The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-06-01

ance than the present The yeas and nays had
HS S6 To ISE ooo but the way the minutes read the
question was for the sticking out every man
viz the whole l6QI Ellsw9rth I tSs TsSs
nays, &c. This certainly was against all rule
the rending q the minutes K for SoTTesbIiiGn
! not altering them. WynRate New Hampsnl[e
and Langdon New llamnshirel SPOKE good
deal. but Il was In vain. They carried 1t .oo,
N SS to TWO S omS SS OBb6E
On tho vellum in one Of them wrote:
daddE 70 daughter dear
NAY AZ "a, SHl 10 mai maks sf Sm Sn 81 "'"
| In the other one wrote the following:
| A father to fayorite child
rTe'1snii tn ni,s iit " toy Sunshine mild
Aud happiness enjoy.
Wretched man that l am, who do not break
| lose from this disaRreeable place and stay,
| live, and die with my family.
DEBATE OVER THE BILL FOR STANDING ARMY.
| Tuesday, April addressed this day to 20
with Bobby Harris to the levee. put the pres-
| dent was gone to Long Island. We sat long
| time in the Senate without doing anything.
| At last the committee on the military bill re-
| ported. The report was mere matter OF de-
tall only the clause p baa gt tse n o 10 tbs
would move to alter the title OF the bill SO as
to express the use and intention Of raising the
anything about the title at all. Ellsworth ICon:
sSSud no who qG Sshh9t SSs
whom showed the, title. HAD proposed, TO
offer. pushed himself before me with tue
ondsd By Lee tEirsina long debate en:
to hear the servife sentiments that were ad.
Sad @othns to sp do WIKI the
right to know what the President did with
or apped them to- i thsT W.rs
we'll answered. But what Of that-we lost it;
Ellsworth now showed plainly that he cared
started start bis tic to draw OF the Senate from mine
Butler South Cardinal had declared he would
s ea dar oF the moved L dit
service Of the United states.". His first motion
other purposes All we could do was to get q
question on it, such as i was Ihe senate
Adams made remarkable speech. He said
to raise troops for the service. OF the United
States was aS much standing din ar Srmg as eS
adVance sn9 eiGer from the Old or new cohsttu
OF the United States, But sentence from the
Secretary mr.. Knox is OF more avail than az
the Constitutions in the United States with
The limiting clause at the end of the biz bill
combining 1t to two years being lost, moved
struck out and two inserted. l brought for
ward the appropriation clause In the Con-
It was known whore the majority was, could
We had meeting last night Of our deega-
language OF the Philadelphians wasl to make
a Potowmack contract. ! insisted we should
lose as much on one hand as we could n gain , on
business could DO better done without It. &c.
April 21.-The bill for regulating the military
establishment was taken up for a third read
ing. Being In the Senate and OF course in
order. moved to restore the seventeenth sec
the foilowna words: And be it further en-
acted that this act shall continue and be in
force until tho 2Sth day Of March 1872 vert en-
standing army in time of peace inferred. as
Constitution OF the United States then
showed that This bill established standing
Of the a ss Il eanred
1t was unlimited in point Of time; 1t clearly
compared it to the Mutiny bill OF Great Brita lin.
All the world knew, that Great Britain had
generally Tor life: and YET the jealousy Of The
nation was such that the boldest minister
dared not propose the extending the Mutiny
theory, the English had no standing army 1t
was but IN annua one. But, /, the uill passed.
in its present form We should not have even
theory to oppose TO q staining army. &c.
Ellsworth got up and said the reason the
clause was strufk out was ihat it
ton between enlistng men for three years and
approprtating pay for them for three years. We
without breaking the Constitution. He wished
they were enlisted for seven or ten years &c.
answered that 1t seemed as il men strained
proach an infraction on the Constitution with
out breaking it. There could be no doubt but
two years was meant as a bar against a stand
Ing army and yet gentlemen seemed to strain
their faculties to accomplish the very end pro-
without haiuU phHrQnahla with n
breach OF commandments. 6c.
IzAED BLAzED AWAY.
Ellsworth Connecticut declared. both yes
terday and this day. that military establishment
standing army. Carroll Maryla1dl used the
same language and expressly said that though
it, we were not to be governed by any State
Constitution. But Of all the, llamers. none
ba1Sa ke lizard lie Wished for st4nd ding
them No nation ever lost their liberty BY,
stnnding army. &c. The Romans lost their lib
Crsar. He was we'll answered by Lee TVir-
gnial. but It was in vain. Standing army was
and 2 the ges S5 mee
self 1885, l openly declared my regret that
there dnH were not enough of us 10 call the yeas
In at the taking OF the question.
! lind In some conyeersa,ion which have had
Hartley is very dependent in his circumstances.
4 mere borrower and discounter OF notes at
the Philadelphia bank. 1t Is much against him
In point OF prudence that he should be the most
extravaeant member OF the Philadelphia dee-
CATION
April 22.-The morning looked 80 tempting /
out The Sneaker q, 4. Mnheenbergl Joined
resentatIve Pennsylvania. who is confined.
&c we cot on the assumption of state debts.
ma the Speaker rather wavers OF late Wyn-
koop llepresontaDi\e Pennsylvania seemed
AL Secretary Hamilton ! embarked. rs !
generally DO and endeavored to speak so
plain that scarce think it possible could DO
misunderstood; and could not help thinking
that to understand and obtain consent were
inseparabe. He waved what l said as il, he
would push all by in tho lump. But If | had
TAXED 70 mute camel. or addressed myself TO
q dead horse. my speech would have had the
same eject; and yet no seemed to have neither
oplnion nor system OF his own.
Attended at the hall. A bill was committed,
q message WAS received. and Senate adjourned.
MMrole snort piece against the assumption OF
sthle IeDts sent copy to Bailey for publica.
tioh, ms DAY there were accounts published
q {, the death OF DR., Franklin. and the House OF
nepreseehtatuiyes voted TO drape their arms for
month. When | consider how much the
Doctor has bsen celebrated. and when | com
pare his public fame with his private char |
acler am tempted to doubt whether any man
WINS aS perfect. Yet 1t is. perhaps, for the good
o. society that patterns OF perfection should no
nelu up Tor men 10 COPY after, L will therefore