Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-04-26
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nTAE 4niystsql,howl of sxeerationles fsom-
the newspaper editors over the dilatory
proceedings OF Congress has had its effect.
As air. Chase saddeoIy became alarmed
when gold went up to 100, SO Congress be.
gan to tremble before the omiuOus hinder
Of great e'sgdissatisf4ction. Ii is
the truth that Ia Eve months Congress has
done nothing but squabble over small mat.
ters, while thegCouutry has been steadily
drifting down to destruction. Mr. Chase
thought to iUtiate the currencJ SO as to
Hoat I've hundred millions more Of bonds
at i've per cent interest. and gold is rapid.
" mqqpyips 10 two htiadred. 1.-The would
pay six per Gems intsrest he could, keep the
value OF the currency thirty per cent bet.
ter than 1t Is now. The result is that While
hesaves one per cont ID 6IS interest he
loses twsuty per cent tuthedepreciatiOn In
his currency. He will see his error ere
long or he will deprscists the premium
upon gold by judlc,uns measures. But il
he drives g.iI G'5IoU otn .he sell his
Eve per ceut bondsf Aud if, on the other
band. he permits iati4tion to go on, how
! long will Ihs masses endure the war;
These are his troubles, aud if be rises
above the.n all aud saves the country from
a financial crisis, he will prove himself a
greater general than any iwei DOW have in
the Geld. A9..
Speaking on this subject lEashiugton
correspondent makes the following obser.
vatious: s. #gf4#
Congress is at last trying to do some.
thing to save the country. Two or three
important bills have been passed since tue
tremendous rise in gold last Friday week,
aud the tax bill was taken up :his morning
aud made special order from day to day
Iill DISPOSED Of Evening SESSIONS are now
| held. and presume that they will continue
to the close Of the session. This is the dis.
position Of Congress, aud SEQ indications
that a ceomParattvely early Adjournment
will take place. A week ago everybody
was predicting that an adjournment would
not occur before the first Urmiddle of July.
But tht~IsHdiug members hAvs' become
alarmed, and are demanding. speedy ASTON
| on all the important measures which have
been reported from the various committees.
tia easy enough for Congress to adjourn
By the first day of June, II 1t will sit 'down
to bard work night and day.
The newspapers have uttered some Very
harsh criticlsuas upon Congress and some
OF them have been nunre1soDing. Anaior-
ity OF the members Of Congress have at all
times bEeb anxious to attend to the busi-
mess before it, but dozen men in each
house-ihe selt constituted ICaders--hnve
done nearly all the talking, all tue mana.
ging, aad have forced the Whole country TO
hear what they have had to say. a saga.
ciOus member OF the House said to me this
mO-qiug, ..l have wanted TO make q speech
or two this win ter n-he .is an old member
and brilliant speaker-"but have been
ashamed to do it. There are twenty men
| in Iht5 Housewife have .doue noI hing but
talk. He might have added that half Of
them are new members. There is Mr.
Herman OF Utica, q new member, who
| should be modest, but be has made dozen
speeches already. Brooks of the New York
EEpreSS is always talking. Winter Davis
has made several speeches. but he is not
new, in Congress. Tue new members are
not modest In this Congress-lhat is the
takers areinot There is one man on the
republican side of the House who is also
trying to mix iu tho debate though he is
new in Congress-. The other dSy5he got of
y speech on the Long xpuIsion debate,
|
| ed, s0tt0 UOce, "It that squirt does not quit
his practice of sPriukIiOg dirty water over
the House. PIls resign my seat" There are.
too many such men insthe House. - y
The Senate has passed the Sherman gold
bill, but few republican senators voting
against il. Mr.. Collamer OF Vermont made
an Ingenious but shallow drguHent against
the bill. The old man>is generally solid
In his arguments, but whenever it comes
to financial matters always imagine that
l see "A large number OF Vermont State
banks in the background. Mr.. ColIamer
doesn't fancy Mr.. Chase's policy, and, re.
publican member of Congress is often
quite as bad AS n copperhesd in legislation
1t there is state bank or q whisky distil-
lery in his district. ] am aware that it
doesn't make one popular to write such
things, but they are true nevertheless. L
can't see the difference between Mr.. Blank,
a republican, who will let the couutry DRIFT
4 TO financial rum because he dlsIikes TO
offend the banks in his district, or who
may have bought up lot of gold or
stocks, and Sir. Copperbend, who secretly
desires jeff. Davis TO triumph. Both by
their votes aid the rebels-one because he
loves the rebels aud the other because he
loves money. 1eg.515r
The country may be satisfied that Con-
/ gress ls going TO raise the tAxes, raise the
scale Of duties and try every method TO
knock the gold speculators in the head. II
can accomplish a great deal, but @ len.
Grant must achieve victory or there Is
no certainty that gold will sink in value as
compared with currency. The General
waits simply for settled weather. So long
as the rain pours every other day he can
do nothing. When the roads are pRssable
he will chow the country what his inten.
ttons are. He has large army under his
control, and so has Lee, Very much de-
pends upon the destination, of Burnside.
bear gossip TO day that looks very much
as It he was going to the Gulf. IL he is
that expedition will be fzzle, and tor the