The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1847-03-11

From The Aliiahsl iniailsenner, MaECk I.
THE cI.esR or THE SESSION.
We have new rearliri within three days
n lhr rlsse ol llse present Session IT Con-
gees; and. Filh ihe exception nf aiding
Ien regimrnls Ia The Army. aud q InaSi-
sim fcT hnrrdTing lees money 10 carry on
The war lhsn the Garenmenl will sar
lT lhal purpose helore Congress mes Is
again. the miss Of The indispensable l'u-
siness az the,Sessinn il yet on ghe tables
nf lie two HOnses. Tie most import.
AMI or the depending bills rrlsle 10 The "a
isiing War. The whole business nf the
Session has frlale,l indeed 10 almost mo-
lining else. frha War has occupied, We
believe, ninl.Ienlls uf the time IL both
Houses. Nothing el.e seems, in truth,
10 be though much wnrih attending n.
II Is one al The evils in'Rparsh'e fEnm a
stale of wan IN popular Government cs-
peeially. 'ha,. while IL lasis. il generates
and nouIislfs a rank giowIh Of such &C.
gisialion as ovrrsladnws and stiles the
prodnciinn Of vice. Wholesome. and hem
neliceni measures. The House Of Re-
presentalives has, indeed, IN iho 7amr
breath in which IL voted .sihing like
ihiny-fise millions Of tloilsrs Tor the
years expenditure fo' the army M
passed nil approprisIing sum
of one million Of dollars for aarh0
prnyemen,s. anil lesser sum Nor IS
houses: bui. should lhrse bills ~
fortunate enough to pass the Sci
may be doubted whether they will By -
miited TO become laws.
The most important incident Of the iasl
week is the decision by the House Of Re-
representatives. on Saturday evening against
laying taxes of any kind, lo-any sinouni,
for the purpose Of ekng ont The revenue.
The history Of this bill is told in the re-
port. Of the proceedings upon IL; from
which the reader will learn tina, no debate
was allowed, and that the same body,
which only the very day before passed
by a majority Of some fifty votes pro
vision granting 10 the Executive powers
looking to enlarged and more extended
and extensive operations in the war d
galnst Mexico, reluseu Dy . naJuTiiy u
sixty.eight votes 10 tax their constituents
10 IN amount necessary 10 sustain their
own measures. II this vote be consider.
ed as q test If the real sentiment Of The
House-and prima fueie il must 90 Sc
ronsidered--,he House, though in favor
ni prosecuting the war, is not sufficient
" so to vote for the financial measure
which the Executive has repeatedly de
Glazed, both in Presidential Messages snt
Treasury Reports, 10 be inaispensabiy ne
ressary to enable il to carry on the war
The bill which has been rejected can
not, in ihas or any other shape, be recon
sidered or revived. Saturday beingss
last day Of the Session--untsss
thirds vote in beth Houscs--onl
Ill originating in either Howe 81
sen, to the other.
Wednesday next is the Last day "a
Session; and we sympathize, in
patton, but most sincerely. with ,hoSS
numerous individuals interested in lh'
mass of bills before one or the otheI
House, Of which so many certainly wi!
be tefoaiol by the pressure OF war mea
sures and The Indispensable appropriation
bills for miscellaneous objects. the dis
patch Of which will Gil up nearly the
whole Of lhe remainder Of this shor. Ses'
sion Of Cingress.