The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-04-06

With such magnificent schedule before
them, the spolsmcn of all kinds had the righl
to anticipate perfect carnival over the pre-
jected distribution Of the spoils. Their plan
of operations were accordingly laid down upo
a scale commensurate with the prodigiou
prizes Involved in this grand Congressional los
rolling and stock-jobbing lottery. The Senat
commenced the work in good style, passing III
single morning railroad stock,jobbing land
grants to the amount of twenty millions of doll
lars or more and they have now upon their
table awaiting the action Of the body, a Pacific
railroad bill, which contemplatesa grant of lands
that can only be summed up at so many hundreds
Of millions Of acres, such as they are. Benefits
land bill and Miss Dix's bill are both before
the House, and lot of local Western railroad
specializing projects, equal, perhaps, to thirty OF
forty millions of dollars. Colts patent exten.
sion, Woodworths patent extension, and various
others, are also before the House, awaiting their
turn upon the CALENDAR also, the Frensh spoil
alton bill, and variety of private Jobs and
contracts in addition to the regular appropria
tons. The Gadsden treaty is under the earnest
discussion OF the Senate, from day to day and
close behind it lies the Homestead bill, which
contemplates nothing more nor less than the
giving away to actual settlers all the available
public domain, probably equal to four or five
hundred millions of acres.
Thus it will appear that the work cut out by
the two houses, exclusive of free farms to every
body, covers the entire schedule of the five
hundred millions of dollars of the grand pro
gramme of the spolsmen; and yet few privat;
bills, the six steamer bill, and the three or -four
scattering millions of the deficiency BILL are al
that the office-mongers, stock jobbers, land
spectators and lobby men and lobby womer
of all the vast interests involved, have thss fa1
been enabled to lay their hands upon. Even thu
Deficiency bill still hangs fire in the House
upon the perplexing amendments of the Senate
and will probably be cut down million or two
before it is finally passed. Here then, at thu
end of four months of the session, we have only
excavated six war steamers and some two OF
| three millions of deficiencies out of the fedora
| gold mines at Washington, positively known t.
contain the substantial treasures of five hun
| bred millions Of dollars.
Why this delay? The lobby has been wei
organized, well trained, pretty well provided
with the sinews of war for month or two, and it
cohorts attending both houses have been work
| ing like beavers. Why, then, this delay in get
| ting out the spells? The reason is plain as day
Light The working machinery has been knock
ed out of GEAR nv the apoils poIiov of Tho r,h;
net, and by the wranglings Of the spolsmen il
Congress from the opposite sides of The ALE
| ghanies. 1t is q trite old maxim, that .'whel
rogues fall out honest men get their own;'' bu
as applied to Congress, it appears that when tn
spoilsmen fall out, nobody gets any thing. Tn,
consequence is, that things in Washington, JUS
now, are excessively fat and stupid. There ar