The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1859-03-10
ssc1l. Ashley in washington.

Gen, NShlcy, our rCplCsthluNNe III lht next
Congress, has been spending few weeks in
Washington City, and last Fridays Btddc con.
tOns very interesting letter from his pcn,
lie will make an active aud powerful ally for
the friends of F,ccdom aud Economy. aud wo
hope to see the next Congress tear the mask
from LocoIocosm and expose its corruption to
the county. The work has been we'll com
mcnccd and we have hilh TO believe that the
Republicans of the next Congress will finish the
lob. But, to the letter. We nuke the follow
ing extracts:
Douglas is, politically, as dead as any Egyp,
tian mummy which has been buried for 5000
years beneath the pyramids, | had the pleasure
of witnessing JciE Davis & Co., torture him for
twelve mortal hours, and never did Il little or
great giant squirm and twist more thun he, dur
ing this all day and half the night debate
Stuart of Michigan, Pugh, Brodcrck and Doug.
las all put themselves outside of the pnlo of the
immaculate Democratic Church, il HE Davis &
Co. Interpretation of the Cincinnati Platform
is the true one as all honest men know that it
as unl thus it will be made as the South die.
tate at the forthcoming Charleston Convention,
after which nearly all our present Douglas cham,
pions will he found striking their colurs and
su,rendcring to the Slave Democracy on their
own terms, For the present, however, in both
Houses the democracy are hopclcssly divided
aud can pass no important measure without
Republican votes, although they hnvc large
majority in both branches
" 1t come out in the debate in the S. natc ON
Popular Sovereignty that the South only ncuui.
csced in the Northern Interpretation of that
humbug during the frCSuentHl election, for the
purpose OF securing doughace votes; that they
knew ii was trick, aS did its author Also
that the South knew in advance what the dccis.
ion of the Supreme Court would be in the DreJ
Scott case, as Senator Mason admitted.
Under the rules OF the House the entire leg
isl"ton OF the country is in the hands of the
cOumi tCCS--hCncc the Importance of securing
the Speaker, who appoints the committees The
legislation ol the country can be controlled III
almost everything by minority it they cnl
secure the commit tecS--and the minority act as
u unit and vote TO sustain their committees -
AS one lllu}tuUon among many that coult
name, Of new and inexperienced members We
thgus the committee dictate, and which hav,
learned since | came here, is the following: A
scheme was concoced TO cXpcnd over n million
dollars to build a now dome TO the Capitol, an,
bill was reported by the COMMITTEES and $,
framed as to leave the impression on the mind,
OF the new members that tho appropriation ol
100000, which they recomm ndcd wusall tha
would be required TO take down the old dome
and build new one. 81 The bill passcl--an'
the old dome was taken down aud a new one
thereby made indispensable, What was tn,
surprise Of members, especially the new ones, at
the very next session OF Congress, TO find tina
the committee asked an additional uppropria
uon OF over @900000 to build a new dome .--
When asked by the new mcmberS If thev hat
not already appropriated the sum estimated h,
the committee for that purpose at tho last scS
sion, they were bIandiy answered that tha
amount was only TO take dOwa tie old one o
course the new one viii be built And thus i
is, thousands of schemes are originated to cX
pend the peoples money, and millions are no
only being thus uSclcsSly expended here bu
many more millions all over the country
Such, for example, are the useless expenditure
at Charleston and New Orleans on Custom
Houses costing, as they have, over three mil
lionS each already and the House snow, Will,
Wnie fighting over new appropriations fo
these same Custom lluuScs--thr administration
members voting for them almost to man
while they vote against every appropriation fn
our Western Lakes and Rivers. Evrn the ad
muiSrdliou men lrom Ohio aud the North vot
pgainst our interest, and at the same time vot
tor these eXtmvagaut appropriations for III
South, They do this while there is not n dolla
Ia tho Treasury and they must borrow none
TO carry on the Government"