Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1841-09-28
From The National Ir'cidr,a.c
CONGRESSIONAL WIG vrt,-,

the United states, held IN the city of W,,
the 18th September, lsil- f@s
The Hon. Nathan f. Dixon, Of Rhode I,,.4
part OF the Senate, and the Hon Jeremiah NJ.
Ohio, on the part of the House, were CALI
chair and Kenneth Rayner of North C,rl...
,opher Morgan, of New York, and Ricb,-lW ~
son, of Indiana were appointed Sccre,are,
Mr.. Mangum, OF North Carolina, offered IA, q.
ing resolutions
Resolved, That II is expcdient for the Win, s
Senate and House of Representatives of rsr
States to publish an Address to the Peopo sa.,
ted States, containing succinct expo,,,,,
prominent proceedings Of the extra scs,.,s ~
gress, of the measures that have been aja,.i
those in which they have failed, and the cao,s,
failure; together with such other matters s,,.,.
hibi truly the condition OF the Wing party ,,4p.
prospects.
Resolved That committee of three on G,.,
the Senate, and five on the part OF the House.,
pointed to prepare such Address, and submit Nv
meeting Of the Wings on Monday morning No,
| 9Th inst, at half past eight O'Clock
And the question being taken on SAID re,,,r..
they were unanimously adopted.
Whereupon the following gentlemen were ,p-,.,,
said committee Messrs Bcrrien, Of Gco,g,, h,
madge, of New York. and Smith of Indiana m A.
/ INtfctt,
Mason, of Ohio, Kennedy of Maryland, JohnC Chm
of New York. and Rayner, of North Carolina on n
par, Of the House.
When, on motion, the meeting adjourned to NJ.
again on Monday morning.
Monday Sept. 10, 1871
The meeting assembled, pursuant to adournme,,
| Mr.. Kennedy from Maryland from the Committee
appointed for that purpose, reported the following Al.
| dress
| FcHoc- CiHcens Tie Extra Session Of Conu,a
has, at length, been broughtto a close The i0ceal
which belong to the history of this session and e,t
cially those which have marked its termination are
a nature to make so strong impression upon tie
country, and to excite much interest in the future
action and relations Of the Wing party that the WIZ
! Representatives in both Houses of Congress hn
thought their Duty before separating, to address aG
constituents with brief exposition of the cilcun
stances in which they conceive themselves to be pac.
ed by the events which have recently transpred
This session of Congress was called almost h
first Of tina, illusrious and lamen,ed ctrs
whose election to the Presidency was no less sgnh
cant of the general sentiment of condemnation Of a
acts Of the preceding Administration, than 1t was i
pressve of wish for an immediate and radical change
in the public policy. The improvidence of those VII
had just been expelled from power had rendered ito
evitabe; and the country hailed the meeting Of n"
Congress as the sure pledge Of relief from all hs
evils which the disastrous incompetency OF the meh
the head Of affairs had brought upon it.
The People desired the early adoption Of the pt7
which had been promised them by the Wing pan-
That policy had been brought to the consderaoaa
| the country throughout a contest Of nearly ger
wears DURATION maintained with unexampled deyolIr
am lis principles illustrated by the preccpis 81
practice Of the most eminent and patriotic Of our Cit
zcns in every form by which they able 10 ad1es
themselves to the intelligence Of the People No On
misapprehended these principles they ideafe.
with the labors Of that grea, party whose unparalleled
success was both the token and the reward Of the gen
eral confidence ofthe nation. They promised reform
LIST. In the restraint of executive power and paif9s
age
Cd In the wholesale regulation Of the currency an
the advancement of the interests of industry aud
3D. In the establishment of economical admnsin
ton of the finances.
They proposed to accomplish the first ofthese oRech
by limiting the service of the President TO srg'
term; by forbdding all officers Of the Gorenmeo
from interfering in elections and by voluntary 'e
denial on the part Of the Chief Magistrate, in that si
cessive use of the Veto power which had recently Il
come so offensive TO the country an instrument
party supremacy.
They hoped TO achieve their next object by tie Is
tablishmen, Of National Bank by an adjustment
the system of duties upon a moderate and peman'l
scale, adapted as nearly as practicable TO the ne'
and contormable with the views Of every portion o. "
Union by the establishment Of a uniform s1sen
bankruptcy and by the distribution ofthe process
the public lands among the Staes--a measure Ie'"
mended not only by considerations Of justice to "
al, -, r0ef
embarrassment produced in the currency fes-.1
from the administration OF fund Of such var4''
amount an item 10 the ordinary revenues Of the GOV
eminent. The establishment Of an economIcs! '1A1
is'ration ofhe finances they expected 70 attain ~ ''
ting down all useless Offices by enforcing sr' o.
countabilily Of the public agents and coa'p''-
ously by making exact and adequate provision JOY "
ascerainment and eventual liquidation Of tsi f-
debt which the past administration had created by p
hitting their expenditures 10 overrun Their feeel'
and which they had concealed from public obseiv4-
by the easy device Of repeated issues Of Goyefn~''
notes
These were the prominent points 10 which NE r
cy OF the Wing party had been directed, and W..
constituted the great issues before the country A
recent Presidential election. We aware mar %
adversanes in that contest now deny these i''-'
founding their denial chiefly upon the fact thai % p"
NAL manifesto was put forth 70 declare the terms VI
which we insisted. We chose rather TO appeal " 81
widely dfused knowledge Of our principles "H''' p