New-York daily tribune., 1844-03-16
What Concress is About.
From our Special Correspondent.
WLsutNGroT. Mlrcl

/ tveS yesterday. ne proceedings, Us given ~
your attentive reporter, can afford you not tne
faintest idea Of the outrageous conduct OF the ma
ority. You have seen, and your readers too, with
disgust and loathng, that the morning hour has
recently been taken up with a revival Of all the
I old slang about Gov. Dorr, and the tyranny of
the Algerines in the Chcpachet war, &c. After
wasting thirteen weeks in discussing the 25th
| Rule, and then undong or rendering useless IN
one hour the whole Of the work of the previous
part of the Session, the majority have had the un-
ut,erable folly 10 thrust this worn-out Rhode
| Island business on the House, 10 waste time and
! the Peoples Moncy-and for the purpose, as one
of them told me, Of seeing if they could Mt I'M
peach Mr.. Tyler for interfering in the Dorr war!
Surely surely, the People will reckon with the
majority OF the present House OF Representatives
for all this. Y ou, at a distance, have not the
faintest idea Of the low and vulgar manner IN
which this Dor discussion has been got up by
Burke, Of New Hampshire, and a few others.
Whilst Messrs. Cranston and Potter were speak
| inc on the subject, the noise and confusion made
by the majority was so great that they could not
be heard across the House. One of the Loco
Focos told another that in his speech he must
8 give Cranston and Potter h-l' This out
rageous conduct Is almost too infamous Tor belet,
but it can be proven.
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Kennedy of Indiana had uttered a violent TRADE
apainst the :: Law and Order" party Of Rhode
Island, and rirtually asserted that the Loco foco
majority OF the House ought to set aside the present
Government in Rhode Island Mr. Dromgoole of
Va rose and reported bill to repeal the Dlstrlbut-
| ion Act that is, all those clauses which authorlse
the distribution OF the proceeds ofhe Public Lands
among the States, whenever the tariff is reduced
to 20 per cent, and called for the third reading
and fnGl passage Of the bill that day! This
outrageous proceeding astonl>hed the sober part
Of the House. accustomed as they to see such
acts. The bill was only sent to the Committee
of Ways and Means two weeks ago-lt had not
been discussed there fifteen minutcs-vct Its final
passage was asked for at once. In vain Mcssrs.
| Barnard Vinton, Hardin and other Wings ap-
pealcd and demonstrated against such conduct
| in vain they asked to be heard the subject for
a few mnutes-in vain they pointed out the i'm
portance of the bill, and the injustice of hurrying
it through without moments discussion. MIR.
Bower. of Missouri, gentleman who smokes ci-
gars on the floor of the House, moved the Previ-
Gus Question, although he withdrew it to allow
Loco Foco to speak, and then it was renewed, and
no Wing was allowed to utter word. Even
Mr. Weller, OF Ohio, demonstrated against this
course, and said that it was worse than the con-
duct of the Wings Of the last Congress, about
which they had complained so much. 1t was all
useless-the ma ority were past beng rcbuked
into shame even by one OF their own party; so the
bill was rushed through to the vote on its final
passage, although Rhctt, Dixon III. Lewis, Hale,
Owen, and Weller voted against having the main
question then put
On the question Of its final passage, the Previ-
ons Question having exhausted ITSELF Mr. A.
Stewart, of Pennsylvania attempted to address
the House, and to speak OF the folly and wicked
ness of this bill and the proposed new Tariff; but
he was continually interrupted by all sorts OF
noises and loud talking, and called to order every
few minutes, and then the floor was gwen to a
LocorFoco, who Immediately moved the previous
question. He withdrew it, however, to allow Mr..
Henley, another Loco Foco, to deliver a violent
TRADE against the Wings and all their measures;
and although Mr. Hardin, of Illinois, begged for
a few minutes to explain reply, he was refused
amid dcrisive shouts Of laughter noise, and con-
fusion worse confounded;'' and for some time the
scene literally resembed the interior of country
tavern on an election day Oaths and ribald jests
were banded about freely, and at last the bill was
rushed through all stages, read by It's title, passed.
and sent to the Senate.
To cap the climax of this beautiful days pro-
ceedings Mr.. Dromgoole then reported a bill
precisely similar to the old Sub Treasury; and
when the other members of the Committee Of
WAYS and Means demonstrated that they had
not heard of this before, their mouths were
stopped, they were told that all discussion was
out of order, the gag was introduced, and
under it the bill was sent to the Committee of the
Whole; and in few days it is to be taken thence
and rushed through the House similar to the other
have spoken of above.
Will the people submit to all this Surely,
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Union could have seen the scene enacted in the
House yesterday q use epithcts) there would
scarcely be a Loco Foco returned to the next
Congress speak without partiality or .preju-
dice IN the matter. What do you think it must
have been when even Weller bushed and voted
against the party!
DAYS and weeks are to be wasted in discussing
the Dorr War, a purely local matter, which
majority of the people of Rhode Island have de-
cded upon among themselves the money Of the
People of the whole Union to be wasted in max
ing speeches in favor of Gov. Dorr and his con-
duct at Chepachet, and not an hour to be
| pended in cOnsidering, even, the most important
affairs of the country.
4 movement is before the Senate. and it will
pass. to have the Chief Clerks of all the Depart
ments confirmed by the Senate.
You will see the Naval Committee have
brought IN their bill to reduce the Navy to a
Peace Establishment-none are to be discharged
but no more promotions to be made till by death
or resignation the number is reduced below the
following table; Sansst F5fsfs
Captains ...-...................60 go 81
| Commodores 96
| Lieu,enants. 300 3S2
Surgeons .....................6 69
Passed Assist. Surgeons 26
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