The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1841-09-25

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in the action of Congress. This was ma
tural, and to be expected. But we felt
proud consciousness that in the patriot
ism of the party all such difficulties would
vanish, and that the demands of an ell
larged welfare wouldsbe me. and fulfilled,
through the virtue of that spirit of compro-
mise and torbearance, that liberal and
comprehensive sentiment of self-denial
and concession, which rests at the heart
of our coniederacy, and which consti-
tutes the living principle of our u
Mon.
Before the appointedday arrived for the
meetlng..of Congress, and at the expiration
OF but one short month from the date Of
his Inauguration, our beloved President
was snatched from us by the grasp of
death; too soon for the happiness of his
country, but not too soon to awaken in
our bosoms deep and awful sense of the
lrreparable loss which we have sustained
in the deprivation of great and good man
hot too soon to convince us how long
and how bitterly our country is doomed
to deplore this heavy misfortune. In this
our calamity, we hoped to find consola
ton In the character and principles of
HIM whom the Constitution had designat-
ed to fill the office of the departed chief
1t is true, that towards tdat individual,
even the moment of his selections for the
Vice Presidency, no very earnest public
attention had been directed: and it is c.
qually true that but passing regard was
bestowed upon the current of his previ-
Gus life and opinions. We only knew
him as one protesting to be member of
the Wing party, and as seeking to identify
T himself with those great leaders of that
party whose opinions and principles were
deeply engraved in the most CONSPICUOUS
acts OF our political history, and were
read and understood by every citizen in
the land. In this connection, where he
had sought to be prominent, we discern
ed what we conceived, and what doubt
less he meant, to be pledge of faithful
adherence to the cardinal doctrine for
which we struggled, and with which the
hopes of the country were indissolubly
bound up
We hoped to find consolation also in
the fact that his accession to theyPresi-
dency brought him into communion and
intimate political fellowship with the cho-
sen vanguard of the Wing party--that
first selection made by General Harrison
of Cabinet, distinguished for its para
mount ability, integrity: and fidelity to
the glorious cause in which we had con-
qucred--a Cabinet eminently crowned
with the public confidence in whom all
men trusted as in the very embodiment of
the principles Of the party to which they
belonged: who were inseparably associa-
ted with It's glory, and in whose generous
and honorable relation to the President we
had the security of wise and prosperous
counsels, and he the pledge of co-ope-
ration which should enable him to accom-
plish all that the nation desired These
hopes were still further enlivened by the
encouraging tone in which the President
referred, in his first address to the nation,
to the sever glorious example,. afforded
him by the Fathers of the great Republic
can school, and the declaration of his de-
termination to walk in the path which
they pointed out.
In the Indulgence of these hopes, Con-
gress entered upon its labors. By adop-
ting rules for the despatch Of business
comfortable to the emergency of an extra
session, and in view of the great amount
of legislation which the times required,
we have been enabled to achieve all, and
even more than all, that our constituents
could have demanded at our hands. The
leading and great measures of this session
have been under discussion in Congress
and out of it; for many years past, and
little remained to be said beyond a repe-
tition of former debates. There was
nothing in the circumstances or position
of either party in Congress to require,
Or even to justify, protracted discussions;
and the majority, therefore, felt them
selves entitled to give to the extra session,
the character ola Congress of action and
decision, rather than one of debate; and
we feel assured that in this effort we
have done no more than respond to the
just expectations ofthe people:
First in urgency among 9he bills pass
Gu uurlhg tne session, ana mat to which
the public command most imperatively
drew the notice of Congress, was the re-
peal of the sub-Treasury Law. Our next
care was the enactment of the Land Bill.
This was followed by an act converting
the debt which the preceding administra-
ton had entaled upon the country into
loan OF twelve million of dollars, which
is limited for its redemption to a period of
three years. Associated with this mea-
sure was the Revenue Bill, rendered ne
cessary not only as provision towards
the extinguishment of the loan; but also
as Irresponsible for the supply of means
to meetth ordinary and necessary APP
preparations Of the year, The Bankrupt
act, SO earnestly and so long solicited by