Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1856-11-25

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s-f O.. Congress. .
Next Monday Congress will meet again. This will
DO the short ssess;o,r--ei,,ng on the Sd of March,
and cosn, the tcss, ior v hich the present membc :
of the House of Representatives were elected With
the prescott Congress will also go out the administra
ticn Of President Pierce.
Short as the session will be- there are matters Of
grave iuporls6co which will claim the attention Of
ConsyA In edition to tho usual appropriation
bills, wfeh ia Che visiting temper OF the House are
labc 10 te the &c, Of removed contention and
dGi pity, afe viii be-, as there always is, number
OF corn'ps cncines caore Congress FOR depicting the
nator trei ~, ~ aging the public lands, AMI ia
vading tnu glNs ca Vie I'D States for the benefit of
the new t'rc 81 cess Of these scheners and plum
derers st the blst Session OF Congress i'm obtaining
graz " "a Rliops Of OF the public lands, and
in aostractng ron the Treasury millions of dollars
of os poblir money Dor nc benefit Of the Free soil
Stat 81 ~, Northwest, sheud warn the members,
FROM tnc Sout particularly If the necessity of ma
king lronoe vieoro,,s al. decisive stand against
all ne copupt om6,lesons ~ which the South is
deir~usi,a c' ngi,u2 before the evil shall attain
to scot huronrous magnitude to defy correction
. l. is no, alone ,bo Nay Of land grants, and riv-
and harbor eppro lratious to- purposes of local
ami insignificant character H. the Northwestern
State, ,bat These h'upics prey upon the substance
Of the General Governments Every scheme that the
wit Of man devise FOR personal aggrandizcmcn,
AMI individual benefit ig urged upon the conSidea
toe on Congress, and free gently carried through
by iug roilue cororinations aided by the arts and
app-pnc,s % Interested felbers OF The lobby. In
this thousands OF small leaks are made in
tn national Treasury, escaping general observation
from tier comparative insigniicance but amount
ing M tGe aggregate 20 serious draft upon the pub
Ii In proof OF this it is only necessary to
reier the increase in the annual expenditure from
Gay millions OF dollars "a few years ago, to not less
than eighty millions the present tmc-an increase
occurring, TOO in time OF profound peace, and with
any appropriations of large amount for purposes
Of r-oerai and uatio-a! character.
There at least three of the Territories to which
Congress should, the present session. refuse pny
supplies whatever The Territories of Minnesota,
Oregon and Utah have had for two or three ycers
more tlan sufficient population to in fifty them IN
sesi,ing admission States. Tive OF them Oregon
ans Utah Have actually formed State constitutions;
bul reiused present them to Congress, and claim
admission, AT the last session. As long they are
in territorial condition, they live and thrive upon
the county OF the Federal Government Ii is time
tlr' tins ilijudged ibsraity should cease and tha
Congress should them into submission A
$500 APi oPiiatloHS Npulu accomplish ttlS ctil,
act tnrs stop one heavy drain upon the national
1r,-snry.
TIC, a.ere is another scheme on foot, designed
io' ,es lit of shsrpcrs aud spectators, which
Dsro''rs aped being accomplished at the last SEES
II gross aud which viii no doubt be urged
o. in~y, ,tcrstic pertinacity at the next We al
TIVE 'r'he proposition to make anl warrants await
Az thc purchase Of the public lands at tie rat,
O. iollar and quarter acre. Under the "a
lao"a sets of Congress- granting warrants for public
Gals t'r military services in the OF 1872 mud
the itt war with Mexico, the country has b, el.
u" 'ded s,ith obese land warrants. Some Of lhui,
have h"," r.'atri bnt large number have been
bpuSrs ~ pJ ieauiarr>, and are held hs them in
the - ss,'u'i oa 90 s'oe such special legislation as
this in"s" s> 'uo>t 90 tten We're, for less than
.d9llu - ac q -'rh Oil II passed, wouid imiuc
diNcis ''it trio ur' On yeiN nearly a dollar and
qutri'H AMI 'nu" '7t treasury would be deprive,
of an, e,e.v, '.pl. tu, pui t. land, for a year on
two" ieaet--ppicG-seis ot preierrins 10 ad
in land ~ rrt"ts Hou-rt 'or one dollar and twenty
cent 700 p-sin. ,i-l az .he rate Of one dollar aud
a 4usf,e,.
Anrtr,- stable -cnenc for depicting the Treas,.
ry W., ao sppA ,uor for Federal aid to suniry
lines f a.,ulsA,i.s iron the Northern cities 10 fu
reign tas'- 'rsuucnt among these will he the
N'h-"''ni psou- sion for line Of steamers To
SputlaLItua -..uq aa .ltcmpt to regain the annual
appr"rnal"o 70 Do collins steamers. Thcs, will
oe urged "t'' tw'ff by an army Of interested
spo'i-H-n --.1 no-fe le-t of the drain upon the
natio'a' 'r.oito., --uod be resisted ar unjust to
tn S'''t t~n ir- the foreign commerce oI
.thc N"'i'tn .ta our expense.
Thus, nrt"e.' aie .r,eI of the Northern and
NorthwcsoTu >t-. ud ths Vaccinations of ia,
obby the l'eNt ,oU Of Congress bids fair to equal
any Of ~ predecessors u waSteul extravaganza and
profnson. unlr-s tn 5,ith assert its equality of
righ'-, aud oautriH wifh inmovabe frinnc,-
IL We caurot nave exact and fair dspensution Of
the ecrrai h0u"ty ~ ought to have none ut all
The policy oi Dousrr,. in llyising the treasures of
the b'pscritruut Uia'u nie Northern aud NurthNcst
ern states hs wor~e injury 10 tic South IN dcpri.
vins of t> just proportion II the benefit. Of Fc,e-
raj Legislation" a. wc, FOL Va increasing the political
PpFcr off THESE ybr 49, B, 70 degrade us ResiS
lance 90 "ne, might prove 80. uai Postponed. AN
a"snp' 90 '.sfan'' D" irN ycirs will DO utterly
fuflIf ana r.. s.