The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1842-08-05

ullimo, showing the amount of money appropriated
ny Congress since the year 1895, to satisfy private
claims.
The amount stated by the Treasurer TO have been
appropriated, is as follows:-
IN 1880, ....... Sl55,ss5 SO
o. l0l ,235 40
90 ''...'.' $685. Jos 81
lI3.l59 w
~ ....'...,. 74722 II
Al. ..... .,........"..... 2lSl66 %
Some memorials, &c were presented, but no.
thing of public importance.
Mr. Kerr occupied considerable portion of the
morning hour in explaining bill to promote the
purposes of the useful arts. The object OF the bill
Is to secure to inventors of useful improvements the
benefit Of their ingenuity, both in this country and
Europe, discriminating in favor of native talent in
the ratio of thirty to five hundred.
AT one o'clock the tariff bill was taken up, and
the day, and perhaps the week, is to be spent in
motions to amend and short speeches Every mo-
ton to amend will be rejected, and the bill will
eventually go through as it came from the House.
number of the democratic Senators, were origi-
nally disposed to permit the bill TO pass without pro-
tracted opposition.
They intended to express general hostility to its
principles, and veto was anticipated, to permit
the details to go without scrutiny but it was fore
seen that the wings might possibly run the same bill
through, emitting the distribution feature, after il
shall have been returned without the signature of the
President and it was therefore necessary to propose
such amendments as were necessary to make it TO-
lerabe. They do not expect to carry one of them.
Mr. Benton has hundred, more or less, to offer,
and there is pretty good assortment besides.
The House has spent the day, so far, on the
bill for the reorganization of the Army. The
bill, as it came from the Senate, was published;
in the Herald Yesterday but the House will mangle
and modify II until its father. MIR. Preston, will
hardly recognise his child. The second regiment
army seems to be committed to the tender mercies
of Mr. Cave Johnson, there will be little more than
skeleton left when he has finished The debate
ceased at three o'clock, and the committee are now
Illinois made a speech this morning, which
set the committee in a roar. He is rare old
man, with vein of good sense, which seems
to have been, worked very little. no edu-
strange habit OF calling every body on earth his
worthy friend" His voice has a nasal twang
that reminds one of the melody of the Cameronians.
In. speaking on the navy bill few days since, he
said
Mr. Speaker, our navy won unperishable ho-
nors in fighting "worthy friends" the British,
on the lakes during the last war, and l won't say
nothing against the gallant men in 1t"
But there are many men In Congress much less
useful than Governor Reynolds, and it may be
doubted whether house composed of such men,
would do as much mischief as will be wrought by
the present body.
Hwoud seem from the tone of certain papers pro
Tossing to be friendly to the administration, that
the idea of forming third party for the support of
the President is still cherished in certain quarters
Nothing can be more preposterous. In the present
political condition OF the country and OF party orga
nizaton, no man, with knowledge of affairs |
and aware of the relations of the leaders and the
rank and file, entertain the belief that such
thing ismacticable or possible. Party organization
is too perfect, and party discipline too potent per-
NIT such hope. The Clay organization embraces |
SIX seventies of the wing party Of the Union, and
that party in reference to another Asto the demo-
Gratis they banded together by the ties of principle
and interest. The genius and theory of that party
cures them against any permanent or serious d, |
VISIONS ALI attempts, therefore, TO constitute third
party with view to the support OF the Administra
ton, or to the succession, must necessarily fail.
The collision of the two hostile parties would be
fatal to all who stand between them the meeting
of two locomotives to man who should attempt TO |
resist BOTH This fact must be apparent even to the |
persons who most busy in such enterprises. Their
object not to render efficient useful support to
the President, but to obtain control of the patronage
and Offices in their vicinity. The papers which are
the organs of these factions, and which profess an
exclusive devotion to the President, started
sustained from selfish considerations alone They |
look merely to the Executive bounty, and seek only
to promote the personal schemes of the leaders in
the movement No other motive can stimulate |
them. The result is too obvious to admit of a |
doubt. WAS
1t is always fair to reason from what has been, to
what will be, under similar circumstances. The |
object and consequences of this attempt at third
party organization, are best seen and illustrated in
the movement of small knot of broken down |
politicians in the State of Connecticut Every body |
knows that the spectacle presented by the divided
counsels here is regarded by the whole country as
sorry one. In Connecticut this feeling was and is
The Wings, before the last election
there, would not support the administration and the
Democrats held aloof too. In this juncture, few
men who had been discarded by both parties set |
themselves up as the exclusive friends OF the Presi-
dent-affected to hold the balance of power between
the two parties thrust themselves upon the President
as the only dlsnerested friends he had In the State,
and claimed to dictate in all appointments Prior to
the election they held State convention, nominated
a district ticket, which they imprudently called an
ticket and pOlled out of nearly fifty
thousand votes, some five or six hundred And this
is the extent of the influence of this little faction.
They cannot control more than five hundred votes,
If il to their leaders from the gaows. And
now these disinterested patriots openly avow
their determination to abandon the support of the |
President, unless he does something for them. All |
your third parties in the city of New-York and else
where, have their origin in the corrupt motives
Their fidelity is dependent upon the patronage of the
government They have neither thought of or pur-
pose doing any thing but to acquire office
President Tyler will not countenance such move
such mercenary conduct, and too sagacious to be
deceived by schemes so shallow.
There Is more to be said on this subject.
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