Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1850-08-29

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D Speech.
4 Correspondence of the Baltimore Patr;ot
4 WASHINGTON, Aug. IA, 1850.
5 There seems now to be no pro
, liability Of an adjournment befor
; October, and the working member
think this session will run into IN,
next. The two most importan
bills that have yet passed the Senat,
will not be taken up in the House
and they will not pass there with
out severe struggle and a good dea
ofidle debate. The extreme south
ern men will oppose the CaIilorni,
bill, and do everything in their pow
er to prevent its passage, but il i:
generally conceded in the House
that il will 60 through.
There is more doubt about the sue.
cess Of the still more important meas
ure-the Texas Boundary bill. This
will meet with strong opposition
from the North as well as the South.
The bill providing a territorial
government for New Mexico, will
undoubtedly pass the Senate this
week. There is an accumulation OF
other important business, in the
Committee rooms, that imperatively
demands immediate attention. II the
House pass the Senate bill providing
for a Board of Accounts, it will re-
lieve both houses Of the most trouble
some and the most neglected branch
of their duties--the adjustment of
claims against government.
They cannot fail to take up the
bill and pass it at as early a day as
possible, for they almost hourly hear
its necessity impressed upon them,
by the urgent opportunities Of i'm
patient claimants, many OF whom
have passed session after session
here, impoverishing themselves and
their friends by the heavy expense,
besides suffering the tortures Of hope
delayed in begging Congress and
the departments to pay claims that
are just and undoubted, but TO which
Congress have not time TO attend
As business in the committee
rooms has heretofore been conduct
ed, a shrewd claimant, with monev
sufficient to give a few dimes, and
employ two or three lobby agents.
is quite as likely TO get fancy or
unjust claim allowed as an honest
one. By establishing a well organ
lied Board Of Commissioners for the
of all claims against gov
ernment, more individual suffering
will be relieved and prevented, than
in the admission of California, or in
The extension of a territorial govern
nent over Deseret.
Another measure yet neglected,
in the hands of Congress, to which
the present ruinous and sinking con.
1ition OF our manufacturing interests
must have called their
attention, is a protective tariff. II
We may judge from the tone Of the
public press in all sections, the coun-
try will expect that Congress before
they adjourn, shall extend some suf-
icient and adequate protection over
The great and most important re-
sources OF the country. Mr.. Casey.
of Pennsylvania. a few days since
made sound, practical speech upon
he subject, and in the course o. his
remarks made startling report OF
he condition of the iron manufacto-
-ies in Pennsylvania. He had TAX
an great care that his statistics
should be accurate and reliable. 1t
appears that since 1870, there have
'een, in Pennsylvania, in the iron
business, 1T failures, and ia OF
hese have taken place since IS46!-
n IS49, at the close OF the year.
here were l49 furnaces out of 29S,
hat were out Of blast, and many
more have stopped since. At the
lose Of the present year, about 100
will be out Of employ. A decrease
If 494 per cent. in three years, Of ::
zig metal, and 33 per cent. in two
,ears of bar metal.
In IS47 there was 1896 tons Of
'ailroad iron manufactured, and in
IS49 only 1878; decrease Of 81
1913 tons, or 81 per cent.l II we en-
Iuirs into the present state of the 4;
interests in New ,
England we shall see quite a sad
pectacle. Let the people urge i'm
Mediate action upon their represen-
atives.
Mr.. Ashmun, Of Mass, is now
making a very able speech in de-
ence OF the Presidents Message,
rhe attention Of the entire House is
given TO him. +. M.