Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1854-03-03
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WASHINGTON, 2Sth Feb, 1854
The death of Gen. Armstrong, late Printer TO the
House has brought before the public eye any number OF
enthusiastic patriots who willing TO serve their cour
try 10y faithful discharge of the duties OF that lucrative
oil 1t is hardly conceivable though such is the fact
that among the number is that degraded man. who nou
ILLS the important post of Clerk to the House Imnudcn,
aud devoid Of shame FUrney il known 10 be this
sent act OF audacity e&ccs very general astonishmeu
IL supposed that after the refusal of
portion Of his party, at the commencement of tho
session, 10 endorse his espectaGy he would have rn
NAMED content With his ILL., deserved success OH that &C.
cision aud have kept quiet fol the future Bat bad and
depraNed as he Is knOWnt 10 Ee lis character i not thor,
oughy understood. Not only he totally devoid of ali
moral sense and perfectly uncrupulUus as 10 the
lac makes Of to promote bis ends but he extremely
sOrLd and eager ia tile pursuit Of gain He would At
any time botray friend, or blast womans reputation
obtain the for free Indulgence Of his vicious
propenstes and nalcToeu passions 1t is TO b. bonad
that the House has sunk lox 10 dagr,dator, ~ ~,
oestow the best office IN IL GIT upon despcaue
There u 10 telling, however, hat its action
be- PorGey enjoys completely the confidence of ,b
administration aud the principles Of many Of the mem
befs very loose, that lii triumph will occasion me
no surprise Democratic Il 10 DC hell topipt
select candidate, aud it quite possible that the
Of the good dinners with which he has ieAed hungry rem
resentauyes, may fully reimbursed.
Tue Senate ba- wholesale =4y Of dispatchsg mpor
public business quite 10 Nth the dilatory
habits Ofihe other branch YesteIIay in nearly a.
minutes it passed nine large railroad bills grgrtiu,
TO States 10 which they ie millions Of acres Of tb.
public dOmsin No reliable Indications a. to Tie rrob,
ole fate these bills will meet with IN the House have vet
been furnished, but many saLes 70 be benefit.
ed by their passage It'll lair " presume that CombnA.
oD VI Interests viii cary them tfiumphanty through
Tue speech of Gen. Cass in the Senate yesterday on
he hebfaikl bi, mainly remarkable for the OBSCURE
y OfmcaUing and HespbJa yagueuess which peryad.d
it taTOug hout. To listener and uantej with BIZ.
determination support the measure you'd haze been
difficult time- have itet A: position On one thing
only was he clear aud eIpc-the ;eiteraiio of hi-
sNsI and EF.WHHa f.aFVH .Ef
oppOOn 10 the commonly received Southern notion bs
cOntended that slaves could by yiftne III constu
uona rgh be carried ~ any Of the ierories where the
local la~ prohibited tleir importation IIe etn,..s,i
himself also opposed to tie repeal u the Missouri ON
promise although he admitted tat II Esg
HIS speech contained ober Inconsistencies ubnb would
not have been exhibited 10 pa. days before mind hid
become weakened by age aud bis sOufeI By dsau
pOintmeut.
The b providing Tor the construction Of az fret el
steam nsatss passed 'he senate unanimously lev dayi
ago but u Is probable That months may esy.e sLre
= acted on IN the UOu-e An attempt uss nlje yt.r
day 70 take IL up Out Of tufr but IL Ytety failed az
GEES The bill must nOE take H. regular place on tL
calendar aud unless the feeling d tue HDn,e sLold !,
tile meantime undergo a chsnge il viii be tosry ,..L
before IL j. reached. This action Of the Iol h
81 remarkable as the measure recommended by ,I
Aunlb-TauOh, aud the Secretary Of the Navy b.s i,i
~ lied to Congress the necrSity u it, adoptr, a. 100 .
c possible. IL Is reasonable iuier from be teCI -, %
slider the bill, either that Democratic members byc ~
nc confidence IN the Executive, or that they are si,
blind to the urgent necessity Tor an immediate -,
q our Navy One would suppose that IN the pre.eat %
condition OF European Affairs, 40 American C,fs,a.
would not hesitate on a subject Of s,ct 81,
~ Importance Most Of those however WnD co,,,s., ~
e' "op,much more attention upon schemes Of local M 49,
II nal aggrsndncment thIu upon measures csIc,I,,a
az promote our Interests, advance our character as ~
!" ton ~ " W
The Senate has virtually passed a bill dis,rit,,;o
among the several states according N populaton and m
. senta'On ien millions q OF land for the fn,,s
j.. amchordting the condition Of the Insane n II sb,,l
AZ meet WIN he same favor ia the other house the poo
~ Wb'cn virginia will be entitled cannot Gll "a, sbo,,
On sH hundred thousand acres take il for granted H.
every one OF her delegates will oppose the bin Tor n econ
VI 10 be hSed rule with them Tes, any and evsrv no
9e ny winch their constituencies possibly be bens6,s
he 30 UNIFORM has been their practice 10 this respect a.
to give currency to the idea that this singular policy
=, by the resolutions Of 'gs The public has no o,be ~
" NSeouhung Tor The foo' which they 90 often e1hibit
on Inc homestead bill under discussion In the IL
W uay' Out no hna acton taken N,roerou. ,,Jia
amenn"eu's were proposed Tor purposes of Bnnonnt
ID but they we're generally voted doun (,optrarv a., 80
,n previous IMPRESSION the decided probability now f. IN,
% tho bill viii pA'' Tnote some talk Of t,ekic il
~ way OF amendment to the Nebraska bill but mo :
OF the KIDD has yet L.sn made ~ ''O ivV