The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1856-09-06

ApJorK>ME>r.
The purpose for which an extra session Of
Congress was called. has been accomplished
The Army Appropriation Bill was passed
SATURDAY without the Kansas rroviso. and
both Houses Immediately adjourned. The
bill was reported from the Committee of
Ways and Means in the House, with provi.
% that no part Of the appropriation should
be applied for the enforcement: Of the bogus
laws Of Kansas, and was thus passed by
vote of 80 to 20. The Senate, on its submis-
sion to that body, struck ont the proviso and
passed the bill The House again took up
the bill, concurred in the action Of the Sen
ate BY vote Of lOl to %; and 50 the bill
was passed, agreeably to the wishes Of the
pro-slavery party.
Had the free State members all been pres
ent, the struggle might have been protractcl.
but We think the friends Of freedom would
ultimately have been defeated This vote
was the test question Of tn, session, and the
result shows how necessary II is. in Repub-
Iran government. to have eou.e of Rep
resentatives which can be relied on when
the interests Of freedom are 1t stake. This
We have had at no time since the contest with
the Slave Power commenced But such We
shall have in the next Congress, if the ndi.
cations we read in the political heavens are
conclusive.
The measures taken bv the administration
to procure the passage of this bill are open
to the severest censure. The extra session
was called in the confident expectation that
the House could be male to yield. Attic
even Gen. Cass declared. in his plsre in
the Senate, II at in refusing to pass the bill
without the Kansas proviso, the House wa.
exercising no more than its constitution al
functhns. members of the House were loud
~ accused of irving to block tho wheels of
e0vernmc nt To impress the charge upor
them. in con junction with the call for the ex
ira session, an order came down for the dis
missal Of the workmcn employed at tn.
Springfield armory. The needlessness Of
this art will be seen from a letter from DR.
Chaffee. the member from the Springfield
district, in whirh he saws:
II understand that the armories are Gus
pended by the order Of the Executive. Thi.
ia perfectly wantoU cruelty : for the Sccreta
~ OF War was assured by responsible mer
shat money would be furnished to continue the
emp'", NJ mt OF every nan at the armories
Mr.. Faulkner went in person to both the
President and de Secretary. with the di,
tinct proposition that. in the event of the Fl
nal loss Of the Army BILL he would t~ r..
sponsib!e for Ilarprr's Ferrv. and that
voul,l be for Springfield This proposition
II appears. has been treated with contemr,
ny them. for the very purpose of producing
- much distress among the mechanics as pos-
sibe. Well let it pass. only hope they
will appreciate and reward their oppressors Vt
Itwas Only the workmen who were dis.
missed. The uperin,endent and overseers
were retained. The inference is obvious.
The only object Of the storpage of the Ar
mories was to create the impression that the
whole country would some how or other. 90
10 wreck unless the appropriation bill passed.
The President never supposed for moment
tAst, before adjournment Congress would fail
to pass the bill, ard until it should be passed
be had ample guarantees that the means
should be furnished TO carry forward the u.s.
cal operations But the obstinate House
needed discipline The order was given
the House took the alarm. backed down from
ito position. and the President has now the
means 1t bis command to coerce the citizens
OF Kansas into submission to the tvrann;cal
laws Of the bogus Legislature.
Well. the XXXlvth Congress is no
mere. The questions which it decided one
way may be decided quite differently bv the
tsopl'. The whole subject i. now in their