New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-08-23

Sn set s e 70 forth his address branding and men
like me as dlsoya while he and his army OF ms present
were looking to their own pockets instead Of
the interests of the country u as not s E
s"ccessnl II passed the Senate but the two Houses
got by the amendments IN relation 70 tnat
peepIe They We're at although both lar sey Re-
publican the question eTs 10 s Sad 20 and
cessary 10 have a Committee of Conference You wiz
ma tSt b efe al pSse Ss Of TIE Globe for that session
/ will read 20 you the names OF those VINO signed
and gave it It's ultimate FORM 1t was signed on the
part Of the senate, by Z q Howe, L. NJ Morrill, spa
on and .ie IsomSs DAVIS and
then for days afterward used TO hear OF rather
strong declarations made by the Chairman of the House
Committee. the late Thaddeus stevens repeated
cheering] concerning what he alleged to be the man
literally, the colored troops which we had employed
[Great cheering II you want TO look into declarations
% un cam sCS on M
Congress nom adjoining district Upon tnat repOI'
the vote was unanimous so that followed that bill to
its conclusion and assisted in giving to IL is ultimate
BouSr1Es AND INCREASE OF PAT.
That finishes 1864 with the exception Of the Bounty
BILL about which 1 will say word after whne' In
1866 all the moneys voted were not expended. When
the bills were passed we did not know that the war
would end before their xpendure would become neces
sary OF the date of the I'd OF March, 1865 you WIN nnu
act making appropriations for the naval service iof
2 s692 96. and that bill passed the senate uhahl
mous on the 9 S S sne ecO 5 se SD OF
1865 you viii find another act among our statutes an
for the Year ending sCth Of june 1885," that
! passed the Senate on the 18th OF February, the
cate amount Of the appropriations made by the
bill in thrty-four items was sS54,679,6T 20; Here
are five successive money bills, every one OF when
| by the record is shown TO have been passed with
my consent and approval. because they were passed
preparation bill OF 1854 and for that have read the
They anasSGr sbe esehT 20 70 sHe
ton the pay of the soldiers On the 22d Of Deem
bnI passed unanimously approprating s2OOOO,oOO TO
pay bountes to soldiers and 1t also shows that an
from $500 10 $780, compel the President to pay no
more than $lO0 bounty 70 a soldier was opposed ana
ts a agalHss p Sr Hendricks
offered amendment. providing that the pay OF sol
e Sg1s provided, however, that no nOn-commis-
stoned officer should receive more than ~ o per
for it, thought it just to the soldiers whose pay
PSa p made az %o psS J g.
reasonable Again, you will fnd on the l7th OF May 1854
soldiers in gold Their wages then being low and gold
rising and they having families TO support at home the
dS b %ss RSqe % pay Ten an g
in the Senate, and passed the l6th day OF May 1854
month, with sundry other rates running up IN some
as high 50 per month Tor
at the time the amendment was agreed to unanimously
aud also afterward on two OCCASIONS, unu nnal aeon
came upon the bill.
THE PAY OF coLoRED TROOPS.
dismiss that and come to another poin-the pay OF
coored trOops and for this few words Will an
swer BY passed 18th Of July 1862 before was
member of the Senate the pay of coored soldiers or
paStb tne psy of white soldiers then being ss That
law remained in force until 1864. although Mr. Lincoln
of 1864, informed US that about 100000 colored
were in the pa6no Service ABOUT a t nal otner
| engaged in those pursuits and empoyments con-
with the army for Which 19a S9Osea men were
fered an amendment to the army bill against which
voted and that vote has been and
mention those 1 remember. one was that u was
came to increase the pay of white soldiers May
only increased from the time OF the passage OF the b
posed %f that we Should 60 back to the beginning Of
year and colored soldiers from tnat time HIS
who secured e enlistment of ooOred SOL
%5Sa an o1 us We6 70 @ S De
procure coored soldiers FIJI up the quotas the East
objected 1t looked to the payment Of certain South
Carolina and Massachusetts, regiments two from each
OF white soldiers while all the remanderof the colored
troops not increased This thought unjust and
| regiments that some promises were made 10
them when they were recruited , that tss they they
existing laws applied TO them as well as others, and t
unjust to change ths S law as % Su tne ana sS
the time of their enlistment They had been in service
apparently good objections hs amendment But though
voted against IT, was put into the BILL and aferward
that in the Committee Of Conference Of which
| have spoken, We made general adjustment Of this
and monthly pay, and we did the best we could. We
agreed that coored troops should be paid the same
that ali the colored men who had enlisted under the
Presidents proclamation OF October, 1868, should be
paid the amount and agreed further that the
AttorDeyGeneral might determine whether there was
ion upon ne aIG ceases
This the general adjustment of which have spoken
with regard to that all have now to say is that it
was liberal. lApplause.l
INTERVIEW WITH HoLCoMBE AT NIAGARA
have shown you my record in the Senate upon the
subject of voting appropriations In the war; upon the
subject of the pay of white soldiers the subject OF
increased pay to colored troops and you will see how
utterly uufouDded the imputations have answered
come now 10 the second branch OF the assault OF En-
rett He says In cahoot-I suppose that proper
word to express it-wth engaged In the Rebellion,
and he undoubtedly aludes TO report which was re-
federate Government the 10th Of November, 1864.
The Professor one Of the two men who called
the day in 1884, and in his report he says that
among other persons whom he in addition to Gov.
Hunt or New-YOrk and sundry gentlemen from other
States, he Judge Black, Mr. Van Dyke and myself,
from this State Now II the Professor had found 1t worth
while in making his report TO 60 and 10 state what
was the exact TRUTH that he saw Mrs Backaew and my
self in the public reception room OF public house at one
months outside of the great cities and that he talked to
In untmpOrtant discourse Tor period OF
haps eight ten minutes; that we then separated.
and that We never each other before
since-if he had stated all these details,
suppose Mr.. Erretts patriotic concern would
have been wholly prevented Laughter and appauseI
In that brief conversation, which took place have
described it, the only thing OF consequence OF interest
that occurred this: When were about leaving
the Professor said that he supposed Mr. Lincoln would
have difficulty in raising the enormous number of troops
that he had called for 10000 men had been called for on
the 18th OF July and said in reply that the troops
would raised. he said he had been told differently,
and responded that If any one had told him so
thew had misinfOrmed him. Thereupon separated