Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1854-01-10
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 9th 1854
Congressional "corpers" having cooled of SUI
fieiently for business, the long expected demon
stration ON the part of the .Hards' has actually
I come Off with what success. you know. Win
less Judgment than that displayed by Gen. Scott
in investing yera Cruz-they chose rather to
storm the impregnable San Juan de Spo,fs. than
adopt the slower process of circumyalation.-
The reason of this may be,perlaps, that the Pres
ident finding his Secretary of the Treasury rath-
er ..shaky In the legs" determined and "orgdn-
eally announced his own responsibility for the
removal of Judge Bronson.
This new move must have the effect of pre-
cipitating" that composition generally known as
the indenendept support of the President, while
il repndiates his advisers. Mr. Mark Anthony
Cutting did very gracefully the obsequies over
"ereat Caesar dead" Mr.. Brutus Guthrie, who
has .'the same dagger for himself when IT shall
please his country to demand his political death,
now secure and serene. will never recognize any
such period unless his ''enyious Casca" peter G.)
should receive Mt the hands of Congress the
measure that he has melted TO others In that
event il has been said he will resign and retire to
the region where he originally Gifted up his
voice. for democracy.
Judge Douglas, ever in the van of that pro-
gress which looks to his own elevation,has elabo-
rated n territorial bill for Nebraska. Its provis-
ions ON the subject of slavery are liberaand sub
stantay on the compromise prnciple--leavlng
the question on what will be recognized as wing
grounds. even long before the last slavery excite
ment and adjustment. Its provisions rs to the
right and protection of property, both OF whites
and Indians, seem on first view, correct and just.
But does the little giant suppose that even he
can elaborate any plan whatever that will carry,
without opening the old wound!
John Van Buren, and his crew only went in
for this election The party has been confessed
~ strengthened by the administration policy, and
is now in position to do far more harm than
ever. Where is the guarantee, expressed or i'm
piled, that is to prevent the free sol party from
rcsuming their organization,on every new recur-
renee of an occason Not the offices, surely; tho
they have the lions share. The amalgamation
was formed as 'genera amnesty" What are
its limits, and what party has the privilege of
terminating it, if not both Was a war ever,
terminated by earnestly Is amnesty" peace
and abandonment of arms p! Was ever general and
mutual pardon, Though it was never known what
offence the friends of the South--the Constitution
and the Union had committed,) granted without,
some assurance of u mutual abstinence from of
Tending causes We shall see what we shall
see-but mark me, the old game will
be played with the same results, which may or
may not (most probably not teach Southern pol
iticians "A profitable lesson.
The report on Indian affairs, with accompany
ing documents, shows much of the situation and
capacity of the territory in question. Indeed
the accompanying documents of all official pa
pers show far more originality and strength than
the papers themselves The report of Thos Fitz-
patrick, an old grey headed agent who has spent
n"a,ly HE hfotn,o tho prairios and in trapping
in the Rocky Mountains, gives the clearest origi-
nal and mastery review of the Indian history
character, situation, wants, rights and future
destiny, that ever embraced in many
words One would suppose that the money paid
for printing would afford, at least "A complete set
of Executive reports to every editor in the coun-
try, if not to large number of people
A. Il. G..