New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-09-25

AUGMENTATION bill, declaring no such meage shall
he allowed or paid. Another insurmountable OBJ
lection 10 this amendment which the Senate has
adopted 10, that it gives higher degree of force
and obligatory operation to toe certificate OF the
presidiDg officers of the Senate and House OF Rep
resentatives than it gives to the certificate OF
Judge of the Circuit District or Supreme Courts OF
the United States, who required to certify the
various accounts of Matshaia District Attorneys,
10 &c for their services as officers OF she Court
and in the disbursement OF the expenses oil THESE
Courts. In this latter class of certiHcates,t mas
never been regarded either by the practices ana
usages OF the Treasury Department. nor oy Tue
uniform current of decisions of the Circuit and Su'
preme Courts OF the United States, that they were
conclusive upon the accounting officers OF she Gov
eminent. On the contrary, it has been invariably
the custom, both for the Courts and the accounting
officers TO go behind such certificates and to apply
n rigid scrutiny into the various items making up
al. s. Marshafs or any other Disturbing agents
accounts. And upon what principle OF justice the
Senate can sustain the amendment which they
have adopted for the special benefit Of their own
members, and yet leave the practice untouched, 30
far es Marahals, District Attorneys and other dis
bursting agents are concerned, is 10 me matter
wholly incomprehensible 1t is time that this spe
cial legislation for themselves, especially when 10
tended to give greater license than ever 70 the
abuse of oystem as fragrant SIS that which has
checked And the only way now TO reach IL, is 10
carry the war to the different State Legislatures
and let the members thereof make il an Issue Win
those who are seeking their suffrage for Senator OF
the United States. Pledges OF the most unoondl-
tonal character should be required from each oene'
toral candidate 20 go in for the reformation OF the
mileage abuse especially the constructive mileage
and where such pledge is not freely gwen, the
person refusing should not have hlG claims conslo-
cred by the State Legislature
Mr. WHIrTLEsEY am told, with number OF
other nominations is TO be permitted TO tall unacted
upon; and in this way an honest, upright, and IN
ooruptibe public officer is to be sacrificed in aa in
direct and most Objectionable manner. 1t ID true
the President could re nominate him; but have no
doubt that Mr. WHITTLEsEY would not con-
sent to continue in the Treasury Department an
hour at the expense of his own self respect, or in
defiance of what he might regard the Indirect
expressed wishes OF the Senate.
The special Agent or Representative from the
Sublime Porte, was on Saturday last presented to
the President by the Eon. DANIEL WEBSTER,
Secretary of State. The interview was an exciting
ly interesting one, AID the Turkish Envoy seemed
very much grssiied at the tone and aplris OF the
Presidents reply to bis highly appropriate intro
ductory remarks. Mr. FILLMORE exhibits great
taste az we'll as tact in all bis o.hand addresses OF
this character and cannot but continue TO grow IN
the confidence esteem and popularity OF the peo-
ple The administration have taken unWearled
paing in their attention to BEY, the representative
OF the Sultan, and have no doubt, that they have
made most favorable impression upon him, both
es regards orr nsti utons and our commercial I'M
porsanoe.
The Cuban excitement has broke out atrebh
here SO far as the apprehensions of the Spanish
Minister is concerned he is as uneasy IS 1sh
out of water, and almost daily mercedes with the
Secretary Of State to prevail upon the President TO
take some decisive action to destroy and arrest
what the Minister regards ga conclusive evidence
of another fitting ont of an Expedition against the
Island Of Cuba. How far these approximations are
we'll grounded, |, of course have no means OF as
certaining with accuracy. But if the excited con-
dition the Spanish Minister s in furnshes any evil
dence of what is foot there can be but little
doubt but what something is going on OF q serious
nature looking to another attack upon Cuba for the
purpose of severipg it from Spain. Our own Go
vernment is ignorant, no doubt, of any such design;
and in oil probability make due allowance for the
ssxiety and alarm Of the Spanish Minister, in the
frequent representations made by him to the State
Department.
Should, however, it turn out to be true that the
late disgraceu failure ofthe Cuban adventurers ia
about TO be resusctated, the course OF the Presi'
dent has already been clearly indicated, in his re-
DIV to the Diplomatic Corps when they formally
presented themselves to him. after he first succeed
ed to the Presidency 1t will be, to preserve with
all the power and authority with which he is IN
vested by the Constitution and laws, strict OBJ
servsnoe of all our treaty obligations with all ma
tions with whom we are at pence, and that assur-
ance he will redeem to the uttermost CLIO.