Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1842-09-06
(Ernn iLk N. ]. Errning Psst.

Tuy Session CIosEp.- Congress has at last ended
session almost as long as that Of The Long Parliament
Bcfoe this sheet into the lands of most of our
readers the adjournment will have taken place, and
many of the mt mbers will be already their way to
their hcmes
With what face will those who belong 10 the majo
rty of the two houses present themselves before their
constituents There some men among thcm no
doubt, who have not entirely parted with the sense OF
shame, who are not wholly unconscious OF The blame
Of doing wrong, the ridcule Of behaving foolshly
whose cheeks though not often sufused with blush,
have not wholly lost the power OF reddenIng at The
apprehension of disgrace If there be such the Grim
son will mount to their foreheads when, after
session Of nine months, wasted as this has been
wasted, they rect eye TO eye the people who sent
them 10 Washington. Almost tie only fruit OF this
long session, long beyond oil exSmpe is The ciack
Tariff-a law which satisfies no class Of the people-a
law eatravagant in its restrictions as to alarm those
whom was meant to enrich, and awaken the Indigha.
ton of eyery body elsa law which will not remain
in force years. The Appointment law, calling
upon the Legislatures Of the several States to divide
their territory into districts for the choice OF single
members Of Congress- besides Icing political trck-a
device 10 increase the number of the Wing members
in the ext Congress- is a law Of ue:tonnble cons
tulionaliy which will not be obeyed in some of tie
States and will probably be repealed as The
next Congress come together 1t has already LED 10
violent contentious in many OF the States, TO charges
and recrimnatons of gross unairness IN assigning the
TO the premature breaking mp oil The Legislature In the
midst Of its unfinished business
Besides thus throwing frebrand into the State le
gisatures, the members OF Congress have passed no
small norton of their nine months session like boys nj
street bonfire in tossing smaller hrebrands at each
other Personal alterations, speeches which were
thing but vulgar scoding from end 10 end angry quar-.
rels animated debates the reporters call them about
worthless points Of order, have occupied small por-
ton of the time from the winter solstce to the close Of
dog DAYS Never did Congress assemble in this
try The members Of which conported themselves with
so little decency Of manners so little respect for them
selves and each other. There IS no reason TO be sur
prsed at this it was the natural consequence Of the
manner in which the canvassng for the elections IN
Is4O was conducted on The part of the Wings. The
more scrupuous Of that party stood aloof and allowed
the work I" be done by the more dishonest and de
PRAYED accordingly never was there an election 30
dsgraced by fraud and debauchery the foundation
of our Government That election swept into Con.
press the blackguards OF the log cabins, who carried
with them into the halls Of the Capitol the vulgar broils
Of the tap room.
The main business however, Of the three seasons OF
the year, through which the session has lasted, has
been TO plague Mr. Tyler-to frame and pass laws the
signing or rejecting OF which might make HIM either
odious 10 the people, the bect Of their contempt
We should exact too much from the patience Of our
readers if we were TO retrace the history with which
they are all familiar of this gross pervesion Of the lie
rislalve office. They 60 back 10 their constituents
without having accomplished either object, and the
country at large congraues itself that their Of
mischief is interrupted for the present, and that when
it shall be resumed in December, il can continue but
three months longer II true that nothing better can
be expected Of them, when they come together again
than repetition Of The practices which have rlfeady