Mr. LYE. I have it in writing from him. He has built ten ships, and the evidence can be obtained, if my frend desires to consult the Dept, that not one of those ship s did he want to build; and he has never uilt a ship for the Government 11 on which he has not sustained a loss. He tel s me and George Quintard tells the truth always that these things were urged upon him. The Government said they could not do without them; he must do them; they could not ct them doneanywhere else and yet, amid is whole O turmoil in the building of 13 ships, and 13 such ships, my friendfrom NewHampshire seems to count the very minutes of time a inst him as a reasqn why this Government sfizuld not be just to him. To that kind of reasoning I object. I insist upon it that the very severe criticisms of the Senfrom NewHampshire, so fully answered by the distinguished Senfrom Indiana, were not fair, upon this report or upon the bill. Now, sir, as little as I know oflegislation, I think I see a we in which the distinguished Senfrom NewHampshire could have shown his fairness much more clearly to my mind. He declares to you that some of these parties are entitled to remuneration. Then, why oes he not move to strike out such as are not entitled to recover, in his opinion? He says he will vote to postpone the bill. That is a very easy thing fora Senator to do; but it isa very hard thingto be endured by those who are oaning under burdens they can hardly bear, or honest toil, honest labor and honest mate rial that the have given to this Governmentin the hour of er direst necessity. It is ver easy for m friendfrom Missouriand m frienr from NewHampshire to say, “ We will postpone it for another year, " when the very case shows you that every one of these parties who has. not gone over already is tottering on the very verge of bankruptcy. Oh, postpone it! Give my friend time to read the pamphlet! If We will only postpone it, he is going into it very thoroughly; he will spend the vacation in reading the literature of donble ender iron clads, and next winter he will come here ready to be appointed, if the exigencies of the country should require it, a naval constructerl Sir, we have here the testimony oftwo men who have grown grey in the service of this country, 2 naval constructers whose fame is not bounded even by our own shores, who have been consulted by other countries, long tried and faithful servants of this Government, and they substantially indorse the testimony of these contractors. Sir, I insist upon it, that when these men come here they are entitled to an answer. I have taken no pains to ascertain how Senators are going to vote on this question; but if these men are to be buried amid the ruins of their misfortune, bury them now; for burial would be a relief. Do not keep them hanging upon the tenter hooks of uncertainty till frost time again, and then the Senfrom Missourior the Senfrom NewHampshire may not have got fully booked up on the subject, and will move to postpone it for another season. Sir, quick oison is better than slow; and if this Senate as made up its mind that the rule of conduct they will establish is to take 2 and a half millions of money from citizens of this country, do it now. If the blow must be struck, let it fall now. Their agony already has been greater than they can endure. My friendfrom California knows that 100s of 1,000s of dollars are involved in his own State, where the men have advanced their own money and have carried their loss like good soldiers and patriots. Mr. President, all that I regret is, that this whole subject had not been referred to the honorable Senfrom NewHampshire originally, and then we should have had set forth exact y what ought to be paid, and what ought not to be aid. I hope that this motion to postpone will not prevail, but that the bill will be passed as amended on the motion of the Senfrom Iowa; it is throwing at least a crumb to hungry men, which is ever rateful.