Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1838-05-28

- ~ ~ 49, th' u nj. u. Dfp1 10,
sist In being in a minority. This desire has hann
and will continue 10 be, gratifed. e"'
WHEN WILL CONGRESS ADJOfpN,
lhis question Is now in almost every h.,.
mouth and il is natural enough that i, ,bo.,,
so. Congress has been in session ne,,,,
months, consuming The time and wasting III.
sure OF the nation, in ~proftless if not in mt.chio.
discussions-aEd what has ii done , Nh.
emphaticaIly nothing. The public bps;no..
been permitted 10 sleep in its COMMITTEE.
upon IT. table, aid nnmberless private bills IL
on the score OF private right as well as Of ..,r
faith, demand prompt and speedy action, are w., m
touched, and are doomed to be smother.d
close of'he session, as they have often tee, No..
tolore, for want of lime 10 bestow upon ,he,
pei reflection. Numerous claimants. h, b,,.
Tor years appealing IN vain Tor justice at the hand.
OF Congress- are again to be told Of the DOS. non.
'hent oil tter demands, and possibly much pub,
business OF importance IS to be deferred TO ano,h.l
session. to share again the same fate. In the Hon..
OF Representatives, there are upw ards of seve, ,,.
bred private bills. and one hundred and Gl,.., ,A
Ic bills reported, and Enacted on, to say no,b;,n ar
the bills before the Senate, and of the mass NJ ~,
dIgested matter yet before the committees NJ H..
two Houses. If the session should be prolono.,
even I'LL the middle of July, (s we presume j, vii,
pei Judging from the snail-llke pace at which bust.
ness has heretofore dragged its slow length along,
many oil these bills must be passed over, or, if finally
acted on, rejected or adopted without that know.
iedSe oil Their true character which is essential IN
correct Legislation.
1hls mlschievous protracfiou Of the .es.;ons r.
Congress, is exelus vcly attributable 10 the p,eva.
lsnce oil that loqnacious spiril, which seems to be the
characteristic, as it IS certainly the misco,u,.
all American delbcrarive bodies. w. do -,
Jectto the most ample discussion of every ro
question OF public policy which may arise; bu, i,
is certainly to be deprecated, that, after ,I. ,h,..,
minds Of the nation have shed upon such ques,;oo.
all thelight which IS necessary to inform the ,uh-
lie J Judgment, the lesser Iuminaries should follow i,
their track, like the tail of brilliant comet, len,,b.
enlng lis train without adding any thing to it, Ina.
ire. II IS to be %deplored, 100, that even our Iead,ny
Statesmen should expand their speeches to such AN
unreasonable aud often to such an unreadable extent.
BE the immediate subject OF discussion what il NAV.
they are sure TO wander off into all the great que.-
tons OF public policy which have divided parties
since the foundation Of the government. Instead of
conh0ing themselves to the elucidalion OF the mat
tel III band, they dy off to every conceivable topic of
debate, until their hearers, II not themselves, ar,
frequently " in wandering mazes lost" Thus, on a
mere question Of fnance-"hethe this or that sys-
tenn be the w'sest aud bcst-we find them Juggling i,
Modification, the Tariff, Internal improvements and
he last War No wonder that their arguments es.
pand 'nto volumes when they thus diverge INTO all the
debateable questions which have at different periods
agltated and divided the political world. In tho
British Parliament, they order these things moro
wisely. The Speakers conine themselves closely to
The question under dIscusSion-and hence ii is rare
y tile case that they occupy the attention ofthe
House more than one or two hours, and their speech
rs are not " continnef' from paper to paper. But
III Congress, a set speech of less than five or SIX
hours, is deemed a fallure-and not unfreouently
they are continued from day to day, exhaus,ing the
patience, consuming the time and wasting the mo-
ney of the nation. Is there no remedy for this evil
We confess that we know Of none, unless it be the
refusal Of the public journals to publish speeches
occupy ing so much space, except it be on rare oc-
caslons, or unless they possess sufficient merit to
justify IA departure from the rule. Certainly, the
speeches of the minor lights, haslled up from the ar
gumenis ofthose who lead the way, aud often nerer
detirered, but written for them by some of the Re-
polters, for home consumption, should be either
curtailed Of their fair proportions, or, if published at
all, should be printed, in pamphlets or hand bills,
at the expense Of those whose immediate constituents
alone take any interest IN b~eholding the borrowed
prunage in which their great man struts before the
public eye; aud among them its circulation should
be consequently limited. Reform, in this matter, IS
at all events, desirable, whether 1t be practicable or
not for if it be not effected, we see no posslhls
mode of getting along with the pnbiic business I'M
less II be by the transfercnce of some portion oil the
duties which now 1evolve upon Congress to some
other tribunal, orby making is sessions perpetual.
instead Of periodical.
Treasury Note Bui.-Th President has signed
this bill, and it is consequently the law of the Land.
Speaking of these notes, the National Intelligencer
says:
although not money. it is believed that the pub
&c creditor can convert 1t into money of some sort,
i moi 1.-THE bard stuff" as a certain honorable Sena-
I terms the cufrenl coin.
" Il he party III Congress refuses to authorize Inc
Treasury, as proposed by Mr.. CLAY, to receive ana
pay ont the notes of specIe-paying banks and pre-
iers paying the debts of the Government IN ms
Treasury paper, which the public creditor, II no
means TO use 1t for any purpose but paying dues 10
the Government, must straightway sell for the very
bank paper which the Administrator deems unwof-
thy 10 be touched
Truly, as we have before said, the wisdom
democracy is past finding out"
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