Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1851-01-21

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WASHINGTON, Jan. IS.
am happy to be able to Inform you that have all
along been mistaken as to the action of the House upon
the Cheap Postage Bill. The bill has passed, so mod
fled as to give us cent rate uniform, for all disan-
ces and without any preparing alternative. The vo;e
upon the final passage was a large one, larger by some
fifteen ballots than any before taken at this session.
MANY finally voted for the Bill who had obstinaely
fought it every stage of the proceedings; these men
oug hit to be immoralised in the roll of namy. You
are perhaps aware that the heaviest current OF opposi-
ton to the provisions of this bill in from those chv
arous paupers who do pay their own postage-men
who would, if possible, lax the General Government to
pay their kitchen expenses. After all, very mnch
doubt if we should have secured this cent rate I'M
less there had been so strenuous fight for the two cent
rate Even no it is hoped, by those who have been
defeated in the House, that the Senate will add at least
five cent rate for letters not prepaid.
Senator Smith has been plying his dull words for two
days in behalf of the claimants entitled to relief for the
old French Spoations MIR S. is not brilliant
speaker by the longest shot in the world; hut every
one knows that he is an ugly customer when he sets
himself about accomplishing any thing, for he goes to
the bottom of the subject, and abandons it till he
gets its passed upon. But he has hard case before
him now for there supposed TO be some justice in the
claims, he advocates, and such claims not those
which are favorably entertained by Congress l
pect Senator Hunter will show, beyond the possibility
of mistake doubt, that Congress ought not to pay
these claims, because it has cheated the claim
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properly out awed. This would be a conclusion quite
worthy of American Legislation
Gen. Shields, the Senator from ILL.,, has asked to
have all proper information in reference to affairs in
Central America, laid before the Senate. The goings
out from the State department that the exposition
to be given by Mr. Webster, will show that there
is little for experimenting any serious difficulty in
that quarter This win be any thing but satisfactory to
those who have called up this matter, for there are
great men here, who, without the excuse of being
drunk, Alexander, when he applied the torch to
the Palace ofPesipoli's would very cooIly involve this
Nation and Great Brittian in the conlagraton of war.
l can safely say there are bloody minded meu, high in
HONOR whose delight the provocation of hostilities
between these nations would only be exceeded By that
of their great master
The Senate is progressing in the suppression of Pc
ons land the sitting of debate, manner worthy the
palmiest days of the Gag rule. No one but the Ken
lucky Auocrat, assisted perhaps by the little man all
talk, is competent to say anything on the subject of
Slavery. He can urge attention to his Ebony line of
steamers and the Senate is entirely agreeable but let
Hale, or Seward, or Chase open Their mouths, and
point OF order is crammed down their threats, with
brutality which reflects high degree of credit on the
ingenuity of the Chivalry. l do hope this indig-
nifty will not long be submitted to-better far sever
ance of this despotic Union than - s-'o
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