American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1859-03-18
AN ABANDONED" PARTY.

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1t is known to most intelligent poll
ticians, that President Buchanan, two
years since, would scarcely touch the
Ne,O York Herald with tho tongs, he
having conceived the strongest possible
aversion to its tortuous & time. serving
Editor. Bat what q change has como
over his Exccllency. Bennett is now
his special conGlant and adyiser--his
=" better half" (and rumor gays, his
efficient half is doing the amiablc at
the White House and its surroundings,
and the late Congress is receiving
terrible castigation for it's failure to
sustain and carry out the recommend
atoms of the President. According to
the Herald, Congress has abandoned
the Prcsident--the Democracy is split
into factions for President making pur-
poscs--is " treacherous and diseased, !"
and 81 has ceased to be worth the trou-
bic Of any further efforts to save it,
and whereas "the party has done him
(,hc Presidcnr) nothing but mischief,
and can do him no good" he ought to
letit die, without calling III a physician!
Asad as for tho =" count,y,," it is being
driven " head!ong to chaos and dissolu.
ton, or to a creeping popular rcvolu-
ton Of rctorm." 1t this dire dilemma
we incline to think the latter horn will
be taken holl Of. But read tho article
carefully. 1t 10 worth pcrusal.
From Bcnnelts y. Y. Herald, CT March Z.
TIE Thirty, FVh Congr,u-our PoIt-
icaL Parties - Tie dim inisfration s
The Counry.
The Thirty. fifth Congress, which to
the great relief of the country, ended
its miserable existence on the 9TH inst.
has left most formidable budget Of
Legislative omissions, failures, dgiicien.
cies and unfinished business to the new
Congress, which may thus be called to-
gethcr some months in advance of the
first Monday in December next.
The prominent recommendation Of
the Presidents annual Message of last
December, were, touching our foreign
atfnirs, a temporary military occupa.
ton Of the northern provinces Of Mex
leo; authority to the Executive to en-
ploy the army and navy, if necessary,
in behalf Of tho peace and neutrality
Of the Isthmus tranSits Of Central A.
merica; and special appropriation to
enable the President to enter into &C
live negotiation for The purchase Of the
Island CT Cuba. Concerning our inter
nal affairs, the leading features Of the
Message were, an appeal to Congress
in behalf Of general bankrupt Law,
including corporations; o recommended,
ZION in favor Of somo positive lcgisla,
ton in behalf Of railroad from the
Mississippi valley to the Pacific Ocean;
and an appeal for the relief Of an ex-
houstcd treasury, through modiGcs.
ton Of the tariff, embracing such spo.
cIGc duties Us would afford come en-
couraging incidental protection to our
home manufactures, while increasing
the treasury receipts from the foreign
Imports thus assessed, ..
Such, foreign aud domestic, were the
bold, practical, cxpcdiont and popular
recommendations Of the last annual
message Of Mr.. Buchanan. And what
has this Thirty fifth democratic Con
grcss left upon the record in responae
TO these leading recommendation p
Nothing--literally nothing. The Cuba
question, the affairs Of Mexico and
Central America, the bankrupt aues.
ton, and the demands Of rapidly in
crcasing public debt, and Of an empty
treasury, remain substantially untouch-
cd by Congress. The last act of the
session was the authority given to Mr..
Cobb to reissue twenty millions Of
treasury notes, or, in other words, to
70 upon tick for twenty millions more,
80 mako up the deficiencies in his cur
rcntreceiptS through tbs ensuing fiscal
year.
In addition to this imposing 8ched.
uie Of Congressional omissions & fail.
ures, all appropriations for the Post
Office Department.. exceeding, in the
gregate, twenty millions Of dollars,
have fallen through, from certain dis.
agreements between the two houses &
among tie cqToral rtoiiian.isl cNqocs