Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1856-04-07
SPIRIT OF THE MORNING PRESS.

The Intsitigenccy says Of aqueduct appro-
priation in the Deficiency bill, with great
force and truth
THE Secretary of the Interior, in obedi.
ence to his views Of the public interest, yet
with due regard to proper economy, recon-
mended to Congress, at the opening of the
session, various appropriations, most Of them
small, for public objects at the seat Of govern.
ment; and as the season had so far advanced
for all out-of- door work, the Senate, to avoid
delay, deemed il prudent to insert appropria-
tiops for most of these objects in the deficiency
bill; but the financial committee of the
House, to which the Senate's amendments
were referred, has reported against them
Amongst them is the appropriation for con-
tinuing the aqueduct for supplying the CITY
with pure water. The opposition Of the hon.
orable committee to these appropriations, and
especially the important one for the aoueduct,
has filled our citizens with the deepest ankle.
ty; and many of them have given vent to
their feelings and to very cogent arguments,
which they desire to address to the House
through our columns, against the action of the
committee Had we room for all of these con;
munications We could hardly presume them
to be necessary to impart to the members of the
House q correct understanding of the case
The committee have probably reported
against the appropriations for the same rea-
eOu tBab I0ey were ODlecleu 10 Dy some Oh the
most liberal gentlemen of the Senate, namely,
that they were out Of place in bill simply to
supply deficiencies in former appropria-
tions. However correct in point Of form this
objection may have been, the Senate conclu-
ded it best, instead of waiting to make pro-
vision for the objects in the general appropria-
tion bill, which will probably not be passed
before August, to save three or four of the
best working months in the year by inserting
the appropriations in the deficiency bill As
no one suppOses that the House can think now
OF abandoning q work 80 important, indeed 80
necessary for Government and People, and of
which so great portion of its expense has
been already incurred, and as the cost has, in
whatever bill, to come out of the Treasury
there is good reason to hope that the honor
able House will view the subject in the same
light that guided the course of the Senate,
and consider that a wise economy will justify
the little deviation from parliamentary form,
II any really exist, of retaining in the bill the
items which, on full consideration, the honor
able Senate deemed that they consulted the
public interest in placing there. While,
therefore, We beg our city friends to pardon
the nOn-insertiOn Of their communications, we
take leave to assure them of our entire conf
denee that they will not find the House OF
Representatives acting in the case either cap
tiously OF illiberally."
The Ua1on reviews the history of the Ne.
braska bill under the heading Of " The Power
of Great Principle" The editor shows, we
think, that the reaction on the principle in
volved is complete in the popular mind lie
also quotes Judge John Mclean, Of Ohio, to
show that that distinguished jurist ha. long
held that Congress has no power whatever
over slavery in the Territories.