The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-08-08
From the .Neio Hapen ( CO. Register
THE NATIONAL NUISANCE.

Why do not the Wings in Congress pass tariff
law; and go home? Ii is not that they apprehend
veto TO the tariff they have no difficulty with the
President that subject. Their difficulty with the
President is about another matter entirely is TO
distributing the nntional revenue instead OF retaining
it pay the honest debts and carry on the necessary
operations Of the Government il is, whether they
shall collect with one hand and throw away with the
other, deducting ten per cent commissions for the
trouble of the process. They could pass tariff law
suitable TO the wants of the country in hour and
the President would approve it-but this they will not
do. They want some excuse for remaining at Wash
ngton, and drawing their eight dollars a dry-and
hence the game they are playing off They have
evinced the procrastlnatlon on all other sub
jects since they have been in session and the same
disposition to burden the country with expense, to
make the people dissatisfied with our republican
forms, and render the republican system ridiculous
in the watchful eyes OF Europe. There was
the Apportionment BILL for instance, merely deter
mining how many members each State should send
to Congress under the late census This was mat
which all former Congresses had settled early in
the session-in time for different State Legislatures
to conform their districts to it, at their regular ses-
sions and it was never heard of before, that this
subject was delayed 50 long to throw the expense
of an extra meeting of the Legislature any State.
But now for the first time under the Government
more than half of the States will be obliged to hold
extra sessions of their Legislatures at vast expense
because Congress refused to act in season on this
subject. II was urged again and again al Washing
ton that such would be the consequence of the delay
but the Wings needed it not-they cared not how
much expense they might throw upon their constitl-
ents, if they could only put the eight dollars day in
their own pockets. Connecticut will be sufferer of
| several thousand dollars by this course. We must
be driven into extra session to form our Congress
Districts because the Wings in Washington would not
consent to give the ratio of representation in
SON. At the time of the adjournment of our Legs-
laure the bill had passed branch of Congress for
ratio which left our districts formed they were,
six in number and such appeared then TO be the plan
fixed upon But after our Legislature had ad ourned
in that expectation, the wise men at Washington un-
fixed the whole arrangement, and determined a
new ratio, that allowed us but four districts instead
of six and they may yet alter again before they
adjourn, for aught that we know. Such manage
ment is all OF piece with the rest that has brought
the present Congress to be considered ''national
| nuisance And where has been the voice of Con-
necticut, when these proceedings were going on =
What have our dummy delegation" been about
Why did they not raise their voices against the delay
of the Apportionment bill why have not they urged
the passage of tariff law why have they consent
ed to waste nearly nine months in the game of 'head-
ing Captain Tyler" and quarrelling about distribution?
scheme which nine out of ten of their constituents
| hold to be ridiculous if not wicked.