Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1846-03-27
FROM WASHINGTON.

WASHINGTON, March ~ - hnolhcr OF ihe
ffiy four forty Senators hol,ed yesterday; thus
reducing the actual stock in trade of that fire.
eating concern to abou, Eleven. If treaty on
the 49th degree was submitted tomorrow, they |
would not number so many. Public opinion is
rapidly sapping the slender foundation upon
which they stand and those who were foremost
in manufacturing the injurious excitement by
which the country has been disturbed, would
now willingly recede if they had the chance
A minority is the most irksome Of all associations
to this class Of politicians, who have always
backed and filled their sails to accommodate the
popular current, without reference TO patriotism
or principle. Mr. Niles speech, to which re.
fer, was reple,e with great deal OF sound sense
and practical reflection; and he administered a
castigation to flanagan and Breese. for intro.
ducing the resolution of the Baltimore Conven.
ton into the discussion, which they ought long
to remember. He said il was an insult to the
grave importance Of such subject, to predicate
any title Of the United States upon the declara-
ton OF party assemblase, at the eve Of pop.
ular election, and designed for political effect
He was for sustaining the true honor of the
country and, therefore, in favor Of just com.
promise upon the 49,h parallel. Altogether, he
was in direct conflict with the war faction thus
affording another example of that deectable
| harmony" which the Presidents paper is wont
to describe, from the inexhaustble regions of its
| Imagination.
Within f"w DAYS past. from the exceeding
| n.I fhp nd thp
threatened denunciatons of the Western Wing.
he has been inclined to abandon the position
which he has maintained for time past, and to
favor the ultra division. Hence the change in
the Union," which is, of course. bound to fol-
low every twist and ,ergiversaion Of it's master.
But the West has no confidence in this momen-
tary affiIiation. They know, by experience. that
Mr. Polk has already played two-faced policy
upon this question, from the beginning Of the
session and he is willing TO continue i, TO the
end, if his ambitious purposes are in any way to
be benefited They do not trust him, and will
not he deceived.
There is some doubt as to the passage Of MI
Colqut's amendment, containing the surges
ton OF compromise" Ii will probably, receive
ten Tory votes, and lose nearly as many Wing
ones, unless a better understanding than exists
at present is obtained. Mr. Evans Mr. J. Clay
ton, and Mr. Berren are opposed to the Notice
in any form; and Mr. Corwin, Mr. Crittcnden
Mr. J. N. Clayton, Mr. Simmons, Mr. Morehead
Mr. Jarnagin and Mr. Woodbridge, are ascertain
, ed to be against the form proposed. The Res
! olu,on adopted by the House cannot pass; ant
the consequence will finally be, that some ar
rangement must be made, on the "No,ice" mus
, fail entirely. This necessity will bring abou
compromise of the different propositions, upor
the basis of that offered by Mr. Coqui,'.
My venerable friend, the presiding genius o
E the Union, again promises that the Committee
j of Ways and Means will "rcport revenue bill
G in fe,c DAYS" He did The same thing three a
s fur reekS ago, upon the assurance, as he the
n stated, Of the Committeeman yet the House o
, Renr"sonta'i'os, aud The country, have beef
delayed all this time, far what, according to III
Cnlon, "ihe Chairman says roud be 90; ready i
- 2l hours" Why then this waste aud wh
y squanderiu- ~ the limo and money Of the Ter
G pie Only to proons the Session unncccssar
b ly, and 10 spin out two or three months OF add
j. tonal pay to the majority. Tie Wing pres
e has called in vain for action upon the publ
measures. Resolutions, introduced by VIII
members, calling for The Tariirpocy, have bee
booted down. by the reckless hosts that con,rt
! Congress; and every Wing, effort, to eypedit
the business of the country, has been trample
IS under foot by sheer party force. Now, in rel;
IN ton to The Tariff Bill, which Mr. Mckay, or tn
IF Union for him, says can be prepared in "a hour
n ] have it directly from members of the Comm
tee of Ways and Means, TO whom applied, pc
sonally, for information, that no measure of an
sort is before ,hem--,ha, Mr. Walkers II WI
withdrawn, by some hocus pocus, Immediate
as after its preseniaton--lhat no substitute h;
!. been offered, and no consultation upon mea
er ure been had. Mr. Mckay may speak for hin
Il, SELF bu, he does not certainly for several men
N bers OF the Commit,ee--bu', suppose it is su
fcient for the Chairman to suit himself, al
'then gag the majority with his schemes. whic
s. they will swallow with du,iful obedience No
e. Mr. Richie, hold you to the pledge, to see tn
Of Bill produced in Congress in STEW days..
ID Cor Alias.