The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1871-03-17

OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.

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To-day is the first day of the great
carnival, and Pennsylvania Avenue is
in its holiday attire, decked most gaily
for the fete. The day is clear and the
air rs balmy as day in May. We
are in the midst of horse racing, goat
racing, tournaments, masquerading,
and thousand and one deviltries,
ETC., etc. The city is filed with
strangers and the streets are crowded.
The Avenue during the evening will
present a most brilliant appearance
from the calcium and gas lights with
which it will be illuminated. Con-
gress as usual holds high carnival on
Capitol Hill. but with the iollity going
on in the streets it is not to be ex-
pected that they will remain long in
session, but will SOON adjourn from
their disnified places and join the
carnivalers. It IS not expected. how
ever, that the Radical portion of them
will cut up any monkey shines which
will out-do some of their capers while
in Congress. @
The President denies that the ad-
ministration contemplates submitting
"a proposition to purchase n portion of
the British territory on the American
frontier. The Presidents denial is
not worth the paper on which it is
written, so little does his veracity
amount to. But to acquire British
territory to the north of US was the
prime motive in Mr.. Summers reject
| ing the Johnson Clarendon treaty;
that part of the programme may be,
and probably is, changed on account
of Summers fall out with his Excel
lency; again Senator Howard intro
duced a resolution recommending to
the High Commission to provide fot
the cession to the United States, of SC
much, al least, of the British posses.
sions as lies to the westward of Hud.
sons Bay and the main channels con-
Meeting it with the Arctic Ocean and
the outlet of Lake Superior, with the
right of free navigation through the
navigable- waters to the Atlantic and
Arctic Oceans. Senator Howard ii
one of the Presidents mouthpieces il
the Senate, and this may, or may no
be, plan of the Presidents, but i
proposes the very same thing witt
which he is charged and denies.
The High Commission will organic
for business about the first of March
It is thought that on account of thii
/ Commission sitting here that Congress
fthe next) will be in session until May
at least 1t is spoken very plainly, b.
both Radicals and Democrats. thatt
itching palm Of the President has con
triyed to make the settlement of ON
difficulties with Great Britain anothe
job, similar to the farming out of th,
;. Cabinet at auction, the gold pani'
swindle and the San Domingo job
and that "there's money in it" Th,
thing will bear watching. A job,
job, for ducat a job. ae
Senator-Elect Vance, of North Caro-
j lima, who has been here for some tim
: past, trying to get his disabilities re
moved, has gone home. A number 0
j the leading Radicals would vote TO
7 him, but the rabid ones, who ar
largely in the majority, will not. Il
: yiewlof the certainty that he will no
t be permitted to take his seat, and th
) efforts of the scaly carpet-bagger, Alb
, bott, to retain possession of it, on tn
) slground that he received the highes
: number of votes cast for an eligibl
: candidate, and is, therefore, entities
: to the seat, Governor Vance shoul'
resign and give the Legislature an op
lportunity to elect an eligible candi
ldate. si go ~ @ '
There is quite an effort being mad
. Iby Radical newspapers to cover up th
slcharges made against Gen. Parke,
t Commissioner of the Indian Bureau
-lby stating in advance of the report c
5 the committee who investigated th
|, foul business, that the Commission
$ er is not implicated, but
t will not do, so far as the pull
o lie are concerned; the robbery {
lthe Indians, On fearfully large scale