The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1860-06-30
1)olitital.
Washington Correspondence.

THE VOTE OF CENsunE The vote of cen.
sure upon the President and MI. Tonccy. the
Secretary of the Navy, passed by the House
nf Representatives on Wednesday last, is the
inost overwhelming rtbuke that has ever been
administered to failhless public servants
Accustomed as the present Administration
must be by this time to the repeated chastise
,nent of an indignant people, this express and
pointed mark of the disapprobatIon Of the
representatives Of these people will be felt
ketnly by the President and his constitutional
xdviScrS. The question now arises. whether
Mr. Toucey will resign the Office OF Secretary
If the Navy? lie and his chief were rebukcd
first without division, secondly by vote Of
ll9 to 90, thirdly by vote Of 1872 to 81,
tuurlhy by a vote of log to Gl aud filthy
hy vote of 90 to 81. The vote was not a
strictly party vote, but included number of
Democrats, North and South. as we'll as all
the Americans and Republicans, If such
cessure were bestowed upon a member of the
English ministry, it would by followed by
instantaneous resignation Bait. Patriot.
The following are the resolutions referred
to in the above correspondence. They were
reported last year by the Committee on Public
Expenditures but were laid over at that time
Resolved, That the Secretary of the Navy
has, with the sanction Of the President, abused
his discretionary power in the selection Ola
Government.
Resolved, That :he contact made Ly the
Secretary Of the Navy, under da,e of Septcm-
Der % 1858 with William G. N. Sw 1T, for
the delivery of live.oak timber. was made in
violation Of law, and in manner unusual.
improper, and injurious to the public service
Resolved. That the distribution, by the
Secretary OF the Navy, Of the patronage in
the Navy yards among members Of Congress,
was destructive Of discipline, corruping in
its influence. and highly injurious to the
public service.
Resolved, That the President and Secretary
Of the Navy, by receiving and considering the
party relations of bidders for contracts with
the United States, and the effect of awarding
contracts upon pending elections, have set All
example dangerous to the public safety, and
deserving the rrproof Of this House.
Resolred. That the appointment, by the
Secretary Of the Navy, Of Daniel II. Martin,
chief engineer, as IL enlbeI of the board of
engineers to report upon proposals for con-
ntructing machinery for the United States,
the said Martin at that limo being PECULIARLY
interested in some Of said proposals, is hereby
ccnsured by this House.
THE CovoDE INoursIr,oN.-The Corode
Committee has gol possession Of two hundred
If the fraudulent naturalization papers issued
for use in Pennsylvania in 1856. Six thou
sand Of the kind were used. and those who
used them will be detected if they attempt to
repeat the act next fall. The witness Kearns
gave them up. stating that they were lot
he had left over for want Of men to use them
upon. The Covode Committee will endeavor
TO report on Monday if they get their work
completed. which is doubtful. The testimony
will cover more than seven hundred pages
Mr.. Train, Of Massachusetts, an able LAWYER
has devoted most Of his time, day and night
in preparing the majority report, and Gov
Winslow. of North Carolina is understood
to be engaged upon the minority report.
Bali, Patriot.
CONTEST. letter Of John Mitchell TO the
Chicago Frse Democrat dated June 10Th, tha
following passage occurs:
There is no Democratic party row that /
am aware of. 1t was kept alive four years
longer than it had any right to live, by the
generous zeal and attachment Of the Irish born
citizens of Northern States. who loved it for
the traditions and associations fits vigorous
prime. 1t is impossible any longer to belong
10 party which is dead and gone, the soul
having gone out of it. and the very body torn
hmb from limb. IL had any credit with
my fellow-conntrymen. should exhort them
to seek new combinationS-to isolate thcu-
selves no longer as the q Irish vote ITO
merge IN the several organizations of their
fellow. citizens, and be guided in all public
affairs by their own views of right, and the
political interests Of the community i'll which
they live"