Litchfield enquirer., 1837-09-21
Covrnsncndence OFfhe NeuD. York Erpress.
 LKnahi1lnan.a 0nra ll 1922

II
 Washington, Sept. n, 1637.
 What will Congress pol and what will l Congress KOr do arc the two important | questions which, above all others, are receiV- ing the attention and discussion of all parties | in Washington. What Congress OUGHT to | do and what Congress WOULD do, were its | members all wise and patriotic, are questions much more easily answered; but what Con- gress WILL do, at its present extra session, is a question, although asked by almost every man in the community, which remains un- answered by even the wisest and best inform ed men in both branches of our national le- gislature. What Congress will NOT do, how ever, is question which may be more easily answered. St 8 sl5si9 4.a re> v,
 At both ends fthe Capitol, today, we have had some strong signs of the times indicative of the length of the present session, of the probable character of the discussions, and of the measures to be proposed. The Adminis- tlation members, in part, have given their views, and the opponents of the Admlnlstra- tion have given theirs. Cambreleng, and Smith, and Duncan, of Cincinnati, and Boon, of Indiana, with other members, have given their opinions upon one side; and Bell and Cushing, and Wise, and Riddle, their opin- ions upon the other side. So far, then, as an opinion may be formed by a third party, locker on, these two divisions of both of the great parties speak each, not the opinions of i themselves merely, but the belief and doc l trines of their political associates. Mir Cam l breleng has made debut for 1857, and m l manner and matter both, 1t bears a strong re-
 semblance to his debut at the first session of
 the twenty fourth Congress. Nearly two
 years since, MT. Wise, at the early part of 1 inc session, called upon Mir. Cambreleng for l his views as chairman of the committee ot l Ways and Means, upon some important ques-
 tion. The commercial representative" up- l on that occasion, went into WhlrlWlnd ot l passion, pronounced an exordium, threatened l a speech, and finally closed his brief reply of three or five minutes, by telling the gen. tlemen of the minority to M E
 "Let the gailed jade vince fas{ Ills withers tuere unwrung
 The minority candidate has again been playing the same ridiculous part today Mr..Bell, of Tennessee, in a very civil man. ner asked, not Mir. Cambreleng, but "the l honorable Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means'' Q few very civil questions in relation to the plans to be proposed by the Committee for the adoption of Congress. pause for reply brought the Chairman up-
 on the floor, "tull of sound and fury,"' pre- ] pared for briefspeech "signifying nothing"
 MT. Cambreleng began, not as before, with his "galled jade' and "unwrung withers," but with vociferous challenge.that (he) 0, 1 | i've, our party,) "throw out the glove" and challenge the best of you, (the opponents of the Administration toetake it up. "The President has given his views, and now gen. l tlemen Wings do you give yours. State your plans of relief, your remedies for the embar- ] rassments. We have given ours." Wise, of Virginia, here entered the chase, 1 and huntsman.like came in pursuit of the 1 game. As Mrl Bell and others had spoken before, so spoke the young Virginian. In common with his political friends he had left l home at the summons of the Executive of the l nation. He came in obedience to the proc lamation announcing that Congress had been l called together for the discussion of "great 1 and wcighty matters" He came here not to | propose any measures, for he had none 10 ] propose, and since he had been in the city he l had heard of no member of the minority 1 opponent of the Administration, propose any l plan, directly or indirectly for the consider l ation of Congress. It was not for the minor ! ity, who were powerless, to propose any l measures of relief, but for the majority. who | had the power, and whom the country held
 responsible, both for the use and abuse of l power. MT. Bell had expressed opinions ] similar to MT. Wise, and both MT. Bell and ! MT. Wise seemed to express the only opinion ! I have yet heard advanced by the Whigs in l Congress, which was that they cGne here not ! to propose, but listen to Proposals,-,,ot to remedy eristing ens6SrTassments, for they had no P0icer
 to remedy Asm,-aot to lead, but as far as con- | sistent cib duts, pairiotism ard jnstics to too,0 Their positions and determinations are sim ! ply these-GENTLEMEN or THE ADMINIsTRA-
 TroN, IN OBEDIENCE TO THE SUMMONS oF THE l EXECUTIVE, WE ARE HERE, NOT FOR THE CREA-
 TON, DEFENCE, OR CONSUMPTION or ANY PLANS ] OF OUR OWN, BUT TO LISTEN TO YOUR PRoPo. sALS,-To DEFEND THEM AS FAR AS THEY ARE | GOOD, AND TO SUPPORT THEM AS FAR AS THEY | ARE PRACTICABLE AND BENEFICIAL. GENTLE
 MEN, HERE WE ARE AT THE SUMMONS or YOUR
 EXECUTIVE. WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS? |
 This is the doctrine, the determination of the Whig members in the Senate and in the House of Representatives. Mr. Webster, in ! view of such position, has already proclaim | ed that he will throw no impediments in the | way of the majority ,-that he will rather | hasten than retard their plans.-that upon | them. the majority. rests the responsibility, ] 1 and that to them, therefore, the country look I for relief and not to the minority, who have no power to grant relief.
 So much in regard to those upon whom the
 responsibility rests. and to whom the people | look for remedy for their embarraSsments. Two additional motions have been made,- the one in the Senate and the other in the ] House, which have direct bearing upon
 the length of the Session and the measures | probably to be adopted. In the Senate all | resolutions, petitions, reports.-every thing | m short. tereign to the Presidents Message | and not suited to the immediate action of the | Committee of Finance, will hereafter be laid | upon the table, as several memorials in re- | gard to National Rank and some innortant |