The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1843-03-05


Dor and toll with such energy, when they tear he
success OF the ministry of rival brother. We have
few san in Congress but they are like one great
man In Sodom and Gomorrah, or drop OF water
In the ocean, completely lost sight OF.
Washington.
Correspondence OF the Hera'd1
WASHINGTON, d. G. Feb. l8, l84o.
Matters and Things IN Washington, By an OCCASION
al Correspondent
My DEAR BENNETT =
have heretofore occasionally advised you Of the
sayings and doings done and said IN this Sodom OF
America, and under conjunction Of leisure and in
cination, this perpeated for the edihcation and
enlightenment of your world of readers. We have
here to be sure, three papers Of some notorety, tine
Intelgencrr, Globe and Madisonian. better known
to our citizens under the appropriate titles of the
"Opite Purge and Emetc," with which we are
daily dosed. Were it not for the tonic effects of the
Herald, which has circulation equal to any OF
item, our mental moral, religious and political
constitutions would be seriously impaired
Your Wall street gentry and our partisan worthless
though they are both fully included in the genus
rogue, are widely distinct in the developments OF
their common generic NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. rejoice
and flourish under the fiction Of brokers, fnancitrs
cashiers and Spectators IN. B. There is one s
too many for fact in that word Ours try persuade
the country into the absurd suppositon Of their be-
of bipeds operate individually, swindle in detail,
and for want OF fresh game, keep themselves in prac-
tice by cheating, pour s'a'nuser, each other The
other gang exercise their talents and genius for plum
der exclusively the dear, enlightened, long cared
soft soapable sovereign people en- n,nsc. Both par
ties have their peculiar slang vOcabuares-h flash
dialects, utterly unnte!ligible to stupid, verde mr.
downright honesty Your operatives, however
openly and bodlv-thelr prey are prma facie,
born and bred fer that purpose necessous donkeys,
who deserve I'm course" to be knocked down and
hayed alive without the necessity of coaking such
regular fair business transaction. Our work les,
the contrary, have TO attain their ends by uD-
bounded devoiion and special av ction tor the poor,
dear, deuded, long suffering and in'ellisen people.
The animal, in this case, must be well curri.d and
gently patled in order to be ridden. la word.
yours are hyhwsvmen, ours are pick pockets-C'es
toute la difference. In Wall rect there is also
sparce sYrlnkling Of integrity, here and there
upright merchandise we too enjoy the protecting
presence of some half dozen Messieurs Lois-in-
tegent gentlemen and honest statesmen, but TO,
whom, any successful Guy Fawkes, who wosld
have The public spirit and philanthropy TO besow his
attention on the south wing OF the capitol, would
justly BE- hailed as public benefactor. A.propos To
such patriotic pyrotechny Mr. ArnOld's 548 pound
bomb has last been fired, and doubtless you have
long since heard the report thereof. He never tor
nome Mt drramt Of obtaining such success, and has
b-come more alarmed at IT than most of hos.
whose int, ests the bill, rs It passed the House Of
Representatives, so very unjusiy, un2eDprOusy and
CrurIly Affects. Ills ear6 mat The senate
may give their assent TO the bill. when his own 2y
ratoy peripaetcs 10 aad from Washington, at forty
cents mile, will be sadly cnraied. He is satified
that his very dsinteresed efforts for the in the
House (whether they had been successful or no')
quite sufficient To his tn Congress-
and therefore thinks there sort OF Necessity for
the Senate to trouble themselves about the matter
1t quite amusing TO witness his urgent appeals
to the House 10 take up the consideration of this
hobby for his reelection. What burning enthusias-
tic zeal for economy and retrenchme nt-What holy
horror for per die u and mileage, to say MOI hing o
books, stationery, ranking and other sIealings A!
What vIrtuous indignation AT all opposition 10 prove
himself out and ont patriot! So good was the
imitation that even some OF those who know him
best, at last actually began To think him really in
earnest, and it is possible, that had sufficient time
been allowed for frequent rehearsal, he mig have
finally succeeded in dupng himself into sincerity
The dear, good people OF Tennessee, and of such
Congressional districts rs have yet 10 elsc then
Legislative servants for the next Congress, will nov
forthwith and clearly perceive, what Jewels CT eco
nomy and self-denying martyrs they unconsciousl,
possess in the present incnmben's, and III reorr
what rank injustice, folly, suicide aud fat burglary
it would he 10 think OF changing them for others
Sans baddinoge. This r.treDchment move is the
same old, forlorn, thread bare huinbug that has
been played off hundred times for the special ben
eft and aid of distressed demagogues, only in this
inst ance there is compounded with IL venaIty, 9
dash Of ptifu malice for the qualification OF those
whose political opponents have already been elect
ed to the next Congress, and whose compensation
aud mileage would be thus reduced below what
these bare faced Cbarlata, have hecn recevna TOR
three sessions. Thatthe Senators will permit them
selves TO be bued into tools for the assistance OF
these worthless OF the House of mis- Repre senta-
tives is what do not believe-yet many here sup
pose that they will be afraid of acting honest
lv, because the bill was passed in the House
by so large a majority, though the selh-h and
base motives OF that majority are so well under.
stood. There are but lew honest politicians ts'
la chose rs possible dufoui) who do not favor Judi
cous and Just retrenchn,ent n the expenses OF the
govern neDt. But such economy weuld not affect
the salaries of the members OF the Cabinet, whose
present compensation is VIGOROUSLY Inadequate, ano
should, In justice, instead OF being reduced, be-
double OF what it is. The heads OF the depart
ments, like the President, the hosts OF the
tion-iher positions force them INTO social expen-
dture, which is unavoidable without dlscredit 10
themselves and the country. that nlne-tenths OF
such officers retire from office much poorer than
when they accepedit The great abilities requisite
for such important trusts. merit In equity and evl-
dent policy, a high remuneration, without such
wseacres as Mr.. Arnold and his tail, desire to have
these Offices filled by ignorant pettfogging dema
gogues like themselves. One OF them had, The
other day, the modesy TO tel me seriously that he
would undertake either the duties Of Judge Upshur
or of MIR Spencer for $1,000 per annum. | tolo
him that thought the best plan would be, to pu
such places up at auction, when, considering the
hard times. the President might possibly be able to
procure Cabinet OF constitutional ADVISERS az a
daily expense the treasury OF only nifty cents a
head. The bill, ia its effects on the Cabinet ohcers,
is a combination OF stupidity and injustice. Ga the
junior subordinate officers OF the civil and military
services there is in II superadded cruelty. in the
arnv the compensation OF Il senior and co mand-
ing officer will, in some cases. be less than that oil
his subordinate. In the navy, there are many sub
ordinate officers on dutyat foreign stations. not TO
tor three years, who have r. hnqushed three
ourhs or iour-flths OF their pay during their enr,
absence, for the support OF their families or lndlgcn
relatives at home. The mesgre pittsnce they hav.
retained TO pay their mess hiil and clothing, IL, by
this act, not only TO be taken away, but inasmuch
as the bill is to go into immediate operaton, 1t viii
such officers be debtors 10 the governing ~
tor the amount received by them from the date o.
is enactment up TO The timr when The pulsers OF
heir respective vessels receive official Information
Of the fact, TO refund which, will be hopeless al
tair On the clerks of the Executive offices mere,
pecay those who receive low salaries, =, ov.,
J thousand and under fifteen hundred dollars Pc