The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1841-10-05
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clearer and brighter. The FeoPle wiz p's'" !"
pay more adequate attention 10 what iDey nave
gained and attempt to forget, they cannot DC
entirely satisfied WITH what they have lost In
the many measures Of vast importance TO Inc couh
trv. and which have been passed by Congress and
approved by the President, the Wing party VIII
Clearly perceive that they have made great gain,
and have already been richly compensated for all
the trouble through which they achieved the grea,
political revolution Of the last year.
Let us SIT down moment, and indulge in re-
view OF those great Wing measures. The recent
Extra Session of Congress commenced on the last
day of May and terminated on the 18th of the
present month mbracing period ofhlteen weeks
Within that short space oftme TWENTY-FIVE Acts
were passed and many OF them the most mpor
ant Acts ever passed by anyCongress. The whole
history ofegisation in this country does not pre-
sent another instance of the transaction ofso much
business, OF such high importance TO the country,
within such brief limits of time
First in the order of important Acts, there came
the Van buren, LOAN BILL--n bill providing for
The vast arrearages of floating Debt, sadGled up
on the country by the improvident and spendthrift
Loco Foco Administrations The faith Of the Ma
ton solemnly pledged for the payment of this
Debt--and the miseraby dIsordered state in which
ty, rendered it necessary, measure of accurate
finance, TO consolidate it into funded debt This
measure was carried through by the Wings, and We
hemently opposed by the Loco Focos.
Then came an Act for the relief Of the Widow
of our Iamented MISUNDERSTANDING 10 the fam
ily of the iustrious deceased, as act Of reribu
tive justice, the large expenditures necessarily in
CURED in making the arrangements for entering up
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him, and from which he suddenly and un
happily taken away.
An act was then passed, making appropriation
for the pay, subsistence, &c. Of the HOME SQUAD
RON. This was measure conceived, brought for
ward, and enacted by the Wings. Although there
appeared 10 be nothing the aspect of our Foreign
Relations, Immediately threatening rupture Of
the pacific as{itade which they have so long
tanned, yeti 48 Mere remained important questions
in abayance, between another great maritime
ton and our own and ne that nation was evident
ly strengthen ing her naval forces, by the prepare
ton of great numbers Of steam vessels well cnlcu
lated for naval armament--a wise foresight dicta
ted to our leading members of Congress, the pro
priety of adopting for the establishment
OF counteracting force, to be ready for in the
event of any occurring emergency. This measure
commended itselrstrongly TO the good judgment of
the country.
Then came the Repeal Of that most odious Of all
the spawns of Loco Focoism, the detestable and
detested SuB-TREAsURY. This Repeal Of
the principal measures which the People expected,
when the Wing Party into power, and upon
which they had calculated with such entire GER
tainty, that its final produced very lit.
tie sensation. We have good reason to rejoice
that the Statute Book is purged of that highly Of
fensive matter.
The next in the line OF magnificent Wing Laws,
Is the BANKRUPT LAw-that benefcent measure,
for which thousands upon thousands ofonr citizens
have, year after year. been anxiously waiting until
the agony of"hope deferred" had almost swallow
ed up every other feeling in relation to it, but now
under the new Wing Administration, the day Of
relief has dawned upon the oppressed the calling
fetterssare to be struck from their limbs, and hun
dreds of thousands of active, industrious will
be born, as it were, to life, and they will no
coon forget that it is to the benign influences oil
Wing Counsels that they indebted for this their
deliverance.
The tmaking appropriations for Notifications
and for the purchase of Naval Ordnance and Stores
is another of those defensive measures rendered
necessary, by the possible contingency of foreign
War This state of preparation will have strong
tendency to prevent the occurrence OF the calami
fy, against which it is calculated to protect us, r
case that calamity should occur.
The REVENUE BILL, relieve the
exhausted resources of the Government, and bring
back the receipts the Nation to the amount o
its expenditures, although the Bill clogget
with provision which not very conson an
with our Northern interests, was, nevertheless,
measure obviously demanded by the diminished
recources, and Bankrupt Treasury, which the Loco
Foco Administrations had left behind them Th
measure is Wing measure, opposed by the Loco
Focos, and supported by the Wings.
And next comes the LAND BILL-that measur,
which, if it had stood solitary and alone, as sh,
only characteristic measure of the Wing ascendap
cy, would have circled the brow ofis protector
with a crown of glory. This act holds out tn
strongest inducements, aud the most enient terms
to the settlers the Public Lands--and it provide
that the proceeds of those Lands, the rich domain
which is the peculiar property of the States, sha
be divided for the benefit of the people of TIL