New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-02-16
THINGS IN WASHINGTON.
~ p,iossis BRrPnored Offer for tie 'enpldei Loan
-DssI,sd atisBsp, o. tie L0cos-SPeech y Mr. Dur.
Correspondence Of The Tribune.
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wAsHrScroS. Feb. a. lsas.
From present indications. tire Ten Regiments
dill will pass the Senate by majority ranging
from five TO ten" sufficient for all practical pur'
noses" Ifthese regiments be not wanted In Mex
leo the commissions in them are wanted Tor their
kith. kin aud allies by Loco-Fooo Senators Asto
the fate of the bill in the House nothing with GER
taintv can be predicted Were the vote taken
now the bill would be rejected It may come up
however on some occasion when from accident,
sickness or enforced absence, the wing majority
in the House shall be temporarily suspended. The
Loco Focos would eagerly seize upon an oPpOrtu
nifty. wrested from the mlsiOrtunes or mistakes oil
their political opponents, To pass this measure
The unexpected modification 10 whlch they
were doomed in the passage OF Mr. AsHMUN ; bold
add happy resolution that this war was unneces
sarily aud unconstitutonaly begun has made
them desperate. The success OF the bill even
would afford them bat little qualification, unless
accompanied by the successful performance on
their part of some ruSe by which they might retail
ate discontinue upon the Wings
One of the most singular circumstances attend
ant upon the fate of the; bill far is its advocacy
by Gen. JEFFERSON DAVIS in preference to the
Volunteer system NOOne should know better than
be how efficient volunteers can be made IN war
| like such we are carrying on with Mexico
| which whatever IL may have been. can hereafter
be but series of skrmshes, in which the energy
activity londness for enterprise and cagerness Tor
/ distinction OF our citizen sodiery would be much
more servceable than the more formal approaches
/ the less individualizod efforts OF Regulars
BuFNA VISTA. which, Gen. DAVIS saw, and 90
/ little portion OF which he was, has told too what
/ our citizen sodiery DO even in pitched battle
lieutenant in the regular army can be made
/ from n loafer-a captain from clerk-a MAJOR
/ from merchant-a colonel from collector oi tax
/ es or customs, or attorney iees-nay, MAJOR
| GENERAL from the law partner OF w m. n. P0k
/ Aud these all he endowed, in the very act OF crea
af otli a.
vet you cannot make a soldier from a citizen, how
! ever ply sicslly morally qualified. This IS the
! logic of Senatorial " Democracy'a logic as CRATE
! fol to reason az 10 experience.
The tyrsnts plea is necessity It Is said the
Loco. f ocos ia policy. The policy is as inevitable
as the necessity. The volunteer system has given
| many Wing officers to the army the regular bill
cuts them all OFT The necessity of Loco Focolsm
| and il has more necessities than any other sys
TEN, physical or morals explained hereby.
The financial distress into which the criminal
conduct Of the Administration has plunged the
country IL Is said will be relieved by the Gar OF all
the Russias He, say some members OF the Ad-
mnistratiou party, has offered to take the loan OF
: 5000 900 at par Gao. PoISDExTER, a man no
torsus in the Jackson times is called by the Union
the Prodiga Son" whether for the or not
that he has lately, like the man in the New Tesla
ment, offers 10 feed upon husks, It is unnecessary
10 say the Gar Nicholas perhaps 1t will denomi
nate the fr0dlEal dlncr, Win uNh
ward compliment
A little more extraordinary than even this oifef
Of the Emperor Nicholas is the total ignorance ON
the subject Of the Russian Minister here. He has
not been apprised, directly or indirectly, of the En-
perors intention.
a circumstance like this, however does not in
the least stagger the faith OF the adherents OF the
Executive. They rather consider it proof OF the
Emperors sound diplomacy lkening his conduct to
that OF Mr. Polk, who on the Oregon question stu
diously concealed from his organs ia both Houses
no ess than from his organ out of doors, his nten-
tons and negotiations with England.
IL is 10 be hoped that the superhuous' Car Of
all the Russias will take the loan for IT, according
to Loco FOco progressive principles, it is here after
repudiated by the party whose accredited agents
negotiate it, Nicholas can afford to be stuck bet
ter than any prince or potentate we know Of
The Loco Focos ia the House to-day rather ap
ticipated the time had given them for the develop
ment of their intentions in regard to the discomft
ure of the Wings. They do not deserve the credit
that has been allowed them for sagacty The
children las they most particularly srel Of this
world not so very wise alter al Ia their gener-
alton they crack themselves up to be. Pre-
summing upon the known absence Of certain W higs
from the city, and upon the sickness OF others
they attempted to expunge Mr. AsHaUSs cele'
| brated resolution and JAS THOMPSON of Pa made
motion 10 that effect The undertaking was be,
yond their strength They calculated without their
result Of bis notion modified II 10 read " re-
scind Instead OF "expunge." The seats OF Loco
Focoism being uncommoDy full, he thought the
modified motion at least could be carried. The
Wings were to be caught mapping
Immediately on the moving Of the previous
question by Mr.. THOMPSON, Mr. AsHAUS, the father
Of the glorious resolution took the floor, and on
the Speakers intImation that all debate out OF
order, moved that the resolution be laid on the
table, and called the ayes and noes
There was no little sensation in the House All
were silent, and attentive held on TO the ayes and
noes as they were called-do1b.iul Of the issue.
| When the tellers declared the vote 10 be Ayes
| IS, NOES 1O4, the Wings breathed freer and
| deeper while the Locos looked as II they had
been caught in robbing hen.roost.
The poet Tompson once wrote play the name
Of which have forgotten for one Of the London
| Theatres II cas damned. One Of the lines 10 il
| ran,
Oh sophonisba sophoulsbs, OH
wag in the pit who had so far listened quietly,
tho impatiently, here cried out,
on Jimmy Tompson, Jimmy Tompsos, Oh
DO ut see any reason now why James Thomp-
son, Esq. Of Pa. should not be greeted with SINH.
lar exclamation as the author Of the Seasons
Has he not equally mistaken bis rciel
What will the venerable editor of the Union saw
now OF his emphatic and unqualified assertion IN at
the Wings had repented OF the adoption of Mr
AsHMuSs resolution, and had determined TO re-
/ verse 1t Why, he will say nothing. He will be
| gifted with great talent for sllence-s talent
which had it seized him earlier would have spared
his friends some misfortune, and himself no little
modification.
Mr.. DUR Of our State took the floor ia the
House aud made a sound argumsuta.ve aud pop
olar speech. He took and ably sustained the
/ whole Wing doctrine. There wss no indication
either of somewhat opposite opioon TO the major
lty OF the Wings as some Of the Locos had pre-
dicted nor OF ukewarmness. He made an ardent
full and convincing orthodox speech | will not
undertake 10 qualify il by extracts i 10 one Of
the speeches that must be read eLtsre 70 be prop.
err appreciated