The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1848-12-30
From WASHINGTON,

Mr.. EDlToR:-A "merry Christina"
| hope has been enjoyed by you and your
readers. Here, it has been both merrIy
and wickrd!v spent There is not much
law in force il Washington City. The
largest liberty is allowed to every body
to indulge in every thing In fact if
the laws were enforced, the ma ori!v OF
our citizens would be either in prison or
in Court. You can form no adequate
idea Of the extent to which abuses Of all
kinds abound.-Tho L,cotoco Of
flee holders share largely in the mischief.
\ more wrrtched. reckless and un-
worthy set of men, as a general thing
never filled the public Offices here" The
worthy among them what few there
are, say what I have just uttered them
selves. Three fourlhs Of them will go
and they expect it. They would not
MrWk a whig administration to retain
them. | heard a sensible Locofoco the
other dlv remark that when man goes
into power upon the shoulders Of par
ty he should carry his friends with him :
and that 1t was not pr3scriptio" 10 DO SO
Neither is it There are some FIR who
will not and ought not to be removed.
while | write The snow falls in a
heavy shower and che boys are Joy
ously preparing for a sleigh ride. The
weather has been astonisbngiy fine all
Ibis month. TOO fine The ravagrs of
the Cholera wnH!d be great among us if
it should visit lis at such inc =; cspH-
ciaIiy with those who are drbiltatrl BY
the luildncsS of the season ! perceive
hy the mails that this awful disease has
reached View Orleans, and chat lis devas-
ta'i"n there is beginning TO be greatly
distressing. That is an unfortunate city.
Though hardly vet recovered from the
anguish caused by the destroying angel
Of yellow fever. it is visited by as ca
lam'tous scour5e. Washington is a
spacious and airy city, and ! cannot
think it would deal much death and deS-
truction around in this community.
! The anti slavery movement in the
House the other day induced MIR.
Holmes, of s. G.. Calhoun factionist.
to try the strength Of Calhourism, atlas
Notification. by proposing that when
slavery was attacked IN the liousp that
a stop be pu, to it by the Southern menu
hcrs walking out Of the hall. lmmcdi-
atclv upon finishing hls remarks, he
picked up his hat and walked off, but IA
ons following he soon returned, fearing
the loss Of his per diem! II was fool
ish and unmanIy trick at test. Way not
act the man. and overthrow those a bo-
lition agta'orS and tactionIsS, (who al"
clearl V wrong, and altogether agrees
sive,) by nG"mh. The field is fairly
open to the South, and on Mc. eoor Of Con-
gross is the proper place TO meet and put
down such men as Glddings. Palfrry,
Colt, and such men and the Southern
members ought TO do 1t there. The r"bid
aboltionits are not strong in the House,
and are not talented, yet they are the
cause OF all the mischief that checks and
r"tards important and necessary legisla-
ton by Congress. The war has set in,
and YOU may look out for$9ual$ shortly.
the Southern caucus about which vow
have read, is altogether foolish move
ment. Mr.. Calhoun wa. at the bottom
OF il, and was most prominent in it: and
! was sorry TO see any whi- recognized
in the movement. Mr.. Calhoun and
his friends run to one extreme OF folly
upon this question of North and South
and Hale and his gang to the other The
hope of the country Is IN the moderate and
! frJcnring men OF ali parties, There Is
no danger TO the country from Aboi-
tloniSm on the one hand, or Calhcunism
on the other.
The Panama Railroad and the drain
ing of the Everglades of Florida, are
two important and the only important
matters under consideration in the Sen
ate now. Mr.. nouglass's Territorial
Bill will shortly be called up, and then
look out for squalls. l hope the Panama
Railroad bill will pass; and that the
Florida Internal Improvement Bill will
be laid over. The Resolution offered
in the House by Mr.. FIourney, of Va,
to retrocecd all that part OF the District
not occupied by the public buildings to
the State of Md, will pass 1t is in,
tended to be an offset in some deglce, to
the resolution OF Mr.. Colt to instruct the
| Committee Of the District to bring in a
Bill to abolish the dealing in slaves at
! the scat Of Government an unccnstitu-
tional. presumptuous and insolcnt thing
to pass the House What will these in
tolerant Abolitionists not do?
The Tariff has been preached in the
House, but nothing will be done with it
in this Congress. Reform and pseudo re-
form are the order Of the day IN the
House now since Greeley has got there
MIR. Goygin's p. o. Reform Bill will be
shortly acted upon. I like its provis
ions and predict for it the general favor
Of the press and the people.
! | am not fond of "CabInet makinp"