The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1847-02-17
THE UNION.


The Washington Correspondence.
The letters Of the Washington correspondents are TEEN
ing with curious reports about the movements before the
Senate and the House Some of these do us the honor to
misrepresen course. For example, the cores
pondent of the "New York Tribune" of the 18th puts
forth the following:
Had he 1.-THE editor of the Unionl exhibited the
seandaous fault He exhibited none; and probably felt
none The ardy action of the Senate gave him full locus
pends g, OF which he awaited himself in nowise
10 have referred his conduct to committee would
have been Indefinite representation.
Ills attack upon member of the other House, il will
be recollsced received that direction 1t may be inn
pertinent to mention the anticipated result.
" The editor ofthe Unon understand insists beore
me committee as matter OF justice to HIMSELF that every
ese on 81 the s9d the % in the
ve from nosto The repSrj Of which IN the Union
meetings Of the committee modest demand! the con.
cesslon OF which, practicable would
only the remainder OF the session. but it might be- the
whole vacaon We're he the author OF the Virginia reso
on Instead oil their ncessant and tedious annoator he
could not have been exacng. The consequence
the inevitable consequence-of this reference a
zee w, Dc therefore request on the part OF the committees
And We'll they may be, for va pas la CHANDELIER
Not syllable of truth in the last part of this state
ment We had nothing to say to the commtee-we did
not attend tive did not know of its acton-and made
no demand, modest or otherwise We would not have
turned on our heel to change the of the com
mittee. And certainly "the game was not worth the
candle"
AS to the proposed committee of the Senate it is GER
tain that we would have expressed conjunction and
made no apology. We were consulted, on Friday night
about the appointment of such committee and
we avowed at that we would not betray
the name of "Vindicator"-and that we would make
no apology Our friend informed us that he agreed
with us in opinion and that when mentioned to
him on Friday, about o'clock, he told Mr.. = that it
was idle to expect any concession from lis, &C.
The Washington correspondent of the New York
Journal of Commerce is respectfully reminded of the
danger OF his uering any) public libel against the char
acter OF the Senate, else he may be taken up by the
Sergeanat-Arms, and brought to answer at their bar
for his bodness What possesses the correspondent that
he should breathe forth such a hbe2ous nsinuaon as
the following
"The Senate have more right Mr.. Richie
than any other editor His being printer the Senate gives
the body censorship his press Them is the
the Tie intended for the Pfesiden-ior
his sweeping accusation against those who differ from him
Viewed in this light it mpoitc say the least of it, The
result will be that as soon the administration party
(proper) obtain majority which may be the next ses
son the Senate will be disgraced by another expungng
double purpose OF vndcang the President and the
dom of the press
Prenes garde sir! there is such thing as privilege in
the Senate, and such officer the Sergeant-at Arms
We find the following strong language in the last
''New York Courier" from correspondent in Wash
ington, who signs himself 81 w W."-(James Watson
Webb) "e
'WAsHrNGToN, February Ii, lS47.
81 perceive TINT in the Courier Of Saturday You alude
to the speech of Mr.. Corwin of Ohio, if terms of
commentator, certainly not in those of As an
oratorca effort, it all that the friends Of Mr. Corwn
could desire. He possesses great compass ofvoce mod
laes well, and renders effective when he desires be
satirical pathetic, and when he aims at defamation
In all these respects his speech Of high order al
though, in judgment, it was altogether fgurative
"While however, am delighted to bestow the highest
praise upon the manner of the speech the substance oft,
regret say, such excited in the breasts of nine
tenths the wings who heard it, feelings of regret disa
pointmen and vexaton more thorough anti war; and
in my judgment, anti american speech, very many par
ticulars, cannot be imagined Do misunderstood me-
do not intend to charge Mr.. Corwin with any
feeling but such his private peculiar the
with Mexicoviews which the ultra anti slavery feel
ing in Ohio tends fostertha if wings Congress
generally adopt Them the whig party United
States would be reduced to miserable handful of acou
Spirits of far less weight in the future political struggles
the nation, than the antwar aderalists Of 1872"
(Here follows exposure of the of his opin
ion for which we have not space)