Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1842-09-02
TnE LOCO roco rAnrY I'M CoNGREss.

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THE LOCO FOCO PARTY IN CONGRESS-
All manner of denunciations have been hcaped
upon the Wings by the bocoiocos and their allies
the 1ylerites, for protracing the sesson of Con-
gross, We usk every candid man TO mark the
course OF the Opposition party in Congress from
the first day OF the session mp TO the present time.
The last Van Buren, Congress adjourned on the
u ST of July being in session long into month
as the present. which has transacted as much bust
ness as did the four preceding. Immediately upon
receiving the Presidents Message the Wings pro.
cecded to refer the different portions to the 0ppro
pirate Committees and moved the reference of
that portion Of it which related TO the al usment of
the Tariff 10 the Committee on Manufactures a
course which had invariably been adopted but the
Locolocos opposed this, and Chas. G.. Atherton, n
bitter tory, (whO does the dirty work of the party)
moved its reference TO the Committee Of Ways and
Means This motion was supported by the Oppo.
sition, and they continued to wrangle and debate
the question for nearly three weeks, when the sub.
iect was referred to its appropriate Committee
But the object of the Locoocos was accomplished,
IN delaying the acton of Congress and wnsting 80
much time. Next came the Bill for the issue of
Treasury Notes. Mr.. Wise attempted TO hitch on
clause for the repeal Of the Land Distribution,
which gave rise to long and angry debate Mr.
w. being backed by his Lucoloco friends thereby
wasting the time and prolongng the session Next
came the Loan Bill, and notwithstanding the press.
ing wants of the Governments the special message
of the President and the earnest and repeated calls
/ from various departments, the Locos opposed this
bill day after day, IN milking insolent amendments
aud abusive speeches Mr. Tylcrs lovely guard al
SO opposed this measure, and did all that was in
| their power to bring the government TO bankruptcy
and disgrace. Here was another waste of tune in
Cured by our opponents. The Tyler men and 10.
coiocos opposed this bill TO their utmost aud yet
the Wings are abused for withholding supplies from
the government. Next came the General Appro-
praion Bill, which was examined and discussed,
item by item, and passed with great saving to the
| country. The course which has been pursued by
the opposition, has been to leave all Appropriation
Bills until the very last of the session, and then
pass them precisely reported by the various de-
partmcnts The Apportonment bill came ncXt,-
and, this too, the Locoiocos opposed by attempting
to adopt the General Ticket system. Thus, every
bill which has been brought forward has been OPP
posed, aud every thing has been done to embarrass
the Wings and delay the action of Congress, by
these very men who are 50 loud in their complaints.
a vast deal of fault found with the Wings for
not passing the Tariff Bill before and yet no bull
of the kind was ever maturrd and passed in the
same time In less than seven weeks from the
time that the committee received the necessary sta
lisics, and tables, upon which to found their csti-
| mates, the bill was completed-brought forward
and passed by both Houses of Congress, and ready
for the action Of the President. No person IS
aware of the vast amount of labor IN collecting all
the Information, and arranging the various csti-
mates, &c connected with this bill, unless they
ed the passage of the bill long possible in the
House, and IN the Senate Mr. Calhoun aud his
friends occupied three days in discussing the mere
article of eotiOn bagging and Mr. Benton wished
for time Ia Offer some seven hundred amendments.
These are the men who are continually praiing
about the length of the session. The Locos find
fault with the one hour rule, and condemn II as a
gag law, and say that every thing is rushed thro
Congress with such haste that they can have no
time to discuss the various bills but before the rule
| W N hey
, fault with Congress for doing nothing Their main
objection to the rule, is that il does not give them
chance 10 iufct their miserable party speeches
upon the country al the expense of the people. No
Congress ever had many important subjects To
dispose of the present. The Tariff, the Curren-
cy, and the Apportionment, all of vast impor.
lance and cannot be acted upon in u moment
] Our opponents have proceeded with systematic
1 opposition, 10 every th'ng-they present plans
of their own, nor offer any substitute 10 the bal
which they oppose but attempt TO cmbarrds'
l. the Whgs--to delay the action OF Congress, aud
10 prolong the session as long possible. W.
have the authority of that venerable patriot, J q
Adams, for saying, that no Congress has ever tran
I sacted much business the present and be
, would be likely Ia know us much about IT as III,
Now -day politicians, whose knowledge of politics
eNapofatcs with the cabaiStic words of Fedora
10 Wing and Il hard cider. They opposed the frs
o 'ra:ih, upon the plea that ii united two dssmila
n objects but when the question was taken, whethe
the Committe of Ways and Means should repor
the bill with the Distribution stricken out, onl,
c TWELVE of these consistent patriots, could b
j found to vote for it; and when the bill came be
4. fore them strp of every thing TO which they oh
iectcd, but TWENTY could be found to vote io
: they would lose their fright han'
than see any Tariff Bill pass at the present session
Their object is to stavc oft the question, until th
=, next Congress, hoping that they may have major
y and then claim the credit of giving a Tariff
Benton and Allen carry their opposition far a
= to oppose the ratification of the Treaty which ha
= lust been completed between our own Country an,
:, England, and we can no other for thci
= opposition, only that Daniel Webster was the ne
gotiator on our part. Thus the people can VIII
are TO blame for the length of the sesson-thel
, can see which is the party that has done most L
protract the session until the present time. Tn,
: course Of John Tyler has delayed the adournmcn
. of Congress-the Wings have spent much time L
uWdel various bills to meet his approhatlou but to-
often it has been in vain The Wing majority have
done every thing that they could do for the inter
est of their Country they have nobly stood by tn
= interests Of the People. and now let the people a
nobly stand by their faithful Representatives an,
= Senators; and all will yet be we'll.