New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-01-17
WASHINGTON.
Flooding in the Nayy--Mr. Mailory--LOnS-
WINGED Speeches-Gen. scott and the Com
promise-French Claims-Ala0ama AMI
Whiney's Pacific Railroad.

WINGED Speeches-Gen. scott and the Com
promise-French ClaiIns-Alabama AMI
Whimeys Pacific Railroad.
Correspondence Of TIE N. Y Tribune.
WASHINGTON, Thursaay, Jan. Is, 1852.
Flogeipg in the Navy was the slbJectuD-
derdiscussion in the Senate yesterday. Nj Nal.
10y. of Florida, occupied the door for a long
tine, bu, without concluding his remarks. We
DO not know that a shorthand method Of dis
cussion will ever come into vogue in our Nation
al Legislature.
The value and importance OF d speech, IN the
mind OF the author at least seems TO be measured
by its length, and running out a speech appears
too often, nay, almost universally, TO be c0nsid-
cred akin to the process OF measuring OH roll
Of broadcloth or Of carpetine. The more m
quantity the more in value The authors forget
that people in general want but samples Of their
wares. They forget that the public do not wan,
to be cl0aked in crash, nor smotherel beneath
baleSoi homespun. But III man does not spread
himself bodily over the whole broadside Of
blanket newspaper, upon whatever two penny
or circumscrbed topic he may talk, he considers
himself doing neither justice to himself nor
his constituents And thus It happens that the
country IS annually shiuged over with Con-
gressional speeches, as the earth Is annually COW
cred with autuunal leaves. And the sim.le is
not only good as to the number but as 20 their
eyanescence. They are utterly gone and forgot
ten before the next annual crop.
We Go not know that this practice will ever
be abandoned, but surely no one will dispute
that it ought to be. In a nation OF takers like
this, where thousands and tens Of thousands are
urgently aiming to get the public ear, It would
seem that a small grain of intelligent obsegva-
ton would suffice 10 show every speaker that go
succeed in this object he should, first of all, be
brief My SON. said wise man let this
discourse be brief, for none that IS long can be
pleasing"
We DO not despair that remedy for this cry
ing evil may be found We think the nccoss..
ties of the case may evolve one. These acres
Of application must come 10 be REGARDED as
nuisance. Let some phllanthropic gentlemen
Of the Senate, then, who has mercy upon the
bodies Of the press. and upon the souls Of read
ers, commence a reform. Let Us see al least
one man, IN a set speech, undertake the reduc-
ton instead Of the initiation Of his subject Let
hIn address himself TO the TASK Of condensation
Of his matter instead OF induging the vie
famous practice Of enlargement. and amplica.
tion Let him tram himself TO mental puglli,m,
and lot stuff his man in order that he nay be
able - boast Of his inches. Let him 60 for bone
and muscle and net for hatulence and big
belly. The example viii no. be los,, bat MAJ be-
prolific Of good. Mess q man Is sure that the
divine aiiiatus is upon him. he has 10 business 30
empty himself ont IN oetayos upon the innocent
public.
Mr.. MALLORY Is a highly respectable speaker.
yet be did not command a very wide attention.
anu Is In tar way 10 all himself oy superb.
ondance OF talk. It's feared be viii fill Foorg's
place n this respect. Being Southern man,
he Is IL favor Of foggIng. Of course Il Is gen
eTal practice II his part Of The country, and UNI
versally regarded as sure method o. eleyatllg
the tones II not the tons Of the ,hrasAed class Of
society. He made a regularbult sky scranine
argument TO show tha. no man fell degraded oy
being logged OF course good f0gglug soft
ems q mans soul, elevaies MS nature spiritual
ICES his sentiments, bea,ihes his spirit, and fills
him with celestial longings and heavenly asPi-
ratcns. You had better believe l., Nr. NAL
LoRYl But the most ridiculous thing Of ali Is,
that a'man should speak two days upon a sub
lect that = not up for tie action Of Congress
upon Z.
There Is 10 foundation for the report latelyse,
sfoat here that General ScorT is about writing
a letter on the subject OF the Compromise Cen
SCorT IS attending 10 his Official duties and has
10 Intention OF commenting upon. or ii any way
interfering with The legislation OF the countrT
past OF present. For fen days pas. the Gene
raj has been quite indisposed from the effec, Of
severe cold, but ordinarily he Is IN the en,oy
p ent Of remarkably robust ard vigorous health.