New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-09-16
The Good Of DemocratIcv Congress.

From The National Intslhsencsr
Often as we have heretofore had occasion
10 point cut 10 readers the things which successive
COpgeses the close Of each Of their Sessions have
lett uDdone know Of whose errors OF omIssioa
have eqused those OF the Session which Just ended
On looking over the Calendar OF Business Of the
House OF Representatives for the 30th of August tho
day preceding the adjournment find first among the
Orders Of the Dsy-rst upon the docket az Il by tho
Constitution made the first duty Of 10 &C. UPON
-aer lying the table from the day of Ito recepdoa
during period of nine full months yet uRtOeh,d the
Annual Message Of the President OF ths Untsd sRes
10 Congress fact Ike this demonstratlve of the fef
neglect OF imperative duty by the House Of Represzh
uves-of Its utter ncapacity rs at present constitud
for the discharge OF lie highest dura<-t would be Ne
oenlsrge upon. The fact Itself stands upon record
sn indelible reproach 10 the House. which no spohU
can eztenuate, much less excuse. II 10 not nerags
ohcCurtesy TO coordinate branch Of the Governmsn
but deliberate and wilful dlsresp CT TO the authoy
between which and itself the Constitution has est sbd
relations that can be dissolved only Ia the mode wah
that insl ument points out for amending the Consnta
uon or BY Revolution. Deliberate this omission OF duty
~ the House has been for IL has been Of nine mooihS
duration. That IL has been nifl no one can deny vho
will ADMIT AZ every must that no such disresDecs
has ever been shown, even by Democratic House Of
representatives. to The official acts Of the Presidential
the Republic.
Alongside Of the Message, Ia Committee Of the Wade
House on the State Of the Union lies BILL reported
by It's Committee on the judiciary, aud equally neglect
cd win the Annual Message, 10 prohibit the pr0secr
ton OF clsims against the Government by Senator,
Representatives and Heads of Department. DUNG
the term Of their respective Offices. Selfrespeet one
would have thought, would have secured immediassc'
ton on his BILL and its prompt rejection II theresa
pesred ground for the charges which II impuss
sgsnst all The memL sindiscrimnatey Of Doth n 1uss
IF Congress.
Ia the same condition, on the table, besides MN
bills reported from Committees OF the Housei self tbss
lie no less than one hundred and forty FIVE bills mod
tor the adjustment of c'sms Of private indiyidusb
Nhtch had all passed The Senate and wanted bu, tn asc
on OF the House, which would have REQUIRED probably
butt few minutes each OF the time of that body Fot
the dispatch OF ell these biDs onet~entieth part d ne
time employed In the discussion OF the merits NJ 10
candidates for the Presidency would have suhed
Nor Is there any consolation left 10 those II thsee
6Dy such, who would cbuckle over tue saving 20 ~
Government BY the failure pass many bills for ~
paJ ment u just clsims; for though the two Hosss
between them could, In session Of forty weeks, nno
time 10 psss only thirty Eve private bills the go
Houses, besides donations and gratultles ncodet %
acts passed by BOTH found lime, separately duhog -
last eight and forty hours OF the session. 10 vote svy
vut sums OF money 10 various forms some Of them gs
tuIous donations, not only II the working clern
each House, who bad We'll earned them by extra APP,
but 10 all descriptions Of men and boys employee 4
and about the Capitol-the sum total OF which doos
tons probably equslled In the aggregate fully oneb
OF the sums called for by the bills for the settlemem
jHs claims Of individuals against the Government wh
the House Of Representatives could not md Ite TO -
upon.
Upon the whole there perhaps never was 90 grs
waste of time, chiefly In debates upon priority oil ~
ness and upon Questions wholly foreign TO the prop@
duties of legislation We certainly, In our long ~
Renee never witnessed 90 lavish expenditure I'll
and money In Congress with 90 little advantage =
country, a. during the last session.