The Evansville daily journal., 1854-05-29
What Will Congress do now!
This honorable body having frittered awe,

This honorable body having frittered away
almost the entire working portion Of the ses-
sion.it now becomes query Of serious and par
amount Importance, what shall next engage
its attention! A vast amount Of business of
obvious practical importance to the country,
has been cavalierly cast aside by way of
clearing the track for the fancy "hurdle race"
of the Nebraska nags for the Presidency.
After thus squandering months of time and
millions of the peoples money, to force
measure upon the country, for the passage Of
which not the most latent desire had been
expressed, and which sprung into vitality
from the hot.bed of Presidential aspirants, it
is to be hoped, and the country has right to
expect, that at least small portion of the
session may be devoted to its interests.
Thus far the labors of the session have
been especially devoted to the promotion Of
private and individual interests--to the pro-
motion and qualification of an unholy person
al ambition-big and little giants have been
struggling and employing all the machina-
lions of iniquiIous and unparliamentary trick.
cry to secure their own aggrandizement,
while their infamous conduct was eschewed,
repudiated and demonstrated against by their
constituents, and their burning effgies snok-
ing around their own homes. We say the
people have now a right to claim at the hands
Of their representatives, that there be no
more juggling legislation, upon abstract SUBJ
jects Of doubtful utility. In looking over the
congressional catalogue, we find among the
most important measures before Congress,
the Pacific Rail Road bill, Homestead bill,
our Foreign Relations, which are in high
ly critical condition, Reduction of Duties OH
Rail Road Iron, the French Spoliation bill
oil Of vast practical utility and demanded by
the interests Of the country and the wishes
of the people-yet they have been made to
bend to the great Nebraska humbu9 on all oc-
casions. These measures have been indif-
ferently cast aside, "in season and out of sea
son." that the goal of Douglas ambition
might be reached. The present session thus
far stands without parallel in the history of
Congresses for its wanton indifference to
public interests. and for it's mischievou Gus, do
nothing achievements.
The Nebraska bill is now bey ond the care
of the popular branch Of Congress-; the oys-
ter season is quite over; the working season
Of the session is far spent, and what have
the majority in Congress to place to their
credit, II has passed Nebraska bill. which
secures the unique and indefinite prn ciple
OF "squatter sovereignty''-the Douglas in
depreciation OF which, we believe, is that
the people may govern themselves-subjec'
only to having all their governors, judges
&C., &c. appointed by the Federal Govern.
ment, with the veto power reserved to be uset
at pleasure, in case a regulation should be
adopted by the territorial Legislature, restrict
ing or prohibiting slavery.
This is the grand achievement of the ses
sion-the grand scheme by which Dougla,
g. Co. have rendered themselves immortal il
their own conceit, and ignoble in the eyes o
everybody else.