Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1843-11-30

THE MEETING OF CONGRESS.


Senators VIII tie, of Indiana, and A lien, o
Ohio, have, we understand, arrived II
this city, ready 10 attend their duties a
the session of Congress which is to be
opened on Monday week.
We are thus reminded, by an addition
al token, OF the near approach Of the an
nual meeting Of Congress, Of which the
wintry wines, and the increased hustle in
our streets had some weeks ago already
given US timely warning.
We shall be prepared, as usual, to give
our readers correct accounts OF tansac.
tons in both Houses OF Congress, with
reports Of debates as ample as may be
compatible with tina, promptitude OF pub.
LEGATION, which will be our particular aim,
in the coming season as il was during the
last.
For he qualification Of a very reason
able curiosity on the part of our readers,
we might here endeavos to chalk out the
course which business is likely to take at
this first session Of a new Congress. At
the opening OF the last Congress, thattssk
was neither difficult nor unplessing.-
The character Of that Congress was well
knowu; no doubt was entertained OF the
consonance Of the views and purposes OF
the Executive and the Legislature, nor
Of entire harmony between them; it was
easy then 10 fore,ell what measures would
be brought forward, the principles main.
tanned by the party which had just come
triumphan,Iy into power being deeply i'm
pressed upon the mind and upon the heart
of the great majority of,he People, and ii
being taken for granted that in regard to
those principles the popular will would be
obeyed. How far it uas obeyed and ,cAy
i, was not obeyed altogether, our readers
know as well as we, and there IS no need
for US to tell them.
1t is enough here to say that we are
not enabled, by any thing that We know
Of the present Congress, or of the political
relations which exist between it and the
Executive, to predict with any certainty
what will be its characteristics. What II
is consolng to know, however, is, that,
with q wing majority in one branch oil
the Legislature, the Republic is safe from
any danger which might otherwise be
apprehended, by those who have no con-
fdence 10 them, from unfortunate coun
ellis influencing the other branches OF the
Government. Not that we are at presen,
aware of any Project OF that character
likely to receive the sanction OF the pop
ular branch Of Congress, unless an attempt
be made to carry out the threats OF a te-
peal Of the present Tariff, to which alone
The country is indebted for the resusclta.
ton of its degraded credit, and even Tor
the means of carrying on the Government
Such an attempt, we venture 10 pred'ct
wher,soever and by whomsoever It may
be begun, will end 10 an utter failure
We do not believe that the existing Tariff
will be touched by the next Congress.
There are many things within the pow
er of Congress, upon which party consId'
erations ought to have little or scarcely
any influence, which II would rebound 10
the honor ofthis Congress 10 act upon
The range Of these objects is as wide al
that of the whole circle of the powers o
Congress, uffording free scope for talent,
patriotism and public spirit. Among such
objects, the very fact of the probable dis
cordance Of the two branches Of tho Leg
IIsIature and the Executive IN reference IL
erea, leading questions, favors the hope
that serious attention may now be oestow
ed, and final judgment pronounced uPol
mass Of individual claims, hitherto post
poned from year to year, with daily I'D
crease Of suffering to the claimants an
aggravaton of injustice and oppression OF
the part of the Government. Ii the pres
ent Congress shall do this, and no NOR
than this, Gin addition to the passage o
the Annual bills,) it will entltle itself TO
reputation for justice and honorable sen
timent of which every one may be prou
who takes part in earning 1t.
| Whatever may be the character to whlcl
this Congress may enttle itself before
ends its existence, however, the com
mrncement ofitS labors canno, but b
embarrassed by difficulty, from whIcI