New-York daily tribune., 1858-03-19

enforce IT, il Will " a dead kst<r. Blood may
f0w-hIooa win aow il you attemp: 70 eniorVe is-
but Il cannot be enforced.
Mr.. Chandler concluded his speech BY spirited
defense Of the FREE Labor and Free Lsborers Of the
North from the lmputations east upon them by Mr..
Hammond Of SOuth Carolina. Az an instance of
the men who are found among the workingmen ofthe
North, he cited Mr.. Banks, who fifteen years sgo
was working by the day in machine shop who last
year occupied the second or third place in the Fed
eral Government, and ten years hence might
perehanee, be seen wOrthiy filing the first place.
co,..,soSs.s. Of n. n r Tribune
WASHINGTON, March Is, 1859.
There is class Of protesting economists in the
House, who do more 70 pile up expenditures than
the whole force of those who are denounced as
reckless and eYtravagant legislators. The Free
Traders especially boast Of their zeal in reducing
the cost Of carrying on the Government, and YET
il will be found by scrutiny Of the appropria-
tions during the last ten years since their policy
went into effect that the responsibility of the hun
dreds Of millions squandered in that decade may
be traced directly to their doors. This will be
shown in detail hereafter. Ny present purpose is
TO call attention TO bill introduced by Col. Savage
Of Tennessee, proposing to extend the benefits of
the pension system to the soldiers of the war Of
1879. They were doubtless meritorious men, but
the spectacle which has been presented year after
wear of late in organizing conventions and COM
mittees for the purpose of operating upon Congress,
is anything but credtabc TO the dlsnterestedness OF
their patriotism. Under this process Of drumming,
which was started BY a few shrewd managers who
have pro6ted pretty well by the operation, bounty
land was granted Encouraged by this success, they
now claim to be placed upon footing with the
heroes of the Revolution, and demand pensions OF
Congress as further compensation tor their ser
vices.
According to an estimate made at the PeSsion
Office, Col. Savages bill would increase the public
expenditures between ten and tteen muitonS year.
Once passed, it would be but the entering wedge to
other measures of a similar character The suffer.
ings and losses during the Mexican war exceeded
those of the war of 1912, and no good reason could
be urged why the same principle OF generous recog-
milton should not be extended in the one case as in
the other. Aud il would be also claimed in regard
10 the Creek Florida, and other Indian wars, so
that the Treasury would before long be compelled
to face regular estimate of perhaps twenty five
millions year from this drain alone, supposlng the
policy TO be once established. Objection has been
made to the French SpoliatiOn bill, because five
millions are to be saddled on an empty Treasury.
Once paid however, the claim would be extin-
guished while these pensions would form regular
part of the annual expenditure equal to third of
the present enormous outlay. These facts are con-
elusive against the scheme
The Committee on Territories of the Senate have
got into a snarl about the proposed Territory Of
Arizona, arising from some contested line OF
boundary with New-Mexco. Ii is to be hoped
that they will continue in that happy condition, for
the biggest humbug and scheme yet presented here
is this same project of establishing a Territorial
Government over q wild aud unpeopled tract of
country, where the Apaches almost exclusively
roam in native glory. The project may suit specu.
latOrs who have interests to serve through Govern
ment contracts and expenditures in the wilderness,
by which this region may be opened to adventurous
emigration, and through which it is hoped to ad-
vance mining operations and stocks that are now SO
much dead weight in the pockets Of their present
owners, Just as they are Likely to be in the wal.
let's Of any future pOssessOrs. There may be good
reasons in the eyes of such men for creating a
governments but no consideration Of public expe-
diency has been presented which entities it to a
patient hearing. The whole thing has bad odor
Our present Territorial governments are quite
enough to manage, without bringing in other sources
of trouble. Arizona is only useful as nucleus for
Il new agitation, as propaganda of Slavery, after
Kansas shall have been settled, and as apoint OF
flibusteripg demonstration upon Sonora and other
Mexican provinces, which are really rich in mineral
wealth. 1t is fit for nothing else, aud these merits
will hardly recommend il to much favor The state
ment put forth by Lieut.. Moury, who elaine to be
the Delegate of Arizona, is plausible aud doubtless
fair in its presentation of the facts within his
knowledge, or derived from sufficient authority; bat
it does not cOntrOvert che public objections, which,
properly weighed would be fatal to his application.
INDEX.
From Our Osn Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, Tuesday, March 16, 1863.
The Senators this morning have q sleepy, worn
out, dissipated look, not unnatural to men who
have been up all night, and whose time for repose
since the adjournment at daybrsak has been broken
by caucuses, and by party conferences Of ono kind
or another. Very funny stories are told Of the
process of serving call of the Senate, an hour or
two after midnight, on Senators who had gone
home and to bed. The Sergeant Arms accom-
panied by carriages rode around the city and col
ected the deserters peaceaby if he could but forcl.
bly, if he must. Sam Houston was captured at the
Kirkwood House, taken from his he'd, and carried
growliIg to the Capitol. When called upon for an
excuse for his absence, he grsyely requested the
Senate to inform him what excuse it had TO offer
for the outrage it had committed upon his personal
rights BY dragging him from his bed at that untmey
hour. He protested that he would not be paclfed
till the Senate apologized to him. Senator Clay of
Alabama kept his doors locked, and defed the Ser
geant.at tArms-fatly refusing to obey the mandate.
Generally however, the absentees surrendered
themselves with a good grace, and quorum was
obtained at o'clock in the morning.
The Administration majority kept up the effort
to prolong the session till in the morning, when
bsfed and exhausted, they gave way to the handful
Of determined Republicans and yielded to motion
TO adjourn.
The Republican Senator'S held a caucus this morn