New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-08-26
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CLOSE OF THE sEssIoN--ESANsAs Pro-
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The following is the clause attached to the Army
Appropriation bill by the Freesoers and Aholi-
tonists i'll Tile House Of Representatives which was
rejected BY the Senate, and which finally eventuated
Id the loss of the bill, compelling the President to
issue d proclamation converting an extra session Of
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preparations made BY this act SHAH s j.. aid
he TsfrteraI Legislature Kansas nn such
shall have been affirmed and by pro
poying an adequate military but Y SHAH be his duty to
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protect The and therein and upon he national
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Of ne United sates authorizing the distribution q arms
The Senate regarded this proviso as an improper
restriction the constitutional prerogatiyes Of the
President, as commander Of the army, and
accordingly rejected it, The House Of Representa-
tives persisted in it, and the disagreement was refer
red to two or three successive committees OF confer
ence, in the hope that the difficulty might be
for the proyiso with zeal and pertnacy worthy an
honest cause. AT halEpast O'Clock, on the evening
Of the 18th inst,--the hour Of adjournment having
been fixed at 12-lr. Wilson, Of Virginia, apprehen-
siye that the bill might be lost for want of time,
moved suspension Of the rules to enable him to offer
resolution extending the session two hours To
suspend the rules requires a vote OF tWo-thirds.
twothrd vote could not be got in favor of the propo-
stion and, precisely at y o'clock, Mr.. Speaker
Banks declared the House adjourned
Such thing has never before happened in our ma
tona Legislature and, it is to be earnestly hoped,
will never happen again. The refusal Of the House
to vote Indispensable supplies to the Army is the
rststep in the path which leads to actual revolution,
for practically nu6es the constitution and renders
nugatory the Executive Department of the Govern
ment. The Constitution directs that the President
shall see the laws faithfully executed and to enable
him to execute those laws in case of resistance has
placed the military Of the country at his dispo-
sal The army cannot exist without supplies are ap-
propriated, and must disband leaving the President
powerless to the due and prompt execution Of the
laws Of the confederacy Let the doctrine sought to DO
forced on the people by the natical advocates ohe
above proviso obtain generally, and what inevitably
follows Why, that an INSCRIPTIONS opposition in
the House Of Representatives may at any time render
our Government by-word and a reproach-a moth
ingness and shadow. If they can disband the Army
by refusing supplies, they can disband the Navy by
refusing supplies-may break up the Federal Judi
ciary by declining to make the appropriations neces
sary to its suppor-may deprive us Of representation
in foreign countries, by refusing to pass the Civil and
Diplomatic Bill may, in fine, upset the whole Gov
eminent and render our matchess constitution as
worthless as sheet of waste paper.
These are considerations to which we invoke the
profound attention Of all classes Of our counymen,
especially those residing above Mason and Dixons
line. If reckless majority in the House Of Repre-
sentatyes can thwart the Senate and render neuter
the constitutional authority of the President as in the
above rected case it is high time radical altera-
lions were made in our national charter. Any sys-
TEN of government, no matter how despotc, would
be preferable to the horrible tyranny and confusion
inevitable to the carrying ont Of the infamous rrnci-
pie embodied in the late action of the House of Repre-
sentatiyes.
Were we to speak as sectionalists, we would not
care fig about the defeat of the Army Appropria-
ton bill in pecunary The sums sought to be
appropriated amount to twelve Or fourteen millions of
dollars, about tentwelths of which are expended in
Northern States and Territories. From this vast
pendtufe OF money Vile fooutn uelifes liIee VI ~
benefit although she contributes large proportion
of it. By defeating the BILL the Freesoilers will in
ure their own section infinitely more than the South
and but for the dangerous principle involved, we
would not care how often they played at the game of
biting off their noses to spite their faces
That the bill will fail, notwithstanding the extra
session. seems quite evident On Saturday, according
to Geographic dispatches published yesterday morn
ing the Senate by decisive vote, refused to recede
from its position; and although Senator Clayton re-
solution for the appointment of joint committee of
conference probably passed yesterday it is unlikely it
will amount to anything
So it is quite possible the mghtest nation of mod
ern times will shortly be without the shadow of an
army, and the first official parsonage of the Republic
left without the means to execute the laws, protect
our frontiers or discharge his duties! However,
"we shall see what we shall see"