Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1854-02-23
The LEGISLATURE.

Il portion OF the press 81 the State
has the temerity to utter complaints
against the present Legislature.-
Should that body remain in session
uatil the middle Of March, we shall
expect TO hear complaints still louder.
The franklin Review, whig jour
nal says:
"The Legislature seems to be
dragging its slow length along, con-
Stunning much valua bic time, and
wasting vast sums of public money.
and doing nothing for the benefit of
the people at all commensurate with
the expense which they incur in send
ing representatives to Nashville
The Legislature has now been in SEES
sion for m ore than three months; and
what have they done to repay the
people for tn e vast outlay of money
which they have caused? Nothing,
absolutely nothing
The Democratic GAINESVILLE Jeffer-
sonian says:
1--WE think the time of the legisla-
ture could be better occupied in pass
ing measures which are Of interest to
t the people, than in reading "Bun-
combereports" and similar nonsense.
1.-The legislature has been in session
over four months. and they have
done, what? They have not passed
the resolution of Mr. Woods of Can
non, to curtail the pay of tie mem
bers, after the expiration of a sufli-
cient time for the transaction ofpub-
lie business. This was for Buncombe. y
The Nashville Union & American
remarks:
| A re solution has been adopted by
both Fl ouses to adjourn sine die on
Monday, the 9th of March; and il
nothing very unexpected should
"turn up the af1eetionate wives of
the me mbers may<expect to see their
Husbands about the 10th.
| ! A vd ry large amount Of business
Yet rel Mains to be acted on The
school bill is the most important of
this. Its fate is in the House
AnXious as we are for its passage,
we hav learned to hope for little of
good Fl tenn the present House. y
Unle IS the omnibus may be con-
sidered an exception, We recpllect no
great d ct OF legislation W hich has
thus IA t been accomplished sufficient
TO JUST ~ the extreme length of the
session
The Athens (Tean.) Post, a wing
paper 0 ability, says
VIVA RS THE HURRY? We notice
a propo Bition before the Legislature
to adjo4rn on the lst of March,
We do bot know whether the gentle
man VIII b introduced it was in earnest,
but it 81 GEMS to US to BID an entirely
too earl y day, aud that such extreme
precipit htion aud has ste on the part
of the States legislators would re-
suit I'M hriously to the best interests
of the Commonwealth. Il is a whig
leglslat 9re, and as to ever having
another one of the same political
complex ion is mixed up with the I'M
certaint les of the future, we hope that,
like the charming Miss Lncy,it will
take it time, and discharge its du-
ties cal nly, deliberately. and leisure
ly. CIR eat bodies are proverl'ially
slow in their movements, and if we
we're n MEMBER oftbe present enlight
ened g neral assembly (which thank
the Lorl We are not!) We would not
think Of hn adjournment before the
middle 3fJuly or the first of August,
unless a crisis in the financial 3 depart
ment should occur
The members OF lie Minnesota
lpsi,latute have resolved to give
one dayfS p,y 10 the Washington
Monument.
A DetItinn has been presented t.