Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1843-03-18

Spencer as Secretary Of the Treasury, and
by d very close that the nomination was
confirmed. chiefly in consideration Of The EN-.
barfassthent accustomed by the rejection oil
Mr.. Gushing,
Tie Senate nnxt regretted The nomination
Of Mr. Smith for culletturshlp Of lphlH.
" heFedpeti the President nominated the old
collector, Calvin HIigt, lremoyrd To rnatn
room for Jonathan Roberts AT the commence
rtent ol the present administration,) and this
nomination was confirmed almost unanimously.
The Presidents nomination Of Nj Everett
to China was confirmed it was understood
that hr. Webster (iot neB,inafpd) would be
seiil - London IN place Ct ATr. Everett.
Iiie Legislative business If the House ri
Representatives was Of euatse rsciBrucatian
Of that Of the Bettatp. Al rne o'cleek at
night, the House adjourned sihe die.
The President signal the bill repeating
the Bankrupt law bnt a6aji pockaied thai
~ relation ~ contested elections. and the dis
trittihg oftle states.
The Appropriation Bills, were Of course all
signed.
fnNeHEss.-Well. Ibis immaculate assem-
by las run 1tt liz term and dispersed. The
members. after fnteiying each eight dollars
per day from The gtsod people Of the Union
to pay their board and lodging and sprees
IN Westinghouse enable them TO concort
aud eNecute schemes by which said people
should be gtilIpd ont Of more money and into
more ridiculous t~otlefirs than ever has dies
gtatad them yet-have quietly laid aside the
pont' and pageantry Of station and retired 10
TIER own homes. and-the Hfog shops in
The vicinity Of their homes. What a beat
tliuI feature Of our republican institutions !
Here are men but yesterday i e, n office (n
which. however. they did no guo1)-tle law
e vers, and rulers Of a great nation Of dripes
To-day private citizens, aud inifgling with
The people 10 in'erfals Of he mass They
occupied office for The etnolnlneuis Of uftitp.
and NOW resign because they ran keep it no
longer At difference with the President,
they cannet ask him 10 pfoIot,a the session
by getting mi an ettra. aud hence they ra-
turn. ga we say, 10 their homes and the
G''- Nhi'iF w ~ ~ M J : " u hf rHttlf
extra rustles there. and thus recommend
themselves for a second election.
The session Just Terminated has been one
Of The most iniberiln and IN all respects lice
less OH record. II is marked by no one act
ef general benefit-=hy the adoption Of not a
solitary sage or sensible measure. Nothing
has t{not, tn,,,ba.J tl,,I .,,.I,t .,zt 49, ..ziI l-...
been left alone, snd some things have been
tnedled with 10 The s%erieus detriment Of in
dlviduals and the country at large. A dis.
position 10 destroy instead Of produce reigned
frotn December Until March. Incapable If
performing any gvod act, they have aimed al
the accomplishment Of "a many bad ones az
the diseotdant nature of their organization
would permit and the laws framed aud
adopted under the auspices Of wisar and bel.
ter men have been repealed and trainpled
Under foot in the purest spirit Of vandalism.
The bankrupt law has been repealed instead
Of revised the will of the people respect.
ing one Of the most important and jistin.
guished regiments Of the army. disregafdei /.
every object that might in any way eonduee
to the prosperity of the nation neglected. and.
though lastly no means least. a golden opper.
tunity for relieving the body public Of those
two loat,soine tumofs-John q. Adams and
Henry A. Wise-rnieetod II John Tyler
merits credit for no other act Of his life. he
merits 1t for even proposing TO send WiHo
out Of the country and had not Wise been
by a group Of congonial epirits
equally grovsllIpg and Opaque aa his own
appointment would have been confirmed
on condition that Johu q. Adams should be
sent to China And, in case the country
ehould be go fortunate as to again zee assem-.
bled in its congressional balls a body OF honest,
corn''loi,aaehse men, we trust an appropriation
will be made for a minister 10 the Carrihee
and Mr., Adams appointed to enjoy
honors aud emolnments Of the Office
Any measure TO rid the country of a man so
lost to all sense Of propriety. honor and JUS
tIee-so devoted to every project disgraeefuI
and rulneus 10 the couI,try--so opposed to her
laws and Constitution, would be good, virtu.
Gus and s~alutary. But with such u congress
as the last, no act 90 commendable will ever
be performed. If by accident they should
psrpetrate n merltorious deed, the President
would veto It--iust as they have vetoed the
righteous step John Tyler ever took in
his life. Language stagrers under the infa-
my Of the association when we say that the
President and Congress- are worthy OF each
other.
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