New-York daily tribune., 1851-09-30

prosperity al esse u i7lo - ,ac ieprc,-
siou and lafuls.oa u ISL
Cui7e-, ei the United States Iou have
eyes-Hili sou TOT see' You have ears
90 not r.f-se TO hear You have property
- save, OF o.. least subsistence to gain
10 rot rush v..'u.ly On destruction Heed
ievoice Of persuasion and reverse tins "a
,al policy trs tie ruin shall oe complete
.Wm WILL rE DE
: 7fe Bpfafo Commercial swells the
cr against Controller WurriE-fi ior h.s re-
cent drr.s % fhat our L : Marshal .n6 District
ittor,s- could receive or retain 10 conpensa-
t.-a tor the-r services beyond the sums 10 which
the are respectively limited 1y Ill, oc, OF 1871
ITc Cau.r.srci I says %. Mr. Whit'lescy
lie is honest and wclln,ennoned. no doub.
hu' ms conduct is marked 0y the same lack O, sense
and discretion a. marked GREELEY'> ~ awkward
hlunccrug, headlorg, ridiculous end frui,less a.
tcmTts 20 elCCt reform IN CONGRESSIONAL Mileage
Dir WmTTLEsEY l. haunted By sort of phantom,
which he supposes 10 BE- economy bui which ~ fact,
= nothing but a needing ~ spirit prompting him
90 pick laws and ind fault We do not undertake to
say thar the letter OF the law regulating the cOmpen-
satoi Of MarShais and District Attorneys, does not
lteiLf tle CONSTRUCTION gwen II DN NJ W III TLE>EA.
Legislation = conducted with such haste and care
lcs>nCs IN Congress that law Is rarely passed that
an tXpfrt whip t3l could not drive coach and four
through 20 We deem Il possible that he may find
some warrant for his decision ID tAC phra>eOiOgy Of
the act N question.
TO all which We wish % say
}. " Grpe'c,'> awkward" nc. &c attempts
concerning Mileage were limited 10 printing
Table OF the Mileage received by each Member in
Tie Tribune with parallel columns showing
how much .e>> It might and should have been.
Others made propositions IN the FIouse. and, If
they looked toward making the crooked paths
straight. "Grceiey gave silent vote in their
favor. # ,he, seemed calculated. however ad.
I0tly. 10 defeat the desired reform. me voted
against them lie never brought the subject OF
Milelcc an any manner before the House though
hc was omctrcS constrained 10y regard tor
truth and selfrespcct 20 expose some OF tho
eros or fal>ohools. quh1lc> aud calumnie> ol the
less discreet among hose whose pecularions bis
Mileage Table had exposed. Nobody hal a
kccu,r sense Of the "aw hwarl ness of the cx-
pose than those whose names prominently iguy
ed m it
. M WA'tle>cy Is IN Office. and literally
paid expressly to >cruuuze all accounts and eV-
pose overcharges against The Government If
hi, doing so eylnces "a moddhne spirit his
Office ought clearly to be abolished and the sal
au saved 10 The Treasury 70 say that his
refusing to pas, an account which seems TO han
exorbitant cyinccs disposition to pick flaws
and find fault. is only paralielcd by pog5cry's
advice to his watchmcn 20 steer clear o thieves
and all suspicious company.
3. AN expert whip" may indeed drive n
coach and four through" soDe acts OF Congress-
but the operation is rcndercdmorc difficult when
ELISHA WHrrLE-Er stands in the gap Here
seems 60 he one case in which The attempt OF two
pretty y" expert whips" has proved dead failure.