The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-01-18
Of President, we find this very remarkable

Of President, we find this very remarkable
entry
"rat there nc ard horeb,i. Appropriated out Of any
money 10 the Treasury BOT otherwise Appropriated "a
fr HON. iouN Hronv the sum necessary to nav ham
the c'mrcnsauon and mcagcs Of member OF the For
u,ih Con-n..."
No one scoms to know how this amend
mont crcrt into the bill in the DYING hours
of the session. We can name no member If
Congress who remembers voting for it or on
II. il suddenly appears in the record and
in the statute, Of the United states; and
Mr.. JonN YOUNG BROWN as suddenly be-
comes Possessed Of from $4,000 to s20,OOO II
the peoples money 4 claim on his part for
compensation and mlcages as member If
the Fourth or Fourteenth Congress would
have been quite a. valid
We now return to Mr. JonN YorSG
BROWNS attitude during the electoral
count The amendment putting Sl5,oOo or
moro in tho pocket Of this chivalrous Kon-
tuckiau was pcndng during the discussion
Of the Presidential question Until that was
disposed Of. the appropriation could not be
pissed. The record shows that joins YouNG
BROWN was very anNiou, that the appro-
rration bill should be reached. On one oc-
casion hc got on his feet ANA proposed that
it be taken UP, out Of order. His impotence
H.. perhaps. now explained.
II tho illihustcr- had succeeded In de-
laying n completion OF the count until
tho session expired, Mr.. JoHN YorNG
BEOwN would not have got his money.
and the claim would have gone to n
now Congress, in the councils of which he
was To- have 10 part. In this light it is in
tcresling to recall his anxiety that the honor
of the Democrats. and more particularly Of
tho Southern Democrats. and most particu-
larry Of the Hon. loHN YoUNG BRowN.
should he preserved by acquiescence In the
Fraud for which JOE BRADLEY had voted.
We quote again from the eloquence of the
heightened Kentuckian now somewhat chas-
tened and subdued:
fwasin favor of the ~ creating this Electoral Com
mission indulsc now in no childish re pnin.s over the
result
Wv confidence wa, generous. Patriotic and undoubt.
ins iu these men and iu our casc submitted
The south has been familiar w.th misfortune Sorrow
ami leeat have mingled in her experience. Size has
dnnA the cup OF bitterness TO the drcgs hut thank ton
u stranger 10 dishonor and most of ~ nom that
tuu stand ior the faithful amt mfv Nj Zee execution ct the
Electoral hl Honor say A. policy saws It, Without 1t
We driit into confusion
somethu. ia, been said here Of BARGAINING with the
South Noucaw 81 win them over by hrihcs They want
nothing hri Justice.
Tile mon YOU could hrhe m the South ar not worth
having. Nuu wond loathe them whom YOU ST tNrn,
our Hraess there ~i Dee thrown away 81 gwen 60 thc
corrupt 10 Ne iae1's nim, m,,e uoah--i aai lonsa.
h'rf -''finf ms Dhsan,n rrh Sum lHnf..1Is
u ! have stood here for moderation and peace
throughout THIS contest; acccpt toi, defeat bitter %,
~ is rather than dshnnor The strength OF our position
l. In IT, moral grandeur tn.hasen. un-cdnced leg %,
stand Tor oar honor like elan Alpine oak the nrner
roots. the ruirr u blows
There was great deal of moral grandeur
In the Hon. ions NoUNG Browns willing
ness to accept hitterdefrat rather than have
the Fortv-fourth Congress expire without
paying him $4,000 which he had never
earned. lie stood up manlully for faithful
and complete execution of the Electoral
Conspiracy. and he has received his reward.