The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1863-03-25
From the y. 7 Times
The End OF the 37th Congress

exist Ii rests from It's laOOr- and is works WILL
follow il. More Of its predecessors had such
vast responsible ties aud yet, take it all IL all
il may be truly said, that not one OF them iul
filed is appropriate duties more faithfully ana
hOuOra0ly.
OF course, iis legislation has not been perfect
IL has enacted some measures that probably
might better have had different shape, or )een
wholly pretermitted. Il ha- failed, TOO, 10 enact
some measures which probably the interests Oi
the country demanded. But. on the whole. the
summing up Il tie impartial historian sill be
greatly 10 the cred.t o. thai body, which hai 10
legi-at- tor a crisis - novel AID 50 terribly mo
meBtOus.
IL one traasceudent merit has been that al
no tim. na- it ever fatereI iu furnishing the TX
eculive ~i-h every poser aad means conducive
10 the suppression Of tie rebellion. Ho~e'ef
large the calls made upon 10 for men ana money,
viii Just SENSE Of tbe feal Character % tnr
emergency. t la shruuk from DO fe-pOa-i bliis.
From The tiDe when hf-- sansKOned Dy prJca
rnation 10 meet DO extra cess oIi, alter tae lriu-
NOON Sumter, Do voted three haDdf-d thousand
soldiers, and one huuiled al f.ty milio4s Dol
lar. down - rs Enactment, ia it, c.o-ius day,
Of the oil enrolling and subjrctng ~ d ai- ev
erv able bodied man m tbs country, aud the
Currency aud LJal OIii-. which virtually pat ll
pledge the entire property oi tlc couutfy, 70 n1-
ever came boldly up ID the occasion. NOr ha-
its legislation Gu these great objects bees either
wildly or blinulg suDservient. Though ever
anrfou. 10 Strengthen the Executive ARIA 80 ht-
stI geaeraily exercised great independence Of
ia igneus It's bis have been mat4red ~ita
care aud adopted with al neediul dei0cratioa
This Congress has NOT only debated a. the
great measures Necessary 10 the prosecution Of
this gigantic conflict against treason the laws
ieucy oi tuc army AID navy, the taxation AND
tariff aut loan, aad Treasury note bills that must
furnish the supplies, and the c0uls alton aud
other enactmenl-, designed % induce slbmi--i VI.
or inhlct punishment.
But - legislation unccuuected Sltn the war.
has quite cqualied that OF other Congress-,
both o. amount and importance. la iacf, 81
would be difficult 10 Hams Congress that can
show 80 notable "a record OF measures Of tLi-
class We need only mention the Homestead
bill the Pac.lc Railroad till, the Agriculture.
College bill, the prohibition Of Polygamy Do
Utah, the exclusion OF slavery from the Iefrito
ries' the abolition OF slavery in the District O'
Columbia the resolution ia favor OF cooperating
with States IN the work OF emancipation, the
recognition Of Havti and Liberia the establish
ment o. a Department OF Agriculture, the reor
nanzatou OF the Supreme Court and The Courl
navy, the prevention Of frauds by contractors
and the prohibition OF congressman and OF a.
Government officials from soliciting Offices slc
contractors for others tor pay.
The unequaled work has been accomplished
with very much less than the usual amount OF
talk. The debates OF no Congress tor the las
generation viii occupy 50 few hundred pages 4
the Congressional Globe "a this. There Ina.
been comparatively little speechuying, either ioi
buucOn b or Tor part objects. Tie discussion:
have generally run ia perfectly Legitimate
track, aud been practical Ia all their bearings
They have been, TOO, considering the great ca
element OF the times, notably good tempered
and decorous Each branch has been dishonored
by not more than two or three displays OF black
guafdism-certainy a somewhat remarkable rec.
ord. II our National councils improve in tins
way, not long hence the deliberations Of ia,
white men Will quite come up to the delioera
tions OF the red men in self control and dig
nitT.
The present Congress has shown q superiority
too, IN it, business methods and habits IL has
attended 20 business at the proper time, aud a.
general thing made a hual disposition Of %
one way or the other. Heretofore the greatest
fault OF oar national ie, isiatOrs has been lack
OF fnahy They have found it almost impossible,
TO act with prOmptness aud decision. They
have been in the habit Of huttefiug away then
tine ia gene ities, which had 10 practical beai-
ing on the b in hand, OF in patr, details
which coutriOue,. ati.e % th. body of the work
Their protou pes hav, IN found rather in TIE
gassy, drlveiiug palt,sns persoulg.s, 50 iamll
lar 10 every Community than the wide awake
20 auead, earnest aud thorough men OF metro
pohtan LIE.
The legislation actually accomplished has usu-
aly been della, ed 10 the last hou.- of the ses,o.
when no time icft Tor deliberate action,
saluug ga patching OGushng and waste Com.
parauvely littie OF tins sort Of thing has been il
the present Congress fue last da,s aud hou
OF ITS three diifrrent sessions have been apou'
as far from haste AID confusion as any portioa
OF It's existence The Thmty seventh Cougfe--
has not onlv the di-tnc ION OF wing a u>etu
and reputable hie, but OF dying al last With u,
eency.
The representatives Of the States aud the PEG
pie have thus cleared themselves VI their grea
responsibilities &c nos remains 10 be seen
whether the executive branch of the govern
meat will equally acquit itself OF it, obligations
Every power aud facility having been supplied
il rests upon the executive 10 make them etfec-
tive The interval OF nine months winch IL O,
eapse before the assembling Of new Congress
ought % decide the tate Of the rebellion. /.
should secure success that would make 10 appar-
ent even TO the rebels themselves taht their last
chance had vanished. Al depends now upoi
the vgor ot the Adm nistraton. Ii there Is d
failure, the President alone can be held RESPONSE
bic; tor in the absence OF Congress there Il moi
an fundamentally or agency Of any kind or
character bearing upon the war, that i not SUB
Ject TO his entire control. God grant han both
the energy aud the wisdom duly 10 meet his IT,
spOnsi0ihues