Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1853-12-02
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BURLINGTON, FRIDAY, DEC. y. lSj3
The Assembling of Congress.

The Assembling of congress.
On Monday the 9th Of December next, the
thirty-third session of the American Congress
will commence. 1t will be an important
session. CONGRESS will meet with questions
of Great mnncnt. of intense and vital interest
ia ,,crv \incricnn citizen. pressing on its
,.,nyi1n,,ti,n with substantial work TO me
dana and with = .u,,Iu. in the National
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discussions ana iac'lohal s'rll'S' INC hi''
problem to he solved j., "Who snail nc
Spcakcr!' and it is a question which may
we'll awaken anxiety. The Speaker WirldS AN
enormous nov,r in shu,,nY the political lra-
+r,. or tIo Un,.n He cannot of course
.bo,,oo tL,. co,d;t;,.n of ,mlit,cs; bat he APP
,,,iotsot hi, ,y,, discretion and Will. all the
.tondinr committees. through whose hands the
chief busincss before CONGRESS- must pass, and
rrom whom - c,,,r;llc report OH a Till goes
far toward, dccidinr what shall become a law
IF the laud Ina contingency. which may
nos,ibly occur. though not likely to happen.
ne may find himself invested with the olh"" o.!
President the United States. Should Pres
ident Pierce and Mr.. Atch1Soh' wee lf'Sl-
dent pre- f,ulyorr, both die, then lhe Speaker
OF the IIur'-o would become President, and
act till an election 10 III vacancies could De
had.
The first movement towards the "Fg'n'@a-
ton OF tn" House hy the eiectlo" OF ''praNcr'
Will therefore cai' INTO activity .''
factions among tine m'n'"erS' "''' ..',
dication OF thelr re''''NI th, s,,tI
aspir"h'S 10 INC '.,,,,nI In fine .,ossip at
' w,a.,;n,,ton hut if j. not certain that amy
one will he elected very soon. The policy Of
the Administration has made, in fact, two
separate parties of the once united pct'ocratic
party. If the members from New York carry
into the House 1.-THE of the rancour with
which their constltu nts have quarrellcd OF
Late, thu gulf between the two branches, or
parties rather, Will he found hard TO I'll and
without a coalition between two Of the par
ties to be found i'll the ticUse, no Speaker can
be elected.
The President probably has hi. message
neMly finished hy this time, and the letter
writer's from ia" Capitol begin to predict its
contents. They ,ay that two features will
prominently characterized the dorum"nt-iirNt,
Its strong SIH,hcrn accent and Noc"Rds its
doctrines of manifest destiny. 1t will take
high ground. they say, On what is called
" strict construction at I'll" >ouIh. viii oY-
pose the Pacific Railroad as a Government
project, will hint at the necessity Of taking
measures for ann"Xing Cuba, and will advise
the pprrhase of MeXican territory in tho
Mesilla Valley, will recommend the granting
to the Stqt.s the privilege Of lcyyln,, tornag,
duties in lea Of appropriations for li,cr al.
harbor Improvements, which will be lrowncc
p4s,n decidedly ,-Njll advise the speedy pay
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