New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-06-11
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T,e XXXytb Congress will AGost certainly
close its frs. session on Monday reIt aac lne eau
yass fer the succession to tie seats nov hled ~
tie Members may be SID practically to begin iu'
uedia.elJ thereafter. A few nominations, indeed,
hare already teea made and in Missouri, A'hsh-
sas ard perha, one or two Other Ststes, the Mem
be1s viii be chosen on TIE fret Monday 10 August;
VILE Vermont aud Maine follow il September;
but lie October Elections, especially tho'e he'd on
the secold Tuesday By Pcnrsy l7alia OHIO, Inci'
ara, i c., followed By New York, Massachusetts
Ilino;s, 4 c., in November, will pretty surely de-
ttrune tie character Of tie lew House. We DE-
sile TO address to the People few words OF oau-
ton with reference to these Elections, ard these
words tail les!e TO the trte aud abused pu'
It'll important subject Of Rettenchment and he
fCIm.
Il wculo be very easy TO launch iato party Ga
tIibe Oh this suticct-tc quote tie Cincinnati FIAT
form ard Bucharan's Inaugural in lautatlon oil
Public EccIony ard then hold up 10 contrast there
with tie inordnate expenditures and consequent
GnaIcal expecients Of the present Authorization;
bst TO what eLd' Every word Of Gen. W.lsou
and Mr. She5nah's late Speeches on these topics IS
true; bat what Of Il II is not enough thst oGr
present rulers are extra sgsnt and reckless; htae
Peotle are to te moved By an exhibition of these
facts they rust have some assurance that ther ell
foIts gre TO resut 10! merely in supplaEting the
bad, but n replacing il by the better. We demand,
then. Of those candidates for Congress -Repuelcan
or olhcr--who may b. disposed to make the e1-
trayaea1ce of our Federal Expenditures topic of
yir.uous defamation in tie approaching CANVASS,
that they be prepared TO indicate rot vaguely, not
loosely not by means of figures of rhetoric, but by
those Of figures of arithmetic what they mean BY
Retrenchrent AID how they propose to effect that
eLd. And, as an incitemeft to others, we will here
bre iy set forth our o1n 'iews on the subject:
!. Corgress.-We believe the Indispensable base
Of true Financial Reform IS a reduction Of the
emolume.ts CT Congress. No other legislative
BODY in the world unless it be Louis NapoleOn's
dunmea is so Vel pad as Our CcngresS now IS
Quite generally, legislation Is regarded as trust to
be rev arded only by tie honor it bestows and the
opportuaties i atforcs. We regard this az prin-
cpe to be re spected in tie spirit rot n the letter
To pay Members $4,000, with generous mileage,
for less than years servlce IN eltter House during
a Congress-, is beyond al reason. We do not care
to 60 back TO daily stipend; but i'll our judgment
81 coo for a tern-S2,5 500 for the longer aud
81 500 for the shorter Sc ssionwith twenty instead
of forty cents per mile Calculated by the tOpogra'
pher Of the Post-Offce Department, according to
the most direct mail route)-the pay subject to
deduction Of $40 for each ard every call Of tho
Yeas ard Nays TO which the Member fails to respond
would be generous ard just, aud we think tai'
Congress should not finally adjourn withont effect
ing this Reform IF It does. the People should
have another ready to replace it which will not
let month pass over It's head without reducing It's
own compensation
.. IT,, hr7ay-Of all sJlecsms, a Standing
Army IN Republic Of the AlXth Centur, is the
nuet irdcfcr.ibic. Tie abusc 10 so inonetrous tn
il is difficult to bring arguments against It, from the
inclcdibdy Of supposirg it seriously defended by
any ssye thcse who p.oi,t by it. From the coarse
knayeres whereby young simpletons and older bac-
chansls are seduced to enlist through the smarter
rAfcal.lcg Of tie sutlcis craft to the enormous aud
absurd squaEceIings C the transportation service,
all Is iacilaby di,gustDg. We have seLt regiment
after re sment to the Pacific Coast at cost OF not
less than s 900 per man before they are in poation
iur acunl serTicc, when moro effective force
could haze been mustered right there, fully equipped
ard eacer for actioD st a cost Of less than 500
Der man. Wretched affair as the Mexican War
Was it did teach US that American volunteers,
decenty led. ire full match for any regulars that
can be got up On this Cortrent. When men enough
can be found to volunteer Tor such war, ready to
tirht IN such Gauss twelve or fifteen hundred
miles from home, and DO actually tight well there,
unCer such Generals as Pierce ard Pillow, if ought to
BE- accounted high trca,on even to suggest the m ain
tensnce OF regular army thereafter. Leave West
Point, Gen. Scott Two MsjorGeuerals, I ur Briga-
5eIs ard az Elective STAFF, with at most two thou
said crippled or Invalid veterans to take care OF
foytieests, and encourage the formation OF efficient
volunteer companies, regiments AID brigadcs OF
siilt;a BY liberal bounties to the best organized
aud jlii.ed ard The deposit OF good musktt or
rifle in every dwelling whore master VIII give
security for is SAFE kecpios AID return when
required ani We have 10 more reed Of astanding
Army Il an Of an order OF nobility. Tie saving BY
the utter disbandmt * sid d:u.e oi such an Army,
regarded ssa movable force, and tue substitution
therefor of capable and prudent Wardens of the
frontiers with the rank OF Colonel, and power to
call out limited number OF volunteers for
months service whenever requircd-said month /,
be extended to thrce at the discretion of the
General commanding on that whole lrontier-would
save at lea.t Eve Millions per annum immediately
ord ,,l.instelr not less than Ten Millions Ard