Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1862-01-10
.WHY DON'T THEY MOVE ?"

hi, question, asked by 50 many thousands
s,,ry day. In regard to the army, without
ssssins any satisfactory answer, may quite
. veil be put in reference to Congress
Anonth has gone by and how little has
bsen done, compared with what ought 70
hsye been done Saving brief enactment
salareing the duties on tea and cOnee-an
verl ar 3. il vent-nOfhsng has been done on
IA, Al important business Of supplying the
wants of the Treasury. We hear that such
Q thing is talked of-that the committee OF
wsy. and Means are going to bring IN 8
hill for this snd for that; that there is talk
of authorizing hundred millions of demand
treasury notes, to be made receivable for all
dues to the Government and exchangeable
for long loan scrip, aud even to be made a
Lool tender but Of what is needed, above
I'll things, to make any national paper good,
OF home OF abroad, VIZ q sensible provision
20 met the paper that is due on demand, or
10 meet the interest on the long paper, we
hear nothing definite or certain. Now and
then some one says, e. we shall have to lay
Aeevy tozes." True enough any one but
q fool can see that. Why then pH not done
The people at home are not all bloekheads
They do not expect that the entire expense
of supporting the war for the prosecution Of
the Government, will be paid of clean, from
week to week. They know well enough
that the payment Of the major part must b,
spread over many years, land they know too
that the present outlay by the people has got
70 be large-ue-y large, also, 10 enable til,
Government to carry on It's immense opera
iions with success. They know, too, thai
this money the money to meet ordinary e1.
penses, TO meet Hteres money on a wal
debt without fail, and TO insure a regula,
reSEctien Of the debt,-cau not be got BY Dor.
ro,rung it must be got by taIatIOH,-TA1A
fIos, and nothing else and they are ready t,
meet il.
The difficulty does not lie IN the people
The patton is wealthy. One hundred o
two hundred millions of dollars can be raise
by internal taxes, and not be felt 50 much a
the sums frittered away by all classes il
needless expenses. The difficulty lies in tn
MEMBER Of Congress. One is afraid to ia:
tobacco, because he fears the cigar sucker
won't vote for him or TO tax carriages, be
cause the carriage owners won vote for hin
OR to tar rum and beer because the rum AM
oeer sellers won't vote for him another haI
som. other sort of fears, and SO on: all seem (,
Be waiting, each one in hopes that q SON.
thing wil-turn up" in tie way of a bil
which he can vote for and feel easy about hi
next election. So the days and weeks slide
away IN talk about this and that and tn,
other thing, of secondary importance or o.
no importance at all. One harangues about
wastes and frauds-bad things, outrageously
bed things-the more severe measures arr
taken 10 prevent the one and punish thos.
guilty Of the other. the better, we say but
9 sure provision to get the money wanted
should come frH. Another want
10 60 into deep investigations about
past military blunders, when the first want
u to provide means for the support of the
army and navy. No objections to inpeshgo-
iaos-ss much as you please, gentlemen
members of Congress, in the right time and
plsce-but you can be better employed Just
now than in disputing over resolutions on
such subjects. For the present, leave the
condvet Of the war to the Executive Depart
ment, and give your attention to provide
means to carry it on, We beseech you. Move
On. MOVE ON. Your own sluggishness and
inoescision Is wasting the nations money, as
fast as ans thing else. just now.