The New York herald., 1850-03-25
INTELLIGENCE BY THE MAILS
Our W.snington Correspondence.

WannlnKuOn
wAs1IseroS, March 2S, 1880
M. 1x,,..sn sm,S Winds up his Defence Of Old Zsek.
IL was rainy morning The House was not In SEES
,o and the only alternative for vsiters to the
was the speech of Truman Smith In defence OF Ola
Jack and his consistency ss . whig CANDIDATE and
xhis Presidsut and . decided whig, though not an
ultra vbis About twenty Senators the viglant Foote
among them were present, but neither Clay, Web
ster nor Cass Badger Seward, till late in
the day Visible and the seats Of some thirty odd
tthers were vacant. half dsssn lockers were In
The sbbiss below and thinly scattered audience
sembling soant meeting ct Tammsny Hall in Its
petition, was In the galleries.
When the Senate was called to order,
Mr.. Yulss objected to proceeding to business, there
being no quorum present He withdrew his objection,
however, learning that the only business Of the day
was the conclusion of ME- Smiths defence Of the ad-
ninistrstion.
Mr. Smith took up the delightful task. OF an things
IN this world, presume there bs nothing de-
Mghtfui Truman to defend Old Zsck against the
attacks Of his enemies. Truman ought to know all
about It. He the prime minister Of the pAign
of l848, prepared the documents for the Nerth and
South (two distinct ssts RANKED them gave the me-
cessery orders for business in Pennsyvania and In
Georgia and got good for 1t out Of the central fund
Of the central supsrvisns COMMITTEES at Warrington
III Father Ritchte Is to be believed And after the sd
ministIetion came in the word OF Mr. Smith equal
at any time to draft upon the departments for such
cared forbe has got nice batch OF appoint tmsns for
his friends; and whatever may be the deerts Of the
cabinet he bound rs by solemn contract to stand
by IL to the bitter end"
The wings Of the Senate appeared to look upon the
with sense Of humiliation II the adminstra-
tion trial for impeachment, rs regrettng
that Mr. Smith should regard II In such position to
demand special vfndicstion before me country They
appeared to look upon the speech Of Mr.. Smith .
rort Of confession the the cabinet that their
course of prescription demanded an explanation or
apolcgy. And while the bndy Of the party in both
Houses appear to consider the cabinet
fnct ard that IL b only to let 1t down to
the grave quietly, Mr. Smith like . behind the
calendar rises to defend corps Of conspirstors already
condemned.
As the merits of thie defence OF General Taylor
imseire political convention at some country town
and stump speech Of days long to the soveregns
running over extracts from democratic newspapers,
and democratic Orators OLD Zacks letters and acts Of
Congress General Jackson professions and his subse
and you have the gist Of Mr.. Smiths vindicstion of
The President.
The tack was Q laborious but the orator OF the
day is Industrious and his collectien Of beautful
trscts" proves that he has all the exploring faculties
OF On old campaigner All the political clap trap OF
the last twenty at his tongues end and he
made of the whole of 1t to show that Old Zsck
not having made any, and that the democrats can't
complain prescription having been their policy for the
last twenty ysarsGeperal Jackson the patron saint
CT the modern democracy, being the author Of the
spois system.
To illustrate the progress the doctrine Of rotation
in ohce, Mr. Smith gave the following list OF removals
and new appointments, requiring the confirmation Of
the Senate under the sdmnistrstions of the
government beginning with Wsshington-
rms