The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-06-02
THE WRITING ON THE WALL.

We copy the following prophetic article from
the New York Sun Let the g Charles" and
Deslructives" look 10 it. All the abuse and
odium they have heaped upon the President
will roll back and overwhelm them. All the
savage attacks hitherto made on the Chief Ma
gislrale will contribute to place him g first in
the hearts of his countrymen.n
The PRESENT CoNGREss came into power the
fourth day of March, S4l and from that time until
now, a period Of nearly fifteen months il has been
almost constantly in session. travelling to and fro at
the public expenses but what has it done for the benefit
Of the country What candid man will deny that
the country would, upon the whole have been much
better off il Congress had not met at all The great
schief il has done more than counterbalances the
little good which il could not well avoid dong. But
lis chief characteristic has been lot action either
good or bad, but wretched and prohigate waste of
time and money II has become the settled opinion
of the whole country that eight dollars day and the
present rate of mileage stand in the way of all bene
cal legislation and economical reforms. But these
evils remain untouched while members go through
the farce Of spending thousands OF dollars in debating
proposed retrenchments of few hundreds. They
talk by the week Of cutting off the supplies of vi
tai branches Of the public service while their own
| enormous pay remains untouched.
The Extra Session commenced in May, lS4l.-
The members, most Of them, drew as high as eighty
a
tend it some of them drew much more than that
They aimed in session at eight dollars per day UNI
til they had barely time to travel home at the same
high rate of mileage attend to their private business
for a few days, and then travel back again at the
same rate. Having no hope that President Tyler
will be induced to summon an Extra Session. they
seem determined to extend the regular one through
the whole summer. Unless they proceed with busi-
ness more expeditiously than they have done,
no prospect of an adjournment before fall. They
will however, adjourn then, so as to have time to
travel home and travel back again for the winter
session This travelling at from eighty to hundred
dollars a day they find the most profitable part Of
their business. Thank fortune when the fourth Of
March next arrives they will all travel home ard a
large portion Of them will we trust have to remain
there thenceforth and forever.
Their first object appears to have been to keep
themselves under pay, at the highest possible rate
their second to embarrass the Executive by all the
means in their powcr-ther third to squandcr the
public treasure and disgrace the nation as far as in
them lay. They attacked the national credit by d
vding and throwing away the public domains they
rushed to the repeal of the Independent Treasury
law, before any practicable plan had been devised TO
take its place; they passed Bankrupt law, except
ing from its operation the swndlng corporations for
which it most needed they raised the tariff in
| creased the national debt, and are seeking to
strike down the Army and Navy, at most critical
moment in the condition of our foreign relations
They persevere IN leaving national finances with
out any regulations because they cannot ride
incorruptble President and fasten upon the country
great bank and moneyed oigarchy, which, above
all things, the people detest
We do not mean our censure to be indiscrimlnate.
There many great and good men in Congress
but they are oyerpowered by unprincipled factions
and combinations that willing to sacrifice the
ton for party purposes Such state of things is the
natural result of the unwhoesome excitement and
lamentable debauchery of the public mind which was
produced during the canvass Of 1910. Butt will not
be without its uses it will develope great evils, and
in the end will bring about salutary reform. From
this year the cry will go forth for reduction of the
pay and mileage Of members of Congress. and for
form in national legislation and in due time this
cry will be heeded-the demands of the people will
be obeyed