Southern shield., 1852-04-03
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~~~-~-~~~~~~- Itution. The new government, then, was an experiment, a grand American experi- ment. The Constitution stands vindicated lby the Intervening years of order, security and progress; and these results, that's grad luaIIy stand up in the face of the disorder of
 garope, enjoio one and all Of the commit mites that have sworn feaItys to il 10 main tain its compacts with fidelity.
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 TnE PUBbo BusIyEss.-The House ol amuses itself with Presi- Ident-making at a very inopportune period, The bill giving the public lands to actual IsettIors, is nomnaIIy under discussion, but jthe real discussion is on the merits OL But Her, Cass, Douglass and Buchanan, for the Presidency, with a lecture now and then Itrom the Ereesoil Democracy, Secession Democracy, and Union Democracy, upon lthe merits of their respective schools. The chairman of the Ways and Means, Mr. Houston, whom the Speaker, Mir. Boyd, Iappointed upon the presumption, no doubt, ithe House would give him it's confidence, ssa4 +t4 some degree lis lead, has been wogk- ling hard almost every day, and in vain, for 1.-two or three weeks, to induce the House 10 transact tho public business and to take mp l the Deficiency bill--a bill sometimes pass ed even as early as December, but now left over without action beyond the 4th ol March, the period when the short session l is over. Mr. Brooks, member of the same lcommttee, suggested yesterday that this lPresldent-making have the go by for the Ipresent, unless Congress meant to put of Ulcers and soldiers upon starvation allow
 ances in Oregon, California, Texas, and New Mexico, but with no more success than Mr. Houston, for the majority deliber- ateIy went 10 work President-making again The responsibility for this consumption I0t time and for this damage resulting from Ideiay in tEe transaction of the public busj-
 ues3, must fall therefore where 1t belongs
 but not on the Whig party. As the coun- try suffers, inc majority must be held re- ponsbIe.- Washington Republic.
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 SENATOR BROOKE OF MIssIss1PPI--The iaccUsajion of political perfdy preferred against this gentleman on account of a let ter written by him previous to his election lis thus set at rest by the Louisville Jour Inal, in letter from Washington to that iPaPoc.
 q have had an interview with Me Ilrouke s2t8 i.s Jas gi3ea me aa ex, laa,-, fG3n of tas c5roy instances oI lis election. lie lsav5 that he sas always been not onlv a
 TFrit-r R,-- -,- q, t-- EE-t,i- tLo+ I,, - o ,,l .Ia Whig now and that ue hopes and eZ- .pect 10 remain one as long as he lives. On
 tne day ol lis election to the Senate bv the Mississippi 3e1.sialure, he y5as called on ia .dis sick room by member Of that body. lWhO stated to him that certain of tho Union Democrats had determined to vote for him 'UHy -FFEey zE re 9hZIQus T0 cDy2ln some Ithng from him ia writing not as q condi- i ion ot their support and not to be publish led. but merely tO be lsed privately as an .eXcuse or reason for their course. 1ir.
 Brooke wished to postpone the writing on IaccoaDt of his illness; but was strongly urr- led 10 do 1t immediately. He compiled. but he says that the pain he was suffering was .so great that he scarcely knew at the time
 What he wrote. lie now sees that his
 brial letter admits of a construction which twas not in his nt.nd. Itmight be supposed Ito mean that he intends, jn any event, to
 support for the Presidency q nominee of
 the Democratic National Convention, but he ayers that he intended simply to say that he would support the nominee of that con-
 vention if that nominee should be sounder upon the compromise and the rights of the Southern States ta2n the nominee of the
 Whig Convention"