bcc2nse ther,
were but forty sea-going vessels noe TO patra
the and the difficulty was TO gct them back IRON
Mr. WILKINSON CRep, NinnJ another member a
the Committee Of Foreign Anair cilucscd ar o"geH
for taking advantage OF tbe aiusou to events In Cus
to lecture the House for refusing 20 vote an apprOin.
tion for the navy large that gentleman dfinaDdta
Since those troubles had been gong on ~ ~ o'a, A aAs
while American citizens were being mnrceItd tAeI1n
had been proved before Committee oi the ltouhs ths
every American vessel had been wtEdraWn rom tho"'
waters and sent elsewherc - -. ~, -.
Mr.
Mr V0ORHTEs dem, Ind said he did not desre e
be understood arragning the Committee OF I9ie.n
Affairs He had called attention TO that oxiIaoIdiha!
publication for the purpose OF dlrecti.s ne he h1 >
Menbers and OF the whole country, 20 the Dou uh2'
acled and brutal outrages perpeuated on AlnefiGa
citizens almost within ,ght OF se AHeritsn tS T0u5S & ne
shieding the Administration from me DiainS attaeh
to it, ATTEMPTED personal eritcts @ IN u u ,op ~
shielding any body but 70 show the character 0i the Aa
wNG nVooRIEFs said that the statement read did n
purport to written by Phillips; but by te EDITOR ana
6e lad not the slightest doubt that was true. Tns
Gentleman reminded him Of Patrick Henrys descrptiJ,
~ that patriotic citizen who went hrOngn the American
camp in the days of the Revolution, crying Beef bee
SO he now cried for "eTects" He Or Voorhees, cred
out for the return OF the lives OF INC yoHns men -
would talk to any foreign Ministers vino had returned
home they would learn that the English EmbaSad0rs IN
foreign countries sneered and laughed with their
pacent and DatrOn laugh az the idea OF an America
foreign policy This Government had no orcspeotabe
foreign policy since the days Of Andrew Jackson, and
had been living for a long time on that tradition. But
that tradition had expired IN these days Oh moral 10
Mr. WILLARD Rep., VT remarked that he might na
have considered all this talk as mere c8PtraP' II
did not know that hundreds OF American citizens Lad
been shot down in the Gulf states without the voice
the gentleman from Indiana lhr Fo0rheeD having eya
been heard in denuncatOn Of the outrage and crime
He (r Voorhees, and gentlemen on the other side Lad
reserved their Indignation and their elOguehce LOt @
tbe deuupciaton OF the murders OF American Dt1eiS
home but when they could md the case OF one Two,
three or half dozen American cltIehs Mno .ad fOhs
abroad TO violate the laws OF other lands and Lad ouneTf
for the violation Of those laws, then Trey came IN aa
denounced the Republican Administration az lase 70 I
rights of the American people. He remembered als
e sLooting down Of peaceful citizens in Kansas oy the
border when The Democratic press and DEMOCRATS
politicians had asserted that those cases were mana
facred for political effect. Where one American ct1en,
in any violation OF American rights, had stHeieu on
foreign soil hundred, thousand clllLtu is goa
as the gentleman from Indiana himself, iad been sld
down nj home Elections had been carried by that ter
rors and violence and yet gentlemen with ali the LOT
horror thar they could muster, charged, on what ueI
pleased 10 call dead" Secretary Of state the DIANE
all these outr3Ses American cltzens III loreSh CoR
tries Their elUqucnCe wOuld command more vi is ~
pathy If be saw them standing by law ana 0rdet
and the rights OF American ciuzen3 at hOna
The Amendment offered by Dir. VOORHEES, was Thea
wifi the bill to which several other amendments OF 10
public Importance were offered and discussed
During its discussion, at 5:25 O'CLOCK, q feTy heav
hastoIIn, accompanied by thunder, passed over ths
Captol, darkening the atmosphere OF the Han, ana
making such rattle the glass roof az 10 necessi.
an interruption in the proceedings lie storm ohV
The Committee rose and the bill reported 10 h
House aud passed
THE Posr-oFFIcE APPROPRIATION.
The House again went into Committee, Mr. Cullom n
the chair on the Post-Oftce Appropriation bi which
appropriates S2A1lOO93 from the PosOnice reyenue4
and Si25,OO0 ont OF the United states ITo9sdry
Mr. GARFIELD (Rep OhOl asked hr Beaman, WA
had charge OF the bin whether the applications wen
based idea OF the repeal the continuance OF hs
Franking priNllegef
Mr.. BEAAlAN (Rep, Mich) replied they were basedn
the idea of its repeal 81. .
Quite long discussion took place in regard to the let
tercaIrer STEM and the pay Of lettercarrer essrs
O'NEILL and MYERS advocating an increase of pay
1900.
without disposing OF the subject, the Committee rose
and tie House, at O'Clock, adjourned.