The pilot and transcript. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1840-1841, 1840-06-15
coRREsPONDENCE OF TIE PTLOT
WASHINGTON, Friaar, June Il.

WASHINGTON, Friday, June II.
IN the Senate, she bill from the House Of Re-
personalities, to establish uniform system OF
mileage of members, was taken up forrcfcrenee,
when debate arose, which showed that how
ever much disposed the party in power is to make
the people live within proper bounds, and work
harder, they have no such views for themselves.
Not one of them was for any reduction or change
in the system 81 mileage they wanted no air
line to compute by-the tortuous windinss o.
rivers better suited their tortuous policy, THAI
straight line the subject, however. was referred
to select committee of FIVE.
THE BANKRUPT BILL
Mr. Crittenden made report from the Select
Committee, of new bill, which was ordered to
be printed. 1t embodies those points, on which
the Senate seemed most agreed upon; and If the
bill be lost, the responsibility will be with the
Administration Senators, who have all the power
in their own hands. It was ordered to be PRINT
cd. and was made the special order Tor Tuesday
next
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
The charters of all our banks expire on the 4th
of July, and the people are extremely anxious to
know what Congress intends to do. We have
in the Senate, nest of bipeds, who, unable to
reach the banks of the States, seek to reek their
vengeance on those of this District. Those are
Benton, Allen, TaPpan, and Brown, who, for the
sake of injuring a bank, would sacrifice the IN
terests of any individual in the ten miles square
Mr.. Merrick called up bill to incorporate
90 The Bank ofthe District Of Columbia" to test
the feeling Of the Senate. This bill extends the
banking capital Of the District TO two millions,
and to merge the present banks of the District in
this one bank, which is to have a branch in each
town. Tappan, with full knowledge of all the
facts, moved that this bill be postponed until The
next session, but, at last modified it so far as to
strike out all after the enaeting clause, and to
extend charters to the banks for one year, 50 far
as to enable them to sue and be sued; which, he
said, was as much they wanted This amend
ment will be debated tomorrow, and it remains
TO be seen how it will be disposed Of
MILITIA REPORT
was brought up, when Mr. Crittenden addressed
the Senate with his usual force, against the re-
port He said that such were the faults of the off,
of the administration that they desired to send
10000 apologies to the people for the vciousness
and wicSedness of their rulers If the measure
is of dangerous consequence it is the duty Of the
Senate to put the hand of disapprobation on It
not to come forward with humble apologies for
bad administration and a worse measure.
Mr.. c. was most severe on the explanatory
letter OF Poinsett. After the voice Of the people
had come back in thunders from Virginia, and
| other places-he, the Secretary, then comes for
ward with an explanatory letter. Disguise the
| whole subject as they might, it resolved itsel
into this, ''.4 Standing .army7-to be marched
under federal officers, with the livery of the sol
der, at the viii Of the Observation-Disclosures
the citizens, of these free and sovereign states
into the hireiings Of power. Could any ma
look to that without feeling himself humble
and degraded? Has it no infringement ON tn
liberty of country, to take 100, 600 men, for one
sixth part of year, and sink their civil virtue
into the submission Of the soldier'-hew long
under such a system, would it take to make the
high and lofty citizen, regarding the Law and the
/ constitution, the vassais Of President, or the
creatures of his military minions.
The Wings had glorious meeting yesterday
in Alexandria. silk gloves and hard hands, were
co-rningled in one glorious union-all striving t.
redeem the country from its present misrule.-
} The best evidence of coming victory, is tina
the laboring people, the mechanic and the farmer
are beginning to understand their true interests
they ask themselves, if when the Wings Were il
power, whether their circumstances were no
prosperous? The mechanic asks himself, why j
| it that he cannot now feed his famiIy-the fanne
wonders that he cannot sell his produce-the la
borer wonders that he can get no work, nor pa,
for it, when it is done lin he is so fortunate
as TO obtain it)-they contrast the present will
the past-and say he must make a change
Surely nothing can be for the worse. They ar
1ish:-emphotically right" New men, viii brinI
new measures, and prosperity and happiness vii
again attend them.