Washington telegraph., 1853-07-27
The sneaking.

county. at the Court-House and were lis
tened to with marked attention
Mr. CURRAN led off.-frst touching up
on a o.. S. Bank, the ghost Of which, it was
an invariable rule with his competitor to
conjure up, although not now question
before the people. Mr.. CURRAN regarded
the Bank question as having been settled
years ago BY the people against the estab-
lishment Of Bank, in which settlement he
acquiesces. believing that such an institution
is not now necessary. He next reviewed
the tariff, advocating a tariff sufficient to
defray the expenses of Government, and re-
cognizing the principal Of discrimination in
favor of Home Industry. On the question
of the annexation of Cuba. both gentlemen
agree. They are no advocates for Fillibus-
terism, although they entertain no objections
to the requirement of Cuba BY fair and
honorable mans, They have no desire to
obtain it by conquest. nor would they per-
NIT Its transfer to any other power.
The only position upon which their views
materially confic., is the question of the pow
er Of Congress TO appropriate money or
lands for purposes Of Internal Improvement
in the States. Mr.. CURRAN recognizes this
right Internationally, while Col. WARREN
couples with his recognition of the right
some objections on the score of nationality,
leaving a sort of hole to crawl out at when it
becomes necessary to make any work of this
character national or local, just as it happens
to be popular or unpopular.
Mr. CURRAv, in conclusion, favored tie
audience with review of the manner in
which our State affairs have been managed
ever since our admission into the Union.
He stated, and stated truly. that the Legis-
lature of 1913, had done the State more in
jury than all the Legislatures which preceded
it, by squandering the munifcent donations
made to the State by the General Govern
ment-thc seminary fund, and the 500, 600
acre donation fund. Col. WARREN, he pro-
ceeded to show. who was a conspicuous ,nem-
ber of that body-was elected Speaker, and
welded as much or more influence in that
Legislature than any other member of it
was to very great extent, responsible for
the loss the State has sustained in the dis
tribution of these funds. Mr.. CURRAN's
speech was able, candid courteous, and char
acterized by marked ability. 1t contained
nothing Objectionable either in politics, NOR
ais or common sense
After Mr.. Curran had concluded, Colorel
Warren, arose, and with that modesfy and
dtLBFde'ace for which he is so proverbial,
pitched into the Whig press of the State
generally, and into the Telegraph" partic-
ularly. The Col. has sett of cant sayings
such as ''a thousand of brick "some
pumpkins ''tooth and toe nails delecta-
bic. &c, &c.,-which are hung up in his
vocabulary, like dried apples on a string,
and he uses them every once in a while in
the course of his address, by way of seasoning
Those little delecta5lc whig papers, as he
termed them, it appears, have been letting
the people know something of the Colonel's
course in the legislature; of his votes in that
body, and now and then chroniclng small
lo17sus AnguB in some of his speeches.
which accounts probably. for his applying to
them, the term "delectable" OF course
the Col is delighted with them-and why
shouldn't he be,-are they not bringing his
public acts into notice
The Col. never runs long on one tack,
and as soon as he had cut out as much work
for the whig press, as he expected he could
put together during his speech.-as Mr.. Cur
ran predicted, he resurrccted the ghost Of the
old U. S. Bank, and gave it fits He claim
ed to have imbibed his notions On that sub
ject, from Gen. Jackson, and very evidently
attempted the manufacture of a little political
capital for himself on the popularity of that
distinguished patriot. How he succeeded,
we. OF course. cannot say,-but there is one
thing certain,-the Coils notions now, and
those avowed by General jackson, differ
very materially on many subjects
On the Internal Improvement question
the Colonel waxed eloquent His distinc-
tons between Improvements of a national
and local character were so finely drawn as
to be altogether imperceptble to the audi
ence. In fact the Col has so many explain
ations of what is necessary to constitute a
work national in its character, that it would
be impossible for any one of his hearers to
recollect them all. They are, however, so
evenly aud carefully constructed as to rem