Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Wayne County, Ind.) 1831-1837, 1837-03-18

The commsreial community earnestly ds-|
sired The passage Of the bin sn6cipahng sne|
payment Of the remaining instalmenss expect
I'd soon % b received q the Treasury N;
der the treaties with France and Naples. AZ
the presene rnoment, such . measure vas
Looked for n one that would a6ord eonsi4era-
Bile relief 70 the pressure for money. The
bin eoseed tie Senate, bat was lest IN the
Thsn the bin for restoring the dus;ss en-
goods destroyed BY the great Ere in New
|Yosk-a measure Of obvious justice - inds-
viduals, and, from its extent and importanee,
deserving % be regarded ~ . public meas
the Senate also, but partook Of
the fate Of 20 many Of its companions, and
failed in the House.
The retaining this money in the Treasury
We are compelled 70 regard - harsh and
cruel exaction. We know no justification,
hardly any plausible apology, for it; and
while we speak Of the restoration Of these
duties - one act Of justice, we cannot but
refer to another, and that -, the CLAIM Of our
citizens for French spoilations before 1900.
These two claims Of justice, absolute justice,
las We consider them, would have absorbed
Treasury. When will Governments learn
that justice 10 the first and greatest element
|of al true public policyf
Among the other bills Of public nature
which passed the Senate land failed in the
House of representatives, was the bill for in
|creasing the Military Establishment Of the
United States. Though this was a measure
upon which there is great Diversity Of op.n-
ion, it must be confessed to have been defeat
led by other circumstances than the hostility
|of the House to it.
sNt,> ~.ho1> v,s.rnhAp ~ S>n~H> LII. -
ted upon by the House was about one hum
|dred and twenty; amongst which, As of the
greatest general interest we may instance,
from an examination Of the file Of bills, those
authorizing the REIMBURSEMENT Of the 10th
sections granted for the use Of schools, and
the entry Of other lands in lieu thereof; to
revive and continue in force the act ssto pro-
vide for persons who were disabled by known
wounds received in the Revolutionary war;"
to provide for the erection and repair Of Gus
tom-houscs, lat Philadelphia and New Or
leans;) to authorize the Ohio Railroad Com
pany to locate . road through the public
lands; to give effect to the 9th article of the
treaty Of 1919 with Spain; to provide for the
legal adjudication of the Bastrop, Mansion
Rouge and other grants in Louisiana and Ar
kansas; bill in amendment Of the acts res
pecting the judicial system Of the United
States; bill to authorize the President of
the United States to furnish certain ordn-
ance to the several States; the bill to rebuild
the General Post Office Building, and for 9TH
er purposes; the bill to provide for tho trans
portation Of the mails upon railroads, &c.
As one effect of the loose mode of doing
business in Congress, we cannot but regret
that among the lost bills is almost every bill,
sent by the Senate, for objects within the
of Florida and Wisconsin. which |
1nkindness to these younger children of our
Union we the more regret on account of the |
worthy Delegates from these Territories,
whose estimable characters, and indefatiea-
Die exertions in getting them through the |
Senate. deserved better treatment from the |
House in which they sit. Nor less, certain
y, do we regret that the liberal and enlight-
med intentions of the Senate to erect Hes /
,ital in this city, and to establish Criminal I
Court in this District, shared the same fate
IS the Territorial bills.
" the private bills, not acted on, the num-
yer is large, we believe, beyond all former
example. The number reported in the House
f Representatives, and never acted upon in L
my manner, amounted to several hundred.
Such are the results Of the session, az we
'astiiy gather them.
GOVERNMENT