The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1854-09-05
THE LAST SESSION OF THE AMERICAN CONGRESS,
AND ITS REVILERS.

ered respect whilst in the hands of NJ Frederic Gaar-
Diet During that time in addition to its wel-selected ex-
tracts-poitical literary and mscellaneous-irom the
newspapers of Paris and its paragraphs OF current local
intelligence it contained able editorial matter, marked by
REASONABLY -impart and highly intelligent appreciation
of men and of in both Europe and America Since
that time has sensby deprecated in general value 1t
still affords interesting gossip and eons copied from
the Partisan press and excellent Partisan correspondence
from NJ Gaisrdet himself though in other respects its
correspondence is inferior TO what it contained when it
edited by NJ Gaardet But the great change in the
character of the Courier in its editorial management For
the part except its paragraphs of daily intelligence its
present editorial article little than hasty references
the foreign brought by the steamers with now and
then brief superficial preudiced and unjust remarks on
political incidents in the United States Its naccuracy in
facts illustrated by the column of remarks which pub
lished not long since the Jefards affair." in which it
assumed that Jeards and hi. companions members
of Congress, and upon this false supposton morazed
the assumed disorders of the closing days of the ses-
sion of Congress tits uncomfortable how such blunder
this should have been peeraed by the editor unless
by supposing that his mind predsposed to find fault
with institutions and that he looking around for
occasion for fling at the American Congress in the
spirit of the petty caumnes which be from time to time
elects against the President Of the United States.
This disposition is manifested very plainly in another
editorial of the Courier which, in its length and its spirit
is very fair specimen of its ordinary editorial matter 1t
is in the following words
''The chambers of Congress met Monday morning
for instant pronounce the official termination of the
session The Congress having assembled the 5th of De-
cember last may said that eight months day
for day What has issued from these deliberations prolonged
during twothrds of year. known; vigorously speaking
the results of the may be resumed in single word
the Nebraska bill So of coneres of the Evening
Post with biting TRUTH that of all the acts of the present
Congress the most mertorious is its adjournment.
That which The Courier calls the biting truth of the
Evening Post better deserves to be characterized us the
malignant mendacity of negromad organ of bastard and
hypocritica philanropsm. 1t is edfying to see this
French editor go to the rorous columns of the Evening
Post copy terms of calumny and deracon applied to
the Congress of the United States What sort Of parlia
neary assemblies has France had that this Frenchman
should undertake to at ours When France possesses
enough of the qualities of segoyernmen to be able to get
mp any sort of constitution capable lasting five years when
she shall be able exhibit deliberatve assembly which
go without daily murder of its members on the
gnllotne without daily squabbes which would be dis
graceful to n street mob without so dishonor-
ing itself by mercenary acouness AS to be kicked out OF
doors with IMMUNITY by some Napoleon the uncle, or
Napoleon the nephew then it will be time enough for
Frcnchman speak dsparagngy of the Congress Of the
United States 1t would be supeatvcy ridiculous if it
were not superativcy insoen for this French journal to
undertake eprecate the American Congress in view OF
the fact that the of the United States has
gone for eighty years without the existence of sim
gle case of human life being taken, even so much
as one man exiled, for political offence; whilst the
contemporary annals of France crmsoned with civil
blood only freed from civil commotion, street mas
sacrc wholesale gujloning, deportation and banish-
meats brief pause in yioept revolution, during
which military despotsm is the only refuge of the country
from civil anarchy and conyuson until at length, the
world has come believe that is impossible for liberty
and order to oo-exist in France
The Courier tells u.s. after the Evening Post that the
most act OF the present Congress has been its
adjournment st any rate its members did not adjourn
under the prick of the bayonet, often happens in
France And what of merorious acts performed
by contemporary parliamentary assemblies in Paris? Why
they orsooh employed in registering with stupid
submission and serye aduation, the imperial edcts OF
Louis Napoleon
We admire aud honor France and the French people.
We cheeuly recognise the fact that France is ut the head
Of our time in all that there is Of intellect in literature
in science and in the refined If not in The useful arts
that her generals
historians and painters have covered her name with i'm
perishabe glory that her people noby great in
arms as they arts and that the brilliancy of the
long series of her victories in old in modern times is
only exceeded by the splendor of her achievements in
mere intellect which illustrate every page in the history Of
hristendom nay do full justice her in that pec-
liar path of greatness which England is prone to arogae
TO herself her special province of distinction or
usnnessthat is enterprises of discovery and colonies
ton There exists upon this point the most preudccd
and false dea England did not COLOMBO America
in any proper sense Of the term. The Engshmcn
who settled what afterwards became the thirteen uni
ted colonies, which constituted the original basis of
the United States, voluntary fuptves from the
deserves little credit for the colonization of Maryland
PENNSYLVANIA and Massachusetts she does for that great
emigration of Irshmen who unpcopling Ireland
aud who like the Puritans the ouaers and the Catholics
do not come here by of any we-eonsdered public
policy of England but the contrary to testify against
chronic tyranny OF class of her population over
another by which that policy has been marked and
characterized The English colonization of America
consisted, for the most part of insulated or indepen-
dent undertakings, not directed by any comprehcn-
sve perception of the geographical features and capa-
hiltes Of North America No such comprehensive gem
eralzaton of thought he detected in the operation
of either of the powerful companies which held the great
grants from the Crown under which the English colon