Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-12-23
WASHINGTON NEWS AND GOSSIP

anu unexpected personal attack upOn the Hon
George Taylor, the Democratic representative
from Brooklyn. New York, under cover Of an
assault upon his bill to amend the act Of the
last session regulating the manner of paying
Congress under their new system of compensa-
ton. We quote few paragraphs from the
article in question that the public may COM
prehend its style and the an,mUs apparently
actuatiDg it:
WALL SrREET IN CoNGREss-HOn. George
Taylor. Of New York, is responsible for the fol-
lowing Joint resolution
''RsSOIrSd by thr-Ssndts aud House of Repre-
ssEfattrsS Of the United States of America in
Congress assembled, That the compensation al
lowed to memb-rs of Congress- by the act ell
titled An act To regulate the compensation Of
members of Congress- approved August l6,
le56, be paid in the following manner, to wit
On the first day of the first session of each Con-
ytesS or as soon thereafter rs he may apply, each
senator, representative, and delegate, shall re-
eeiye his mileage as now provided by law, and
all his compensation from the beginning Of his
term, to b. computed at the rate of $3.50 per month
aud, during the session, compensation at the
same rate. And on the first day of the second
any subsequent session he shall receive his mile
age as now allowed by law. and all cOnIpensa-
tion which has accrued during the ad journment,
at the rate aforesaid, and, during said session,
compensation per month at the same rate
"AHd Be AZ further rsSolred, That much of
the said act, approved August Is, lo56, con-
nicts with this joint resolution, and post pones
payment of said compensation until the close Of
each session, be, and the same is hereby, re-
pealed."
The introduction of such a resolution into the
House reflects little credit, IT, indeed, il does not
absolutely throw discTedt the father of il
The members who voted for il are scarceless less
Teprehensible. This bill of Mr. TaylOr's, when
reviewed seriously and carefully, presents itself
In very objectionable light, and to seems
nothing more nor less than an attempt to legalize
mode of transacting business, which, if applied
10 others than members Of Congress, would be
regarded as dishonest.
II seems very strange that it did not meet more
prompt and extensive opposition in the House,
and that the ''grab-ga which it covers d id
not command that ex posture from some virtuous
representative Of the people which its terms IL
title IL TO.
We sincerely trust that the Senate will give
this resolution q thorough raking, and then kick
10 out.
The reader may not know that this bill, SO
characterized, passed the House with but five
votes against it, after due discussion and scru-
tiny, and the Senate with hardly less unanim-
ity- A large majority Of the members of both
Houses-if the remarks quoted above are just
and true-haye been guilty of sustaining "a
Wall street dodge" that deserved rather to be
kicked out" of their halls-the design of
which was, according to the views of the jour
nal in which they appeared, a mere grab
game" On the part of Congress legalizing
mode Of transacting business which if applied
to others than members of Congress, would be
regarded az dishonest" That the bill. which
now a law, was proper one, is manifest in
the unanimity with which it was enacted BY
both branches Of the Congress of the United
States
A LETTER PROM GENERAL UESSINGsEN
As thoroughly opposed To the iibuster W aIker,
as all the world know US to be- we have always
entertained deep respect for the author of the
following letter who, though flibuster so far
In a connection in which We cannot justify fill
clustering, has proved himself to be a man Of
honor, sagaeity, benevoIence and true moral
courage in whatever trying position lie has
been placed. We have watched his career mar
rOwly, and are perfectly aware that he pos
sesses the qualities attribute to him above
IN high degree. However much We may diff
fer from him as to the fitness Of Vim Walker
for the task be has undertaken, we cannot.
without injustice 10 our own personal feelings.
refuse to him the space in the Star necessary
to the publication Of the following letter:
Ms~HISGroS CITY, d. G., Dee ~. 1857
SIR: In conformity with your desire, ! incIose
some notes ON Central American affairs You
VIII perceive, from their peTIISal, that the bull
OF tL- p, pulatOn is Indian An Indian race
however IN no wise resembling the Indian of
our NOrtLetn continent, who is "A BoInade a hun
ter and a savage; but the sauis- people found bV
me spanish CONG u-rOTs-sedentary, agFicultnraf,
lndustrinIs. patient, and suprrstitiOus-and who
lad built large cities, and raised stupendous
temples on Whose affairs smoked. indeed the
blood OF human victims. This Indian race the
onIy portion Of the population which labors and
producers, amounts TO from twO-thirds to three
Quarters OF tine who'll population. IL has never
mad any share 10 government; but is periodically
tOfn from us peaceful avocatiuns Ia III lat the tat-
ffss.I-
lions.
The lH.xed race consists Of Spanish Ind ian and
negro blood, mingled and rr-intermingled in
every iHIdginab variety and degree ii may lie
considered, "a for the most part, in a state OF
moral and physical degeneracy. A large major
ity are born with the hereditary faint of disease
Their leading mea are incUTabe factionists in
capable Offrse 9oycTnmeDt-shOwin9, indeed tn.
same p!aHsibility in writing pIoclaIrIations and
la diplomacy the Chinese, but without the
practical sagacity To raise or manage even saw
mill. The decay Of cities, OF industry and popu-
iation. and the abandonment Of plantations and
OF mines. everywhere attest the IA Did decline of
the counties they have cont oiled Yet I have
no hesitation in putting on record my conviction
That, IN a few years after Central America is
AMsfifoHiSSd, as some day IL Inevitably will be
It's crops Of sugar and coffee will approach or
equal that Of Cuba now, whilst its mineral pro-
onctS VIII fail little short Of those of California
al present W hen say AnsTiraaiSsd, | use a
term by which with an instinct prophetic oftbeir
destiny, the Spanish and mixed races designate
the political pTedominance of the oeopIe OF This
Union. ff - '''
The climate Of those regions is A. least az
healthy for emgFaniS from the United STATES IA
that Of Georgia or South Carolina: and tbosr
smigrants are not affected by the epidemic.
which decimate the native population. Vet in
by any COEyulsion Of nature, all communicated
could be cut OF between the United states and
those countries, am satisfied that in Ia IN a cen
tury, and probably within half that time thi.
mixed race would be wiped out by the christian
lied Indian, and the chrstiaDized Indian in turn
snbjugated and assimlated by the Pagan Indian
Years ago. In Guatemala, which alone contains
half the population of Central America the
mixed race would have been exterminated hut
for the accident that CarreTa, himself an Indian
can control the Indians, aud was gained over by
the clergy and a few families who have bowed
10 the savage despotism Of man. on the accident
Of whose life depends the exile Of their race
Back Of these so-called chTistanized Indians are
the heather Maya Indians, who will as surely
absorb them as they will the mixed races Al
ready These Mayas have Tavaged Yucatan with
lmDNnliV hey arp linz, 10