Year: 1860

SPEECH OF SENATOR HAUN.-Recently Sen
ator Toombs offered an amendment to the
Deficiency Bill to this effect


THAT from and after the 10th day of April
next the iranking privilege be. and the same
is hereby totally abolished and that all laws
and parts of laws authorizing the receiving
or sending any matter through the mails free
OF postage be, and the same are hereby re-
pealed."


This measure was q Democratic one, and
Senator Haun voted with the Republicans.
His reason for thus voting was that he did
not wish to see the bill for paying men whom
| the Government owed encumbered with
amendments foreign to the main object The
following is an extract from his speech


say, sir, that feel humiliated by this
and feel humiliated to see the Democratic
/ portion Of the Senate endeav oring to trammel
/ this bill that has come from the other House
to pay these contractors, with any amend
meut that is not german to it. Let me tell
Senators now, without beng either a
! prophet or the sou Of q prophet, that the
| Presidential election which is fast approach
| ing, will have an eye to their conduct in this
matter. Let e VAIN Senators that these
/ contractors who are now knocking at the
door of your justice to get the honest money
that they have earned, will remember your
conduct here when the day for the election of
President comes. Let me tell Senators that
they stand in their own light; that they are
| ignoring Just Jaw; and that they are likely
to give the opposition the honor of passing a
bill to pay just debt due by this Govern
ment to honest contractors | am opposed to
all amendments to the bill except such amend
ments as will include those contractors who
ought to be included, and who were omitted
by the other house. | shall vote against every
other amendm,ut, whether it brings the
frowns or ths smiles Of my associates here. l
must act upon my own sense of duty | can
not regard what others may think about it.


IL am unwilling-totally, wholly, and fully
unwilling, let the consequences he what they
mhy-to vote in the Senate for an unjust
measure a measure which | feel, which
know to be unjust, and which the whole
country knows to be unjust aud outrageous
IN Its character. | do not know any of these
contractors, or their assignees but | fully
agree with the Senator from Missouri, that
we have no right to compel either the assign
ees or the original contractors to take the
interest, provided they had II bargain, when
the assignment was made, to give the interest
either to the purchaser or to retain it to the
original contractor Justice in our conduct
here would require us TO let it remain as they
fixed H. If we choose to give interest, let Us
give It as Il matter of equity and Justice, as
an honest nun would pay his creditors. Has
1t come to this, that the Senate of the United
States Is not only not willing to do its duty.
but is determined to Withhold paying an
honest debt? Are we 50 far lost to the prop
er rules of justice and propriety? l hope
not, sir; hope that time has not yet arriy ed
| hope there will he no more acts of legislq-
tion passed calculated to destroy the usual
patriotism that exists in the American body"


MATTERS IN Lower CALIFoRNIA.-The Bull
letin has the following intelligence from the
Southern frontier:-Don Jose Sainz (ex-Com
andante) and family are in San Diego he
having made up his mind not to return to his
ranch, La Grulla, till the country is in a state
of quiet, as he has mortal terror of Espara-
"a. The latter remains on his ranch Santo
Domingo, apparently with no desire of again
mixing up i'll revolutionary matters


The season has been very favorable for
grass and grain, and good crops are anticipa.
ted. In view of the prospects of peace and
tranquility, some of the rancheros who were
eager to di'pose of their property at almost
any price, are now determined to hold on
and stick to their property.