Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1830-03-12

o"|c recently cast it-aoRg the discarded rubbish oil
the Coalition IL Is true, resolutions have been offer.
ell Tor the purpose Of reviving it, and az matter Of
course we may expect 10 find The Opposition members
voting for them in solid phalanx-but II cannot be posi-
Die that any OF the majority composed OF jackson men.
viii so study ems.lves IA to unite in any degree
with them. What! undo what they did 90 deliberate
~ c,iy WEE X seo! What make tina, msjori'v which
already sheefed at by the scribbicrs OF the Coalition
Tor its - easy vr'u-," perfect moe k~rv-a bye.
word and reproacL! u the Committee en- Re,r,nch.
neEt are not 20 be sustained in th in.tcr the impnr.
tent work at reform may as well be abandoned sio.
geihe-. and. instead Of attempting TO ahoiish usc-s.
offices, the House should once abolish the Commit.
tee itself
Before conclude it may rot be nmis. TO notice brief
iy,'hat part Of Mr. Davss speech in which he alleges
that no imporisn has been introduced ty the
Committee on Retire nchment-that i,s chairman has
knocked In vain at the doors Of the various depar
mentsani that nothing remained for IL TO Investigate
but the POOR authority Of this House 1--WE or
Fix clerks and 81 many messengers" What motive.
except political one, the honorable gentleman could
have had in view when he made so eoring an ass.r
ZION, shall not stop to inquire; hut TO shew the public
how ar corresponds with the fact. state, au,ho
rty which ne will not question: that amongst others
the Committee has reported for the action OF the House,
the following:
bill relative to tie mileage o! members Of Con.
gress
bill relative TO the forage Of officers of the Amy
bill TO abolish the Board OF Navy Commissioners
bin TO abolish The office of Major. General.
time Of peace.
bin TO repeal the Act authorizing the Secretary of
The Treasury to employ visiters of the Land Offices
Zone OF Mr.. Clay's sops)
lie il also entirely mistaken in saving that the Chair
man OF the Committee has knocked in vain at the
doors oil the Departments. member of il has inform
cd me that detailed reports have for some time
in preparation under the dire elton Of the Secretaries
and that they may ere long he expected.
Aud now, II you please, for enigma; which, per.
haps after s you .ay deem scarce deserving If the
name. 1 have before me the Boston Courier Of F.h
%, and the National Journal Of March 2.-In the
hrs,, under the head Editor's CORE spendence"-
Washington, Feb 2oih, ls30'-I find a ling letter
abusing the administration in Coalition s-charg-
ing the Committee on Retrenchmcnt with b. ing ac-
lively employed in doing NoTHING"-prfTng Mr. Da
Wis OF Massachnset for having commenced speecb
To show the House that this about form it, in
the elegant language Of Mr. Chiffon, like the devi
shaving the pig. great cry and little wool" question
ing whether the history ot the world shows anoher
instance IL a legislative body wasting its time and
squandering money in such small busncss"-allc sinc
that the Committee on Rerenchment, in the Of
two or three sessions" ha. not proposed SIM
gle measure of utility" And bring the history
down TO the present time" says the (hon ,etter-wri
ter they are eDdpavorng by the present
Qor thcm) proposition, TO deceive The PEOPLE l-
longer, that they may have leisure 10 invent new in
strmment Tor popular blinder., and, at The same time
die tOih dccency. The satire Of Clifford was an chi
ate and that of Junius the weakness of ibe ciiy
pared with the casigaton which is So we'll deserved
by those who have been active in this outrage on
mon sense; '-Verry gentlenaniy. irdeedD
| make cnlv this extract:
"Beiore had the honor of being elevated nv your
partially, sir, to the Committee on Retrencbment. |
was member for time of the Committee on Roads
and Canals" &r.
And from the letter in the Boston Courier, | make
this:
MI. Davis Of Massachusetts,, who wa. elevated
ny me partially OF the Speaker from III" Committee on
Roads and Canals to the Committee on Retrenchment
SC.
Now, tell me whether the author of the speecb and
the author OF the letter, he be the same person
and oblige an advocate'lor
INFRINGEMENT.
UaShingion March 8. 1880
IL Could we have consulted our own FEELINGS we
should withhold the preceding Communication from the
public eye. We speak, of course az il relates to M
SdnsbtTy alone. We regard him as the best Reporter
Wa have ever seen-We have great respect for his
general attanment; and although we NAV not agree in
politics like his d,an 1t gives us no pleasure
therefore, topublish such a cemmunication-We know
very little of the Office which Mr. S. has heIJIf n;
be unnecessary, ii ought to be suppressed If il has
been created by the arbitrary will of the Speaker il
ought to be put under different organization; suppos
ing IT TO be necessary.
We DO hesitate to saw that with the o.u.,o, nr;n
cipies of "Rcrcnchment' most perfectly accord
This administration goes in, among other purposes up
on the ground of Refoyni-Proper Entertainments are
an important item of it-Has this retrencbment in o.
Their respects been properly encouraged Who baiIed
the bill for regulating the mileage of members of
Congrcss' A Correspondent of tho New York En-
guircr says, Messrs. Burgess, Taylor, Lecher and
Storrs Who, (says the same writcr,) have driven
onward in the Senate measure for putting into
the pockets Of Messrs. Gales and seaton, some so
or $4,000 Dollars, on a most prof able Job, With
one exc. ption, every Adams member. "Who are ,hev
in the House that, for the ast two DAYS hay. resort,
ed to every specious argument and every paramen,a
rs device, Tor the purpose Of preventing annual an
propriaton bill, limiting the estimated Tor the con,
hHgent EXPENSES Of Congress objects strictly such,
Ingersoii, Gorham, Taylor, Huntingdon Semnes and
Others. Lie their wish, apparently to leave the enor
nous sum OF Si35,600, ESTIMATED for the continent
fund oil the two house. during 1901 the mercy of
sciutions go That books may he bought and subscrin
tons made like that 10 Gales & Sea,on without stint &
without enquiring whether such charges are eonfin
gent or not"
IL the Author of Re'rpnchment' sa,i.seJ with Tho
proposition before the Senate Gre ating
have called new " Executive Department., ami o.
theirs a Home DEPARTING nt,"--Does he approve ri a
proposition male TO the III of Represe natives for
change in the Navy
This Admir- sraon has hitherto distinguished itself
by its zeal in unmasking defsulters ping the e
ri corruption and saving the money of the peopie
IL much to he desired that specific Report could he
made To Congress upon all such subjects. We know
that censure ha been cast upon il for removing certain
men from ofire-who wee public def,uers-but the
evidences Of their misconduct have been laid he
the public in an authentic shape. The facts ought IN
he made known and the truth ought 10 be fpafIesslv
told-Vice ought 10 he aba,hed; and the services
which Gen Jackson has eady rendered by The I'M
kennelling Of fraudulent officers ought be mace KIN
for the benefit of the example.
To EDIToRs or THE ENquIR1R
MARTIN VAN BUREN,.
.Hessrs. Editors: In the competition which prevail,
in this az n every other department Of book. making
one Of the caterers of novelties, in the share Of nm
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