The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-09-08
INTERESTING LETTERS.
Our Washington Correspondence.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 3. 1852.
1he irinftng Of Congress. Patronage Generosity
scuh The Peoples Money! Messrs Mangum and
Websr-Ihs Latter Pf,pu,ng TO FIRE a Gun, &c
During recent debate in the Senate, Mr.. Hale,
with the freedom and boldn-ss for which he is dis
tdDguished. accompanied the proposition which he
introduced, for the establisp ment Of government
printing office, with some truthful remarks, during
which he said, there has beeu paper which was
made the special organ Of tue great interests of
great portion Of this country snd yet it could not
live. 1t died, and the Others are suffering under
fde same complaints sort Of collapse of the sto-
naoh-and, unless something is done for their ro-
Lief, they must follow the fate ii their illussrious
predecessor II had no brains, ana therefore could
not think; it had no heart, aad therefore could
not feel; it had no cash ADD therefore could not
iiye With this compile ttiou Of disorders, it had
gone the way of all earth, ard has lett mournful
saledictory behind it.
Such il true picture drawn Of the Southern
Press-a paper that paid tho debt of nature wish
forty thousand dollars due Co its propretors from
Its many subscribers. When Sspip5r ID really
OF interest TO the couutry-llke tho New YORK
HERALD--the people will pay tor il, aud Instead of
allowing II to go into utter bankruptcy, will amply
reward the editor for his tot
Tho Csti07, with great glee. uan ounces the .sun-
veIsal union CT the democracy upon candi dates
OF the democracy, as tue o.ss assurance that we
have not hesitated to do our Wboie duty to our
principles" The pabulum iuru stei to that esta-
blisbment BY its friends II Cnngres eecting pro-
prlctor printer by Large julty dozen others
voted tot-ehables that prin, speak with moro
GOODNESS thon heretofore poh uctges tt TO moro ell
Gent duty in the pending po,iCuul campaign And
Father ltitchie after the l0ors o halt century,
the conductor Of organ 20 the ID ,dos OF
private life TO the tune Of cbinsing collars, TO
Eyen him IL his declining days; while A. Boyd
Hamilton has been aware ,uie mOn atary comfort,
IN consideration Of giving up his contract, that
General Robert Armstrong may reap the profits OF
the Congressional printing; ana john Q Rtyes, and
even his reporters, have addt ORALLY been Toasted
on the government bounty. THUS democrats have
been wou provided for ard, we presume, 1.-THE
conductors Of the Somhecn Press had had little
more credit. and continued the publication Of their
country looking sheet white Logger, fat job
would have been thrown into way, % sustain life
until ii could have died q decent death.
But not only were favoIi'e printers Supplied with
an extraordinary portion Of pap from the treasury,
which ID running over VITO eighteen millions of
dollars, the government empl0ye IN the legisa-
live and executive departments had, IN gross, up
wards Of five hundred Thousand dollars added to
their unitod salaries for the current year The
workingmen engaged in the publ, works, however,
syere excluded from toe ioeral provisions problhy
because they do rot stimulate Congress onal libe-
roGty by doses Of bad brandy, aud because they do
not whine and importuue for more pay around the
AopOieS tHu OilAklbB houses lu Tue Guy. DO not
make this charge against the clerks; but it seems
strange that bat few honorable gentlemen thou ght
chat the price of marketing high to all alike, aud
that the working mans basket is not filled Mt
cheaper rate than that of the clerk, unless it be
with the grosser kinds OF ament.
Mr.. Nangun having, on a recent occasion, alluded
TO Dir. Webster, rs having been guilty of unworthy
and pallry tricks because he selected those anti
Scott papers the !Pum,ngton On CO, C,0inscr-
cidl, and the Knoxville Waag. be the publishers Of
the laws of the United States, Mr. Webster defends
himselfin card this morning, expressing a hops, in
conclusion, that, underth circumstances h. may be
pardoned for this intrusion on the public so
unusual with him, to defeud his 6 official conduct
from mere random vitupcration."
This case reminds us OF the generally understood
TACT, that Mr. Webster is preparing address,
which will shortly be published, the subject of
the Presidency, in which he will, (reluctantly, Of
course,) in TO the support of General Scott 1t
viii be bitter pill for him to swallow, having an
aversion to ssmere military chtefsans," when he
considers his intellectual might. But the
failure to receive the nominat,on of tho whig con-
yention cannot nov be cured, aud, therefore, 1t be-
comes the part of wisdom foe bin 10 yie'd with
''Cbrstian fortitude and res gn .tion, ia view of
the fixed fact with the resolutions anne xed, Of
that late distinguished corps of cog ueers
The Saos and Foxes had another Interview to day
with the Commissioner of Inlan Affairs The
delegation consists of fourteen chiefs aud braves.
Among the Foxes is old Pc WOO check, and of
the sacs Keokuk the son of the celebrated lu-
dian Of that name 1t appears that the Sacs
are not 0lsposed to let young heokuh rule over
them any more, and have accordingly desig
mated chief OF royal blood TO bear sway Young
keokuk was appointed chief by QUE government
He is fue looking fellow, and quite graceful in
his manners. Tho talk of these Indian was princi
pally in relation to their money matters, and
there was no poetry in it They were in full cos
tune, ard secmed 10 attach much consequence to
sheir own standing and position.
The Pueblo Indians are still in the city, aud will
econ depart for their distant homes in New Mexico.
CAPITAL.
Our IHcsI Point Cnrrespnndence.