Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1841-07-23
PROCEEDINGS oFCONGRESs.

| the Wings in the House of Representatives oil
Congress are now pursuing, Witha few un.
important exceptions, they have rallied round
the standard Of their Country, and evinced a
fearless and highly commendabe determination
to carry into immediate and full execution all
| those great measures which are SO anxiously
desired by the People.
| The Bill for the Distribution of the Proceeds
Of the Public Lands stood first on the list of the
leading wing measures. After full discussion and
mature deliberaton, that bill was passed by a
strictly Wing vote, not single Loco FoCo vote
being given in its favor. 1t is strictly and en-
tirely, a Wing measure-and one of SO much
Importance to the country, that its passage alone
would, in our judgment, have fully justified the
trouble and expense of an extra session of Con-
gress.
The next important measure, which attracted
the attention Of the House, was the bill making
provision for Loan to pay up the arrcarages,
and make good the deficiencies, of tho last ad-
ministration After years of wanton and waste
ful extravaganza, that profigate and unprincipled
party shrunk away from the whitening power
of popular condemnation, into their original OBJ
security, leaving the financial affairs of the gov
eminent in state of disorder and embarrassment
80 far as regards the past, and without the least
preparation or provision for the future. TO re-
medy such disasterous position of affairs, alto
gether unprecedented in the history of our
country, and to redeem the national honor, it be-
came necessary to create funded debt of
twelve millions of dollars, which measure was
initiated and carried through the House of Rep
resentatives by handsome Wing majority, not
a single Loco Foco voting for the bill. This, too,
is a Wing measure. The miserable, shifting,
shuffiing Treasury Note system, which by the
way, was but fair sample of Loco Foco legis-
lation, has been Indignantly abandoned. The
furnished faith Of the government has been re-
deemed in the only fair and honorable way, by
the creation of a permanent loan TO meet it's just
debts. The Tory presses, with their charac.
terstic impudence, are attempting to fix the
charge of creating Public Debt upon the
Wing Party-but it wont do-thc whole mat
ter is too plain, and too clear-the People see
where the blame lies, and have already wreaked
their vengeance upon the perpetrators.
Following in the train of the Loan Bill, come
three other important measures which were
acted upon in the House, on Tuesday last. The
bill making provision for Pauper Lunatcs in the
District Of Columbia was passed. The bill to pro-
vide for the payment of the Navy Pensions was
taken up, discussed, and passed. The bill max.
ing provision for the purchase Of Naval Ord
nance and Ordnance Store was taken up in Com
mittee of the Whole, discussed, and reported to
the House.
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