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.as5 WAsH1Sarox, April 17th, 1856.
me Black Republicans III the Senate, in no wise
disheartened by their defeat Of Thursday III TING
recentio1l of the Kansas memorial returned to the
charse5tn Monday with the same memorial rehashed
and patched up and made another effort to have it
received. a debate Of FIVE and a half hours ensued
bt II Vas very much the same debate as occurred on
lie dist presentation. Finally twas rejected, eleven
votes appearing in the affirmative. OF these eleven
one was a3patent Democrat, QIr. Hamlin Of Maine,)
and the rest were the regular Black Republicans Of
the body This matter has therefore received its qi
etl,s TWAS introduced at first not with any expec-
tatiol that it woudbe entertained by the Senate but
solely for the purpose Of agitation T has served its
and Hale have relieved themselves of
BancombeT speeches, and now there is prospectof
quiet at last g For this relief much thanks"
The House has not yet finished with the Deficiency
Bill Most of the Senate amendments have been con-
CURED in but some of the most important have been
rejected Among those rejected is an appropriation
Of three hundred thousand dollars for continuing the
Washington aqueduct. This is intended to supply
Washington City with pure water from point mp the
river, just as New York supplied with the water Of
the Croton. The rapid growth Of Washington, and
its prospective greatness abundant justif this steps
and it appears to to be false economy to withhold
the appropriation. Independent Of the necessity OF
water for all the ordinary purposes Of life, is much
needed here in cases Of fire. Should any Of the pub
lie buildings be set fire, there would not be st
cheney Of water to extinguish it. But the Senate will
probably insist the amendment, and it is thought
| that the House will eventually concur in it. H.
i The neWsof the temporary reverse of Gen Walker,
in Ncarag qua, has been received sby the Admins
straton with unaloyed delight. The Union of this
morning scarcely attempts to conceal its qualification,
and gloats over mine thousand men" which Costa
RIGA has in the field, (which, says, twill be- largely
increased by the leyes now making Throughout other
| portions Of Central America = =s 81 ~
Here, tthen spectacle Of handful Of brave
men,, engaged in gallant struggle for the mainte-
nance Unpopular liberty this government SO far
from encouraging them, actually seems to glory in
the Strength Of theopposng army, and to view with
iconcealed satisfaction the prospect Of Gem akers
defeat.t If this quarrel were between henatite
ha5itnt of Central America we could not be justified
in withholding from the liberal party encourage
ment Of our approval As it is, is between former
citizens Of our Republic and the uphoders Of the
old despotisn under which that beautiful land is sub
siding into insigniicance. And yet this feeble and
lUISetlul LIE
and Understanding professions of the inaugural has
not the grace even to remain slentbut, through its
accredited organ the Union virtually sides with the
effete and broken down oligarchies of Central Amer
i ica as against the estabshmentof popular nstitu-
tons and looks with complacency upon the defeat Of
their great propagandist! Was there ever such hol
low mockery as is contained IN Bl1gadler General
Franklin Pierce's inaugural NJ 5z5;, 50 - e
tn bn
citizen of this country deprived of his liberty
) by foreign goyernment,we had the notwithstanding
exhibitions of vaor For the sake of Koszta, the ad-
ministraton pretended to be willing to whip all the
i world and the rest of mankind When the dignity of
Mr. Borand insulted by the projection of bottle
b against his nose nothing could appease the indgna-
ton of the Cabinet but the destruction of San Juan,
and the offering of holocaust to the outraged ma
II iesty of the nation. But now, when the adInnistra
ton has an opportunity to signalize its sincerity in
the professions Of the inaugural what do we see 1t
is sickening to think ofit
1 IA The whole foreign policy of this administration
without exception in any single instance, has CON
sttuted series of blunders, absurdites and nconss
tencies. The mission of Mr.. Soule to Spain
dered nugatory by the rigid old ogysm Of Mr.. Marcy.
He has acted as dead weight to the administration
4 ready to pull down at any moment whatever tenn
porary exhibition of progress it might have been dis
posed to make When before, in the history Of this
country gwas it necessary for representatives in
England, France and Spain to hold long and secret
conferences as they did last year at Osend and AK
Chapel? When before was it eyerthe case that oul
foreign policy was one thing today and another
thing tomorrow, and no one knew what twas? ''
II Mr. Pierce can read over his inaugural address
without feeling his cheeks Jingle with shame at the
present posture Of the administration towards the bel
ligerents of Central America then indeed must he be
lost to all sensbility Never before has there been
bold and distinct contrast of lofty professions ant
:. feeble performances-of magnificent promises ant
insignificant results. Let the people bear these things
in mind, and drive from power the whole pack o
punderers who now riot in the spoils Of office, re
CARELESS alike of the honor the dignity and the wei
fare of the Republic. ESSEX.
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