Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1842-08-03
From The Washington GluIs.

s"NUW.- cstcTuhNs lUE tUc utS' 'ihS'
The bill 10 remedy the financial difficulties
OF the Government was presented for con-
sidrraiion aud discussion in The Senate
Mr.. Woodbury.. in rising To debate it TO-
day. very appropriately turned TO the re>o-
luton on the subject-amoug The first
adopted by the Federal minority on rs.
suming The rains OF Government, nj the ex-
tra session. early in last year. The rcso-
luton declared their first incumbent duty to
be, the raising of revenue TO establish the
finances and credit OF the country. Ii will
be remembered that, during the hard cider
campaign. the hue and cry of these wor-
thies was, the finances. aut' tile currency.
Aud they pledged themselves TO the couu-
try that. if power WIS given To them, the
treasury slloald he made 10 overflow by re-
lrenchins expenditures. Qhirteen millions,
Mr.. Clay, in his Hanover speech. said
would 1c their limi,:) the currency would
be made he,ycr, ii mt sounder Than specie.
and prices Of labor we're TO improve until
they amounted To Two dollars day, and
filed every body's pocket with money, and
his belly with roast beef. Ii was under
| Ibe impulse OF these enthusiastic professions
thai Wh;cgery began its work al The extra
session; but. instead of making 'hrieen
millions serve the Government. aud leav
ing the rest with the people, thirty millions
have been exhausted, a debt Of more than
twenty miliiuus run up, and the great pur-
pose Of financial proviaion to, bolster up
the government they thus began with over
loading, was never preached uutii yester-
day in The Senate. A. Federal Congress.
which has been sitting for twelve mouths
Two summers aud "iu,er--has done moth
Ing in The way oil rctreuchmenr. and moth
Ing (bnt 10 carry expenditures from twen-
ty four TO thirty m;Ilions) TO redeem the
condition OF the treasury, thus brought To
the verge OF bankruptcy by themselves.
Mr.. Woodbury., therefore. very proper
ly brought 20 view their resolve, rec"gni-
zirg tina, among their firs. duties. at The
extra session. which they now make the
las, duty. Il, The heel OF their second ses-
sion, in the heat of the dos-days.
And Why is it that the majority-vhich
works by stealth, in midnieh, caucuses
which brings in The greatest measures, cut
aad dry, aud drives them through the
House under whip aud spur; under the
hour gag and the fifteen minute gag; under
limitations fixing particular momen, 10
take bills ou, of committee. and the mo-
ment cutting I'll all discussion. and even
s,illng the yea, ana nays on all amend
lneuts couulei oui in Committee Of the
Wnu!e,--why is it that majority which
wirlhs such uulinrled, irresistible. omnip-
o'ent parliamentary sway, has reserved Tor
such death bed disposition, AT this mortal
season al tho year. lat least IN consress,i
The great measure on which ih- life OF
ever, Government depends, and which
reaches, in every item of ii, the pulse and
the parsuils Of each Individual in the com.
muniiy!
The true spirit of Federalism is seen in
the whole couhuci at 'he unbrIdlrd ma
joritv which has swayed absolutely in
Congress from March, 1871. II is. TO
spend the time aud money iu political
machnarions at WsshInston-to keep up
decei,lul show Of oflcgislation in the halls
of Congress. for a year al a time, while
their secret schemes are coucoclng in pri-
vate meetings. associated. and cooperating
with distant clubs who send their emissa-
ries here. And. when the system halched
in these hidden concave, has atiaincl
shape and growth u. sui, the vcws of the
conlrivcs, il is thrown. like a trimmed
cork. into the pit Of either House. and il
flutters aud cuts IT'S way through by means
of that parliamentary GaiIiug on ono side.
and gaesing Oh the other, Of which we
have had 10 many nutahIo examples.
Nothing favors this gaie so we'll as The
hudilng and driving into the straits Of n
closing session the important business OF the
country. which being preconccrted TO suit
Federal policy alone. cannot hear distinct.
delibrrarr, carrGu examination AMI discus.
sion Hence Mr.. Clay called his extra
session, that no mig hi drive hi. Is hole train
nf measures over the steep al once, as the
Indians do herd OF huiialoes. aud then
look for The spoils a, the foo, Of The preci
pice. On The same plan. The fricuds he
las left behind him have contrived to lin
ger out seven mouIhs. without permitting
n solitary important measure TO see the
light; and now they throw them out, ,ha,
the heats of August may hatch them. as
ostrich eggs. without that superabundant
care which tho rational people Of the coun.
Try expcc, in regard to every thing that 81
deeply affects their welfare.
From tie opening speech ofMr Wood.
yhur to day, there is reason 10 hope that
the pregnant bill now before the Senate
will receive from the Democrats of that
body the perfect handling and exposure