New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-07-16
THINGS WASHINGTON.
From cur Regular Correspondent
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We have Ind smother chapter ,o-dey in the
shameful interference OF Executive power with
legislative action The ty-an,s OF mis- Adrninist-a
ton. having rampled down the Constitution hsv
ing 90, rs, without Constitutional authority, into
var with week, crippled neishbor, and as shame
fuly having skaked from the ars; kinding glance Of
the British Lon-havng betrayed every interest
r,,d 10 their csr-tbey begin 10 fesr ths; they
had sod themselves 10 the Devil for nothing they
became desperate and lesped a, once over all re-
suainn OF dec.ncy and order
Accordingly. lille the Tariff bill aud o,he.
measures were under consideration both ends OF
the Avenue met The unbiased Judgment OF the
Representatives o. the people could NOT De trusted
The fatreoiug drones OF the Departments and the
White House were emptied into the han oil TIE
House of Representatives.: CAVE JoHNsos was
there the Presidents Private Secretary vas there;
the Tito. OF Ire mon was ;heie' AosTJ W AK.
Err the Secretary of the Treasury was there; and
others whose daily sustensnce and enormous
profits from Government patronage depend Tor
their continuance upon the perpeiusuon OF The des-
picable sxindle by which JAMES \. POLK was
elected Presden, Of the ni;ed States, were there,
shaking the Executive purse az The 100 ifssile and
Welding cousciences of Loco Eoco members.
The consequence was that several Members absn-
doped conscience and ciutched a. the spois, the
crest predominant principle of Loco Focoism-turn-
ing summersets and changing positions as ooedent
as dressed monkey 20 peripaietic organ grlnc err
Thes. daring acts OF tyranny and shameful e1nlo-
lions of political prostitution are becoming quite
b.refaced and brazen. To-day Mr.. e. +. w ALkfR
come into the Senate and takes his seat beside Mr..
LEWIS the Chairman Of the Finance Committee,
prompting Mr.. LEWIS 10 put questions 10 MT E'As
az he was speaking. Is there no shame In men =
Is i, not TOO bad that political corrupiion has con
,essedly existed in the While House and around the
IL. b-,,h oai -.,E-
I'm deucs as TO crs%lro the depths OF graduation
into hich il was hatched. into open day 10 breathe
poison on the air-sye and even 10 come into the
very Senate dictate 10 the Representatives OF the
States and People. Nor 10 the fact of coming 10 10
take his seat Ike another Sir Robert the Trea-
surv Benches the worst of ii. bu; his msnners high
" offensive There be sst pretending 10 sheer al
the powerful arguments Of Mr. EVANS. How long
must such things be endc.ed
The Senate was the scene of great attraction to-
day. Mr.. WEBSTER. in presenting memorial
from the Importers of Boston against the od rdIorea
principle. made some very important remarks. The
Warehouse bill being again postponed alter some
remarks by Mr. J. VI. CLArToS.
Mr. Evan. commenced his reply 10 the arga
meats and statistics of Mr. LEWIS yesterday, and
such an overw helniog defeat and discontinue was
scarcely Witnessed at Palo Alto or the Palmetto ha
vine Such scattering of figures and smashing OF
tables never were seen before. Long before the
conclusion of bis crushing review. Mr.. Lhwl: and
Mr.. WALLER gave up In despair snd separated =
TIE more they cross questioned Mr. EVANS. the
more they shove their own inability 10 grasp tho
subject or 10 confuse him.
Mr. LEWIS is very hne man bat cannot spare
the time to master so subject. Ii Is said that
he ~ae indebted for his tables and hyures-in tact
for his whole speech-to gentleman who spent
the whole OF last Sunday With him trying 10 break
dow the interests OF the country and the Sabbath
at the same time. The calculations and tables were
so ingeniously made that the Free Traders were
rather given to crow over them this morning. but
Mr.. EVANS has dashed the cup 10y from their lips
and left them weeping over broken columns OF
figures.
will not attempt to give synopsis OF his speech
nor OF Mr. WEBsTER's remarks You will Ind
fuller reports than give and they deserve
general circulation. Ii not another word vas said
on our side the question woald be sufficiently ar
gued as far as the defects Of this pew bill are con-
cerned. see not how the speecse OF Mr.. EVANS
can be answered. He continues the argument TO-
morrow a, - o'clock
The House amendment to the general oil for gra-
dustpg the price OF Public Land, &c was then
taken up and ordered to be printed. Appearances
are in favor of its rejection. TIE Senate then went
into Executive business with closed doors
The House passed the Land bill, as above, to-day,
by two m ajority. 90 TO 90. They were engaged the
remainder OF the day on the Treasury Note bill.
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