Delaware journal., 1828-03-11
A VIEW OF CONGRESS.


Mr.. Halle, of Mississippi, lately made motion in
e House Of Representatives. " that a select COM
Rjttee be appointed to inquire into the expediency
adopting some mode by which the public busi-
ess can be more ef1ectually disposed of and acted
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Mr.. Halle said--one gentleman from New-York
ad offered last Session. 1876 resolutions OF inquiry;
hd another 36-& above 2, 600 subjects had been re-
orted on, without coming to any practical result.
These resolutions Of inquiry were, generally, per-
ctly needless. They led to no good effect what
yer Two thirds of them were perfectly under
ood as being intended for home qonsumptlon-to
dvance some personal--some electloneering inte-
est.
! During the present Session, between and 700
esoutons of inquiry had been made--Besides,
here remained from three to four hundred bills to
e acted on Toward the close ofthe Session, bus-
ess was crowded on the House, and every year,
billions of public money voted away in ten mi
3utes. or half hour. They then broke up in confu-
lion. and two thirds Of the members did not know
khen they returned to their homes, what had, and
What had not been done. The People complained,
hat Congress- consumed two thirds Of their time in
bseless debate. The most finished oratons OF De-
nosthenes and Cicero could be read, he believed,
40 minutes but modern orators required two or
hree DAYS to discuss subject during which they
we're talking to empty seats. 1t is to be presumed
hat we all know something but we are talked to-
sif we knew nothing. He knew that every man
lad constitutional right to speak but ne was de-
rous that so much time should not be uselessly
pent. He referred to the practice, In the British
Parliament, ofcoughing down an orator. Here the
Iouse displayed symptoms of fimpatience--coughant
,a proaigious rate, s. Mr.. Haile's remarks suddenl,
became inaudibe to the Reporter. The House
would neither consider the subject, refer it t.
committee. Mr.. Halle deserved credit for this reso
ution, even were it intended for home consumption
The Internal Improvement blll-appropriatns
money for the continuation of surveys &c. has pass
d the House of Representatives by vote OF lo4
The Tariff has not been under consideration 70
oma days.
A Correspondents who certainly must have see
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;rab. 1t makes great show-spreads broa
rack on the sand-bat has got nothing, OF next
othng, in it, Go uptoit-put your foot on IT, an
will cave in directly. It will do to bailout CT
zoe, but it is fit for nothing else People have bee
Enown to take this kind of Grab for lobster bl
is no more like lobster than Ebony is like Topa.
ust so with the Jackson combination cause. 1t
10 more like the cause of the country than chalk
Ike cheese, Or a hawk like hand saw.
RAIL ROAD PROJECT.
The Republican Of Saturday last, printed at Al
papolis, says,
"The bill for Incorporating Company to NAL
Railroad between Wilmington and Elkton, w
rejected in the House of Delegates yesterday. III
dea seemed to be that it was an lnjndclous step
his moment, to interfere essentially with the su
cess of the Cross Cut Canal which is expected
Pc prepared to pass the trade in few months"