Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1843-03-17

COn0nical Government, and soon 10 Increase our
resources to the ability to pay off the principal VI
the debt incurred by the predecessors Of The
! Wings, and to furnish the means Of completing
our public buildings aud Notifications, ex ending
aud connecting our Internal improvements, con-
slructing harbOrsesnbllshlng our Navy on foot
| inv ul permanent National security, and gtiarau-
teeng to the people all the benefits Of good
Government. Al the linie by llIe same act
and the same provisions, is recognized the duty of
our Government to protect Tie products oil our
own land Ivy impcsts on foreign competition pro-
ducts, aud that this duty is enforced aud perform
ed is already made obvious aud undehlaDle 10y the
voice OF graceful and encouraged people, heard
amid profitable ahors now resumed aud extended.
| The Wings found Il vast number OF wUiknlen
who had been employed Ivy government, unpaid
for their huid labor, or paid Gully with upper PROM
lses to pay. They redeemed their long neglected
promises. borrowed good money for that purpose
omit the new Revenue system should yield
suhicency-puld nil just claims against govern
ment, and provided for The liquidation OF She float
! ing debt, Ivy the passage Of the Loan acs-~per-
hitting meanwhile the issue OF Treasury notes,
only until the loan cuu be negotiated under
slowly reyi,ing National credit.
! Tho Wings found many of the States over.
whemed win debls n,ustly injured in works
| ion The benefit OF the whole Nation, und these
debts pressing with new taxes upon their ImpoV-
crisned citizens, were driving tom 10 ultei ruin
and acts OF moral tesperaiipn They passed an
Act to restore 10 The Suites their Gnr.cul heritage
/ IA The public lands, which would soon have re-
| IIeyed diem from drcct taxation for State debts.
| ne States received snall sha e oil this dlstr-
button diminished by Loco.loco acknowledgement,
aud then 10y The tyraunlcnl interference OF a
treucheruus President, under Luco-tucO counsel
and direction, the system WIS destroyed, ana this
btuGhcent all denied TO the tax payers.
The Wings found Il vast body vi useful and en-
lerprsiug CuZeus ruined in business and pros
PEGS by The impulicy of past Federal legislation,
Gu Ctf from new efforts OF industry by tile riRor-
0us powers invested in creditors 10y law. They
passed na.iunil Bankrupt Law, by WINCH
even under the short duration Of year aud a
month, G0UU0 unfortunate, hopeless debtors h.yi
been released from their lhraldun, aud sent lulth
into the secure pursuit OF The means OF re-, stab.
fishing their credit aud retrieving their losses
The Wings found the Halls vi Congress Lesieg.
ell 10y hundreds Of long neglected petitioners,
wronged by Government and us agents, who had
tor years been vnnly seeking their acknowledged
dues rOm HE guardians OF the pubic faith aud
money. They have examined aud approved u
large number of these claims, and have passed
tnUrc lhau Two huut ell and fifty bills tor The re-
el Of these sufferers -rrjecng at the suuie limo
more han six hundred that would not bear Tho
test Of severe aud abUrious adjudication. These
claims, lui ming IN TACT part oil an uhackLo Iedg.
ed National Debl, lett Ny the previous Admins
trallon, have consequently made The expenditures
u TINS year. small ne they are, larger than the
ptnses actually now incurred would make them.
The Wings found both Tue Finances aud the
Currency Vi the country embarrassed, impaired
aud almost destroyed 10y the mad destruction of
Tho original aud long sanctioned constitutional
provision Tor The safe keeping aud Disbursements
OF lie public mon y, and Tor The regulation VI q
uniform currency, always convertible mo specie,
The Revenue beng retained iu the hands OF gov
eminent officers, aud subject 10 poculalon, theft
and conversion to the uses OF individuals aud
phrlics. They repealed the infamous Sub Treas
ury Act always rejected 10y The people aud they
passed Two successive bills 10 establish National
Institution, uudcr The control of The laws, by
which the Finances aud lhe Currency would I've
resiors'l 10 that si stem under which he country
llud been sue aud prosperous Tor forty years.
Bulh these bills Enough each was modified to
o,YIalc Executive obJeclions) were destroyed by
treachery aud Srhshness, that The ambitious lral-
Tor might thus earn the support and sufirages OF
those whom the people had just condemned and
cast out
The Whig' 'oen.l, finally, that by this ono
feature in the Constitution the whole object and
character of a Republican Government were
completely Dullitied--tte vii! vi the many and
the majority, beng lhus entirely subject 10 the
folly seItshneSS, conce capr!ce ami spite o one
weak, corrupt, alse man. They therefore IN sol.
ernn redemption OF their original pledges Of hos
rilly 10 tie monarcncaI power vi HE Presidency,
recorded their votes against this tyranny and in
favor OF the abolition OF the veto power.
These all form but rambling aud disconnected
selection of the leading Acts OF the Wings in the
twenty seventh Congress, tor The removal of Ma
tonal evils, aud for the accomplishment Of every
one of their original purposes aud the uilment
OF every one Of their promises. Then have done
all Ihul thry promised Ia their own concluding
words just acknowledged aud published by Them
lay The hand Of their eminent leader in the House
l" All we eau say is that we have cUnscenliousIv
and iearless'y discharged our duty LET CUR sue.
CEssOKs DO THEIRS "
find my tUIb aIlgf anil lii
me in dis Slight attempt 10 do Justice 10 the
acts and deeds Of tho aborlous. tn faithful, the
devoted, much abused patriot Wings of this Con-
gress, OF whose tolls aud trials | have So long
been IL favored though humble observer, with
whom have been so long personally intimate,
and from whom am now parting forever.
| Having thus done and suffered, thus long la
bored under abuse SO Unparalleled as their pa
tence, and industry, and heroism, the Wings Of
The Twenty seventh Congress- from serving their
country here III tins evil day and generation, re.
turn To their rest, 10 renew these labors no more
! They came forth 10 This mission umld shouiings
aud popular cxuitaIions aud lrlumphs. They re-
turn 10 Obscurity and oblivion, in sorrow, dsap-
polnIlnen sadness aud silence. But the peoples
hearts will turn 10 lhem again when The cry Of
hlrellng dictionaries hus died away, and when The
hnrVes. Of these unreguled tolls is reapcd by a
renovated nation IN canler yeays. Though his
tory, yenal oud false rs it ever has BEEN Should
neglect and belle tlen il does the great and
good OF almost all pas! ages, the faithful memory
and discerning judgment OF The grateful aud the
just shall cherish them among pulrot coniessors
and martyrs those "of whom the world was
not worthy"
: TREATY WITH MEXICO.
/ Among the Executive proceedings in the Sen
ate towards The close Of the Session of Congress
was ,he ratification of n convention lately cUfclu
died At ihe city OF Mexico between the Diplomatic
/ Representatives OF the UuiIed States aud that
Government, the terms of which are said 10 be-
honorable and eligible to both nations.
/ AZ The ratification OF the Treaty will doubtless
be exchanged in This city, we may expect 10 sea
il officially ulgaed.-.Ndt. Int
Consistency Tins certainly is lbe particular
virtue OF Mr.. Tyler.
Dining The canlnaign IN which lie pias alecteh