Letter of Mr. John 4. Woshmgtou.-
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The following is the reply of MT. John A. Washington to an application addressed to him by the presiding officers oftho Senate and House of Representatives in Congress, for permission to remove the remains of Washington from Mount Vernon to the Capitol. Mir. G. w. P. Custis, to whom similar application had been addressed, expressed his hearty consent to the re- moval."

 MOUNT VERNON, Feb. 15, 1882.

 1O the HOn. the President Of the Senate,

 and Speaker of the House of Repre-

 SentGtiUes:

 Gentlemen,-I have to acknowledge the receipt of your letter and the resolutions of Congress, to carry into complete effect that which was adopted in Dece mber, 1799, for the removal of the remains of Gen. Washington to the seat of government.

 l have received, with profound sensbil- ity, the expression of the desire of Con- gress, representing the whole nation, to have the custody and care of the remains of my revered relatives; and the struggle which it has produced in my mind between sense of duty to the highest authorities of my country and private feelings, has been greatly embarrassing. But when I recol- lect that his win, in respect to the disposi- tlon of his remains, has been recently car rled into full effect, and that they now re- pose in perfect tranquility, surrounded by those of other endeared members of the family, hope Congress will do justice to the motives which seem to me require that should not consent to their separation.

 f pray you, gentlemen, to communicate these sentiments and feelings to Congress with the grateful acknowledgements of the whole of the relatives ofmy grand uncle, flor the distinguished honor which was intended to his memory, and to accept for yourselves assurances of my gratitude and esteem.

 (Signed) JOHN A. WAsulNGroN.

 Extract from Mr. Holiness speech in the Senate on the Tariff Question.

 "The gentleman from South Carolina (Mr. Hayne) wants jubilee! What another, and so soon, tool Sir, the one which you have will not expire, at soonest, until the 4th of March, 1858; and now you would have another on the back of this The tribe of Israel (and they were a discontented seD were satisfied with one year in fifty. Then all debts were cancel led, all prisoners released, and those who had been in any way deprived of their lands had them restored. The poor In- dians would, I think, be satisfied with even such jubilee. But on the 4th of March, 1929, you blew the trumpet and the jubi- lee was announced for four years at least, and l am sure more and greater blessings sosr %Ol 1l,oS enjoyed in aN their .jubilces. Very much was promised, and very much too was TO- alized. Editors, postmasters, and con- tractors, were to have offices-and it was so. Friends were to be rewarded and en- emes punished-and it was so, with ven- geance; and even friends were massacred, who were stumbling block in the road to ambition. Reform was 10 be thorough and it iS so-so thorough that the President is now engaged, most of his time, in re- forming his own reformation! The Bank was to be abolished, and new one estab- Iished, based on the public revenues and as there is so large a surplus of these, all were to come and have what money they would; l mean all the friends of the ad- ministration-and it is to be sO-ihat is, if the question can be postponed until after the ne1t electioml And, In addition to these, you have enjoyed, and arc still en- toying, many things which were not prom ised.

 The President has done what no oth- CT man ever did or can do; he has, as it were, annihilatcd space, and an American Minister is near to the court to which he is appointed, so long as he can getDo fur ther off! He has, moreover, invented, and sent off politics, fit for any size or any form Are you democrat? am the father of the democratic party. Are you for amalgamation See my first Cabinet poor fellows! Are you federalist r. See my last fdUOr to one. The federalists had been SO long neglected, that I was de- termined to make up for lost time! Are you against appointing members of Con- gress to officel See my precepts. Are you for it? See my practices. Are you against internal improvements See my Maysville vtto. Are you for theml See an act of the same day, embracing the same principles, is approved by Andrew Jack son Are you for nulifcation? had no power (do you see(to execute law, nor even treaty, against the will of " sovereign State :" Are you against it [ Read my letter to the Charleston dinner eaters. Are you against the Bank ! Read my first message. Arc you for itT Read