Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1853-12-30
WASHINGTON, Dec. %. 1853.

very clearly Wnht ne thiIks Vi ehe P""sis
that be-" A. Ii. c.
WAsuNaToN Dec. 26. 1853.
After four five years discussion the Senate
have at last been brought to vote ON the bill
enacting the title of Lieutenat General to be
conferred on Gen. Scott The very decided vote
in the Senate is hardly n true index of what the
vote of the House may be. 1t may be that the
grave Constitutional objection raised by Mr..
Walker may strike very forcibly minds of
similar capacity, and although the noble old hero
and chieftain is distinctly out of the way Of po-
litcal advancement, there may yet be found many
jack not afraid 30 kick the dead lion. Again,
the title may carry emolument which will
be contrary to the locofoco creed, which makes
a distinction to whether the money appropri-
ated by idp shall go into wing or locofoco peck
cts.
Any little emolument, however, would not for
the balance of his days. long or short reimburse
to him what he has taken from his own pay and
devoted to the sick and wounded in the service of
the country.
A good deal of interest is felt as to what Mr.
Amber, late Marshal, will do in the matter Mt
issue between him and the President 1t has
been asserted on his own authority, that he was
to be re-appointed, and though this has been de-
Med at least, semi-ofticially NOT by him the
| question is by no means settled. What Senator
Mason thinks about the matter is equally inter
esting at this junoture. Has the "crushing OUT
policy any terrors for Virginia and her Senators.
| II so, times indeed changed.
! A meeting of the "old soldiers engaged in
the war of 1912 has lately been held in this city
to appoint delegates to n Convention of the "same
sort to be held in Philadelphia the 9Th of Jan
uary The difficulty seems to be, that in the matter
of bounty from the General Government they have
not been properly dealt with. There seems to
be IA general feeling towards extending the pro-
visions of the several Acts ON the subject of
Bounty Law-parties holding very justly that a
discrimination between twenty mine * thirty day :
service Is and must be arbitrary and unjust
That's certainly true. But in view of the matter
of bounties in all shapes,o homesteads and grants
and rots yourself farm principles that now OBJ
tain and which originate in democratic counsel,
to say nothing of the principle, that to n
dominant party belongs all the patronage and
profit of Government, is il not very plain
that there has been n wide departure from
the doctrines, whose origin is ascribed to
good old "9s and 90" and which are vet quo
ted, if not practically the Southern Democracy.
1t has always seemed II strange democratic doe
trlne that in country where the people are the
oretically the Government, the interest of
the people aud the government have been consid-
cred separate and distinct. The purport of those
celebrated resolutions is generally read thus and
ia ROT tlntt ~
the Executive officers of the Government have
always been guided by that principle. The Gov
eminent is presumed 10 o,oe nobody, while il
owes many and will not pay. How many bills for
the benefit ofprivate individuals pass Congress in
proportion to the number that load the Commit
tees tables in Congress.
Every body has heard of Amy Dardns mare
and there are thousands ESQ many that it TOOK
three clerks for years to list them) now on fiji,
before Congress. In view of the doctrine thai
Government cannot owe and the fact that ac
counting officers will not pay balances due disbur
sing officers, no matter what the character o
them, there is emphatically an inducement t,
bring in IA false balance the part of Govern
ment agents, in order to protect themselves.
Ihere is much TO be said on the subject of public
accounts There has always been as before STATED
| a disposition to cut down accounts. How much
has been lost to the United States by the appoint
ment of incompetent accountants at the Treasu
| ryl How could this be otherwise, when to be {
good Democrat, or agood Wing is all that is re
CURED. Every new administration has its friends
to reward and its enemies to punish. TIL,
first two years are generally devoted to this OPP
Grafton. The next two are too short to pu
things in proper order. Hence every new Score
tary or Bureau officer first finds ''mare's nest
and then straightway makes anoue r for his sue
cessor to find. More of this anon, ARG