American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1858-04-23
AN EARLY ADJOURNMENT.

Both Houses of Congress have resoly.
ed to adjourn on Monday, the 7th Of
June. The fixing ola day for adjourn.
moht always gives q new flip to bust.
ness. Speeches at once begin to be
confined to the immediate measures un.
der consideration, and all the proceed
ings OF Congress take practical turn.
looking to conclusion by the day fix
ed tor adjournment. Buncombe ccas.
es to monopolize the attention of con-
gresslonal orators, and hour speeches
on the general state of the country
sensibly diminish in number.
It's in this point of view that the
country has reason of felicitation in
the adoption OF n resolution to adjourn
on a hxed day. -Four months and q
half have been consumed chiefly in
spcech-making; n month and o half
are now reserved for business. In tho
tour months and half that have been
consumed we believe treasury note
b'll, printing deficiency bill, aSound
dues bill, and a voluntecr.regimcnt bill
are the only measures of Importance
that have received final action. There
remain to be disposed of, the Kansas.
admission bill, bills for the admission
OF Minnesota and Oregon, the gener,
al deficiency bill, the general appro.
prlation bills, the whole private calcn.
dar, several territorial bills, and rood
many other measures of grea ter or less
Importance. p. .... -
Ibis large mass of work AWAITING
the action of Congress will require the
assiduous and Industrious attention Of
that body during the whole six weeks
mat have been assigned to it; and,
when the declaration Of tic annual mes
sage is rccollectod, in which the Pres
ldent advertised Congress in advance
OF hls repugnance to the practice of
crowdlng an immense mass of lcpisla-
ton into the closing hours of a ses.
sion, excluding the Executive from the
opportunity Of examining the provis-
IONS OF bills, and depriving him of his
constitutional discretion in thatrcgard,
1t IS obvious that nothing but Strict
ana close application to practical bust
ness, from now to the close Of the ses-
sion, will enable Congress to get THROUGH
with the work before it, in the time al
lotted, and in season to afford oppor
tunlty for constitutional deliberation
to the Executive.
Six weeks are ample for the des-
patch of all important business rconir.
ing attention, and an early adjourn
ment Is, IN every aspect of the case,
important Tor the peace of the country:
but, while the time is ample for the
business before Congress, it does not
afford any margin at all for latitudin-
Gus, rambling ard abstract discussions
by the hour in Committee of the Whole
on the general state of the Union and
the rest of the world. ..
The country will receive with unol-
Logged satisfaction the determination Of
Congress to adjourn at an early dav.
Inc adjournment in June will inaugu-
rate new and important reform in
congressional procedure. Our long
sessions for many years have been scs.
SONS OF agitation, acrimony and con-
hlct between Sections. Our short scs-
SONS have been sessions of purifca-
ton, reconciliation, and devotion to
business. We have had in the first
four months of the present session,
enough OF strife and bitterness to vim.
dlcate the character of the present long
session for the acrimony and ill-blood
which have distinguished its prcdcces-
sors. We trust the resolution for an
early adjournment will put new com
plcxion on affairs, and that the scs sion
henceforward to its close, will be one
OF business activity, mutual concila.
ton and good feeling Wash. Union.
From The NcU York IFcraid
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