Daily Richmond times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1849-1850, 1849-07-24

RICHMOND. VA.
Tuesday Morning July oath, 1919.
GREELEY VERSUS CAss.

Horace Greeley, of the New York Tribune, hav-
ing been especially appealed to by Gen Cass, in his
late letter (,.atteu apparently to remind the Demo-
cracv that he is aive) replies, through his paper,
with all his usual point, and hits the General very
hard about his course on internal improvements and
particularly his abominabe doctrine that Congress
must legslate for special objects and not according
10 general system:
There are (says the Tribne) sorts OF congressman
who vote Tor works OF internal improvement such as clear
ing out rivers deepening protecting harbors &c. &c
One vote for them because they believe the DUTY OF
the Government to make such improvements and regard
this as one OF the very best to which public money Is
put: the other because there strong local interest IN
favor the particular work works which the
bill in question destor and they oppose IT, the peo
ple will forget party and put them out Need we write
under this portrait which figure the man and winch the
horse which party avors internal improvements for the
sake OF the country and which sustalns hose only WHICH
benefit particular LOCALITY {!
And again
eve regret to see late candidate for the Presidency
still declare himself in favor OF improving sone OF the
great harbors, rivers etc, partcuar appropriations
special Legislation, etc. etc Inc genus OF Equa.yi
general laws almost everywhere recognized as
preferable First settle your principles then perfect your
details and have as little special legislation possible.
There is never bit of danger that Congress will appopr
much money objects OF benetcence and pena-
utility; for Cen Cass and his friends only get
debt enough to keep the government poorfor the
next twenty years. Wars and annexatons sweep of
and pile up debt by the fifty millions internal inn
provernent sneakng and cringing behind, and
only pick up the crumbs that fall from the prodgaFs table
Itnever yethad half enough, and is not likely to have II
halt we have useessy spent on the army and navy nag
been given to internal improvement, the country would
have been immensely wiser stronger and richer than now
is Letu not pepetuate the blindness whereof the effects
are so baletul"
These remarks show strongly enough how un-
worthy of true statesman is Gen. Casss plan Of
legisating specially and not on principle.
On the Wilmot Proviso, the Tribune of course,
opposes Gen Cass's advice that the North should
rely upon slavsry's never going to California AS
it is well for the South to know what the anti
slavery leaders are saying and thinking, we copy
the following passage from the Tribune's remarks
under this head:
Slaves either must be or not be- tolerated by the Terri
toyal Constitution of California Why not say in five
lines Of that instrument that shall or shall not be7
"'Why won't go there at any rate--Nr w alker Gays
500 does WI Buchanan We'll suppose they do; do
their awayback predictions overbear the present acsf
Slaves certainly haue been taken to Caifomiamore are
now on the way thousands more would doubtless have
started mad this question been settled as the Propagandss
and General Cas- desire. They all say that they have
right under the constitution, take their slaves to our Pa
coast, and that many OF them TO exercise IT.
The Caornans generally understood to be avese to
it. Doesnot General Cas- that he is sowing the seeds
OF civil war IN CalIorlla
Try illustration Two men are quarreling about
pasture which they in shares with others: One says
1T is part mine, and will keep my geese there Nay
replies the other; you interest there, but you must
put your geese there for they will poison the grass
majority OF the stockholders decidedly opposed to
having any such creatures there they forbid II General
Cass is called in umpire, and says True geese in a
pasture are bad Though there won't be any more geese IN
the world you put some in that pasturel but decide
against any restncton-any goose Jokes don't oeheoe
geese ca be sent there IN the absence OF any
Pr01so the subject. object to any such as entirely
useless Right right Daniel come tojudgmentp says
The geese owner; you after my heart, and
viii go with you to the last extremity"
The obvious answer to this odd illustration is,
that when the Joint owners held the whole pasture,
including Oregon, California and New Mexico, the
anti-goosetes took to themselves the Northern
half, and prohibited the goose-owners from going
there and now when we are dispuung about the
Southern half, they tell us they have the majority
and mean to keep us out of the whole. The Illus
tration really admits the justice OF equitable div
sion, in proportion, if you will, to the actual interests
of the copartners. Moreover, the North is not only
striving to keep the goose-owners altogether out,
as long as they are goose-owners but it wants to
put the geese on perfect equality with the owners;
that the geese if they ever get to California,
will own share and share alike, with both their pre-
sent owners and those who now oppose their going
in the proper capacity of geese, viz as property
Against this we should think that all parties except
the geese ought to protest.