Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1854-07-19
DAILY IIRGINIAN.
WEDNESDAY MORNING. JULY 10. 1851.


Congressional Laches
In less than three weeks Congress " i'll al.
iourn. but grea. deal of mischief may be done
in that short time. The passage of bill by the
House of Representatives, for The improvement
drivers and harbors, shows the strength of the
Interest which promotes all the great schemes of
federal ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. and prepares ns for the
success of the Homestead aud kindred measures
The Champions OF the Constitution will Doubt
less oppose faithful resistance to all corrupt
aud vicious legislation but we apprehend with
out effect. The only power capable of saving
the Constitution and the Democratic party rests
with the Executive. The country expects the
President to do his duty.
To compensate this gloomy prospect, we see
possibility of any single measure OF real and
unquestienable advantage. Nothing will be done
in regard to Cuba. urgently the case demands
and anxiously as the country expects action IN
the matter The tariff will not be touched, but
the people will continue TO be taxed te r,plets
the treasury already Overlooking. Numberless
private bills of merit will be overlooked, at the
expense in many cases of much individual ineon-
venience and suffering.
Still, perhaps, il is better, under the oircum.
stances, that Congress should adjourn. II e
country can endure IFS sins of omission, but mt
the positive harm which it threatens TO inf.ic, If
the session be prolonged.-Rieh Eng.
We confess to some surprise at this article.
The patriotism Of the Enquirer has be en- aroused
to a degree almost as elevated as it,. admiration
IF Executive power. We sympatt s,. with hat
paper. In the ardor of its expec ta,ion of Presi-
Dental duty" it has become so indseroet as To
overlook democratic princr ,les, whilst making
confession of democratic Practise. These prae.
tises are very bad,we nave long known. They
were so represented yesrs ago by Jno c. Cal
ba1fJ has ,,f, Al
vim se of the Enquirer, IKE goose with one egg To
scratch oil the inter- and dust of the political
roost over such .ransgressions and hence our
surprise at tho, article above quoted. The En-
qurer should not have 81 palpably DOTTED its con
sistenoy Surely democracy has not beeome-t
is not possiole that it should become, mercenary
and corfapt-other than party of principle by
whateyer cohesion it may be bound together
1t is true the vote on the passage of the River and
) Harbor improvement bill 'shnws the strength of
the (demooratic) interest which promotes all tie
great schemes OF federal aggrandlzcment." tits
true.also, the same authority has often told the
country, that whiggery Is now mpotent. and can
only ooey the diota of it, sovereign lords in the
Halls of Congress But what of that Have
not River and Harbor appropriations TO an enor-
nous amount been made by every democratic
Congress, since democracy became an entity J.
But then it is principle not TO do these thing
True but again, it has been equally practice of
democracy to do them, under cover of lit tie
s.noise and confusion" about wing extravage n &C.
We express again our sympathy for the En- Jul
rer. We think, however, it should not des pond
The gloomy prospect it depicts will surely
pass away before the effulgenee of Executive
power. But il : ,un Is rather ominous we co Mess
10 hear this peculiar organ ofpopul0r sovereignty
and popular purity, holding forth the one Man
Power. the federal Chief, as the onl Y power
in the Union "capable of saving the Constitu-
uon." We trust our oontempory does injustice
to the patriotism of the party he carns To repre-.
sent. If not. we submit whether it would not be
as well TO dsband that party--Gonfess the
fsllacy of popular sovereignty" ami. by further
Strengthening, give greater efficiency to the Exec
.ntive, the only power capable of preserving
the Constitution and the Laws.
What say those who have pratcd so loudly
about the dangers of a cen trllzing influence :
Was it designed by the trainers of the Constitu-
ton to eonfde 10 the Executive arm the only
strength capable of preserving that instrument