Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1859-04-11

mon. On The fret Of November there were fscea
ty.|osr Assdrsd aad sighty-e,ghs-an increase o.
over thousand. Does anybody want 10 know tb,
place in New York on the Jo~rth Of November
and these one thousand additional men were pu,
there 10 control the electioni
That this was not an accidental circumstance il
proved BY reference TO the Philadelphia Navy
Yard. On the LIST Of January, 1855, there we're in
that Yard ave hundred aud seventy -four men,
The Phisdelphia elections, lot the reader bear in
mind take place in the month Of October Now,
the LIST Of October, there were In that same
Yard sixteen hundred and eightyfpe men Put
there to secure the return 10 Congress Of . pop
shop Democratic politician by the name Of Flor.
ence
From the table That is published BY The Com
mittee 1t appears that in the month Of October
last there were upwards Of ten thousand men en-.
ploycd in the different Navy Yard. of the country
Estimating their average wages At two dollars u
day and we have twenty thousand dollnss a day
for labor alone in our Navy Yards. At shis rate,
it would cost u.s. for tho single item Of labor over
six millions Of dollars per annumf IL it my
Notwithstandind the smallncss Of our Navy, we
have eight Navy Yards. Great Britain, with n
Navy lvc'times as large rs ours, has only two--
Now. with our small Navy. can anybody conceive
how employment can be given to twenty. -four hun
dred men in the Navy Yard at New York alone ?
From this statement Of facts. what il the inevi-
table conclusion? Mono other can DO reached
thnn thnt our Navy Yards are vast political ma.
chimes, sustained by the money Of the Govern.
ment. The common Treasury of tho country is
pundered daily to keep up the fortunes of poHt.
zeal party Undor pretencc of protecting the gov
ornment, these spoilsmen are plundsrng it every
day, in great many other rays besides that which
constitutes the subject OF this article Wo reserve
these for subsequent numbers.
We repeat the question-was Mr.. Toombs right
or was he wrong when he said that this ia the
most corrupt government on earth?" Was tie
Washington States right or was it wrong, when il
declared tim, FROM the Aigh-cays and by.pays Of
he G'rernp nf'hc ,oHnn-ss IF corruption sends
,o'M IN mu1tsaJie "~nch !" Let tho people de-
eide
We hnyc received n Communication signed "Old
Line Whig," recommending that the Opposition
in the Red Land District support Mr. Ieake for
Congress. "e respectfully decline to publish it,
f'r the reason that we hnvc determined 70 take no
paitdrecty or indirectly, in tho family fght now
going on in that District We are not aware that
either Mr.. Powell or Mr.. Leake has ever done
anything to propitia,c tho Wings. Both have
been uncompromsing enemies of our party from
tho beginning, and all the tmo. If living in the
District we should have, perhaps, personal pre-
fercnce-hut, 40 far as politics are concerned. it
Is about six ofonc anil half dozen Of tho other Ir
no Opposition candidate appear in tho field, We
should say-let the Democracy settle their own
family ieuds among themselves.
We should be pleased to hear from cores
pendent upon other questions of public interest
but we could not publish his communication with
cut infringing upon our rule.