Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-04-13


priation Bills---An Objection by San1ly
Dunnell Prevents Consideration of
Monument to Thomas jefferson on the
Anniversary of His Birth.
louise of Representatives..
WASHINGTON, April 12.-Immediately after
reading the journal, the Speaker called the
committees for reports of . private nature, the
pending business being the consideration of
bill reported last Friday from the military
committee restoring Geo. A. Ames to his rank
in the army and Mr. Bragg argued against the
bill.
Messrs. Haskell and Frye spoke in favor of
the measure, and it passed.
A bill authorizing the Secretary Of War to
relinquish portions of the Fort Hartsuf mill
tary reservation in Nebraska to homestead and
presumption settlers was passed. Also Senate
bill authorizing the construction of road APP
proaches within the Fort Ripley military reser-
vatlOn, Kansas.
The House soon afterwards went into commit
tee Of the whole, Mr.. Knapp in the chair on
the private calendar.
reimburse the college of William and Mary, in
Virginia, for property destroyed during the
war. Mr.. Goode, WAC had reported the bill
from the committee on education and labor,
advocated its passage. He reminded the gen.
tlemen on the other side who opposed the Dill
because they thought it would open the door OF
the treasury to an avalanche or Southern war
claims, that this bill established no precedent.
1t stood on its own merits and was essentially
SUI ge1eris. No case like it could ever come
before the American Congress. Speaking TOR
the college, he thanked the grand ODD common-
taken in the bill He spoke for the college and
for the people of Virginia when he affirmed
that they would forever remember with emo
tions OF gratitude the friendly aid and words of
sympathy which they had received from the
State OF Massachusetts. In conclusion he made
an earnest appeal to the House to lit this ven
cradle institution from the dust and start her
anew on d career Of honor and usefulness.
Mirroring spoke in advocacy Of the bill.
He admitted that the legality of the claim tor
damage might be slight and objectionable. He
had no disposition to place the case in that line
where legal technicality might destroy it, or
where, being favorably passed upon, it might
establish . troublesome and expensive legal
precedent. He sympath zed fully with those
members who would carefully limit the liablli-
ty of the government with reference to the
widespread, necessary, and yet distressing
destruction Of property which grew ont OF tue
war, and yet he felt compelled, nay, he was
| anxious, to consider the destruction of the
William 4 Mary college buildings as an act for
which the country should provide prompt
and liberal compensation. Had my alma
mater, Howard college, fallen before the
land, / should be here appealing to
| this government for her restoration, in the
same spirit appeal for the college OF William
and "ary, ready TO forget her errors and grate-
full for her gifts to my country. The strife is
| forgotten, and Massachusetts and South Caro-
lima, New England aud Virginia, stand shoul-
der to shoulder at Bunker Hill. on the hallowed
| spot where the bones of gallant common an
cestry repose. am engaged in advocating no
war claim for dam ages. am occupied in con-
sidering no legal precedent. am only calling
| for Congress to preserve the ancient landmarks
of our national greatness, and to restore o
monument around which our proudest memo
ries cluster, and ut whose feet We all renew our
vows rs citizens OF a common country, and as
the heirs and defenders of a common inherit
i ance of equality, Social civil and religious.
| Mr.. 4 ed said he had listened with regret to
the eloquent speech Of the gentleman from
Massachusetts CLoring), and he was satisfied
| that at q day not long distant the gentleman
from q massachusetts, would join him in regret
that he had aided and supported bill that
would in its consequences be of more transient
| Importance to the government than any bill be.
fore the House this session. The bill came in
u poor and peaceful form, but it would stand
as precedent for all Southern claims. 1t was
a knife placed in the garlands. He declared
there was no precedent for a bill of this kind
Bunker Hill and Yorktown might unite and
waltz together, but they could not change thu
fact that no nation had been 80 idiotic as to es
tablish principle which would bankrupt il
sooner after victory than after defeat. Tn,
advocates Of the bill denied that it would form
a precedent. OF course nothing was preceden
tn it was passed. There were bills nov 10.
before the House amounting to $500, OOt
for the destruction of property of colleges, etc.
} during the war, and this was only in the gree,
tree. just think of these claims being trans
, lated to the upper air in which Virginia an,
Massachusetts. aud perhaps South Carolin
, could alone exist. just think Of them up ther
with all the dead heroes OF the past and tn
whole business of our English literature. Blu
how were these claims gong to be met. Not
withstanding taat every other member had in
troduced bills in regard to finances such as il
, suing $4OO, 600, 900; notwithstanding all thos
bills he had discovered that one-tenth of all th
3 bills introduced this session were for Souther
claims. Three hundred and eighty-nine q
: these bills were pending to-day. amounting t
; ,OUO, and that was excluding the bill II
e funding the cotton tax. The members fro1
the South did not desire to introduce those bill
They wanted Cancellation and peace. BIZ
!, they were forced to present them by publ
f sentiment in the South. He had listened wit
: interest to the remarks made the other day b
e Mr.. Blackburn, and he had approved SON
: parts Of his speech. He (ReeD believed til;
A entire continent; after the millions had fouel
It each other face to face, it would have been
|. miserable close to have half dozen po
r wretches kicking their heels against the 81,
Q sky and swinging from a gallows. But II
e gentleman had charged the Republican side
It the House was constantly bringing up Il
question of Confederate claims. The doc
a of the House was crowded with Southe
k claims bills, and how could they be discuss,
n without reference to the war If Southe
a representatives brought up such bills at Il
r. present they must expect to hear about L
y by-gones, and let the country rest in peace.
n Mr.. Townsend, of New York, took the 60
y amid considerable excitement and said:
n came to this House with desire, before TAXI
a my oath, to do equal and exact justice to
s; parts of this Union. We had been divide
a We had come together again. We had q CO.
at mon country, and whatever men may think,
e. my day dreams and my night dreams, Virgin
OF the Carolinas and Georgia, are part of my COZ
"a try, and no man can take away my interest
re them. God has given it and my brethren hu
IT shed their blood for my right. When
called upon to act in reference to the inter
r, of Virginia am acting for my country. an
4! will do for Virginia all that would do for N
ar York, or all that would do for my earl
q; home Massachusetts,. Now let us look t
Id matter in the face. My friends "
lis know me know that shall 9
to things by their right names. am not to
to taught by Virginia gentleman that I m
tn not talk about matters in the past. H
cd comes Williams and Mary college,. True
ng graduated at Washington. had the bene
he of collegiate education, but my college
Ely not tken an inventory. I came fl
Massachusetts originally, and that is a pr,
ale State, but she has not got an inventory.
ng does not come here to the national Congress,
ces before the world, claiming upon her invent,
We do not talk SO much about our great !