Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-06-14
WASHINGTON NEWS AND GOSSIP

HE INDIANA SENATORIAL QUEsrIos-Thc
country ia to be congratulated upon the action
OF the Senate, on Satur day last upon the Indi.
ana Senatorial question, that so long had been
an esSe. The Opposition, true to its instincts,
made 1T stTict party question, from first to
last Their newspapers, in turn, of course
made II the subject of an amount of yitupera-
ton and misrepresentation rarely eaualcd even
IN these days Of violent partizan denunciation.
great or small. Nothing that opposition Sena-
tOrlal denunciation and opposition newspaper
vliilhcatlon could do to inyaiidate the right of
the distinguished gentlemen-Messrs. Bright
and fitch-to their places, was left unsaid and
uh"ri'ten. The result. however, was precisely
what every one expected who is conversant
with Parliamentary law. Yet upon the fpa,
vote no Senator came forward to record bimseIf
against their right to participate in the pro-
ceedIngs Of the body. As strange as this fac,
may appear, it is but fair illustration of the
'ihuict'eness oil much of the Congressional
opposition OF the hour, which goes to every ex-
IRENE IN the way of embarrassing the Democ.
racy, but shrewdly hauls off, when 70 mr..
sac lts policy explained above will be to record
itseLi In favor OF manifestly untenable positions
NO other two Senator's have or deserve 10
nave greater weight In our national councils
than Messrs. Bright and Fitch-no others holm,
men oil more effectiveness as American Ieui.Ia.
'of', u longer experience in Congress of brigh-
'ei in'eIiecls, or OF more public utility in the
protection and furtherance Of the interest. If
'heir Immediate constituents and the country
al large We congratulate the Democracy Of
Indiana on this happy result Of the war on
their Senatorial representatives personally :;
Tor such, after all, the contest has. indeed been
we hho" that the opposition managers dread
ing the capacity of Messrs. Bright and Fitch
Tor elective service in behalf of the political
cause IN whose behalf they arc embarked.
struggled against their rights to their seats
with desperation hitherto unparalleled. and
freely aVowed the belief that upon the result
oil the contest here depended in great part the
result Of Indiana share Of the next Presidep-
uai election Their defeat THAT of the oppo-
suon) therefore, Is, in this case, of far greater
importance to the public interest, than to the
Two distinguished gentlemen themselves. Long
may they continue TO serve their country and
their constituents in their present position.
LIE MESSAGE or SATCRDAY.-We give be-
low, 'H t1teRSo, the admirable Message Of the
PRESIDENT OF the United States, transmitted 70
congress on Saturday, in relation TO the period
h1eu LOT adjournment. The Message is worthy
u its character as prompt and firm, vet most
respectful, NOTIFICATION Of Congress that the
National Executive, in the matter of its cons,;
tuuonal connection with the enactment of laws
cannot sacrifice the plain intent and meaning
OF the Constitution, in a mere observance of its
forms. 1t is an adaptation of the universally
approved policy laid down in the annual mes
sage OF the President to an issue directly at
hand-to the end that Congress, with that pol
Icy dislnctIy before them, may so act as to
leave unprejudiced the constitutional preroga-
tiVes Of the President, or bear the responsibility
which disregard of those prerogatives imposes.
Such a message, sent at the very moment when
IT was needed, is characteristic of the school Of
the Sage OF the Hermitage, and its operation
Will verify the old adage that prevention is
better than cure. The country has cause 10
congratulate itself upon the entrance upon the
national archives of a paper that, iuauguratinp
a constitutional policy, puts an end at once
and forever TO the eleventh hour engineering
that has embarrassed and sullied our National
legislation. The Message is as follows:
WAsHINsToS CITY, June IL, 1853.
To The Senate ard House Of R.pytseafafires:
feel II to be an Indispensable duty to call your
attention To the condition of the Treasury On
the 18th day of May last, the Secretary of the
Treasury submitted report to Congress I" on the
present condition Of the fnar ces Of the Govern
ment " In this report he states that after a call
upon the heads Of Departments, he mad received
onciai Information that the sum Of S37 900 600
would probably be required during the rst Two
quarters OF the next fiscal year, from the LIST of
July until the LIST Of January. 'fThis sum- the
secretary says, - does not inelud- such amounts
may De appropriated by Congress over and
above the estimates submitted 10 them bv H.
departments, ana have data on which 10 es
Innate Innate ior snch Expenditures Upon this point
Sops,ess - oener able to form a correct opinion
thAh am Tue Secretary then estimates that
The receipts into the Treasury from all sources
between the LIST Of July and the ist Of Jan,,rv'
would amount to s25, 900 900; leaving deAcit Of
SIS 90, inclusive Of the sum of s5 900 600 the