The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-06-08
THE ADJOURNMENT OF CONGRESS.

Another movement was made in the Senate to-day
to TX on day for the adjournment of Congress.
The great body Of the wing members voted for it;
but four Of them voted for postponement Of the re-.
solution till Monday next. To us it appears most
extraordinary proceeding, that the democrats of
Congress should vote for an adjournment until the
great measures Of the session have been accom-
pshed Lest the remark Of one of the senators, for
whom we feel sincere respect, should be misun-
derstood, we beg leave to say, that derive no
advantage which may be expected from the public
printing during the rest Of the session which can
compensate US for the extraordinary expense that
its continuation throws upon cur paper. We stated,
short time since, that every month Of the session in
wolves in an additional expense Of at least 81 500
But whatever be the amount Of the tax to which it
may subject us, we cheerfuly encounter il, if the
great reforms which have been promised by the re-
publican party are fully and energetically carried
out. Congress cannot adjourn, and leave The reform
Of the tariff neglected without, serious detrimen to
the public welfare. Printing, then, or no printing,
insist that Congress ought not to adjourn with.
on, adjusting the tariff on revenue principles. We
cheerfuly submit to any personal ncon venence, and
TO any pecuniary sacrifice which We may incur from
the prolongation Of the session.
In confirmation of our own impressions, we sub
nit to readers the following letter, which was
addressed to Saturday last, by very critical
observer, and an accurate judge Of such matters:
GAS possess some means of arriving at facts and
contingencies not, perhaps, always open to you, it
occurs TO me that one or two suggestions to the
business OF the House may not, at this moment, be
without their use.
"The proposition to djourn (engthened from the
18th to the Goth of july was again introduced to-
day A decided ant-tarif democrat was the mover.
call your attention to the list of yeas and nays.
You will that it embodies, with two three ex.
ceptions, the whole wing vote; and that, combining
this wing vote with doubtful men on the democratic
side, Il mean doubtful with reference to the one
great democratic system,) there is the power to
break up Congress al amy moment so far as the
ton of one House is concerned. This is the ,ohg
policy, And do not doubt that, if the resolution
to adjourn should be passed by the Senate next
Monday, we could, in our House, amend it by the
insertion of a much earlier day.
at is true that the House did not receive the res
olution; but the same vote that rejected it on the
technical point Of a two-thirds vote for anything
not in tho regular order Of business would you will
perceive, have passed it, had the question been,
"Sha this resolution pass" for in the latter case
majority vote only is required, and that was got
"That there are strenuous exertions making by
the wing party to accomplish this adjournment,
have means of knowing. They are not without
hopes of its accomplishment. Once fix a day for
adjournment, and the parliamentary law itself pro-
vides abundant means to fight against time, and thus
to stave off action on any prominent measure.
"U there is any serious intention to act upon the
tariff, nothing can be more preposterous than the
supposition Of an adjournment on the Goth of July.
The thing is impossible. say SO not less from
close calculation of time and chances than from my
own knowledge Of the state Of parties, and the hope
lessness of any very peremptory application Of the
screws on question where party demarcatons can
be traced with little comparative certainty. In
March last, when General Mckay designated the
first week in April as that at which the measure
would be taken up, he thought me a dreamer be-
cause | designated from the first to the middle of
June.
There are always mixed motives at work in
these motions for adjournment. There are some
members with whom public economy and retrench-
ment stamped in bold relief. Other members
more conscientious and sincere, say that, when a
day is fixed, the House, knowing that il must adj
journ on certain day, will get rid of its business
In ordinary this is true but the very fact of
fixing day now kills all hope for the tariff. Take
my word for it. You will have House without
quorum; you will have night sittings, beginning and
ending with motions to adjourn, and for calls Of the
House; but you will have no modification of the
Tariff The only effort will be to kill time, and de.
,troy almost all hope for a reform Of the tariff