The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1841-12-21

Nh .Nanguni's Resoiltion.lt seems there to be
discriminating draw backs in some things as well as
dis eliminating duties on others. The New York
ing committee of Surveillance on the printing of the
Senate, was instgated by hostility to Mr.. Allen the
late editor Of this paper, who is printer TO the
Senate Can this be so' Is such motive worthy of
Senatorial dignity Is personal revenge a passion
(the lowest Of alb proper to guide the action of the
upper house Of the Federal Congress- Is it safe a
moral, conservative element, in any exercise of le-
gisatve power
And what is the motive Of such passion: Mr..
Allen has adhered to the administration which his
own efforts contributed as much as most mems, to
bring into power This, probably is the unpardona-
BILE sin" treason and ''perfdy" to certain sections
of the Wing party. The power, not the DISPOSE
ton, therefore only wanting bring against him
bill of attaindcr To elect him, however, TO a re-
sponsbe oflice-reduce its emoluments 20 per cent
bind him under heavy penalties to discharge the du
ties-nduce him to make large expenditures for ma
terials, and then to virtually abolish the Office, serves
their purpose nearly as well for the present. We
suppose there is no perfdy" in all this The Prin-
tiers to the House being suspected of no such crime
subjected to no forfeitures, pursued by resent
ments, cramped by parsimony Albeit, the prin-
ting of the House exceeds that of the Senate four
fold, yet no committee of Surveillance is thought of
No suspicion Of Tylerism hangs over its printers
heads. There is therefore, occasion for economy
restriction in that quarter according to the virtu
Gus DIALECTS Of these discriminating patriots, The old
adage is belied and what sauce for the goose is
tla
the and none at all for the other
But the Herald Justly observes that the printer to-
the Senate may derive consolation from the fact that
what may be his loss will possibly be- for season at
least, some public gain. 1t would be unpariotic
therefore, TO complain, however paltry may be the
motive by which the g trivial end as Mr.. White
called it. is attained, and few dollars saved.
If Mr.. Mangum's resolution were dictated in a
patriotic spirit of economy, (and we hope it was SOD
should be glad to see il infused into other branch
Of the service. We would like to see general re-
trenchment but it should be equal, consistent and
founded in just principles.
Since the above was written we learn that Mr.
Snyder, of Pennsylvania yesterday offered resolu-
ton III the House of Representatives in the exact
language of Mr., Mangums and the Wings re-
Jecteo ~ WI shyder justly remarked that the re-
solution should have been Joint one; that if there
is necessity for such committee in the Senate
there is iour-fold greater need of similar one in
the House. But as il was "your goring our
bull, /" there all the difference Imaginable be-
tween the cases, and, therefore the Wings rejected
their own plan of retrenchment Such is the value
of Wing professions of economy-such are their
views of equality and such are the motives, now
made manifest, by which they operate.