, 1859-02-24

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tPrpm on. own Correspondent
W4sn1roroz. Feb q. lsa
J,nchanan,s eagesnes TO be clothed With the war
nowcr against Mexico, Yucatan, Central America,
New Granada md Spain is easily accounted for:
He has bcen taken possession Of by various sets
and companies Of spectators. Que OF these sets'
1hc mpst active and powerful consists Of foreign
,1cvs. The head aud chief Of them Is Judah r.
BENJAMIN. Senator from Ii. Bet jamin is at the
head Of the stock jobkiug Speculation aehaan-
tepcc railroad enterprise It was be vino induced
p. N. G.. Brown to grant them most valuable
mail contract in f,grant violation Of law. Ih's
work lies in Mexican ter1itsry, aud the 6pecula'
tors know veil that their plans cannot be carried
mt In full unless our weak and foolish Executive
he empowered to take possession Of 1t under some
| n,ca. which Of course would be manufactured i'm
ncaia,ely after tue authority to act should be OBJ
tainel.
The Special Message, therefore, OF yesterday
asking for contingent declaration Of "ara8a1nsI
| all the weak governments Of this continent was
manifesto of the Jew specu1ators interested in ie'
huantenec Stock. Slidell's speculation il differ
ent af1a,r. He is not In the Tehuantcpec line. He
,s in for Cubau plantations for himself aud bls
friends, while other leaders in the s3o,ooo;ooo
movement want to profit by the ups and downs ol
our stocks and the purchase Of Spanish bonds,
certain descriptions Of which will rise to par when
it il found That the American government will as-
srme 500 ,0ooo 900, always provided that the in
tended reputation Of tie whole debt after the &C.
ouisitlon Of Cuba shall not lave been smoked out
| = Mi hnfnrr the cnTnin1tinn nj
tue scheme.
t)ur uolitics have deGenerated into one vast pool
Of corruption aud public pif!age, With innum"ra
lie tributaries embracing all sorts Of enterprises
and .rcluding many nations. Old Buck is mere
: csts,aw Tor The operators Of Wall, Lombard and
| Turtadneedle streets
There was lively debate in the House ycstcr.
d.r on retrcuchment~ Mr. Loyejoy tau his bar.
poon into the blubber Of The Democracy and N 'dt
It scream and squirm until the whole HOUSE
rang With its crie1. Mr. Washburne expressed
bis Hostility to the sale Of Rock Island. He de.
!. scribed it as q perfect western Eden, and
thought it sbosid b. Kept for Bona great gov
> eminent work, ~, for example, ~ arsenal ma
| The House Was in slaughterous mood and
cut down IT, army sppropr1ations about mil:
Inn of dollars, in ssse Nenate, Buchanan aud
Benjsmin's hand grenade caused -: animated
| debate. Several Senators wanted 10 know whai
had become Of the Oonstitution, but as no two
meaning in single particular, the general opin
ion appeared to be that its whereabouts IVES o.
/ no consequence.
As was natural and appropriate the Constltu'
tiou found its only defenders on the Republican
side. Mr. Seward ind Mr. Fessenden resisted
With great effect the turnin oyer OF tho ~,
porer, which belongs to Congress aud the Ex
ecutiye. Douglas pitched in to the support o
bis old friend tic President with astonishing
; cordlaiity eEd zeal. BE went the whole length
of the message sad a erod deal more. The pro
gress Of this Senator in ferTility is really hu
miieting. A few days since be was ready, nay
be WAS deeply anxious. to turn over the wholt
work of rstrenching and reducing the expendi
lures to Hunter, because be kneE gil abou
them. he ignored the Bsnate and thl
louse. the people and the prets, b
modestIy forgot s:mseH and wanted al
public responsibility and power thrown upon tht
Atiaptean shoulders of geuatnr Hunlcr. Toady
ism could no further 60. and ii theze wus { cingl
Douglas man in the galleries, au sure he hung
his head ct tue blse uses to which bis principa
had descended. This is not the way to got tht
nomination at Charleston or anywhere else.
I: is said that Murray Mcdonnell was obliged II
re>igu tbs Fifth Auditotship, or be superseded
The President couid net bear that so near frien
Of Douglas should be 81 near tie President Jas
j. Neogle, Of Illinois, il talked Of Tor TIE su1ces
sion, hut man from the South will probably b
| selected.
Martiu las bad some newspaper correspondents
| respecting his charges against Pine. He says b
! shall not publish them unless in selt-lctepce. Il
that case we shall have M expose which vii
donbt!c:s dlrice and distract tue too cumlrou
Admin tration party in Illinois. Pine is to
strongly en'renched in tue necessity ct maintain
ing the sto&us in quo, to be harmed.
By the way, allow me to correct 4 misprint-
, did not say tba' Col. e L. Webb had been uomi
mated by the President to McConnell's place, bu
that be had been nouputcd bY lis own poiticl
and personal friends to the President tor the Office
The receipts Of customs hare run down again q
New York to 100000 per week-atout oue.thir.
of The required amount This sets tie whole men
I | agerie in roar, and now the Buchanee1s in th
House say something must be doue to restore IL
revenues Next week will be given up to gen
t | .ral wranglc over this topic. JCS1us.