The native American., 1838-07-14
CONGRESS.

The close Of the late session brought with il the close
of the hope o many anxious heart that had waited and
delved in great distress with the almost certain expcca
ton Of ultimate relief. large number Of bills that had
passed one House the other, and ready for the
third reading and final action, lost merely because po
ca consider atios disregard for the necessities OF
The citizens. had greater influence than Justice. There
were many poor claimants who have been lingering from
month 10 month aud week to week, after having
vinced the committees of the merits Of their demands,
expecting that each succeeding day would bring the
frtuess Of their labor, who at last obliged 10 find
their way home. disappointed and moneyless, with the
deferred hope that naketl the heart sick.
Who will say that this is answering the ends of legis
lation? That the world is governed too much' is po
litical axiom which as applied augmentation Of the
o statutes is stkingy illustrated n the Legislature
Of our country. Law alter law is passed. imposing re-
siicons upon commerce, which, under the Ireencc
protective duties punish portion Of the Union for
the encouragement Of The capital Of anoher corporate
charters of every description, from banking privileges
down 10 those Of elecmosynary institutions, granted
With ready hand, and thus artificial orders spring into
being with Of The moral responsibilities of society
and yet with prerogatves which enable them to tespass
upon private rights nnder the Of public benefactors;
while the poor creditor who has been deprived of his pro
prrty services by that greater corporation the Co
vernmen left to encourage the germ of hope,
which, like the last, may wither in disappointment
There is perhaps, greater relationship between the
failure in the passage Of those various bills and the Ad-
inistralion Government, have called it. than
people would at first suppose.
We have just emerged from quiet state Of solvent
ability with all the old debts of the country paid off, and
recent SUR us in the Treasury, and have passed to
quite the We realizing the sudden
ppriencc, which politico.econonsts term national
blessing. OF having aonal debt, aud this too, against
the general will. Now il debt CT ten millions OF dol
lars, whether in the form Of loan in the issue Of
Treasury notes. dsaereeabe TO the reputation Of
administration il would certainly increase that pain. as
well the ustness Of the ieproach which its opposers
would cast upon IT, it, before the end ofthe first year its
being the Of the Treasury should be unable 10
meet the ordinary appropriations OF Congress and the
suing session would call for augmentation Of that debt
to salts fy the demands.
To guard against this state Of things avert tho pen
atty which condition atictory to the alleged po-
1 licy Of the Administration would draw down upon il
from the public vocen fine, 10 avoid The suffering and
disgrace party, it necessary 10 transit that suffer
ing to the people; and hence it is that the millions OF
dollars which they would otherwise have received upon
the passage Of fair bills allowed TO SLEEP upon the
credit eide of the public accounts until the patty in pow
er can either do justice without injury to ITSELF or
posing power make render that justice in spite o
! its own interests.
| What commentary this is upon the weakness Of de
mocrac institutions, when the very power behind the
Throne" the People. be defeated by combination
between few OF its servants and its supposed repre-
senatives--hen the wants Of nation can be peierit
ted by the will Of party and when tie triumph Of men
is more important than that of principle. We trust
countrymcn will henccfor'h discard something Of that
magnetic property which binds men TO ohe another il