The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-04-13

Mr.. Goode ADVOCATED its passage. He
reminded the gentlemen on the other side
who opposed the bill because they thought
it would open the door of the treasury to
an avalanche of southern war claims. that
this bill established no precedent. No
like case would ever appear again. He
thanked the grand old commonwealth of
Massachusetts for her words oe cheer, and
appealed to the house to lift the institution
from the dust.
Mr., Loriug advocated the appropriation,
not merely as legal right, but because be
was grateful to the college, as he was to
his Harvard for her gifts to this country,
and was willing to forget her errors He
would set no precedent, but called on the
country to preserve the ancient land marks
of national greatness.
Mr.. Reed said that LoriDg would at an
early day regret these words, as he (Reed)
did now. He affirmed that this peace
fully formed bill would be the most dan
Bills were already pending for 100000
for college property destroyed. Although
every member had introduced financial
bill, yet ope-tenth of the bills introduced
this session we're for Southern claims.
Three hundred and eiRhty-nine are pend
ing to day and, including the bill for re-
funding the cotton tax, they amount to
81, 100000.
Mr.. Eden said more claims were pending
in the forty-third than in the forty fourth
or fortyfifth congress.
Mr.. Townsend said he came to the house
intending to exact justice to all parts of
the country and he was interested in ALL
He would act for Virginia, as for New
York and Massachusetts, but Massachu-
setts came here not with an inventory
of great men and presumiug on that,
and although the college of William
and Mary graduated Washington,
Massachusetts produced the Adamses,
| Winthrop, VIM. Ii. Seward and Van BureD.
But did the college of William and Mary
follow the teachings ofW ashington when she
sent thirty two of her thirty five teachers
into the rebel army and in teaching seces-
sion and rebellion thirty years before the
war, thus stirring up the. hotspurs to four
years of misery?
The Centennial loan was mentioned in
this connection, but this was on good se-
curity and every dollar has been repaid
and still Virginia gave only one vote for it
and FIVE against, including Goode. and
that was the carpetbagger Stowell. whom
Goode had taunted in the House with be-
ing Vermonter. He would vote for
subsidy for the Virginia built ships to
protect her cotton manufacturing or to aid
her in any honest industry and to protect
her peoples happiness.
Mr.. DAVIS, of North Carolina, asked if
he would vote to remove the tobacco tax
Mr. Townsend-No, A man who won't
pay the tax on the tobacco he chews don't
deserve to have any, Virginia had evi
deDced her love for Massachusetts when
through its Representative Harris ii called
for turning Field out of his seat for a
Democrat Personally he could not quar-
rel with Virginia's gentlemanly delegates.
but they were bred 10 political catechism
which taught that the chief end of man
was to promote Democratic harmony. AL
though Virginia started the first and best
of all States, yet now even New Jersey,
which God made of the last of all things
with the load Of sand be had left over had
worked with her,muds silis and the I anket
notions now made at Newark could Duy
out any Democratic State in the Union.
Shouts of laughter were heard during
all this speech. aud especially in bit o.
badinage that occurred between him an(
MIR. Wright of Pennsylvania.
On motion of Mr.. Foster the Senate
amendments to the general deficiency bill
were non-concurred in.
On motion of Mr.. Singleton the Senate
amendment to the diplomatic appropriation
bill were non n-coDcurred in and the Speake
appointed Messrs Singleton and Hale al
conferees on the part of the House on saiC
bill.
Adjourned.