The Party and the Navy Bill Controversy in Congress
A fiery congressional speech denounces party maneuvers to fund a navy expansion. The speaker accuses the executive of secret appro priations and presses for binding estimates and explicit recommendations. He disputes adjour nment tactics and calls for accountability from the administration and fellow lawmakers.
Debate on compensation resolution for Robert P. Letcher
In a heated speech, a representative denounces perfidy and treachery in the Senate over a compensation resolution for Robert P. Letcher. He accuses the party of manipulation to delay the fortification bill and warns against executive overreach while urging unity to defend constitutional checks and balances.
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Senate
House
Kentucky
R. M. Johnson
Congress
House of Representatives
Houses of Congress
News Department
Moore and Letcher
van Buren
Jarvis
Carmichael
White
Committee On Foreign Affaires
Cambreleng
Rhoderick
New York
Speaker
Churchill C. Cambreleng
Barringer
N. Carolina
Abijah Mann, Jr
Letcher
Mr Letcher
Samuel Beardsly
Tennessee
Mr Lea
Gilmer
Mercer
Massachusetts
Adams
Robert P. Letcher
F. O. J. Smith
Masschusetts
Committee On Foreign Affairs
Mr C
Mr A
Jackson
Rhode Island
Peace
Virginia
North Carolina
Georgia
Hamilton
Jay
Conness
Hector
Achilles
United States
Legislative Department
Executive
Early Civil War Era Rhetoric From Bedford Gazette
A fragment quotes the Bedford Gazette and Com Herald with denunciations of traitors and promises of vindication with bayonets. The excerpt labels the writers as Democratic family members and condemns foreign aristocracy, reflecting sectarian wartime sentiment.
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Committee of Ways and Means
Mr Hawes
South Carolina
Thompson
Jupiter
Empyrean Heights
Naval Committee
France
Congress of
England
Globe
Mr Adams
Mr White
Capitol
S—W -T, Jr