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Ths session % ce1Sfsss iagi sssninsiei vas
d. isnessi ever heldibnd ne p4hlic nipd has
he<n led 10 he belief hal il was Ire ieasi prt-
dsc,ise uf usefoIrenIts. The Ices Foc6 presses
have been paftIeaiztlf teiise in ph,pasaiiag ne
belief that he Whiesiaastsd iims 10 aseless dis-
sursian--yei shsse vtsy presses. and he palty.
in CONGRESS. usrs Fessnni ia sheif dennneia-
s;oas q he soas-habr rule =. sdepisd 10 ssvs lie
Hsuse a Representatives. aa1 he eonniry from
vrxalioas babbiine- ff6h he regular ts'isg pf
nen rhcse sole sin seemed 70 hs 10 shesfs ~
eislaiioe ia al IT, Stages The Opposition .eF-
hibilet he spirit u fadli0n alInsss every Of
easion eY inporiance. ssideaty determined no.
lhfsu d:seredis upoa 10 Wink msiorily. and 10
hsins about reversal d ghes Whis policy =, lie
ezra session ID this Hnpsliioiie eaori lkey
uefe 5sl 100 well seepaded v Inc Pre-idssi,
Who privately venisd his spleen upon he very
men 10 whom be Owed his election xri, ia spie
/ Of all dieicqliies. n Wings have accomplished
much more thaa could reasonably have been
anticipated and much shat. we tr1ss, will Isdouhd
10 he interest AMI honor or The coanIry.
The National Iatellieencer. in 4 campara,ir,
reFie~ Of the business transacted ii varioas ses.
sicps OF Congress, auUfe4 40 ample yindfeannn
Of the whig majority 81 The late session. w.
d quote lhs, portion OF he article which eaecusl,
answers he clsmor of.oar adsersaries:-
sThe present session Of Congress II the lohse.i
ever held under The Gorernmenf, e; lending lhro
u Il period Of 269 days The session Of congres.
fQext to the present ID duration was thp secont
long session under Mr. Van Buren,, which LASTED
229Ndays.
Ifthe business by The House al thes,
tvq SESSIONS be eonuasltd. il will stand thus
ii Al the sssend long sesaiSu under nr. Van Bu
rem there vefe-
Reseas Bis Sssetlsa.' MI. pa. !, !, ne HOUSE
n .Ai The present sesSlon there were
! Reports made. BilAtrponed- Bills passed
III N og6 $40 299
! To addition TO the bills pssSed i: mar also B
T stated that there are about ofs hundred priyAi
bills Of The House which have~been ensrossed
: add are now ready for their 6nsi passage, an
) most off~hich would have passed Ikihe Senat
. could have scied upon Them, and which wer
: purposely retained in Tie House because thes
bills would be in better position al the mex
J session for early action than if they had passe
: The House, aud been laid aside in lie Senate ID
. wan, OF time 10 act % them. Ii addition 1
/, these. numerous joint resolutions have also beef
passed and the general result of comparisp
. is that this Congress hiss made more reports
2 passed more public lawssa and done more impor
(. ant business, than any Cdngfess1which ever con
a vened since the formation IL the Government,
III The bills passed at the lasi long session PR
cedingt the one Just closed averaged not quite on
a day The bills passed BY this Congress al ii
: late session averaged more than one per day,
e This is a. despatch 10 The transaction Of legi
= latYe' business greatly SURPRISING that IN u
British Parliament,
:, During the late session, moreover, Congre
: has passed two very imperani bills which 3ha'
{ ALWAYS required great deltheration, and ccc1pIs
much time, viz the ApPorlionmen. Bill and
al TaHE Bill
= The four previous -AppoIlionment Bills, vi
70 those1of 1901, ISL, 1929, and 1881. occupi'
:, The House, on an average, just thirty days eac
: / The average time reqhifed 70 pass the iol
= great Tariff Bills viz these ofIel6, 1924, 1872
d and ss42. was sixty nine days each.
ID ff The usual time spent by preceding Congre'
n es in ihe discussion and passage Of similar b
!. be deducted from the lime during which II
" Congress has been ID session, il would lea
u 10 DAYS IS the length Of The session fairly a
% plicable % the transaction Of the othe: busine
II Of the session. This is about the average lin
5. of The long sessions under Mr. Adams's Admin
iraiipn, i ihirtv-tWo days shorter ihan the av
rage length cf the Tong sessions under Gen JAG
I son, and is ffty-iwo days Shorter than The av
e rage length OF the long sessions under MIR VI
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