Mr. WARD. Mr. Speaker, the ComClaims have not been lavish of their favors, as the House will bear witness. They have felt, as the guardians of the public Treasury at this critical time in our afiiiirs financially, we should be careful what kind of claims they should allow or recommend to the House. They have chosen to bejust rather than to be generous and hence a great many claims appealing strongly to our sympathy and patriotism have been rejected by the committee, not because of unwillingness to give reliefin these cases, bu the cause of the condition of our finances and because they would establish a precedent which might involve the country in the payment of large amounts of money. The committee felt that in this case, in the case of this old man of 74 years of age, who, in the midst of that treacherous community in which he lived, remained firm and true to the do of his country; who never retired at night at he prayed a prayer for our imperiled nation and never rose in the morning but he raised the flag over his door step; who when that flag was torn down by a ruth less hand, shot the traitor who did it; and who in consequence of that act was sent forth in his old age to wander upon the face of the earth without a roof to shelter him in this case the committee thought they were justified in presenting this bill and rert. I remember very WelfMr. Speaker, when in the outbreak of the rebellion, when the Union was in jeopardy from traitors North and South and in foreign countries, and even when the Administration seemed to be conspiring to overthrow the Government, thatthe 1st inspi ration we had from official circles, the 1st word of encouragement from Washington which sent a thrill of joy to eve artriotichcart, was the injunction of Generarlfohn A. Dix to his subordinates, “ Whoever shall haul down the American flag, shoot him on the spot.” That injunction has become “as familiar as house hold words." Ithas rendered his nameimmor tal. Old Ishmael Day obeyed that injunction and shot the traitor on the spot. Allow me to exress the fervent hope, through all the perils which shall beset our national life in comin ages, may this injunction be remembered an the example of old Ishmael Day shine out to fire the hearts and inspire the arms of our people to the latest generation. Ithiuk we should stamp upon this act the seal of our approbation. I iope there will be no dissenting voice.