New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1842-06-02


Foco iinputations Of faction and rcckessnes-
against the course Of the " hig majority in Con
gress, we proceed now to consider what reason
there is for the oucry that nothing has been done
and that the transaction Of business Is unneccs'a
rily delayed By that body.
And first, lie; see al what time tie long Scs-
sion of a Congress is usually closed
Congress Year 'io'tu.
Twenty-third ........ 1884 .-------. June 3Oti
Twcn,v-fourth. 1896. Jolly 4th
Twenty-htth .......... 1855. july 9th
Iwenty-sIXth-- .-..... lG1O--- July 2isi
Thu, it will be seen that the average time oi
adjournment at the first or long Session Of each oi
the four last IVAN Burer) Congresses is about the
9Th Of Juy-by which time, we Trust, the present
Congress will have completed It's Session, aud
without leaving threc-fOurths OF It, most important
bill, to die the table, as has genera y been done
And now let US see how much has been done al
this Session, and how the doing of more has been
prevented
The first business of the Session i. to refer the
several portions Of the Presidents Message ts the
appropriate Committees respectiyely--an the ap.
Forthcoming it and moving such reference in the
House is uniformly devolved on the Chairman OF
the Committee of Wa,s and Means. Mr. FILL.
MORE accordingly offered at the proper time the
resolutions of reference. which are almost always
adopted as matter of course. But this time
they met by confederation from Mr. {.
q. Atherton Ga liter Loco-Foco from New
Hampshire) that so much Of the Presidents Mcs
sage "a recommended Discriminating Duties be
referred, not to the Committee of Honutacinrcs.
as usual, bul TO the Committee of Ways and
Means. On this motion. going to change the UNI
form ac,io.. of the House and in effect to MULTI,
one of its COMMITTEES. Nh Atherron proceeded To
inhict Speech, and thus opened debaie which
consumed some weeks. Al last. MIR. \. : prOpo-
sition was defeated. as obvious from the begin
ming il must be, but meantime Loco-f ocoSm had
satisfactorily used up so much time in the discus
sion.
Next came up the necessities Of The Govern
ment-urgent, imperious admitting OF no delay
The Secretary of the Treasury asked authority t.
issue more Treasury Notes The factious Vhtgs
assen,ed to the propositon-though it was TO them
like the tooth-ache-on the assurance that the pre-,
sing necessities of the Government could in II,
Other way be scasonaby provided for. When al
was ready for it, passagc-Nlr WISE that lovely
sposiatc from his Wing professions and bitter enc
my Of all who adhere to thcm-moved TO stick on
ii rider repeating ne Land DiIrtbufion Here
was another waste of time wantonk incurred by
our adversarics, who backed the proposition, and
sustained it to the last. Bat the Wings defeated
it, and passed such bill a, the immediate nocessi
ties of the Government required, against the exer-
lions of the Loco-focos aud part of those who
profess to be the especial friends of the Admins.
tralion.
And now came the rush for repeating the Bank
rupt Law. The Loco-Foco party rallied on thu
almost to a man in each House, and aided by some
Wings in each they carried the Repeal through tho
House. though it was defeated by one vote in the
Senate. Blu, the struggle cost the Country some
weeks Of the Session. Arc these To be charged t.
the Wings
Next came the Loan Bill, also demanded by the
necessities of the Government. and 10y the arma-
mcnts required in the then ominous aspect OF our
Foreign Affairs. The Secretaries Of War and of The
Navy were mgcsty calling for more money and
more force; the Secretary OF the Treasury could
cxhau,tins Treasury Notes. the President sent %
Special Message to Congress for supplies; and
Mr.. FILLMoRE again reported such biz as the Nc
cessitics OF the Government required. This was
resisted day after day, not only by the LocoFocos.
who persisted in wasting time in irrelevant TRADE,
against the Distribution Law and other Wing meas
ure., but also by Messrs Wise, Giimcr. ana
ProhH (iricnds of the Administration y who did
their preitiest throughout to cNpssc that Admin
isration to bankruptcy and disgrace Mr.. Wise
moved that not only should none of the stock au-
,horized be sold below par by the Secretary of the
Treasury but that ia houla fall beiow par, the
.Sscrefary should bur it-,hough where he would
sc, the money, in contingency which would put
II utterly out of his power TO borrow a dollar j.
would puzzle wiser man than Wise to tell. The
more consideratc Wings were obliged to beg their
ardent friends TO change their votes from Ma,
TO YEA and thus carry through the hill against the
whole force OF their opponenis--those who changed
protesting, with good reason agains, the nccessi,,
imposed on them OF voting expressly ia sustain a,
Administration of which they were denounced a.
factious opponents. while lis boosted friends were
voting to let IL 60 the wall. So this subject wa.
disposed Of
Mex, came up the General or Diplomatic ard
Civil Appropriation bill. which was careful, scru-
TIMED, item by item with "a decided saving to
the Country fully discussed. settled and passed
Then the Apportionment bill-a vitality important
measurs-which has properly consumes. much
time, and ia not YET completed. Ii the sccosd
(Usiricl) section of the House bill l. retained. IL
will be rishy worth TO the Country. in securing g
true and equal representation Of the People in the