New-York daily tribune., 1858-04-19

the vIId that Jou csnno. tell vh.tbfr Lee - a te'-
enty-four gun hip or ono of :ho-e Baltimore s'P-
PER- viii ta.k s'dss, which carry an e1ciL-''cJ
African cargo.
Mr.. Gam pbell retJri. hat be woD- ratie b.
TIE slave Of tie gentleman from Virginia, H. Y L.
wood snI drawing water for him, tbon .o b. Il"
slaye intellectually q any party on carth.
NJ Clement said hat NJ. Campbell, 70 r'o-
claiming his Independence Of party, IS ciank ~ th'
,hackle, ths. bird h!h, EOS when ia, be anytnn.'
slse than party man
"Away.,' s,.d M Campt.i;.
"Always Why all the reputation he f., n
his House, and Hna-ever reputation he may have
ia The country, end h. has repr'di N 10 both 1 o.
riy.d from hi, allegiance - party. IL "e md ever
had IN his country 9oparty man, anJ tie s'n1'e-
man from Ohio IL that man, should ad'i.e hm I"
present himtelf 10 BarHum at once.
Mr.. Bl,s oi Ohio remarked that the CITY "l
Washngt holds peculiar relation 10 the Peop'e
Of the ',j,ed States and that Congress is under
obligation o 10 that for tbs city which i r not i'e
any other CITY, II is place in the good oi when
the whole country l- Interested. \ majority ci t'.r
people are but Temporary resdents. lbey com,
5erc becaufe ths u the seat Of G0'ernment' ehd
their business il in some way connected win
il. Hence the population o! ths rl'y - 80
for different from tue population Of any oiner
city in the Union that il would be unjust
and improper Ia impose upon the property
holders the Hhole expense Of furnishing t"lr'.
Besdes it is a fact not denied by any one thar 'ht
influence Of this government has cODgregaied Srodnl
this city more .c0undres and rascals than can oe
found i'll any other city in the Un'ed Statrr. f'r
that reason Congress u bound TO pr0Yde -oe
measure for the protection Of the honest, r" that the
cj.y. instead of being den Of murderers, thieves
and blscklegs, may become for order and dec"ruIn
pattern to The people Of the States.
Mr.. Hi OF Georgia asked il there was any I'M
pedment in the way Of the Mayor and Aldermen To
prevent them from increasing the police force to
proper extent if they wish to.
sir. Goode of Virginia explained that they have
not the money nor the power TO rilse the money DF
taxation. The rate of taxation was already up 10
the biobest limit allowed BY the city charter.
Mr.. Burnett of Kentucky stated that the present
police force Of the city consisted Of Va men, with
Ibis force under the authority OF the City Govern
ment what is the state Of the city You ind here
murder a matter Of everyday occurrence with
arson burglary and every crime known III the cata-
looue Either the Mayor has not done bis duty or
he has a most Inefficient force under him. lie
knew nothing personally Of the Mayor: but he knew
that crimes are daily committed and the offenders
not brought to Justice. He WAS for organizing
police force that can ourselves control, WI" VIII
protect the public buldings and property; who viii
protect the members of Congress: who viii protect
our constituents who here on buslness, and VII"
will protect the foreign Ministers Wh" are here
with their attaches and families.
lie had been Member Of Congress three years,
ard had never seen policeman until the! were
made to put uniform the other day. those he
SAW were a miserable set of policemen. lie had
met two of them upon the street few days since,
and they were both drunk. Scenes OF disorder and
violence were occurring every night. lie dld not
think he was greater coward than his fcllow-men
vet such was the state OF the city that he did not
dare 10 leave his room without carrying arms Tor
defense.
A. NJ ...l hat. man Al.
walk the streets of Washington after dark IN So
curty. We are sent here to perform high aud re-
fponsibe duties and are expected to encounter the
dangers that result from our positions; but II WAS
never contemplated by those who sent US to Wash
npton that We were liable to be assaulted on The
streeis at night by assarslns. Like Mr.. Burnett
he felt tbat he was not y coward, yet he dared not
walk the streets after dark without revolver III MS
pocket. The assassins do not seem IL be- very par
tcular whom theyassaut. murder or sons other
outrage has been committed almost every t"elt,
four hours for the last three or four weeks. ihe
fault, 10 some extent, must lie with the people OF
the city and with the city authorities. On eNanlia
ton oithe records he found that you have in Washing
ton 1870 groceries ccnsed to retail splru0us liquors
in quantities less than a pint, aud these are Kept
open from day break until midnight. In addition 10
these there IL groceries licensed to sell lIor
IN quantities not less than Il pint, many OF "Dlch
doubtless violate the law and sell b, the glass. ms
makes 30 liquor shops, or one for every ~ Io.eFs'
Pass along PENNSYLVANIA ayrnne, the great ihoi-
oughfare of the city, and YOU will find III sihos'
eyeIv house faro bank famlllarly called thr
tiger" where YOU can stop in and gel r.d "i your
money lust as soon ~ YOU choose. Nben These
dens of iniquity ere closed we may expect better
state of morals in the community, and that Me ana
property Will have some protection, but not before
Mr.. Quiiman Of Mississippi had not seen the
- tiger" and said he was not 80 familiar with the
various establishments spoken OF by Mr. Singleton
a. were some of his younger fricnds. He knew
nothing from per.onsl Ob-eryst on, OF the lawlcss
meas OF the city, and sometimes walked the streets
with feeling Of curiosity To- see IL ANYBODY would
attack. Thus far he had esc"ped me hshds oi
the a,sassins He admitted there was very
demorsi2ed ststr of feeling in the city, but what
Was wanted for its correction was not brute lorce
but good magistrate filled with intelligence, activity
ard spirit to execute the laws. Ibe NUMBER ol I'M
present police force liz thought sufficient IT, pre-
serve the peace of the city. BESIDES, he strongly
objected 10 giving the National Government the
control of this Preiorian guard oil loV men. Ii
wOuld be the beginning OF syslen! Nhlcn w0uu
very hard TO get rid Of. Us principal objection.
h0wtver Vss that the wi arose IRON the dcm"rs-
zetiOn Of the city.
Nlr. Stanton Of Ohio agreed Will Mr.. {uiilnan So
far A. regarded the decentralization 0f the city.
What wse the cause oi that Generalization 1t
was that p;ratical political maxlm thst To- The
,ctors belong the rpcils-s maxim which has bern
practced by all psties, and for which no party is
specially responsible nj This day. Here is the great
center Of political power and p2tronsgr. Here Is
tie fountain head from which they are distributed
Al through the country men who control elections
are the men who are singled oU: iCr the purpose Of
receiving rewards of patronage which are dispensed
BY the party in power. Tne consequence IS that
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