Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1841-09-27
To the PREsIpENr.
From The National L,,ji;oeucey

From The National Iaipihgencer.
CONGRESSIONAL WIG MEETING.
Al tie meeting of the Wing members OF the
Senate and !iause of Representatives of The 27th
Congress of the United States, held in the city Of
Washington on the llrh September. Is4l
The Hon. NATHAN +. Dixon, of Rhode Island
on the part of the Senate, and Hon. JEREMIAH
Morrow, OF Ohio On'iiie part of the House, were
called to the Chair, and Kenneth Rayuer, OF North
Carolina, Christopher Morgan, of New York, and
Richard W. Thompson, of Indiana, were appoin-
ted Secretaries.
Mr.. Maugum, of North Carolina, offered the
following resolutions:
Resolved, THAI il is expedient for the Wings Of
the Senate aud House of Representatives OF The
United Siates to publ SIN Address TO the Peo-
pie of the United States containing su cinct ex-
position of Congress, of the measures that have
been adopted, and those in WHICH they have failed,
and the causes of such faiIure together with such
other matters as may exhibit the condition of the
Wing patti aud Wing prospects.
ResOtptd, That committee of three on the part
of the Senate, and five on the part of the House,
b. appointed TO prepare such Address, and submit
ii to a meeting OF the Wings on Monday morning
next, the 18th instant, at half past eight O'Clock.
And the question being taken on said resolutions,
they were unanimously adopted.
Whereupon the following gentlemen were ap-
pointed said committee Messrs. Berrien, Geor- {.
gia, Tamadge, of New York, and Smith, of In
diana, on the part of the Senate and Messrs. Ev-
erett, of Vermont Mason, of OHIO, Kennedy Of
Mary land, John G. Clark, Of New York, aud Ray
ner, Of North Carolina, on the part OF the House.
When on motion, the meeting adjourned, 70
meet again on Monday morning.
MONDAY, Sept ID. I64I
The meeting assembled pursuant to adjourn.
ment.
Mr.. Kennedy, of Md. from the committee ap-
pointed for that purpose, reported the following
ADDRESS.
FELLOW CITIZENS The Extra Session of
Congress has, at length, been brought to a close
The incidents which belong to the history of this
session, and especially those which have marked
its termination, are of nature to make so strong
an impression upon the country, and to excite so
much interest in the future action and relations of
The Wing party, that the Wing Representatives
IN both Houses of Congress have thought it their
duty before separating 10 address their constitu-
enls with Il brief exposition Of the circumstances
III which they conceive themselves TO be placed
by the events whrh have recently TRANSFERRED
This session Of Congress was called as almost
the first measure of that ustrous and amented
citizen whose election to The Presidency was no
less significant OF the general sentiment of con-
domination OF the acts of the preceding Admins
traion, Than il was expressive of a wish for all
immediate and radical change in the public policy.
The iniprOvidence Of those vhO had just been ex-
PEELED from power7fad rendered il inevitable; and
The country hailed the meeting of a new Congress
rs the sure pledge OF relief from all those evils
which HE disastrous incompeency of The men at
thn head OF affairs sad brought upon il.
The People d' sired the early adoption of the
policy which had been promsed Them 10y the Wing
party. That policy had heeh brought to the con-
liberation OF the country throughout contest
Ol nearly Twelve years duration, maintained wrh
unrxnnped devotion and is principles were b.
Illustrated 10y HE ii'rcepis aud practice If the nIuSt
rmilIen aud liaIiolic Of our ciI2ehs IA every
'orn by winch II ey were able 10 address 20 the
intelligence al the reople. No one ,nlsnpprrhou-
led th-se principles; they were ideuitrd wi'h
he labors OF that great party Whose unparalleled
success was both the token and the reward If HE
general confidence Of The Nation. They promlS-
Ell reform
Isl. ~ the restraint Of Executive power and
liaronage;
I'd. IN the wholesome regulation Of the curren-
ey, and the advancement OF the Interests OF ndua-
~ and
Sd. In the establishment OF an economical ad-
nllnisIrnton OF the finances.
They proposed 10 accomplish the first 81 these
objects 10y limiting the service o the PIesIdent To
asngle term by torbld,llng all officers of the
Government from interfering ia elections; and
10y a voluntary sei-denal, On HE part OF The Chef
Magistrate, in that excessive Use OF the Veto pow
er which had recently become so offensive 10 the
country ms an Instrument of parIy supremacy.
They hoped 10 achieve their next object by the
establishment of National Bark /; by an adjust
ment OF the system of duties upon II moderate
and permanent scale, adapted nearly as practi-
cable to the interests and conformabie with The
views of every portion of the Upion; by the es-
adjustment Of uniform system of bankruptcy;
und by The distribution OF the proceeds Of the
public lands amongst The Slates-a measure rec
commended not only by considerations of justice
TO the Siaies themselves, bur also by a sad expe-
rienco of the embarrassment produced in the cur
rency resulting from the administration of fund
ofsuch variable amount as an item in the ordinary
revenues Of the Government The establishment
of an economical admission of the finances
they expected to attain by cutting down all useless
offices by enforcing strict accountability to the
public agents, and, more coIspicuously, by ma
king exact and adequate provisions for The ascer-
ainment and eventual liquidation of that public
debt which the past administration had created by
permitting their expenditures TO overrun their re-
ceipts, and which they had concealed from public
observation by the easy device OF repeated issues
Of Government notes.
These were the prominent points to which the
policy oil the NhiP party had been directed, and
which constituted Inc gren, issues before the coun-
try in the recent Presidential election We are
aware that our adversasies in that contest now de-