The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1863-03-06

was that those securities could NOT ho nego-
datsd. Nor did It pass any tar bill to ply the
interest Of the debt and create sinking fund
Tor the payment Of the principsl but it took
care to pass an unconstitutional bill for the
aonnscation Of rebel property which was not
within the control either OF our military
or civii Jurisdiction Congress adjourned
In the middle of August without having
done anything eaectual to crush the
rebellion. In the following December il met
IN regular session (the long session., aud again
wasted the public time in idle debates about
tne negro, instead Of providing the ways and
means OF overthrowing the instruction. In
deed the enlistments were arrested. at the in
stance or the Chairman of the Senate Military
Committee, at time when any number Of
volunteers might have been obtained; and now
this very Senator (Mr. Wilson, of Massachusetts,)
brings forward CONSUMPTION bill to draft
every man from 20 to 46 years OF age. The
finances of the country were left even in more
deplorable condition than before, for specie
payment was now suspended both by the
government and the banks, with the approbs-
tion Of Congress, and food of irredeemable
paper money inundated the land. By the
cessity Congress was at last compelled to pass
tax bill, but too late to prevent depreciation
OF the currency The monetary affairs of the
government and the country were allowed to
go on from bad to worse, and. while authority
was given to the President to raise more troops,
there were no funds to pay those already in the
field. During the session the radicals fatally
meddlsd with the campaigns and intrigued
against the generals. Congress adjourned in
July without passing one wise or 'comprehen-
sive measure; but it did not forego the pleasure
Of passing Con6scation and Emancipation bills
and resolutions WHICH were Of no practical ac-
count. All its energy consisted ia words.
And now this ignorant Congress, at the tail
end of its last session Of three months passes
those important measures which ought to have
been adopted two years ago-measures which
would have restored the Union in a brief time
and saved the country oceans Of blood and
treasure. Congress, therefore, deserves no credit
for what it has been forced to do by public
opinion at the eleventh hour.
As for the administration, it has no longer an
excuse left for failure. The whole military
strength and wealth of the country are placed
at its disposal. LIT do not succeed in the next
two or three months in putting an end to the
rebellion it may expect to.hear from the people
in the fall elections. The popular voice in the
elections of last autumn administered severe
rebuke; but next November it will speak in
tones Of thunder II the ADMINISTRATION, with such
stupendous means, fail in speedily restoring the
Union and finishing the war, the republican
party will be swept out Of existence. But the
successor of Mr.. Lincoln will take up the
role assigned to him by the people, and with the
measures now passed by Congress, will carry
on the struggle till, on the one hand, the seces.
sionists Of the South are ompletely subdued,
aud on the other the abolitonists are reduced
10 similar subsection, even if it be necessary
to fill every prison with these Northern dis
unionists or to hang them in rows upon "seur
apple trees"