Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1863-03-09
Last Day of Congress.
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Correspondence Cleveland Leader.
WASHINGTON, March 4.
To-day witnessed the dissolution of the
Thirty-sevsnth Congress. a Congress
the most remarkable in the history of our
country, and to whom during its sessions,
the grsvest and most important questions
have been presented for decision, affecting
the vitality of the present and future of
this Republic, and on whom rested the
greatest responsibilities ever imposed upon
any deliberative body since the formation
Of this Government
Called to act at the most critical period Of
our national existence, they have fearless
ly discharged the obligstiOnsim imposed upon
them; spurned from their midst the trail
torous adders, whose venom had so long
polluted the legislative halls, and thrown
back in the teeth of the traitorous spawn
who infested their presence, the treason
they proclaimed. When in the future we
shall look back upon the recorded deeds
during the past two sessions, the names Of
the loyal actors in those stirring scenes,
shall be handed down with pride and hon.
or to our latest posterity, while the semi
traitors that with whining hypocrisy
have with one hand picked the golden
fleece, and with the other stabbed the hand
that nourished them, shall be remembered
only with execration.
Both Houses were in session all night
previous to the day Of adjournment, in or
der to facilitate the passage Of important
bills. No potentate on earth should desire
more power delegated to him than that
vested in our President by the recent Con-
gress. Everything that the united wis
dom and efforts Of both Houses could sug-
gest to aid him in the suppression of the
rebellion has been freely granted.
As was expected, the opposition during
the last hours Of the session, endeavored
to retard the dispatch Of business, by the
frequent calling Of the yeas and nays. The
notorious Colonel Kerrigan, the rowdy
member from New York, endeavored to
create disturbance, but was promptly put
down. The House passed the Senate reso-
luton against foreign Intervention in
whatever shape it may assume. The House
refused to suspend the rules to consider
the bill amendatOry of the Pacific Railroad
act At an early hour this morning the
galleries Of both Houses, as we'll as the
aisles leading to them, were densely
thronged with spectators.
In the House the hammer fell st II clock
n, and the customary vote of thanks was
rendered to the speaker by q political op-
ponent, showing that in his retiring to
private life he carries with him the good
will of both parties for the impartial dis
charge Of his duties, " the journal showing G
the fact that no decision of his has ever
been reversed by the House; that he was
never one minute late in calling the House
to order during the three sessions" "a
record accorded to but one Of his predeces-
sors) The Speaker responded in brief
and pertinent address, and the 37th Con-
gress had ceased to exist.
The Senate adjourned at the same hour
as the House, and in obedience to the call
Of the President converting an extra ses-
sion for the transaction OF executive busi-
ness, Immediately assembled again, when
Senators we're swOrnin, and then adjourned
to 12 o'clock the following day.
JUNIUs.