Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1860-03-16
FROM WASHINGTON.
WAsn1NaroN. March I. Is

a scuruy trick charged upon The Douglas man
ayers.
The States, a Democratic newspaper Of this
city, charges that the Douglas Committee of
this city are scattering multitudes of a pam
phlet U.incoln's speech) through the post
office, scattered broadcast through slayo-hold-
ing statos-the headings Of which pamphlet
declare Douglas an enemy Of he North, and
urge The people of the North to oppose him
presenting him by parity Of reason as the
special friend Of the South. This charge
comes from the Democracy, and the name of
an Illinois member is given as the person who
franks the document. Apparently it is true,
therefore. A Committee that will do that
will be pretty sure to send another pamphlet
to the North, with different headings and of
matter to match. Once before this, certain
letter from Senator Douglas has been garbed
by his friends to suit both markets II is
sort Of trickory which be ought to discounte-
nance-nay, stop at once--if he would not
be utterly disgraced. / suspect he is too
anxious for the Presidency to attend to his
reputation. For example: in his reply to
Mr. Seward, Feb. goth, Mr.. Douglas said
'But inasmuch the power to introduce slavery not
whsandng the Mexican laws, conferred on the ter
roria legislatures under the compromise measures Of
1880 the right to introduce it into Kansas nowthstand
ing the Missouri restriction, was also purposcd be
ferred without expressly repeating the restriction The
legal effect was precisely the same "
This is equivalent to saying that Congress,
in 1850, repealed the Missouri compromise
IN effect, and gave power to tho territorial
legislatures to introduce slavery. But this is
1860, and Mr.. Douglas is anxious for the
favor of the South. In 1850 and afterwards,
Mr.. Douglas denied that this was the purpose
and effect Of the act. Lead us not into
temptation"
The Mileage BIZ
Passed The House Yesterday, with only
about twenty dissenting votos-among them
barely one Republican, 1t reduces the pay of
the Vermon,ers about ten per cent
Investigations
Are the order of the day. On Monday,
Mr.. Covode of Pa. (Repub.) introduced a
resolution raising select committee to in
quire into corrupt practices in securing cleo
gress--in public buildings, &c, &c To-day,
Mr.. Hoard Of n. Y. (Repub) introduced
another, to'cxamine into the charge that the
Executive has interfered with the independ-
ence of Congress on the Kansas question.
The Democracy professed to be perfectly will
ing to have Investigations, yet made a terrible
noise about them. Never have witnessed
more disorder in Congress than on these res
olutions. To the first it was objected that
the charges were too general-specifcatio
were wanted. To the second, which furnish
ed specifications, il was objected that they
were not broad enough-that perhaps other
abuses existed, among the Republican officers
recently elected, or perhaps in the States.
The defalcaton in Maine, by its Treasurer,
was especially alluded to, Well: remem-
Der to have read that in farming out the rev.
enue in Egypt, the agents of the Government
steal; and have also read that an Egyptian
the Slavocracy of this country, has actually
given some horses 70 Senator Seward. WHY
did not this occur to the democracy How
is II that the Republicans in Congress arc
held responsible for the sins of the Maine
treasurer, and not responsible for the blacker
rascals ip Egypt don't understand it. II
is CERTAIN that an Egyptian gave the horses to
Seward: ergo6they are Republicans. 1t is
also certain q Z the Egyptians are copper
colored ergo they are even bldcker Republi-
cans than are the down east chaps con.
fess that ! do not understand this utter 81.
lence in regard to the Egyptians, which
clearly has just as much relevancy to the
sins of the Executive department here as has
the defalcation Of the State Treasurer of
Maine. ! conclude that the friends of the
Administration were in an untonable position
and so the House thought. The resolution
was adopted without a division, the more
prudent Democrats refusing to screen the
Administration from the scrutiny Of an inves.
tgation. 1t will of course be difficult, if no,
impossible, to convict anybody Of corruption,
because the corrupted are as guilty as the
eotyaptors. and not criminate themselves.
II may be pyogsd that the Administration at
tempte! 10 buy Totes on the Kansas question,