Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1846-03-10
FROM WASHINGTON CITY.
Correspondence Of he Richmond E"q''n" e.
,u,,,o-o,, Cry March :, 1910

W.su,yeroS CRY, March :, 1910
The House Of Representatives took ycs'''''1
10 bow-no in their Hall, for some one OF o'i'e'
member is sure 10 blow there, daily WIZ" :,
sion hi on, of ito resi-, | should have s""' o.
Ter shin, six DAYS per week, with one OF wv
cep,ions, ever since he Christmas hoiy'a,S'
lar with he House al least this has Oee"
working session. question wncsiisi %
hoan 6ejs business has been transacted ever jew
Thus early in The season. The appropriations
asked, for the improvement OF hafoo'S'
SC. and Tor other similar works al Inc eAPeL
The General Government, are large ms Se"'
They have been defended with great zeai ny '''-
Whios, of course and, regret 10 wine Jo'' y
many Democrats, whose constituents are se"e'
rs,ly Immediately interested in some one or o'hef
item of the various bills for such purposes osio'e
Congress. On The other hand, they nave oeeh
me, and opposed with degree CT industry ana u
len, combined, which the siric! cons'fuc'iohis's ~
tins civ are in hopes will prove vicIo. io"s e'e nc
session closes. ,,:,,
The ever memorable veto Of The Maysville
Road Bill. though il awakened public opinion 10
The dangerous extent TO which The advocates Oh
the system were stretching The contracts between
The various sovereign States Of the American
Union, and for time checked The grown OF
loose construction, YET by no means depriVsu
of 4 foo!hold in The national Legislature Eyer
since those days, it has silently been gaming
strength in Washington, il not among Inc people
otfth. United States The financial shock oi
1887 also operated 10 retard lis progress Tor
length OF time; but The speedy recovery OF Inc
country from lis effects, as speedily w'prd ou1
almost all the impressions thus made adverse 10
lie expenditure OF money collected IN the shape
Of taxes from lie people a. large, in extravaganza
appropriations for Internal improvements GO
mol wonder that tie Whios exhibit The activity
exered this winter on their part 10 klll The efforts
Vi those Of our friends who are SO s;renuou5iy IA
boring 10 deiea. these appropriations. The doc
thine thai the Constitution gives The General &c
vernmcnt the power To collect and OF course, by
implication to assess taxes, for such purposes, on
The people Of the several States, is lbe foundation
of their theory that it has also provided Tor the
establishment OF a national bank, as well as ior
the exercise OF loose discretion 10 projecting,
or, in plain language, in paying bonus 10 Ia
ynrile interest AMI class from the pockets OF their
less fortunate fellow-citizens. They ere mol only
IaboriHg for The preservation Of this principle in
The practice OF the General Government but for
the etecL-the inevitable resul-oi The system,
when fully carried out
The expenditure Of money Tor works of in
ternal improvement by Congress, Of course be-
gels tariff toprocnre Inc money thus expended,
high in proportion 10 tie amount appropriated.
The continuation of such expenditures -, icr
this reason, OF double value TO The Fetcral>ts in
Congress. II also leeds the mania Tor internal
Improvements by corporations, and more espe.
cially for such works, undertaken partially or
wholly NJ the expense OF individual Safes OF the
1.hi1 aralU fail In hrir o.
the creation Of State debts with Inc necessary
issue OF stocks, scrips bonds, &C., operating for
ine especial beneh, of the specializing advocates
OF Federalism. Such is the plan almost inva-
rahy adopted 10 coax the taxpayers into a
saGciion oi these schemes. The day when tie
latter must put their hands into their pockets o
pay, not in proportion 10 advantages individually
derived from the improvement, but according %
the means Of each. never tails 10 come al last,
unless relief is obtained through repudiation--itc
legitimate irpi, Of Federal principles, IN Leading
communities or individuals inio undue specula-
lions and improper expenditures. II our ificnis
>eccecd in i!,cr efforts 10 put stop 10 such legs
! la,icn, they will have accomplished Hercuean
task AMI will have effected more for the perma-
acHt proslraiion OF The Federal party than has
yet been done BY Democratic Congress.
Gen. John P. Van Ness lbrothel 70 Mr.. e.
Van Ness cx-Miniser . Spain and cx-Colcclor
ofthe Port OF New York; died at his residence 10
This city, this morning, Of govt in the stomach
lie was one THE Oldest residents Of Washington,
and perhaps the weallhics, man il he Dislrci ol
| Columbia OF corise, therefore, his 'e,ni.e has
created much sensation among on: fixed popu-
! la,or. In the death of his wife, the .a.e Mrs
TT tai prop! Teff ''.ir i..U,l sa.d5ric parI ol
Washin"icrl which took n!ace s9ne wears since
Iie POOR here ost their best friend. There is
beautiful Mau>oleum, erected 10 her memory, vet
sf.pl Il tbo ILL
now in the middle Of The city. Within stones
throw oii sands The line Protestant Orphan Asy-
lum, built principally BY means Of her benevo-
lence, and also one OF the best Churches in Wash
inglon, the sile OF which was donated bv her long
before The rapid increase Of population, made the
Church either necessary or convenient in It's To-
cation. There are three striking monuments TO
her memory, but the manner in which she is re.
membered and spoken oil by those who in her dav
needed relief and would receive il al her hands, is
worth pile oil all The bricks and mortar in the
Disricr OF Columbia
Gen. Romnlus NJ. Saunders, our newly ap.
2oin!cu Minister 10 Spain, is here, making l.era.
ration 10 take his departure for Madrid Il,here
| IS The least Truth in a rumor which has been
floating about Washington all the Writer, that
England IS endcavoring 10 procure an interest in
The Island oil Cuba in payment OF heavy debt
which, it is said, Snain has % pay ner during this
sp..ns, Gen. Sauncers will indeed have his hands
! full Immediately OH arriving out. have no. the
least confidence in the story, more especially be-
cause Britain we'll knows, that to buy Cuba would
&c 10 Pay bonus on fight with MS instaner
Fears are entertained here, that the general cleo.
lion, which is 10 take place on Tuesday next in
New Hampshire will result in the choice Of Col.
by (Whig) as Governor, and majority in the
Legislature-rinse1 s;reaked and speck!ed-bul
Al all events opposed 10 the Democratic parry
The Wings have hi,ched teams with the A boi.
lioniss, and also with the Hale-i!e faction who
spill of from us when that genilemans course on
| the Texas question wasdisavowed and rep:ehend-
cd BY The party in answer 10 his never-to-be.fi-
gc.,en address published from This city during Inc
last session OF Congress. The Wings have bar
gained 10 send him 10 Tie Senate as the permanent
successor of Judge Woodbury., provided he brings
10 The aid Of themselves and the "h;rd party" suf-
flcient number of fshy Democrats 10 secure The
Legislature. He IS moving heaTen and earth TO
effect 'he oblecl-s'nmping il in every town in
The STATE, which is an unusual occurrence in the
history OF New England politics. By similar
combinations with The anti Masuns, the Federal
ISIS have more thar. once defeated Us in y. York
and pennsylvania, where large majority OF the
people ol those States were thoroughly onrosed
10 liie Federal measures which The pic-balj vic
tors have never yet failed 10 alcmpi carry cut.
ouen - ~" t''e eaS- III NtW fldUfshlle pul u
this combination succeeds there, the fruit Of me
victory will be small iEleed. An attempt 10 f...
ten Federal measures on the people of TIA, State.
will only have The effect OF rendering them more
hrm IN their attachment TO Democratic measures,
as well as more cautious how they lislen 10 Log
rolling demasosues in future.
All eyes will be turned 10 The Senate during the
next week, which will doubtless he the most in
lercs;iag as well as important OF the session.
The result OF the nare-up between Mir HAYWOOD
and Messrs flanagan and Allen, will he clear
y developed, before Saturday night, in The man
mer in which The question is approached BY those
Democratic Senator'S who have not gel taken part
in the debate. MACON.
To tie Editors ef the Enquirer:
Messrs. Editors confess hat i, is a matter