Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1841-04-08
Extra Session.

liny CIRCUMSTANCES p'''''"o's W "'"''
Extra Session.
kCJa We commend TO the attention OF
our readers the following article from
! the National intcllIgencer, III relation to
II subject of grea, political interest
I InE CALL OF CoNGREss. Those
who love cavrl will cavil, and they who
are resolved Ia be dlsplcascd will affect
To find causes of displcasurc but by
the candid and just, Of all parties, we
plhink the Proclamation for convenlng
q SCongress will be justified both III regard
Ito It's objects and It's manner.
i The occasion for the Extra Session ol
fCongress is alleged To be the condition
{of the Treasury. This condition has
ibeen loreseen, well enough even by the
fmembers and ndhereOls Of the late Ad-
1mnistrailon. Ii is rather an awkward
dlhing, in the actual operation of the gov
lernmeni, that those whom the People
Jhaye rejected, should yet possess the
lpower during whole session OF Con
1gress. This gives abundant opportunity
Lior them to enbarrass their successors,
and we have seen how eagerly this OPP
portuuiiy has been embraced. If the
Presidential election had gone the other
way, Congress would never have lcil
he Treasury so deprived of means iol
Acarrying on the Government. During
!; he pending Of that election, indeed, in
3stead OF meeting the financial crisis in a
"A lib A.
Hadopled hand-to-mouth system, lived
sby small expedients from day TO day,
Asold Treasury notes, denying that this
WAS borrowing money, and scraped to-
3gether and spent every thing, great and
]! small, beyond the ordinary accrung in
come, that they could lay their hands
aon But the election being over, II
l,hey had been TO continue in power, they
would doubtless have provided them
selves the means OF carrying on the
3Governmen For their successors, they
; lelt no such care. They leave the
Treasury absolutely empty, and yet
Eclamor against convcnlng Congress to
replenish it. With duties on imports
Elikely to fall off, from the operation oi
sobvious causes, IN the second and third
Iquarters of the year, and sure to fall of
7 IN the fourth quarter, from the near ap-
/ proach Of the great reduction of duties
(which takes place in December, with
The country in II very detenceless state, J,
1 The expulsion or subJugaion of the Flo
| 3rida Jodians yet to lie accomplished, and
while some of the party raise the cry of:
war with England, an extra session of
; Congress to sustain the public credit,
,and give efficiency to the Administra-
ktion of the Government, is still condemn
] ed as part Of the reprehcnsible policy of,
sthe Wings. The country we are sure,
Twill take right view of all this.
As to the manner Of the proclamation,
lit may serve for model. 1t il strcllyl
The President convenes'
;,he two louses-this is his constitution
| al duty. lie says that, when convened, !,
he shall lay before them information of
! the state of the Union. This, also, is
his constitutional duty /; and these du-
ties being performed on his pa,t, it will
rest with them to devise and adopt such
me asures as the exigencics Of the coun-
TRY may require. This is their consiitu-
stional duty. .
The new Congress, therefore, will
come together for the adoption of mea-
.sures necessary for the well being of
the country, and carry into practical
effect the great revolution which has
been accomplished"