New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-08-25
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Kansas amendments to Tie AYnrorriation t,iII M
CampbeI declared that he had good reason for BE-
lieving that the prosecutions entered by Tie Govern
mens against Lane Robinson and others TOR ircpient
treason in organizing armed military companies to
resist the law In Ka1saa and In tte Topeka
goFernment, would be dismissed and sIe prisoners
set al liberty This declaration conpIsteY electrified
the House. Several members both oa the Black Re-
publican and Democratic side, dfateiy demanded
Of CarapbelI what authority had for making sacla
an assertion He replied that be coaId not tell with
out being guilty Of d breach of confidence Here
upon great hnbbub ensaed, and various schemes
were laid TO extract from Campbell Ills authority for
king the statement. Bat he remained firm, and
otstinately refused % stats How he came into pos
session of such determination On tie part Of the
Administration.
II y coniectared, by those Who knowing in such
matters, that Caleb Gushing Attorney General Of this
admir- Is at the bottom of ths affair." and if
ne chose coaa fell more about it than any body else.
t;aeb has been long knownto bs q cute and sy feI-
loW, and not Ct al serupulous about tile right Of q
latlg Wfen or personal interests are involved.
sly own impression is that administration seeing
tae peaoeFatic tuEbng ID piecesin III all
Of the Northern States, saW tie necessity og maxine
some division its favor i'll tlie Eogt md m nn,,
this liberation of the traitors of Kansas Il, N
with characteristic tirdity they thought n e ars
to give an inkling of the affair III Congress 81 "a a.
zee hog Il WonId be received by the psopie K fs
received with favor ifarence e viii be done If
it arouse indignation (as it bids fair to do, especially
IN the Southern statesy the administration win back
water, and retreat It would indeed be
curious and alarming exercise of Executive power
to grant immunity to- set Of traitors who are already
indicted and waiting trial for armed resistance 10 tie
law and the setting up Of an illegal government in
opposition to the authority Of the United States Az
little confidence as have in tie discretion ausl com.
mon sense Of this administration, am unwilling to
believe is prepared to take such step If itshould
be done you may rely upon it, it will be thesugge
ton Of the subtitle policy and fertile genius Of that
Machiyel of the present admins Caleb CusE-
ing. Thoroughly corrupt Is he is, and Away making
every consideration Of right subordinate to the
gencies Of party, just the man Is invite fresh
resistance to the law in Kansas by granting full ab-
solution to those who are aready for treason
Let the country keep ts eye On the administration in
this matter Of Kansas, and especially tiat iaetotum
of all its dirty work, Caleb Cushing.
The appropriation bills have not yet been Disposed
Of both houses being engaged III discussing and
voting upon numerous immaterial amendments The
session Of yesterday was occupied for some sire III
discussing and passing q bill for an increase Of the
compensation Of the members Of Congress Tie bill
which takes effect provides fol- tie pay
ing Of an annual salary Of twenty hundred dol
lars to each member, exclusive Of mileage. The
books heretofore furnished to members are be cut
Oh, and deductions Of pay to be made On account Of
absence. It is q considerable increase on the old
salary Of eight dollars day but it was steadily op-
posed in the House and passed only by the slim ma
Jorlty of three. Whether the President will give it
his approval remains to be seen but think he WILL
In $50. Congress passed a similar bill, giving an
increase Of salary to members hut it was So unpop-
ular with the people that upwards Of eighty members
who voted for it failed of q reelection Many of
those who voted for the present bin despair OF re-
election anyhow: and so on the principle Of making
hay while the shines they interpose no objection
to receiving about seventeen hundred dollars more at
the next session than they would have done under
the old bill. We live in 4 great country
To-day and Monday being the only remaining days
Of the session. there is tremendous outside pressure
upon Congress of lobby members claim agents, and
private claimants nervousy anxious get up the Yr
Gus bills in which they are interested. member Of
either house dare not show his face upon the Avenue
without being beseged by claimants, and mp1ored to
use his influence for this Or that. The lobby hang
around the approaches to both Houses, with a vigi-
lance surprising that Of sentinel upon his post and
the members, in order to avoid them, have to stink
through alleys and creep through back doors, A
member cannot even step to Casparis to refresh
himself with an eye-opener without having to brave
all the opportunities of the combined lobby.
The senate was in session until a late hour last
night and tonight suppose both houses will be in
session all night long It is q weary and fatiguine
buslness-but what with a little sleeping in their
chairs little patience little hard swearing and a
little lager beer and eau they manage generally
to worry through it with something like credit. The
last Of the session is sometimes toleFably ac-
eurate representation Of the daily scenes supposed to
be enacted IN Q certain warm locality down below
but this depends entirely the quantity Of patriotism,
pluck and punch, which the members happen to be
possessed of during the evening.
s The endorsement Of Mr.. Fillmore by the Wing
State Convention Of New York is but another eyi-
dence Of what is patent to every one Of the tr
mendous popular reaction in his favor now going on
all over the Union and the utter hopelessness Of Mr.
Buchanan's carrying single Northern State. Every
day, through the public press and private channels
we hear OF the thorough dissolution Of the Demo-
cratic party in the North and the transfer Of its
bers either to Gilmore or to Fremont. gentleman
from New York told me, few days since, that in
Orange county in that State after thorough seour-
ing Of theSyhole county, they could only find seven
Buchanan men in it An old soldier from Pennsrl-
yana "a Democrat too) told me, last night that Lam
caster connty-n which Buchanan yes-woild give
five thousand majority for Fillmore, and that all the
factory operatives, and all the miners in the western
part Of the State were for Fillmore to man. Thus
progresses the great popular revolution for the over
throw Of corrupt dynasty and unprincipled spoils
party, and thus beats healthily the popular pulse in
view Of rescue of the country from foreign control
and the inbecity of the present management of our
affairs If there be any tinid American or Wing in
the South who is still like Mr.. Vufin, shaky in the
knees let him take heart from these evidences Of the
great popular groundswel in favor of Fillmore, the
Constitution and the Union. Let him buckle on his
arnor and go forth with renewed energy in behalf Of
us country and his cause. Essex.
PROGRESS OF RELIGIos.-The :. Presbyterian Crit
c has an article from the Rev. Dr. Stuart Robinson.
in which it is stated that after careful compari,
son and summing up of the statistics Of the
various denominations, the Evangelical bodies of the
United States now number 80 900 ministers, O00 900
OF church members, 16,5000oo connected by educa-
ton and sympathy with them, 900, 900 invested
IN church property, s20, 100000 annually raised for