The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1853-01-29
I'm prANaPoL,s CORRESPONDENCE
No. Ill.


a great deal of time would not elapse before
should be enabled to give you an account
of some "action, ACTION, ACTION" Gas the
eloquent Roman, l think has it,) by our loco
foco Legislature, and not be Obliged to apollo
gize for a lack of interest in my letters on
account of the hardness Of the Soluns to
enter into the merits of the work before
them. "Tis true tits strange, but no less
strange tina true" that neither branch has
yet done any thing of very great Importance.
The Offices have all been appropriated except
that of Agent of State, and that is already
secured by Mr. Lord, of Jefferson county,
the nominee, provided it is not abolished, ac-
cordng to the Governors recommendation
in his message. Day after tomorrow will
make the third week OF the session. One
third Of the period allowed by the Consitu-
ton has passed, and yet little real business
has been accomplished. Besides electioneer-
ing, were working, office-seeking, lobbying,
&C., the bulk of the business has been reso-
lutions of inquiry, casing about printing, tau
biological resolutions, and displays OF igno-
rance. If the present Democratic - Legis-
sture had been actuated from the beginning
of the session with the motives of patriotism,
business dispatch, and economy which gov
erned our first Congress and our primary
| Constitutional Convention, more than half
Of the business which awaits them could
have been accomplished, and they would al
ready be able to fix a day of adjournment
considerably this side o. the sixty-one days
allowed by the Constitution for regular ses-
sions. The complaint among some Of the
members is that there is little business to do,
and hence their inactivity. Why, then, not
finish what there is and 60 home, thereby
putting stop to enormous expenditures
But no-that isn't the game. They are al
lowed such length of time, and of course
they are bound to SIT it out, whether they
hatch anything or not. AS the green Irish
man, who was a make-shift servant in a
hotel in a busy time, said to the man who re-
fused soup: "Faith. you must take tits
the rule of the house-and divil the bite
you'll get till we it!'' It's s'the rule of the
House" to sit s;xty-one days and squander
thousands on political favorites, land "divil the
, bit" will our locofoco "brethering" go home
till they eat their fill at the public crib. 1t
: gives me great pleasure to say, and if know
my heart believe say it sincerely aud not
: from feeling of political rancor, that the
y Wing members of the Legislature do their
= utmost to forward business with al the dis
patch that safety will warrant. Messrs
= Stockwell, Laird, Of Perry county; Pratt, oil
!, Cass; Donald. of Gibson; Orr, of Delaware:
Steele, of Park; Graham, of Pike; Hamrick
:, of Putnam; and others in the House; and
Messrs. Simpson, of Parke; Wilson, of Har
!. rison; Butler, of Wayne; Witherow, Of
Hendricks, et al, OF the Senate, are am one
the most active, talented, and efficient men,
bers. They even take leading part ant
carry great weight with their opinions ant
votes. To do "equal and exact justice to al
men," freely admit that there are some men
on the Democratic side who apply them.
selves with desire to do business expedite
= ,rhole people. Such men are generally those
who are Democrats from principle Cf there i.
!. such thing in party whose whole creed i.
:, opposition to anything bearing the Wing
seaDand not from expediency; who belong t.
The rank and file; who work out their owl
temporal salvation by r, de contact with mel
and things, and not by blending the suppl,
: hinges Of the knee to the Office dispensnc
few, that thrift may follow fayoring." Their,
are few men of this stamp in the Demo.
:. crat representation, and pity it is for tn,
State that there are not more II Their,
'' were, the people would not be swindled ever,
. year by means of enormous taxes, of lhous
, ands of dollars to support spendthrilt an,
:" spoils-loving party.
Mr.. Stockwelrs joint resolution askin,
L Congress to appropriate land to the Evans
Vile and Charlottesville Railroad Company
IN failed on its third reading. after attempts t
st am nd. by a vote Of 20 for end 66 against
o. MIR. s. participated in debate on the pro
Of priety of creating Board of Bank Commits
:" sioners yesterday. The matter was referre,
u" to committee of one from each Congress
III ionai District. The Bank question in boil
=, branches Of the Legislature, promises to b.
- the most prolific theme for discussion of tn,
session. Great efforts are being made I,
st forward the interests of the several speicie
20 Of banking. 1t is amusing to see the strano,