The Feliciana Democrat., 1859-03-26
SPECIAL SESSION OF CONGRESS

Upon this subject The Mobile Grgs,ey fwu..he. tlc
following Information:
When The present Government uudcr tic Cons. +
tuition superseded that Of the ronfrrraey j. orsan.
Mel by the inauguration Of The President and the ~.
scmbling Of the two Houses Of Congress On the iih
March lrs9 ihe official term Of tour sy and twn
years for tl" President senator, and Representative.
bogaa on that day and have Continued 50 10 tbs.
The two years term Of member Of the House does
not begin from the time of hi, election. nor from the
date of his certificate Of election Bnt it relates ii.
thef back or forward. according to thu time the lee.
tion takes place. The 3jh roa@ros, dated from tie
ltI March, 1851 and became fmctw e9ico on the lth
March last. Some of the Northern State in order
TO be prepared for the emergency Of called session.
after every biennial ih Of March elect their members
in advance. Ohio and some other States elected
theirs last autumn to the 3Gth Congress
Most of the Southern States have preferred to rect
at later day, so that their members may GENE fresh.
er from the people, and because there i, no good
practical reason why they should clcct much bCiale
the first Monday in December, the tims for the an.
nual meeting of Congress, prescribed by the Cun-it-
tuition In either case however, whether Of an clrc
ton last autumn or next August it will be for the
Seth Congress the official term commencing on the
ith March last and ending ith March. lsGl
All this is familiar TO many Of our readers but TO
many Others it will be new. II follows therefore,
that an extra session, apart from the question Of its
necessity to correct the fragrant hsches Of the late
Congress as well as its great expense must have been
the subject OF many grave deliberations in the Cabi-
net and with every desire TO avoid it il possible To
prcclpate the meeting before California, Oregon
Louisiana, and other States shall have elected their
members, to surrender the House Of Rcprcsenta-
tivcs body and soul, TO the Black Republicans, as
her elections have all taken place. On the other
hand TO put oil the extra session til October is To
bring the postal system TO stand stiil as it is GER
tain that every dollar OF its means from every source
even the current postages will be exhausted after the
lst July.
ln any event, therefore, much and widespread in
conycncnce-to call it by no stronger term must
eIlSLe. All the horse mails must be disc ontinued
and most if not all the post coach routes must be sus
pended l. there any remedy in the interval? Can
no temporary reefn the shape of credit be effected
Yes we think there can The steamboat and rail
road routes which after all the great arteries of
the system and swallow up, we suppose, onehird its
cost could no doubt be kept up without interruptions
on six months credit Upon every route where the
conveyances which carry the mails would continue to
move whether they carry them or not, an extension
OF time might be effected. Aud as it could be done
here, we doubt not, the same libcraity will animate
other parties similarly sustained in other quarters of
the country. We have an abiding confidence that
such an accommodation will be effected The sub
Jecl is committed to able hands. If any man in the
land can keep the Department upon its feet, and main
tain It's efficiency, 1t 10 Jo3eph Holt