Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1848-05-11

WASHINGTON, NAY y 1ciO.
Since the refdciaDienfo of the abolition debate by
your representative, Judge Wick, the proceedings of
Congress have been barren of interest until last Sat-
urday, when the President by message communicated
to both houses the application of the people of Yucca
tan for protection against the Indians, offering the
sovereignty of that peninsula for their protection.
Upon this message, tho wings, through MIR. Rock
well, of Massachusetts, attempted to spring debate
against time, for the convenience of letting off spleen
against the acquisition of territory but they were
repressed under the force of honest acquiescence in
the appeal to humanity from these suffering neigh
bors, who though province of Mexico, have been
from the first wholly neutral in the conflict The
President, your readers will have seen, says
thing about the purpose for which the country should
be occupied, beyond the mere dictate of humanity,
and the keeping away from this continent any at
tempt at European interference in the way of estab
fishing colonies. The message is a silent, but
most powerful argument for the passage of the Ten
Regiment bill, which, under the force of the wing
majority still sleeps in the House.
On The subject of the reduction Of postage, upon
which numerous memorials and petitions have been
sent in during the session. and with much confidence
of success, from almost all quarters, am sorry to
report the probability that nothing will be done this
session. The committee on the Post Office and Post
Roads, learn, have matured bill, just such the
country wants but il has not yet been reported and
now il is getting to be too late in The session to get
such u measure through from the The bill in
the hands of the committee provides for the reduction
of letter postage the uniform standard of five cents,
and for reducing the present rates of newspaper post
age about one half-restoring free postage within
thirty miles of the place of publication. The
will have to speak again on this subject; and they
will speak, certainly their wishes are now dis
regarded. How many there in the neighborbood
of every newspaper, that would gladly lend their sup
TO these most essential channels and reservoirs of
popular intelligence if it were not for the trifing tax
of the Post Office.
Of the nine members of this committee on the
Post Office and Post Roads, there are but two which
have not manifested a very censurable neglect upon
this SUBJECTIVE names of these two Daniel B.
St. John, of New York, and Elisha Embree, of Indi-
ana.
The Senate have disposed of the California claims
lbill-passed it by large majority. 1t proposes
100000 for the payment of the claims arising
against the government under COL Fremont's exped-
ton, to be audited by board of three commissioners
appointed by the President.
4 The subject of the veto power came incidentally un-
der discussion in the Senate pending the consdera-
ton of this bill, enough to discover the facility with
which the wings change their issues. You re-
member the tone of Mr.. Clay and his followers in
ls4O to 1874 how they hit upon the adjustment of
this power of their issues before the people.
But now many wing Senators have round so far
as to regard 1t of the most important conser-
vave principles of the constitution Give them Gre
dit for this. But for the veto power, there tell
ing where the constitution would have been by this
tme The.veto has been and will continue to be the
protection of the smaller States from the oppressive
combinations of the larger ones, well the pro.
lection of the whole country from the effects of hasty
and passionate legislation. "Down with the veto
power" was one of the whig dogmas of 1874
which, guess. they will not again very soon nscrbt
2 upon their banners
The bill for the admission of the State of WiscOn
sin, is the House calendar. The territory of Wis
consn extends from Lake Michigan TO the Lake of thu
Woods This large territory, instead of being parti-
toned off by the boundary which nature has forme,
between the eastern and western divisions, o-wit b.
line from Mountain Island in the Mississippi rive
" through barren marsh and waste Of lands about 15(
miles wide the headwaters of Montreal river, On,
Lake Superior-instead of this, the line is made Il
: divide the settlers in the valley of the ST. Croix, YER
} injuriously the interests, and, l understand
against the circumstances of the people of the west
s ern division of the misunderstanding portion O
: them to State from whose jurisdiction they must
. forever separated by those interminable swamps
is to be hoped this error will be corrected before tn
u bill becomes law.
IA The Hon. Chester Ashley, late Senator from Ar
y kansas, was buried to-day with appropriate solemn
ties This is the tenth time for the session that Con
ID gress has been called into mourning. No deaf
d could have been less expected He fell under the e
10 fects of violent cold and ins mmaton of the bowels
10 He had lately visited the Mount Vernon estate, an
d prepared himself address the Senate the subeC
of the purchase of that property>by the government
n He was much impressed with the propriey of III
e. scheme, and had submitted some of his views t
writing.
s. The regular meeting of the House of Represents
s. tives is changed from twelve to eleven o'clock,
d. nj. to take effect from this day, and have notice
ms a motion to adjourn from Thursday till Monda
for the purpose of taking up the carpets and putin
or the floor into Summer guise by of straw mat
. for carpets.
is The bills appropriating money for the Post Oic
~ and Naval Service for Pensions, and to provide f
the increase Of clerks in the Executive Department
lie are made the special order for and ever
er day thereafter until disposed Of
n, Treasury notes are looking up-selling ct prem
Gu um of three per cent Large purchases have bee