The Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1834-184?, 1845-03-20

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Wing in the land to look upon the present
organization ofihe Senate, and the distribu-
ton o four political friends through its bust
ness departments. The Vice President acts
upon his understanding of the tendencies OF
Polkery, and accordingly hesitates not to dis
grace himself and to humble the pride o fhls
country by placing at the head ofthe Cmmlt-
Zee on foreign Relations such a man as
Petticoat Allen. Look at the Committees
The eloquent Conwin, im~measurably the
superior of Allen in every quality of the
statesman and the gentleman, is attached to
the Committee on the Militia! We know
of nothing which can have prompted the APP
poiniment of Corwin to the distinguished
post to which he has been called, unfamili-
arty he exhibited with the practices of mill
tia trainings and the facility with which he.
used up a militia General in the Harrison
canvass of 1910. Locofocoism nobly avenges
the names of the unfortunate Crary, and G.
Nj. Dallas is a fit instrument with which TO
wreak her yengence! What act of Mr.. Al
len has prompted his promotion to the head
of the Committee on Foreign relations?-
When has he evinced a spirit of Cancellation,
prudence, moderation, a fund of knowledge
TO entitle him to be presented to the world
as the first man in the Senate to whom to
entrust4he management Of our foreign rela-
tons? The Wings have in the Senate such
statesmen as Clayton, Evans, Johnson, OF
MARYLAND, Corwin, Critenden, Webster, Day
ton, Berrien, and Bates, yet only one OF these
is called TO the head of a commltte, MI
DAYTON is named as chairman OF the Com
mite on Public Buildings! The Post-Ofice
Department is about TO undergo a serious
trial by reason of the change IN the rates
of postage, yet the Vice President calls thai
imbecile, Niles, of Connecticut, to preside
over the Committee on the Post Office and
post-roads! We will not enter farther into
details. We hope every respectable cliizer
of both parties will examine the constitution
OF the new committees and ask his own con
science 10 respond to our interrogatories.-
In this just? In this the best distribution
which could have been made of the expe
rience and capacity of the Senate? Is it no
indicative of a proscfiPtiye and lllibera
spirit in the presiding officer of the Senate
unworthy of the station he, unfortunately
mas been sailed 10 occupy? Whatever may
have been our hope OF a conciliatory and lib
eral administration by MIR. Polk, we con
Tess il Las vanished. The appointments o
j Marcy and Cave Johnson were sufficient tt
alarm the little hope we did entertain. The
appointments in the Senate ~extinguisbed i
F altogether. Whatever DISCUSSES Polkery
may assume, we will not be deceived. l
is p~roscriptive, illiber al, Jacobinical, and in.
tolerant at heart, and practically will prove
radical and ruinous 10 the best interests o
: the country. We hope the wings will re
sumo their places and will prepare to resis
the course of Polkery. II is essential tC
the best interests of the country that the!
should sand firmly bytheir principles ant
their men:
On Foreign Relations.-Messrs. Allen
i chairman, Cass, Archer, Anterior, and Hu
ger.
q On Ffnance.-Messrs Woodbury. McDul
fe, Benton, Evans, and Phelps.
On Commerce.-Messrs. Haywood, Dix
Huntington, johnson, of Maryland, and Sc
vier.
On Manufdctures.-Messrs. Dickinson
Sturgeon, Simmons, Semple, and Speigh
b On observation-disclosures Sturgeon, Sen
pie, Upham, Bates and Barrow.
f On Military Afairs.-Messrs BentoI
Hannegan, Crittenden, Dix and Phelps.
On Militia. -Messrs. Atchiso on, Semple
s Barrow, Fairfield and Corwin.
On Napal Afairs.-Messrs. Fairfield
'f Colquitt, McDuffie, John nj. Clayton, an
Dickinson.
On Public Land.-Messrs. Brees
i Speight, Ashley Woodbridge, and Jarnegir
W On Pripate Land Claims .-Messrs. Hal
negan, Semple, Johnson, of Louisiana, Da
is ton, Thomas Clayton.
On Indian Afairs.-Messrs Sewer, Bagb.
Ie Phelps, Morehead, and Atchison.
RS On Clams-Messrs. Bagby, Mangum,
M. Clayton, Semple, Dickinson.
On Revolutionary CIaims.-Messrs Sen
pie, Jarnagin, Greene, flanagan, and Co
quit.
h. On the Judiciary.-Messrs. Ashley, Hi
a. ger, Webster, Berrien and Breese.