The North-Carolina standard., 1849-02-21
Correspondence. 81 shs siaaaard.

WAsHINeTON, February 1S, lS49. "A
In few months we shall have spread before the
country at length the federal project for a new De-
partment of the General; Government-the Home
Department. Mr.. White, of New FORK, from the
House Committee on Agriculture, has presented one
project, and Mr. Vinton, from the Committee on
Ways and Means another; the latter being the bona
fde ground work of the plan of the federal party.
Call it by what name they may, it will eventually be
easily exposed to be neither more nor less than an
effort to centraze the Government. 70 concentrate
the hands of the wire workers in this city for the
next years, power and privileges to enable them
to buy up sufficient voters In close Congressional
districts to the return of men to the House OF
Representatives who will legislate to fill the pockets
of those-the, specializing capitalists--whom the
managers of the incoming administration design to
take of especially. Knowing of course that the
favor will be returnedthatthes speculators will spare
neither money labor to keep in power those who
keep at their mercy the business interests of the
country. The ground work of future duties to be
proposed for the contemplated star chamber organl
zation, is to be internal improvements by the General
Government on the magnificent scale of course,
which may be necessary turn the tide of Temporal
y popular favor wherever that may possibly be done
by placing in the hands of the political managers,
to be despatched there for residence of a year or
two-1 mean in close districts. A more shamefulIy
corrupt organization and debauching scheme than
this project contemplaes entered the heads OF
those who believed as Alexander Hamilton did, that
Government to work well must be founded on the
principle that bribery of kind is necessary to
carry all really useful measures, and to keep the
people satisfied with their rulers lndeed this IS to
be the old scheme of Alexander Hamilton rugged out
in new dress. They will not proclaim, as did
Hamilton, in effect, that they design debauching the
popular mind. Yet, they will go to work with less
compunctions than he would have felt, though, he
honestly believed that corruption in the Government
is necessary for the national prosperity and lndlVdu-
al contentment, as they do not. From the days when
Alexander Hamilton inculcated these views to the
present, the whole policy of federalism has looked to
its perpetuaton in power Though the means OF g.
splendid Government" Mr.. Clay's American sys-
tenn was but Alexander Hamilton's splendid govern
ment project in new guise. The system :" of Mr..
G. having become odions they must needs approach
their cherished object in some other way, and the
way adopted is under the mask OF this proposed
Home Department.
By the by, yesterday saw Mr.. Charles Fenton
Mercer of Virginia, the floor of the House, for
the first time believe in fifteen years. Verify this
clever old gentlemen to have been rejuvinated
by the hand of time rather than made older. He
looks fifteen years younger than when he left Con-
gress after having served twenty twenty-five years
Representative from the Loudon District, Va.
The wig maker, dentist, and tailor, do wonders In
these days well as the French cooks, If we may
take the appearance of this clever old gentleman
for signs of their skill in their several arts. Mr. M
can hardly be less than seventy years of age, and
really, yesterday when sitting in the Hall, half the
distance between my box and the main entrance he
did not look to be forty years old 1t did me good
to witness the cordial good fellowship with which
his appearance in the House was hailed by the very
few members who have been long enough In public
life to have served with him in Congress-. But we
are already quite overwhelmed with distinguished
Wings. They already coming in upon us like
the locusts upon Egypt. Aye, and with like Pur-
Pose-to devour the substance of the people. But
any number of Federalists, distinguished rather IN
their estimation than in reality, are already here
also. We have the Hon. Mr.. McGaughy of Indiana,
beating up sgners to his paper for the Commissioner
ship of the General Land Office; MI. PIKE OF
Maine, doing the same for his application for the
Chargeshp to Holland; Mr.. Phillip Greedy of Bos-
ton, the strength of the similarity of his name to
that of the ustrious Horace, praying folks to help
him get the Collectorship of Boston; Mr.. e. e.
Daviess, L. L. D., of the same city, ready TO take
almost "any thing good Lord %; Mr. Frederick
Allen of Maine, who comes to watch Geo. Evans of
Me-, who is moving heaven and earth to obtain the
of the Treasury, fat foreign mis-
sion; and might name hundred others. Twenty
or thirty of those the ground already aspire to
fill the post occupied by VIM. ]. Brown, OF Indiana
who will be perhaps the very first man prescribed,
be reinstaed by the people at least in the House
of Representatives,. -... -.......
Long before the hour for the meeting of the House
yesterday morning, the galleries We're crowded with
a molly throng. There were men and women In
them of all conditions, from the millionaire OF the
large city, who comes here to feather his nest
through the hoped-for repeal of the Independent
Treasury law, and the wealthy iron manufacturing
capitalist, who wishes by logrolling to do something
by way of featherng disappearing the enactment OF
Tariff. which under the pretence of protecting his
abourers may put their bread more completely IN his
power and increase the profits on his capital. From
these distinguished personages, write down through
the thousands of needy gentlemen focking to Wash
ngton for office, to the Independent Democracy of
this city, who came from curiosity alone. And then
the ladies', God bless them! There were hundreds, |
bright colours, brighter cheeks and brightest eyes
all, Of course, burning with lovely patriotism and
ardent partizanship-the Democratic damsels not be-
ng plentiful in the Hall to-day. However, every
BODY was in good humor, all should have been.
The Locofoco members amused themselves with |
offering resolutions looking to business before the
Senate came into their Hail. knowing that the Wings
would object being determined that nothing but the
counting of votes would be permitted this federal
jubilee. At half after IL M. the Senate came into
he Hall preceded by their presiding officer, Vice
President Dallas, and their Secretary, Mr. Dickens.
As they in, two by two they seated themselves
which the tellers took their places. These were
Messrs. Jefferson Davis of the Senate, and Barrow
ind McClelland the part of the House. The Vice
President occupied the Speakers Chair, the latter
,eng seated Immediately the left of that gentle
nan. Mr.. Dallas, in clear voice having announc-
I'd the purpose of the convention of the two houses
proceeded to hand the packages to the telers, an
from what State each came. The tellers
,roke each, as handed to them, and the other
them read their contents aloud to the convention
The Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the
House occupying seats on the right and left of the
ellers kept taly'-recorded the votes of the res
oective States. Thus the show, for such it is,
conducted. The ceremony occupied the convention
IF the two Houses about hour and quarter; each
certificate having been read aloud in full. At Its
ermination, the Vice President descended from the
Speakers sea and being joined by the Secretary of
he Senate preceded that body to their chamber, and
he House adjourned. no."
Marcus Morton, of Massachusetts, is here beating
he bush to get supporters among the federal MEM
hoE in fhn