Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1862-02-11
The Doings OF Congress,


The DOings Of Congress.
1t is sad, indeed, to contemplate the pro-
ceedings of Congress Ten weeks Of the
session have been exhausted and nothing
has been done to relieve the country from
the terrible embarrassmcnts under which
she labors.
The fact is now painfully evident that
the present Congress is no, equal to the
emergency. A majority of the members
have been elected more on account Of their
anti-slavery and Abolition prcelivities, than
for their talents, patriotism and honesty
They understand the slavery question to q
perfection. and can talk fippantly of the
horrors and wr'ngs of negro bondage. but
when it comes to legislatins for the salvas
ton of the nation they are out of the sphere.
1t matters not to them that their teachings
and doctrines have dragged the Govern
meut to the very brink of destruction
| They turn deaf ear to the warning voice
that is fpretellng the doom of American
freedom. and have occupied the tine, so
far, in acts calculated to widen the breach
between the two sections of the Union and
to add untold horrors to the unnatural
strife that is now rapidly consuming the
! Republic.
| The President, though elected on the ir-
7 Of ha I.f
form, is lately eviDcing indications that he
| is awaking to the perils that surround US.
But his mol lie and patriotic policy seems to
meet with little favor in Congress. The
acts Of that body have been calculated IL
embarrass and controvert the plans of the
| President instead of sustaining them. II
we may be allowed to judge from the pro-
| ceedings of Congress, the President has
! little favor to expect from their hands, TN
less he will violate the constitution by ia
voring general plan for the emancipation
of the slaves.
Because General Mcclellan, who, doubt
less, is carrying out the instructions and
policy of President Lincoln, does not, like
| Fremont and Phelps, issue proclamations
for emancipating the slaves, the leading
Republicans in Congress have assailed him
/ and are laboring TO drive him from the
/ head Of our army. Various efforts have
been made to throw discredit upon hi:
movements since the commencement of thu
session and it will be 10 keeping with tht
acts of Republicanism if he be forced K
! abandon the field for some man who repre-
sents the sentiments Of the AboIitionizeC
! Republicans.
Ten weeks have been consumed in dis
GUESSING the slavery question and attending
to the rights and interests of the negro
and no move has yet been made to aid il
supervising the rebellion or to restore tn
Union and peace The treasury is bank
rupt and public confidence is being shaker
to its foundation. and yet the men VIII,
have been sent to Washington TO max
laws, and to save the country from tn
imminent perlls, are singing hosannas t
the irrepressible platform.
We proclaim no disl>yal sentiments, bu
we vain Ircemen to beware of the presen
Congress. The majority CT its member
appear to be determined to destroy our fire.
institutions. Their designs are too appa
rent to admit of dispute. We need not re
count their acts. The telegraph has dali
brought US the account of their unwarrant
able proceedings.
/ The only thing that Congress has dom
| worthy Of note as yet, except to talk abOu
the negro question, is to authorize tn
emission Of paper money in the shape o
Treasury Notes, There being no none,
in the treasury, the project for issuing thi
rag currency to carry on the war, has pre-
vailed. There is really no capital to bacl
this currency and, if the war goes On. i
will be as worthless in less than two year
as the paper upon which it is printed, fO
pay day will most assuredly come.
Thus has been swept away all the TWEEN
ty years Of Democratic labor on the cur
reDcy question. The work of the hero o
New Orleans, in relieving the laboring ant
prod ucing classes Of the country from tn
swindles of rag currency haze been dis
carded. and Congress have authorized th
Secretary Of the Treasury to Issue hi
promises to pay, but have not provided hin
with the whe-ewith to pay. So much 70
the doings Of Congress.