New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-03-11
WASHING TON.
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wAsHIsaros. Tuesday, March 0, ls,s
Ii is one of those rosy, yerdaas. n...
yAistesssd faneies Of TIE great mas Of the is,..
GUS youth OF the eo1Aify, ~ho take delisk, in ,ur
ing their eyes toward Washington, that the ur,..
pal aim OF the individuals Who come to coas,...
is to acquire fame and Distinction 1t seems -,
to say anything TO disturb this sgreea,le im,,s,
ion, but really We are constrained to declare ~.
1t is an awful eeiunon. There Is here AMI ,bs,..
young gentleman OF ambitious pTetensioas -
neither mean, sorcid, assiicious, nor ne,es,,,'
but the truth must be confessed that the srea, H..
Ing object Of an overwhelming majority Of N. -.
who come to Washington, either ss insiasr, a, 49,
siders, 10 to GET neEey, or In some way pror.,.
their private Interests The aim OF all is TO a,,,s.
almighty dollar, or lis fruits aud p0.enu.h,,..
The modes adopted are various some DO ishy ~.
ing, some BY schem'ng. some by acting cos,,.-,.
and others, whose position don't admit Of ,hei, -.
engaged as contractors, oy private nerss, IN a..
tracts some by getting bills through Cossreu ,x,.
that don't seem what they mean, some by pro.,,;,'
appointments, some By trumpins up claim. 49,.
BY lingering appropriations some BY selling tAs,, !.
fuence, some by operating through Mexican Ca.
missions, some by masirg opposition, aad ,ous !.
yielding support. But either enc way or sro,A.,
the one object is pursued. The game Is the ,am.
and the chase constant II is still the hlsay h,,.
and what the filthy lucre will command. tas ~
crosses the universal attention. EVERYBODY has .
"sx TO grind"
0rstory 0ratoiy Who cares for an ora.ioa a
"a speech" in Wsshirstsnl Who cares 70, N
opinion Of a "dislinguished" man or tue msri,sof,
pending measure The galleries that are vl,ss
by a shifting crowd, here to-day aud of to moro,
young men and maidens, Ike to hear husns,sa
and believe in the man who has the mos. ras
tongue. But Coneressmen, men OF brains Sa,lns
and earnest purposes, all of whom have "axsss
grind" don't care the snap Of finger for the be-
tAlker or the best thinker in Washington. rhr
don't recognize any marches TO personal ss 'iacis.
These ere all humoug. Tie only question about,
man is, Tow will he vote on my bill Ifhsisaa
right now, he must DO made right. Thus |, b
comes very hard for man who comes to w ssAs<
ton fresh from the people, with high hopes, ann
tious longings, and purpose 70 be famous, 10 win
stand the influences that surround him here and q
on in the career marked out for himself. he naa
be very strong and independent, he loses his on
sinal aim aud goes in with the res. for making wAa
money he can. man sometimes hourisAes n
season or two IN the "hishfolut.on" regions Mo
at last finds It don't pay and Genes down to the suA
and its earthly pursuits. 4
The consequence of all this is, that Congress sss
90 full Of private influences swaying the judgments
end views OF members, that a man Of the most W.
right intentions hardly knows himself half the ms
without . pretty serious inquiry, whether 10 h
himself eiving an unbiased vote. man who hes
to determine his vote while beset by hints, suggss
tons, inuendoes, personal appeals, temptation
threats political and local influences, sophisms ~
80 forth must be more than man 10 keep alwaW
on the line Of impsrtiaisy and conscientious duty
The ingenuity of the lobby members, who alwsH
swarm about Congress, and all OF whom have "sss
to grind" is wonderful.
The wsak side OF every member whose vote 10 u
allidoubtful land the Lord knows there are mar
who are polygars In this respsct) 10 hrst discovered
The next step 10 to fabricste arguments and suss@
sions to meet the case. An indefatisabls man, w
IL smart, capable, ingenious and unscrupulous, en-
just about work miracles on an assembly Of IN
hundred and Atty members. The belief Of snouns&
and tens Of thousands, that this measure or thai, b
carried or defeated its merits is the vsriest dream
of dsluded fancy. The idea OF 30 many sAA 4
termnss it, fate, 10 hallucinston to be shocked
But We do not mean to intimate that In all casss
even In most cases that the open, gross inaasnosd
money operates We should and IL hard TO point a
even any cases where its control was pspaAh
Neither do We mean TO charge upon Congress ssr
thing beyond ordinary human weakness. Buiw
do nevertheless say that the leading, controlling
sll.psrvading motives and Influences that controlhs
action Of almost everybody in and about Washiur
ton, high or low, has some near or remote, sons
direct or indirect relation to the almighty dollar
Apropos, in some sort, Of these remarks. andT
way Of showing how things are done in WashinClsss
when the object 10 10 transfer some Of Uncle Sans
almighty dollars into other peoples brsecAss peek
sts, lot me relate the account OF recent uansss
ton.
There 10 no Superintendent OF Indian Afania
Cslifomis. Probably there 10 no necessity for ons
other than 10 furnish place for some ssntlsme
who wants $4,000 per annum for himself, and t2,'oa
for private secretary, and don't precisely zee how
to obtain Il in any easier way than BY conssnsns 70
serve the State in this capacity and also 10 afords
simple and ready mode Of converting t230,oOo worth
Of cattle into cash.
One BARKER, has been an Indian Agent IN NAT
country for the last year or two, but for sons m
Known reason, has recently returned and rsugssd
his place. Not long since, he purchased for the ~
dams, without any authority, some >a5o,ooo wor'Ad
cattle Of Col. FRENoSr, and drew bic dra0s %
Washington, a. large az life, pay for them. TIES
drafts Zone Of them at least, being accompanied
letter from Col. BESroN) we're promptly PROCESSES
on the ground that the Agent acted wholly vtshow
authority. Indeed IL would seem they might vsu
have been protested under any Circumstances ~
how IL shouiA happen that IL IL necessary 70 ~
$3.50 GOO worth Of beef az once Tor the indiana va
article they have hitherto been supposed 20 hsw
some little facility in catching ioT thsmselvs..
those diggings, might well be problsm 10 49,:
the most faciIe and lioeral Of oil Treasury UmsIss
Here was barbecue with vengeance. VEN VEN
the host OF the Ast5T House would have been WILL
to have brought round in the saloons Of the Caller
mia steamships al ths starting soo,isness o ~
tsbles Afforded for the round sum OF t250,000.
Amer these dfsfts were protested the folio ~sshs
was passed by Congress, q few Gays ago. Wsisk
else The significant portion.
Law OF THE UNITED STATS, passed al ls re-