Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1841-04-13

village to-day. Presiding Judge, Charles X. Will
Jams.
TnE ExTR, SESSION. Probably upon Congress
assembled since the establishment OF our govern
ment, las there been responsibility and difficulty
equal to that devdving upon the next. The whole
consequences of badly managed system of govern
nent, continued through series of years, which until
the end of his administration Mr.. Van Buren, has con-
to postpone and delay, in order 10 allow the en-
tire devotion of time to his political interests, and also
to embarrass fhe succeeding administration with a
complication OF dculties if he should fail of re-eec
tioh-ihese and multitude Of contingencies growing
out Of them, have reached their climax and arrived
at that state Of urgency in which procrasnation
no longer be endured and where efficient and conclu-
sive action must be had. Unsettled disputes between
US and the parent country which have been handled
with soft hand and treated with indecisive and
mid dalliance have now assumed dangerous aspect
which alone is attributable to the cupable aXity Of our
government in insisting upon its rights and putting it.
self in situation to enforce those demands. Our OPP
ponents have become emboldened at our apparent tie
merity and have been led to encroachments upon US
which they would have dared to do had not our
eagle voluntarily lowered its pinions and meanly
crouched beneath the paws of the British lion. We
have no less than five distinct disputes with England
either of which as sufficient lead to war as were
those causes for like result in 1872 and unless we
can show an increased ability to sustaina third con-
ct, we have security against nati9 whose only
principle Of justice is the little that may be found in
the law of might. With asuperabundant population,
at burden and tax, she is by no means reluc-
tant to engage in extermnating wars had she
ia, ,Lon I, onk
Of starving paupers
That England has carefully estimated our strength,
counted our military and naval forces, numbered our
defenses, and Instituted thorough examination into
domestic condition and exhibited them in contrast
with her own gigantic prowess, striking an overwhem-
ing balance in her favor, no doubt. Her
extensive preparations almost indicate suspicion that
she is to encounter the whole world, rather than any
isolated portion of it. Here opens inlermnablo
field of action, and the eyes of the American people
upon Congress- expecting it to make suitable provs
1 ions to meet it, notwithstanding the impoverished con-
dition of the treasury.
Not only in the adjustment of foreign relations has
the coming session of great difficulty on hand
but in the labor of relieving our own domestic crils ii
has a less formidable taskto accomplish. At pres
ent, in one most important item, has the undated OPP
Z encounter, and if faction should again organize, and
conclude to force onward their peculiar principles and
: Institutions against the known will of the majority
by similar ourages to which they thus far owe every
inch Of their success, one see the new Congress
has arduous duty before them. Our Aaority being
y small it may be strong circumstance TO tempt them
to gh, away sufficient number Of our representative.
10 give them the majority If Otherwise is but rea
In nc
as has always been used to obtain the passage Of
iavorle though its supporters constitute
q the minority.
1.-THE Van Buren, party should not conclude to reor
ganize for another struggle for party ascendancy there
is question but that the present distinction between
the party and the wings in relation to the credit system
Will rapidly fade away and so soon as the natural an.
imosy arising from defeat has subsidized and the cha
gnn Of disappointed ambition shall become dulod by
the lapse oftme, those who have been yontes of the
q Innovations and new doctrines Of Jackson and Van
n Buren, will be compelled to admit the necessity Of re
storing the currency by some means dissimar to those
conirved by the late administrations 4 comparison
u former with latter times cannot fail Of convincing
every man OF the utility Of United States Bank. i
Improvements can be made upon the old in drafting tho
provisions Of new one, and many Of its Objectionable
features dispensed with will he received only as
desirable amendment, to keep up with the general i'm
proremeHl Of the agebu even II ihi. cannot be ac
= compished the voice Of the people IS aud uiR be Gi
restoring hs old institution As IT WAS considering tho
comparatively few objections to i, as being minol
consideration 10 the greater evils arising out Of the pre-
sent state Of things. Yet this anticipated change D.
sentiment eanno, take place soon enough to reley,
us mex, sess!o1 Of the embarrassment, Of opposition