Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1841-02-09
EXTRA SESSION OF Coygarss

EXTRA SESSION OF CONGRESS-
hsesa' Letters from Washington al agree thai ih.rs
'' % nn sA'rh S-ssoa OF CV--t.s II appears
lat meeting OF the D,aoes.ne Senator. has been
.s no PiiP'ss OF ascsrsainins The views Of dis
patriots fOrn different %. lions Of tho eoun
~ and that hsrs no diversity II ot,ii, n, H.
Mater. " had been hoped that Tie sourss of III. j
otes during the pre,ent session. would have been
.n' ihs heeeSsiy Of thu, might be spar
u Biths country has already .al.red Ion. ,nou,h q
indet the bligh'ns influence 81 this malAdmini.ira
hon The public finances require instant ana, ...rcb
M attention. Loco FocJism gives W the rsin.
leaving the great State Coach stuck fast n the mud
WI The hnsh-Pia. taken out the horses han,.rnysd
inc traces cut. and the mail bags abstract.d. How
long would IL be proper sllnw matters To r.n,in
ia ihi' eOidiiicnf Are not the people eGpcetisg I'M
hsd'aie aud energetic measures the part of their
representatives.. 70 pat the wheels Of reform aud good
government into mIIioni Will they be satisfied to
nave the dSrA shadow Ui Loco FOcoisrl hanging over
The country for another ysar' ii Old Tip c1ncsis 10
clean Out The Augeau sgabls IN iour year, the work
cannot be commenced too speedily. The Loco Foco
paFtzsns are already making it a seriou. eharg. of
complaint. that Cen Harr.oa's A lninistra,ion In,
not brought up the times TO pamy state of prosper
iy. even beiurs he has heen indueted into otbesI
Wl'i ihey not have sl better rcsssn 10 lad fault I
the wings by passive submis.on to the ,rolonssd |
operation VI Loeo Foco measures suffer the cnsrgis.
snpiher year.
Long gloomy -nd dispiriiing has been the season
OF egyptian darkness frOm which this great ,itcal
community are just emerging With an igrornmu,
Tor ffesient and Ounce for the Secretary Of the
irrssaFyi With VcioGs Opiu.0a,isd ani tnisch,.y
Qua deinagosus IN The Peat Office Depar,rz.n, NJ,
would better have become the pillsryi with Scerc
taries OF the Navy that salt water and War
Ministers who have been nonresisanI. % every Thing
Cut common sense; rom what di,csirous ca,mitis,
ha'o We not escaped 10 II not miracle that the
stusiiOn ofths country wrstched as itts ,h,IJ ro,
nave become still more degraded aud eontem,lible,
What has prevented The spirit ofIhe Navy from bens
even mere broken down or the Army from being vet
more "scdonisTy' the field of action in FIoriI,'
by "ha' great good fortune is il that our Foreign RI.
laiiOns are not more eniangcdi that our Publ Fin
ansetare not s:i!! deeper involved in bankraptc,f
that our Currency 10 no; oven more d.r.ngeN and
that the Encrprss anl Industry of the nation are mo-,
mach deeper stepped in poverty and dsSs,ndencv,
with such creatures wo have had in our National
Councils for the last years. 50 waning in in,.lee
- dehsent IN experience; reckless in experiments,
50 obstinate m wrong and fertile in mischief surely
nothing. but . special inisrposilion of Providenc.
could be supposcd sufficient 10 save the country Ior
utter ana Irreirisvable ruin.
Having niraculously survived the prrnieons blum.
icrs oi Jackssn, and the suicidal measures of his .ue
sesnr' aad by desperate struggle been enabled 10
worn OH TIC shipo State froa rocks which she
hai been driven, why. repeal should she be Ian
d'nasiod. leaking and hog backed ono moment affair
The trait 'rs who had charge. Of her are di arms and
expelled, ani her new Commander take. po,se,.op
o. he heln' Why should not President Harrison
call at osce around him the Re rssen;atiye, of the
People. and Immediately engage in measure. 20 ce,,
the wreck, and bring back the sounry Ia IN, former
P'o'Psrous condition. il the cry of inconyeni.nee
ana expense, raised by those who are doing all they
oah I" obsIrue the measures OF the new AdtniniItr
ton, and TO plunge the country into deep.r .mbsr
rassmenis' fo he listened 10 for a momenu Shall In.
ghost OF Loco FoooiSm. that hidsous o,orinv of an
inees'nous union bsIwssn Jacobinism anI Toryisu.
DO permitted TO erriy ia after the living princip!.
!is0li has become extinct
There u another consideration which should oper.
ale powerfully with the Executive in calling Con.
sress iogeihsr viz 20 Tesond the voice Of tho eoun
| ny heh demands an carly and vigorous co<nmcs
men' OF The work OF Reform. On this subject VIC do
mol intend 10 De meA!ynoutled II Is intJsrable that
offensive and overbesring dsmasoyues in Office sho.ld
be permitted 20 faiton the spols for another wear
because the President is deprived of The aid Of hi,
Constitutional advisers. IGenerll jackson usuroed
Tho power OF removal from office without the .dvic.
ana consent ct The Senate, thai Is sea>on Iha, any
oil hs successors should follow such a peralcious or
ample The Constitution prcscrbes tho firm and
manner IN which the President shall perform the du
Ties apPsrtaiaing 10 his situation aud we ,ri,h 10 ss
ihein preserved TO the very lsuer The "takiny In.
responsibility system is ono that is ropugnsni 10 the
democratic principles Of The Wings, and sa,or, 10,
much of tho ds'Potie nature Of Toryism. Let evsry
hing DC done IN decensy and order aud according Ia
the provisions OF the Cons Tuition
! We do nci Icie"d TO mnce matters. in e1rre,.inc
~" Vows % REMOVALS from uHiee. Those who have
fought tiIs great battle. have been bought too often
iaio collision with the Inverted mnous OF pover moi
10 ieeI strongly on this subject The arrogance, and
insults which hayo been endured from IN. Proetorian
baEds OF The Government. in the streets and a, the
husi'ngs. when they should have been attending 20
Their official, duties cannot he speedily forgotten The
iniolrnee Of power aud place, iLe arbitrary and ia.
grsdlng means which hsVe been adnr'ed To intmilat,
and suppress The political seton OF the psopIe cannon
be overlooked by those who took .ent ntere., m
ihe struggle 10 come within tho pale Of it's influence
How long 10 II siaee Bancroft lectured aud Thon1S
hlhedI How long Is 10 since the sans culs1ss of the
sections were marshalled with Custom House officers
aiine head aud shoItsd rsiins the iai To parade
through the streets. attacking Wing Head Quarters
ant brisfing in hostile array TO oysras AMI breathe
defiance 70 the peoplel Are the Janissaries of Van
Buren, 10 retain possession Of oil the Qualifications of
political patronSgei When the Hefculean club Of
patriotism has disabled the serpent shall! we not be
permitted To d'aw ost iis angsi The nation will not
DC satisfied, neither the party ba sustained unles,
The demasogucs which now dshonor the Public EN-
pioymeni are taught lesson which shall operat. IN
their successors ia all future time that the people aud
not The ofiee.holJers, shall rule.
Wo do not wish To eOuiouad the innocent with the
guilty, by ihrusiing man out Of merely to make
room Tor another after the poSeripGys example set
oy the adverse party. But those who have Neglected
their public avOcsiions 10 beeoms iiinsrant election
esrers and bullying psrrsns no have forgotten thn,
they were the servants and the rulers ofths peo
pie, ought not 10 be permitted escape from the I'D
proPriaie punishment due 10 their ohenses They
knew the chances Of the game they were playing /
they chose TO risk every thing tire hazard and haV
ing lost cannot now bs allowed 10 draw their stak.s
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