Arkansas true Democrat., 1858-07-14
From the w ashingttn Union. Close of the First Sesson of the Thirty Fifth Congress

The first session of the thirty-ffth Congress closed on Monday at six o'clock in the after noon. Something more than six months have been employed i'll the session, and large amount Of business has been transacted. Though the time occupied by the national legislature has been somewhat less than usual, 1t Is believed that the two branches have been more hours actually employed than at any corresponding session since the organization of the govern ment. The propriety of fixing any early day of adjournment Is seen in the shorter period of time which the two houses have required for the prompt and complete discharge of the great business of the country.
 The reform instituted by the President, in requiring that the leading appropriation bills should be presented 10 him at least two days before the adjournment, is seen to be one of great practical value. Heretofore 1t has been the custom of Congress to put off those bill to the last moment, thus practically depriving the President ot the power to investigate their na- ture and the extent of the means appropriated to any given branch of the public service ren- deritg it impossible, in point of fact, for the cutlve to discharge the high duties devolved upon him in this regard by the consttution.- Those who framed the organic law thought it proper to direct that bills proposing the exper- d ture of public money should originate in the House of Representatives, imposing upon the President the duty of examining into their merits and coneuing upon him the general power of the veto. The exercise of these functions de- mands time aId sound reflection. They are pre-eminentlv acts of great discretion, and can he performed only aller mature consideration of the measures proposed for the Presidents sanc- tion or veto. We cannot, then, overstate the benefits and advantages which are to result to the country bl the firm adherence of Mr. Buch- all to the course he advised the two houses he would pursue in this respect.
 Tue thirty huh Congress has been one of the most eveutlul m our history. IL opened in tue midst of fearful aud long-s,al ding domestic controversy in respect to the organization of a State government in Kansas, a controversy of no great practical consequence so far as the af- fairs of the people of Kansas were cor ccrned, but one which unfortunately hal enlisted the very worst passions of the two great sections of the Union. We torbear even the slightest re- ference to the partisan events which distin- gnshed the session in it's commencement, or to the stirring details which led on to one of the bitterest and most relentless controversies we have ever witnessed in American politics
 The administration recommended the adop-
 
 end in an early pacifcaion of the actual trou- bes existing in Kansas, and forever remove from the halls of Congress the question of sla- very, which has done so much to engender strife and contention between the north and the south. It will not be denied that it was the great object of Mr. Buchauan to get rid of a truiless cause ot quarrel betweeu the two great sections of the Union; and it can hardly be hat hp \y1 IfI pltr il tie conviction that the passa, ,e of the measure proposed would lead to that result. Such at all events were his views and intentions; and we leave 1t to the country noW to testify to their wisdom and forecast He met the issue under trying and dScouragng circumstances, ard in the midst of threats, derj>ion and the prophecy "t civil war if his measures should become the law of the land. Alter d long aud memo rabe struggle the administration triumphed; the country triur phed; patriotism triumphcs!; and quick upon the announ cement of success ,ame tokes of universal peace, satisfaction and domestic tranquility
 The people of Utah combined, under the lead of mischevous men, to throw off their obligations to the constitution, and to assume to themselves an Independent existence The re- belHouS Mormous were formidable only ill the intervening distance between Us and them, which was a powerful defence, and if the Pre- sidcnt would see that the laws be executed. he could accomplish his patriotic purposes only by emlloylnea large force at great expense. He acted with energy aud frmnes>; and it must have been a source of great satisfaction to him 10 be able to announce to Congress, before its adjournment, the complete success of the mea- sures he adopted to put down the rebellion in Utah, and again to put in full force in that ter ritory the laws of the United States.
 These are amongst the prominent events of the session which has just closed. w. are reioic- ed to be able to announce that the adjournment yesterday was marked by an excellent temper on the part ot members and, as far as we can see, by condition of public opinion throughout the country which promises far less sectional strife than we ever have been accustomed to witness during the last four years.