The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1842-08-09
From the .Neso Haven (Ct.) Register.
THE NATIONAL NUISANCE.

Why do not the Wings in Congress pass a tariff
law, and go homer 1t is not that they apprehend
veto to the tariff they have difficulty with the
President on that subject. Their difficulty with the
President is about another matter entirely il is as to
distributing the nntiOna revenue, instead of retaining
to pay the honest debts and carry the necessary
operations of the Government; it is, whether they
shall collect with one hand and throw away with the
other, deductng 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 but this they Will not
do They want some excuse for remaining at Wash
ington, and drawing their eight dollars dry--and
hence the game they are playing off, They have
evinced the same representation 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
ter which all former Congresses had settled early
the session-in time for different State Legislatures
to conform their districts to it, at their regular
sions and it never heard Of before, that this
subject delayed so long to throw the expense
of 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 1t was urged again and again at 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 consttu-
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 Congress
districts, because the Wings in Washington would not
consent to give the ratio of representation in sea-
son. At the time Of the adjournment of our Legs-
ature, the bill had passed branch of Congress for
ratio which left districts formed as they were
six in number and such appeared then to be the plan
fixed upon. But after our Legislature had dourned
in that expectation, the wise at Washington un-
fixed the whole arrangement, and determined on
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 Irrational
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 w?-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.