New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-07-29
Things In Washington.

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WAsBIsGToS, Tuesday July ~ i'''' -,
sJv,o,c Won some DAYS ago. Congress Will
probably break up about FIVE weeks heAC'' nv
Senate has fixed upon the 3lst OF August ior au-
;ou,pmept. and the House will no doubt agree
TIL. whole business Of the sesslon, or nea"y So'
ia IN be done in about months hme' II zone At
NIL. Yet neither House shows any signs Of aoiS-
nosition 10 advance the public BUSINESS "" ''''
cont,sry both are still characterized by inc same
RECKLESS waste OF time and mOney-the same uis'
,eoord of the best Interests Of the country winch
have been so painfully prominent during the past
eobt long rnooths In the House, the poor apollo
py for River and IIarbor Improvement bill comes
mn every day in Committee Of the Whole
Amendments are offered and voted down. Mem
bers fire little fve-minute speeches at the bill
when the sound Of the Speakers hammer brins'
them down. SO day after daV passes without
making any progress; so the River and HarOor
hill draes along, and SO it will drag for ten days or
fortnight before il reaches the Senate.
If this were only measure for mixing war on
some weak neghboring nation II 1t were only
calculated to spend couple of hundred millions
or so and fifty thousand lives in carrying fire and
among those who have no particular fancy Tor
these benefits hut still lack the necessary means
md force for successful resistance, it might pass
without debate-for it is patriotic to do such
things, and whatever il patriotic Is OF course con
stitutionol mud all right. Bat anything having
tendency. however remote, TO build up instead Of
destroy-tO develop the country's resources and
diveTsy and sustain the peoples inddstry-to
save life and property instead of killing and de-
stro,ing, il very sure to meet the ioyeterate OPP
position ofthc dear peoples eTypartlcular friends
in Congrs IS, the cham Democracy.
Very likely some Of our friends at Niagara will
be dsspbonted at not seeing any Of our Con
gressional speakers there. Quite number, in
GLIDING EDWARD STANLY of N. C., Gen. C0L-
Ion. ofTenn., Mr.. CAMPBELL, of Ohio, Mr. SACK
EFT, Of n. y, and several others, were desrou5
of participating m that Council OF the People, ~"
had made up their minds to 60 till the River and
uarbor bill was taken up, when they very proper
cah'o 40 conclusion that the interests OF
the country required tn-" s~--;,oe in Washing.
ton. So, instead OF INDUCING Il strong and very
natural desire TO mingle in and counsel with that
mighty rhrong Of Freemen at Niagara, they fol-
-" ,ae dictates OF duty TO their constituents by
remaining faithfully at their posts
The small talk about the prospect of brush
with England, on the CodG"i' question, with which
VIC peen favored of late, has suddenly sub
tided. 1t has been wickedly intimately that the
Democracy will oppose any hostile demonotrd-
ton till after the election, being fearful that
certain old gentleman, who commands the Amer
lean amy sometimes, may, in case OF tight, be
able to put another feather in his cap'-that
same cap about which the Democratic party
have already become so distressngly nervous
And then at the rate the old fellow does up such
things, if he were set about it directly, he might
take Canada and annex it in time to vote against
Pierce this fall.
II is Understood that Gen. Pierce has sent word
to his ENDS here to do whatever they, in their
wisdom, may think best in this fearful crisis, and
he will indorse whatever measures they may
adopt, provided always that they do not disturb
his Candy trade. {.