Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1850-01-08
Correspondence Of the Baltimore Sun

WASHINGTON, Jan. B. 1850.
fats Of he IFf'@9t Conservatism qf he senate
NJ. Naturalization Of Ciay-Ihe BaVotting for
Cierk-foiics and the IarifSatistics- Operations Of
| the iWiG-IHe Independent Ioters, &c
The fate Of the Wimo Povso is sealed in the Senate
That body, ennently conservative will not pass it. Mr.
Benton will for it, of the Northern Senator'S
friends of the administration, will help TO bury it, Mr.
Hale, by offering his Wmo proyso amendment to Mr.
Foote'S resolution will be the hero Of unfinished tragedy
His virtues will not be rewarded in the fifth act and he will
| not even be permitted To stab himself
Mr. Clay, the monumental grandeur of the Senate will
employ the influence OF his magic and the coqucnce
which former occasions queied the storm of popular pas
sions, preserve the Union ana bless his country Mr. Sc
ward may act dcagogic in the Senate rs he pcasos Tie
owes the Union nothing and the lnioE docs not care for him.
Like the woman in Solomon's Judgment he is contendng
for his haf Mr. Clay has than occasion, stood
aside preserve his offspring anu what he has done for
mere party lie will do with thousand times more cheerful
ness for The whole country.
within votes OF being elected. He will undoubtcd-
v be elected tomorrow. Col. Forncy will make able
efficient gentcmanly Clerk such will give general salts
faction all the members OF the House, whilst the
time the Democratic party of the Keystone State will feel
honored by the compliment paid 10 of her vorc
believe all the Democratic candidates will be elected and
that the organization Of the House from the Speaker to the
Doorkccpes page, will bo Democratic The Wings do
to make hara fight and almost disposed to give
the contest. MIR. Gouvencur, who supported for
Clerk by the South Carolina delegation took himself the
necessary steps induce the members of that delegation
for Colonel Forney This manly and acntlcmany,
both.
Ii is certainly my fault if my e,,ers in the Sun" are
differently interpreted by The "tnion and the "Repubr
nor can be blamed if The tariff and the cfciib which
have moro do with politics than the man in the NOON
drawn by partzans into that banefu vortex The tariff
has nothing 10 do with Democracy Whiggoy; and the
sooner is taken of the Of the ga,ors the bet
Ter will be for the whole country. The question is of
and Of truth and has reference Gen. Iay
lor or Gen. Cass than the asses bridge in Euclid
Adophe Iiers said good thing in the French Cham
bcrs when he defined statistics be he art of grouping
figures" with proper perntaons and .ranspositions,
they be made to prove almost everything Thus The Re
pt IN H,t
1916 quotes the income from that tariff for the year ending
30th June l3i7 n, A3 3747s64 Very WELL what docs that
prove Certainly nothing else than that being declarl-
rcd 9i6 trade Stacked for awhile and that the imports
of ls47 being necessarily regulated by exports Of the
preceding year. furnished less revenue reduced rates Of du
| ties
But the receipts from customs for the fiscal year ending
June 30h lSls rose to S3l 9 Uquoc the figures
the Republic) and the ah June, sl9 s2S 73s s
Notwithstanding the 'Hamne year. had passed; and By
Mr. Meredith himself estimated s3 100000 for the sca
year ending 30h June 1850 and s32 900 for the s
cal year ending 30h June, 1851, about quarter OF mil
lion than the from dr.0g the famne
year.. These estimates precisely those OF Mr. Walker
Mr.. Mcrcdiths predecessor
would also invite the clever and good nated editors o
the "Rsptic anime into the from the tariff
of 74e and they will that ii was precisely the ayenuc
from the few articles taxed ad raorem which ssi retain
cd in that tariff which produced the and tina
there falling OIL in the revenue from the specific duties
under that tariff.
Again, say that the tariff and the deficit IA well tn,
question: ''Wl Sa,pe:re eXpLde have nothing Do viii
politics, believe the days cf high protection passed
though measure is nalble in all ts details the tal
c ii6ay. perhaps undergo slight alterations with
view adapt particularly the various and secp
rocdt interests Of our agriculture, commerce. and nanfc
lures. Again say the arii! gains nothing by being
ciaod with Democracy Whiggery except thar BY excit
ing the passions partsans cndeavo 10 hold the Judgmen
captive; prochming error with iho victorious shouts of
success n election |, for one willing to leave il L
the independent vo;ors of any Stae-not the engh
ened State Of Lousianawheher the Of the squares
.e .des of right anged triangle IS equal 10 the square
the hypothenuse. prefer having the thing prored
compel the assent Of the 'independen, thinkers "
THE NEW PROCESS OF MAKING WROUGHT IRON
An interesting letter, written by Mr.. Ward, of Newark
~, 10 ho tate iron Convention, appears in the Psbur
Commercial Journal of the ID inst. The Journal regard
the invention referred in the letter. destined 10 wor
total revolution in the business of making iron; adddn
that ii bar iron made BY This process be sold in Ne'
York s25 per on the iron interest Of Pennsylvania
need other protection for the present. against the influx
British ron than the operation OF the patent for the il