New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-02-27
FROM WASHINGTON.
Conzres,lonai notwithstanding and
Publishing.

pCE DOCS which are sent of % the printer
sld uo cps reserved IN tho Clerks Office, so that
you can neither gee the manuscript DOR tie IN
prs soa ln,ii he latter turus up some fine morn
10, or o,her seeming, by accident, Congress
seems 10 tais o3uaeziou. - be more Of ao .nsen-
no % the te.eit a the printer, than the printer
bI1c.ary oi documents the convenience Of
Congress
L. the House speeches are wisely restricted 70
an ho1r ia tn Senate they are literally inter
m.nabe. What man 4 butiness habits VII take
up q newspaper and wade through u n.assy col.
1mns Of verbose composition Of which Senator
may have inflicted two thirds upon his unhappy
brethren week previous, adding the remainder
a'ierward in the form OF cancellations and add
tons to the proofsheets
4 sermon Il IS minutes IS fsshionabie--2g are
h0t lees pOhte-soEc men OF ia ent AID &, mus rsh
tab .0T an hour AMI while listening - tIe.r holfd
aoc-l,s you csnnct think th-t il really was an hour
since they began bat T. hear men speak dey after
day IN the most prOsaic style ia a Senate cham
b-r. Tor hours at a time, and then % ste them
O. srgc the unfortunate public sl5 per c0.um;
u Mt that 10 3 tor spreading their elaborate
says before 1t. perhaps when the story is OII day
" n week old, is really and truly iutoerab.e NON
aud then some popular man gets read Oh account
mpOitalc. ol b.. matter. but he IS the * -cTtion-
ms case IS not the rule by any meaus.
TIE RfDU6Ac gives synopsis in TIE mOruin- O'
sat was said aud done the day before aud
there au end l. IT, Not 80 the iHtcl gtnctr ahd
iai0p. The turcIdity OF their heavy co.Juls. ca,
after DAY, IN the advertising form. at SIS acts up
on me as a rcpe4aut power. ] 60 lot stay 10 stem.
AID | never attempt 10 read Each Of these lel-ihy
essays - out oi place 10 a Senate JOh. patient -
he must have been. all things considered, w-ula
1a literally broken down under half dozen o
them.
The Senate should adopt either the hlnr or the
go hour ruls-the one obtains ia the House. the
lrher was forced upon therelctant Supreme Court.
Loquac!ty, If Il has no limits should al east allow
Intervals Of rect. Where IS the orator. WHO IL h.
has the intellectual power. is unable IN two Iaorta
hours 10 throw a hJod o. light upon an important
question: Bills and resolves have iuofe stages
tbsu oue--he can speak sgau ani again at some
.tasc vr other-but TO occupy the forum day axe
day, except on some vast and nomcntous occa.
sion s, 90 say the least OF H. grievance oi euor-
NOUS magnitude.
Ia Lon lou aud Paris, The speech vi tie preyioe.
evening appears GA The following moraing, shnl
4 may be of b., supeIfutes The London TINES 70
C.IOnlC'e, on your breakfast tsOe. gives you al
"a proceedings 0f ne pyeri0rS night i a siuele
ID sct VIII not hold the whole they give You double
one. but no speech - DELAYED al hour for revision
1 tu1 author, far less =, g. :, or days, and thei
served up Ike cold victuals OF Sunday ia old
G nnecucCt
The public Of Liverpool learn in the course %
Tuesday afternoon " ua, the two Houses o. ParIa
ncut di1 and said up to the previous night at from
midnight I'll. or 3 on the SAID Tuesday morning
al the details reach them al once. Here, Congress
sional procee dings are dOied out a mOdicOm or
perhaps none at ALL the day alter they occur but
shortly halt newspaper Il German ocean. an ev-
eriastin- food OF Ords make their appearance "a
colu nd i a. ed. ID. u D.
lance OF the day, Reporting The Senate com.
pels the people 20 pay for the publication 81 IL
speeches the House does not. Nj THApbEUs
SrE,LNs spoke on Slavery last Wednesdoy-he
got through In less than an hour-and had be
taken two hours. why con1 they uo' give II 70 rs
next morning instead Of next eek With yoo
he tclecra ID supplies syuopsis, 10 which is add
"a some comments 10y your WASHINGTON cores
poadeuts Here, meihiug more Is 70 be reasoua
blv cXpeCted-but eN staang should hc before thc
people within the next - hours.
There is far moro ssid and done IN the House
chan IN he Senate. but how diAccn; from the real
It, the whole appears IN PRINT IN the w ashlngton
journals Even the Journals OF Congress seem TO
be In the hands al couple Of droaas. They are
i've weeks belive, IN arrcar Each hoase has
an ample supply of clerks at Si,3C0 Cach-they
send the original documents 10 the printers, keep
.ng no copy-the journals e down beside RIP an
" nklc--aud even RWcs's Congressional Ci.tt
Keeps sstern Of the DAILY GLOBE although Con.
,ress gives him a $4,000 subscription TO oalckon
his motions | las this down as fixed principle
that the sooner the votes and proceedings get 10
the people the more VIII representative inStitn-
lions reflect the peoples wishes
4 Ketrograde Noyement-Thc Right of Feti-
tiou Tramp'ed on-Congress Refuses 10 Re-
dress. or Even Listen TO. the Peoples GrieV-
Correspondence Of The Tribune
wAsmSG1oN, Monday, Eel -
About fifteen minutes before two clock Mr.
GIDDiNos came forward toward the area IN frott
Of the Chair from his seat in the rear tier. on the
Speakers night, on the Wing side Of the House
ana offered memorial from Pennsylvania, Of sixty
men and women. who. Toying American Freedom
believing it overshsdowed by the deadly Upas Of
a slsveholding aristocracy and BEING hopeless Of
that united action on the part Of the Repre-
sentstves Of twelve millions Of Northern Free
men. which would. rs Mr. TRApDEUs STEvENs pro
,cstd surround the States where men and
mai1cns az held in a cruel bondage, by a Gordon
nj frecp,e1 ask for a consideration OF the expedieu
e., ol A dissolution Of the Mon as the only means
they Knew T. prevent them from beins engu..ed by
,le compact Of slave holder dOushiace and slave
dealer dirtr from ne petitioners Is % re mode
IN p-is.a 70 suggest q remedy I am Tor using the
means which the Constitution has placed IN the
hands OF the peouls % reform abuses and obtain NJ
innate ensncipahoIl--sad these means only baI
aneOui,oceilv dissent from the ludSmen; OF ma
l,rits " 40 have narrowed down the RiStt O. Pcu-
non 70 those objects which. ~ laSir 0pRiou. on ne
mere spuT OF the moment. are constitutional WAY
NOT receive the memorial. refer H. and atord com
plete redress. OF prove, through speclhc report
that its prayer canaot % ought not - be granted
The people shoad De allow eli freely 70 sdVse then
representatives OF what their opinions are, whether
,hcse opinions prove to be crude and undlgested
o. eulig hteued AID wise
The memorial was retained to Mr GIDDINos
ana is IN these words
To the Senate and House Of REPRESENTATIVES, - Con-
rss assembled We, ne uncrss e. inhabitants u Penn
:, vNUiS believing ttai he Feers ConsulVn p.edg
u ~ tfyeagA o. ~ rAcs Ns % ne srges.af S.srrs
vial AIS rsE DIVINE AS ~aT upon human ngt
scl ,rcss.. rfcssssfef Ts:s hsrloasa PTsHclss thai
- sen % 70 urie Frreccu ard Slavery n che BODY poi
NC Las ready troggla upon i1e County l2alio- eFis
a. Rs tl.y proved hs such sNs; o-t BY he
$500, OF Freedom % ne supremacy ~ SsvtrS. respect
n ia - yol 10 devise 1la pgsq. Without aeiay, sar
q N os TIA immediate peaceful ssoGnOa o tle Union
Amons the sixty signatures oo' msse than two
Of which are crosses. one column ooaiAins the
names q men, the other and it is the best filed
Of women and both columns Of persons who write
VEL. and cannot be ignorant OF what they are
aU0Ut -. r-
They ask for a pea cefal dissolution Of The Union
=. anti n lGgfs the