The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-01-15

agriculture, whose influences are DOtn Oenencent and
salutary upon the conditions Of men and Of nations
IN. Commltss. o. ways aud Means.
The correspondent OF the New York Courier the per-
sonal organ Of member OF the cabinet (Mr. Clay
toni maes the following imputation upon the chairman
Of the Committee OF Ways and Means, and through him.
BY The terms Of the article, upon the democratic party Of
he House.
single will perhaps illustrate better than any argu
the temper Of the majority the House of Represent
atvss, and the character of the organization Although
the committees have been appointed nearly two weeks Mr.
Bsyly has yet summoned the Committee Of Ways
and Means together, made any by which il
might be inferred that he designed 70 take the
and necessary business ofegaon This delay may have
more than motive Il may be influenced by purpose
smbanass the administration, by the preparation Of
Arguments rebuff the recommendations Of the message.
and the report of the Secretary Of the Treasury
would be quite as well if the correspondent Of the
New York Courier before he makes mputaons OF unfair
upon Others would be that he has been guilty
Of himself Nothing be uncandid and unfair
than the mputatons contained in the above paragraph
The writer knows that the committees but the
lures OF the House; that they originate nothngthat
they only act upon subjects committed by the
House TO them. He also knew-or he ignorant.
be ignorant Of that which almost everybody else
knewthat. in consequence Of the delay in organizing
the House, few subjects had been referred the
mittsss The House itself had passed order that until
IL complete organization by the election Of all its off,
ces. NO other subject not connected with its eganza
ton, should be acted upon. This order was made in
cordance with the views expressed by than one
member Of the wing party that until The House organ
izedtcoud nolegay transact any business connected
with s organization 1.-THE correspondent Of the NJ York
Courier had taken pains to inquire Of the leading men
OF the wing side of the House, he would have learned
that the day after the appointment of the committees
the chairman Of the Committee Of Ways and Means was
ready with the usual resolutions referring the Presidents
msssags to the appropriate committees and anxious
for opportunity which he has been seeking ever SINCE
to move to 90 into the Committee OF the Whole with
that view but that he has been prevented by the order
already referred TO-
II ID true that few days after the appointment OF the
committees the President sent message to the House
calling their attention so much OF the report OF thesSec
Rotary Of the Treasury related to the deficiency Of the
appropriation for deayng the expenses Of collecting the
revenue. This message was referred to the Committee Of
Ways and Means but, several days before il bad been
acted upon by the Committee Finance OF the Senate
the democratic members OF the Senate committee even
in the absence, during the holydays, OF its chairman
iron their anxiety, far possible, to enable the ad-
minstraon to present its fairly to Congress-
called meeting Of the committee, and permitted MIR.
Phelps Of Vermont to report joint resolution to suspend
the peviso to the Of the Sd Of March, s49 limiting the
expenses of collecting the 81 100000 II very
obvious that, until the Senate had acted which had al
ready in consequence Of its earlier organization got great
y the start Of the House. there occasion for action
on the part Of the committee Of that body. When the
Senate. which had taken the initiative, had acted il
would be time enough for the House. II the SEN
ate did not favonby. the avoca,ion Of the House
was gone As clear this is, we are informed
that, nevertheless, the chairman OF the Committee OF
Ways and Means Of the House took the precaution-
which, il would seem, was more than abundant eau.
tion-to confer with the leading wing members Of the
Committee Of Ways and Means as TO the proprety OF
their waiting for the action Of the Senate which had
taken the initiatives and that they advised that the House
should wait for the Senate.
Il seems. then. that the complaint OF the semorgan
Of the cabinet u.s. that the chairman OF the Committee OF
Ways and Means Of the House did not call the committee
together when he had nothing TO lay before them
subect upon which the Senate had already commenced
acton for which, popriety required the House should
wait. for that reason, il for no other.
The country will see to what miserable shifts the ad-
minsraton driven, when its organs attribute the de-
lay in the public business which has originated in the
want of the organization Of the House. to disposition to
smbanss the administration, when they know that the
posture Of affairs is the legitimate consequence Of their
doube-dealing with the country To this is the de-
lay Of public business be attributed and not to pur-
pose 10 embarass the administration"
The Mails.
We had snow storm on Sunday night, and yesterday
the snow laid upon the earth to the depth Of nearly foot
In consequence, suppose, Of this cloggng OF the