Des Moines courier. ([Ottumwa] Iowa) 1848-1854, 1854-04-13
From the Missouri Republican.
Washington Correspondence.
House OF REPRESENTATIVES, ,
Washington, March 30, '54


not written for long time. had nc
good news TO write, and should | wal
for that my silence will continue unbro
ken through the session. We are in.
volved in prejudices, chickering's, and an.
cry feelings in the House, not dreamed
of by outsiders. The open and cover
war made upon the West-,he slaugh.
'ering her Railroad en,erprises-,he de
aching her Custom House appropria.
lions from the regular Deficiency bill
the quarrel between rival Railroad inter.
es,s-the disagreement as 10 Pacific
routes, and above all, the Kansas and
Nebraska Bill has aroused spiri. oil
discord that will no, sleep during THE
session of Congress, and the result will
be that we will accomplish no useful
legislation. One after one we will lead
our Railroads up to the slaughter.h house
Custom House appropriations will
share the came fate-the Pacific Rail
road will depart this life, and, in all hu.
man probability, the bills to organize the
Territories OF Kansas and Nebraska
will 60 to swell the hecatomb. If it be
true that the people are best governed
when governed the least, this bids fair
to be the most useful Congress which
ever sat since the organization of the
Government.
The vote by which the Senate's Ne.
oraska bill was sen, to the Committee Of
the Whole, is claimed as test, and its
defeat in the House regarded by free.
soilism as fixed fact. 1t was not an
absolute fest but sufficiently near it to
leave its success entirely in doubt-,o
even incline the probabilities against it.
Three weeks ago the bill would have
passed by twenty majority, but the Ad.
ministration has covered to the abolition
storm of the North, as practically evinc.
ed by the election in New Hampshire
and The municipal elections that have
trnnspired in the Free States. This re.
suit was confidently predicted. The
whole history Of the Administration has
been one uninterrupted series of cow
ardly backings ou, from bold positions.
Without the aid and support of the
President, Northern Democrats are afraid
to face the music, and slight Southern
detection hazards, if it does not defeat
the bill. Hunt. OF Louisiana, Cullom,
E,heridge and Bugg, of Tennessee, all
Wings, will vote against il.
Should the bill be defeated, Miller's
OF some one like it, will pass the House
and be defeated in the Senate. Then
the subject is thrown out, 10 mingle in
our elections, to stir tie passions OF men
at the hustings, the pulpit, every where,
and may become dangerous to the I'm
ion.
1t is almost impossible for you to i'm
agine how low the President and his
Cabinet have fallen in the opinion of all
men Of all parties here. They command
neither respect nor confidence. They
will have hard time of il when ar
raigned and placed upon trial at the bar
of public opinion. Il.
The above letter to the Mo. Republi-
can, from member of the present Con.
gress, gives but little, if any hope, that
this Congress will do any good for the
the country. All must recollect what
loud and long professions the Democrat
ic party are always making to the peo-
pie Of their attachment to their interests.
The candidates and tue Locofoco press,
always on the eve of our important
elections, are full to OVERLOOKING with
patriotic loue for the dear people, and
they (.he Democracy alone are the true
guardians and supporters of thei. every
interest, and all other parties. especially
the Wings, are for self-aggrandizement,
be,rayers Of the peoples interests. and
not to be trusted. Let us now contrast,
professions with practice. The people
deceived by their specious promises and
ardent professions, have given them all
the power in both branches of the
National Government. They have the
President, with Cabinet after his own
heart, (for the Union boasts "it is a
uni,,'') and in Congress they have an
overwhelming majority, that can do as
they please in spite Of the opposition Of
all other parties. II these Democrats
are as honest as they would make the
people believe, when asking for their
votes, why don't they give the country
and people the great measures they SO
much need, and for which, in their pri-
mary meetings and petitions which have
flooded Congress for years, they have
asked! Internal improvements are now
languishing and dying for aid. Why
dom. we get Rail Road grants! Assist.
ance to build the great Pacific Railroad,
nd donations TO deepen our rivers. cut
q 1.-THE snags from the same, that are
troying SO many lives and much pro.
erty; and make safe harbors and light.
houses, &c. All these the people want,
and many other things that were prom
Used If they, the Democrats, were put in
power. Well, they, as before said, are