New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-08-14

0Ses; Rr,siE out 70 be Jet alone
~ THE FRIENDS OF IRELASD are called TO
assemble in their strength at VauxhaIl Garden
thts ereHiag, prepared to render the lnsn People
al. possible aid in their last struggle Tor Freedom
Let none who can come stay away; let none VINO
can snare q dollar withhold it. Liberty and Hap
piness or slayery and Famine for Eight Millions
Of Human Beings trcmbes IN the balance atrine
may turn the scale. Every hour IS precious DC
generous nOwl
~ THIS DAY viii be joyful witness OF 'he
close Of the First Session Of the HAAth congress
after duration Of considerably over eight n'oi''s
D,r,g that protracted term il has seen the end o
Tho MEXICAN War and passed the essential AP-
,,,o,r;a,ion Bills. with great many unessenta
Fxtra Allowances appended TO them Ihree
months extra pay 70 the Army $3.50 extra compen-
..,;on each 10 the regiment Of overpaid servants
az the two Houses $4,000 for reporting the De-
hate. ~ the Senate 10 the Dissatisfaction OF that
.no,st body and s2,5OO for leave not TO do so any
more increase of pay 10 various Judges and other
func,ionares, but never a cent Of reduction on any
oretext whatever; $500 worth Of books each 70
the new members and a lot TO the old this BOOK
item has got TO be regular and all manner OIL
psvmepts. allowances and gratuities TO everybody
except the People who must pay for ail-such is
the substance of the doings Of this Congress
The work which should have been done yet was
left undone demands far more voluminous recital
Nothing has been done toward admitting ana con-
srroing the right Of every landless man 10 MS
needful portion OF the unoccupied Public Lands'
The gross blunders and pernicious inequalities IN
details Of the Tariff of 1876 10 say nothing OF its
radical defects Of principle) remain uncorrected.
The excessive Pay and outrageous Mileage OF the
Members Of Congress remain UNDETERMINED Inc
unjust and antirepublican Franking Privilege mas
not been abolished No bill 1--WE teeJ proWdihg
for the prosecution Of our River and harbor im
proyements has been passed, or, If passed, II has
doubtless been pocketed by the President. In
short very rarely has long or short Session done
less for the People or more for the stPendlares OF
the Government than this.
The payment of Mexico for her cessions and our
Mexican claimants for spolIations has been secured
but the equally righteous claims for French spoha-
,ions forty years ago remain unpaid and I'M
thought Of.
But if no great amount OF positive good has been
ELECTED,
prevented. The Army has been cut down to some
thing like the old Peace Establishment, though It
remains much larger than it should be- especially
In officers. The desperate efforts to procure
legaKzation of Human Slavery in so much OF the
New Territories as lie South of lat SO 5V have
been defeated. We hope some sort OF Postage
Reduction bill has been passed, though nothing
sfiectaal can be done in that respect until the
Franking Privilege shall be given up Wisconsin
has been welcomed into the Union. The protec-
ZION of Oregon has been looked to, though her
PRAYER for Government has been drowned by
the fierce clamor of the Slavery Extensionsts for
the concession of their demand. We shall be
Glad TO hear that arrangements have been made
70 extingush on fair terms the British possessory
nights in Oregon and especially TO the tree naVi-
cation of the Columbia, but we presume this has
been overland in the general scramble at the close
OF session.
We speak unfatteringly Of this Congress For
we think many Of its Members have paid to-, little
attention to their own proper business, and too
much 10 that of their constituents namely, the
choice of President. Yet We Know that many OF
the Members have labored zealously. steadily,
praises which they have neither obtained nor
sought. The Peorie, we trust, fully understand
that il is not by the habitual speech makers that
the business. of Congress is trsnsacted-on the con-
trary. these are obstacles mpediments and dead
weights on the progress of legislation. IL is quite
another class who patiently labor in committees
in the examination of official documents, the ma
turing of bills sc. &c. and who often enjoy the
greatest influence in the capitol while their name:
hardly appear in the daily proceedings. Severn
such are present TO our mind at this moment yet
we will name but one, who has labored with pre-
eminent assiduty and efficiency through the pre-
sent Session, and who has doubtless saved the
country many thousands by his vigilant scretiny o
appropriations demanded while never forgetting
the claims of an enlightened liberahty We alludC
of course to SAMUEL +. VINroN of Ohio, Chairman
OF the Committee of Ways and Means. He has
declined a reelection and viii retire from public
life at the close Of this Congress but his protractet
and useful public career will not soon be forgotten
~. The News FROM IRELAND by the Acadia
selegraphed from Boston yesterday, will natural,
attract the most anxious attention. We regard i
rs favorable to the hopes of the Patriots, to whom
every hours postponement Of the inevitable COLI
sios Is a signal advantage. They had not design
ed nor wished to interpose any physical resist
ance to the despotism which crushes and starve
their country until after the harvest shall have beer
secured--say. the middle Of September or first O