Weekly North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1858, 1856-08-27
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RALEIGH, SATURDAY, AUGUST %. 1856.
z. the President Of the United States Of AmeracG :
A PROCLAIM ALTON.

"A AlION
Whereas whilst hostiiities exist with various In
i;.f t,;i,cs Oh the remote frontiers of the United
States and whilst in other respects the public peace
;s seriously threatened, Congress has adjourned
without granting necessary supplies tor the army,
deriving the Executive OF the power to perform his
duy in relation the common defence and security,
and AN extraordinary occasion has thus arisen Tor
assembling the two houses Of Congress- I do, there
fore. by this my proclamation convene the SAID
houses 10 meet at the Capitol, in the city OF ash
ington, on Thursday, the 2lst day OF August inst,
hereby requiring the respective senators and repre-
scn,atveS then and there TO assemble to consult ana
determine such measures as the STATE OF te Oi'
ion NAV to require.
In testimony whereof, have caused the seal OF the
r,E,1.l United States to be hereunto affixed, and
signed the same with my hand.
Done at the city of Washington. the 18th day of
August in the year of oar Lord one thousand eight
hundred and fifty six, and the independence of the
A'''' '' " FRANKLIN PIERCE.
By order:
W. L. MARCY, Secretary of State.
1t will be seen from the foregoing proclamation.
saws the Washington Union, that the President has
felt it to be his duty, in view of the failure Of Con-
gress to make the necessary appropriations for the
army, to convene Congress to meet again on Thurs
dav next No one who thinks of the disastrous con-
sequen of disbanding the army under existing
circumstances can fail to the necessity for this
Measure. The consti tuition imposes upon the Pre-
sdent the solemn duty Of seeing that the laws are
executed and to this end provides him with a mill
tary forfcefor the common defence and security Of
the country. But Congress has failed to provide
the means of supporting the men who compose the
army The constitution does, however authorize
the President, extraordinary occasions to convene
Congress and as this is the only remedy in his
hanis for securing the means of maintaining the
army, and, through that branch of the service, OF
preventing disastrous consequences he has promptly
and wisely resorted to it.
\ resort to this exit aordnary remedy, continues
the Union, has been forced upon the Executive by
the persistence of portion of one house of Congress
in a measure which we have again and again char.
acterizcd as factious and revolutionary. 1t has been
persisted in with full knowledge that it would dc.
fea. all appropriations for the army, and thus leave
the public peace unprotected or of requiring an ex.
ira session OF Congress. The revolutionary meas
ure had no legitimate connexion with an appropria-
ton bill. The two houses agreed on the appropria-
ton bill proper, but the House insisted on annexine
an unusual and unconstitutional condition to the bill
and persisted in it until finally, factious minority
resorted to the of defeating the bill which
detail in another article. We have now practica
Illustration of the spirit which actuates the republi
can leaders. 1t no longer be questioned tina
they are resolved to rule to ruin the government
1t is not necessary to conjecture whether the same
spirit will not produce the result at the extr;
session. That is matter for Congress. The Pres
iden has his duties to perform under the constitu
ton, and he has resorted to the only power that b.
possesses to see the laws executed and the peace
the country preserved. If the House of Representa-
ves choose to perseverc in their effort to tn
Senate AMI the President, and by that means preven
the eAlcu -.on of the laws and the maintenance 9
peace, he responsibility will rest where it proper
belongs. The President has done his duty tn
Senate has done its duty, and will do it again tn
House has taken one perilous step in revolution
and it remains to be seen whether it will be repeated
dispatch dated Washington Aug. 20, says
is thought that the majority of both Houses of Cor
gress are here but not enough to engraft Kansas
Slrct'ye TTyiso Or the army bill. The extra ses
s'o o'..';cSH.s,probably last beyond Saturday. an
hay ternln,te on Thursday (the 21st)
ANsoN AND UNIoN.-We learn from the Sberi