The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1844-01-06
From The Old DOmiaion.
COMPLETE DISCHARGE IN THE NAVY
YARD.


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4. w 49,. .y;,h ,.g,st that orders have hsen o..
~ :, ,ha Gasoort Nav Yard TO discharge an
49,. 80 s..snt ,Lose emoloysd on the Con,tIGo,
"e '''os u ~. v.ssal. .nJ ihey loo when tL.,
snu '".,s Iii ~ In ,boui for,nigbt ar, IN
w. -. - J,'nhara.d m. buildny of The new sloon
- .'''" , - :; aoos.o,..,1s susnended M
" "a. ING i - s'arrmsn md ibeir famIits
s =, ~ ~ 49,, r,lov..n, and he means Of srb
mus 'o'' "''a ts o''P'oJ . n - truly a. b. a.
sis'ehce, I" 'ni' i"oie"'"' ''"'o"' ' We
P'oSu
Such is the pregnant and sententious paragraph IN
the Norfolk IeraM Of Monday last, announcing the
event which Is told in The line 1--WE have headed
this article with. What sorrow what distress, what
misery does the above recorded fact hold in per-
inactive TO the many families who have nothing 10
deDepd upon but the labor OF their husbands and ia
thers or sons in the Navy Yard through the present
gloomy and severe season How different this from
The glorious and bright promises which were made
10 the mechanics and working men in 1870 OF ilro
dollars dav and rosa LeSfp II the wings should tr
umph IN The Presidential election then pending
at us take rapid Retrospective view of events as
thew have trsnspired since that period il may posi-
bly make us wiser, if not better men Previous 10
that time there had been pretty steady run of work
In the Yard and when appropriations run out under
one head the Executive was allowed to transfer un
expeDded appropriatiops TO the exhausted head and
IL there WINS moi money in the Treasury TO meet the
aopropriations the men were allowed TO labor until il
did come in this kept business moying--our shop
keepers and merchants readily giving credit 10 those
who were in employment
Well the Wing dynasty came into power At the
memorable extra session of ls4l the Wings appro.
n, lated some three or four millions of dollars mere
than was asked Tor by The Executive Tor the gradual
increase ana repair u ue Navy " ''iaAe y "o,,y,
rs lhey sand, oil the commerce ana resources o. tlS
great country Inc Executive, taxing tnis ucnlo'
s'ra'ioh OF pohcy lor nus gu'oc, asseu ~
AZ 'ne nrs. ana secona
o. ."a' congress wne" 10 ''e ss;O'" n;.,on
one, was ieiuseu' inc previous Pt.op'.aS
we'e wi.u.wnuno oe.n,ssso ~ VIC
.n1 Na'y VET CUT uown moiv tnI" o'o nan, a.u
r'aeIs anu 1'noe's .'cr'ea ~ "e Jaw a. .hc '.su-
lied the hands and shaclled the will Of The Exerntyc
And WIN was this cr,,eI and v;nd;ctve course nur-
nod; I, ma bna,,.o no ,.;nrty i, ho,h hranrho.
IF ,h,, conorsss vel, Lns,y III, ,H p..iJsnt Iobn
~ ,'a' 49," ma a wy 49,, -" s
10, "s' e ~, nm, a''u a'e", ,.'onu VI
NJ VI .au r"u nv ,S.a,n ~
'a' nc '"o",u Nv. nav '''' eie"' vi re "
carrying ou' ms WISHES, Us every act OF ms me hiue
.neu SHOWN nc wouiu oo, io' sie oeho"' uii ausa".
.'ge o' ms 'c,o",cnAens' wen, INC crs., came,
'he VESSELS orueIeo 10 NC oui'r ny imperative Id"
weie Pu, upon INC s'ocAs' "e aPR1oP'u,iohs Wei
aosorocu' TUG "orkmcn III OUT US were uscna'beu
ana tne enemies OIL tne PRESIDENT re)oced IN the evh
brought ABOUT ny their own ac's, ana Jeere9 MS
iriehus Tor the Doh.iulnlmem OF promises maae ny
MN Regardless oil these tngs, every enor' was haoo
10 keep those employed VINO had iami'ies depehdent
u" iate message ior inc resembling Oh ue ciauso
"hch prevented MN from using from TWO 70 .nIee
hundred thousand dollars, already appropriated out
Hmg iuie IN inc treasury. mere are inc "ofos Vi
'he message Oh this suOJect'
al cal, vour particu,ar attention also To that nor
ton of the renort WHICH has reference to
the ac of the late session of Congress- which prohb
tied the transfer of any balance of apnropria,ion 10
Thai for building eo,inment and repair ,ibe repeal
az Thai nrobb;t,nn viii enable The IN give
who have been necessarily discbarped in consequence
of the want of means 10 nav tbem-a Circumstance
attended e,peci.l al This season Of the wear with
much priyation and suffering
IL L.. Al, .:;,: rl
oc ,Hs M.1am IN ,ha s,," In ~"
Vi VIC i'r"a 'e''s VIC s'oiy oit,ei, o'ns "Ant ie
S So 1I , ~ ue.p, sne'
Congrcss 10 Selieve ,be;r d;s,r.s ,vh q n.nc;i S e.
unon the tablets of their hearts The nr,ve,s Of a
norion of the press and of hostile no;c;,ps bos,ile
10 JouN Tyr,n has nreyailed and fbs Honse If Re-
resentatives with 6xed majority or corn. Icn nsun
Gratis have refused 10 slacken the ubg screws which
are now wringng the hearts of thousands throughout
the length and breadth of This land
The uraists of the two parties have united IN Con-
gress against the President and the people must sui
fer O. Adams. ON the Wing s.ar worr inc .aoulder
TO shoulder with Cave Johnson an ultra Democrat ON
tie other to defeat the Presdc,t and nrosrafc the
Wbv have ex,,eme: ,h' n,s,, 10 s ,t mms, , mean
the principle that to give them the control of man,
bread, they will have their control of h,s wi' and
seqnenty, are now starving these men into mea-
sures leaving chance to give the direction TO their
minds, which party they shall fall into and be per-
fectly satisfied, even If they die in the experiment,
provided they be taken from the support Of John T,
Ter.
We write not a politician now, but with heavy
heart, indignant at the pursued by our legsla
tors for the last month"; who have already expended
three on four hundred thousand dollars on them
selves and have not vet done one act for tho
Of the country; whose time has been frittcrcd away
IN useless and idle discussion on irrelevant matters
and in scheming for promoting their fayorite to the
Presidential chair, who take GREAT CREDIT 10 them