The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-11-22
SPIRIT OF THE NEW YORK PRESS.
Leading Editorials from the New York
Papers This Morning.
THE COMING SESSION o. CONGRESS

III Op"hNN NiNHibN W tDNGRESG.
From ns Tirles.
The Thirty-cighlh Congress /. soon 70 rcsppcsr.
"superfluous lags the veteran on the stage" It
has made some figure in It's time, but a., had ifs
day. It. part during the winter Will not Or. much
else than pantomine.
\ This present lack Of importance conc, from
two causes. The first Is in the situation. Mill.
tary affairs still dominate. 1t is believed that we
have reached thc lat period Of the war but the
Rebels still resist as firmly as ever, and there Is
no chance for any legislation except in maute.
nance Of the established war policy
All the great war measures, dependent on Con.
greSs have long since been mlturcd, and are in
4praehcal operation, calling for no change save
4lefhaps, in insIgnItc mt details. IL is not the
d TIME To logslate upon peace measures, or Ia fact
Ihny great national measures OF a purely civil
lcharactcr. The immt uiAte future /, too uncer-
i lAn t. Justify, hey ond what can be avoided, any
IqthnitiNc action designed TO affect the whole
Mon. There Is NJ lpgis alton of this character
(Which ought not o. be greatly shaped by circum.
4 St.nCes that cannot yet De foroseun.
n II is true that he Presidential message NAV
Ntchc" to the Rebels offers Of amnesty, aud pre-
isent other inducements for return to their con
leulutlCnal duty, more LIBERAL than ever. But
'ItNcn II this be done, II Will hardly involve auy
AnCcCssity for Congressional action, at least until
he Rebels make ONE movement towards closing
\ N with the ENgCutivc propositions, which, a.
ID est can hardly be looked Tor In time for this
ItongresS to take definite action thereupon before
Nts constitutional life expires.
n The other cause for the unimportant part t1 be
Nplayed by this Congress during the remainder of
llis day is its own character. lt does not sde-
luaiely represent the present hiyh-toned, strong
tNilled loyalty Of the peOIle. True its majority
@ire friends Of the Government but We. they are
mot enough in number To move clear Of ali the
y n nDarrasSmonts cun,tntly thrown in their way
ny peryCrse, If not positively factious minority
ybesides, there are mea,ures, like the proposition
I or the constitutional amendment prohibiting
4 N'Ryery, which require a two-,hirds vOtc-a
R1eaSure OF strength beyond that possessed by The
~ mon side of the House
/ The new House will be five-sixths supporters
81 President lincOln-a prepOnderanCe that can
VNer move on the instant and with resistcss
Nower. 1t will come fresh from the people I'M
ankeTed 10y Copperhtadism, throbbing with all
Ihe patriotic glow, the grand national Spirit that
20 maTvellously sgDahZtd The elections of 1854.
~ will be both disposed and prepared to deal on
lhe highest national grounds with the great qles-
lonS pertaining TO the resumption by the South
Nt all Constitutional obligations and the read
0usiment OF the foundations OF the Union, SO that
Hhey shall never again 10 shaken.
Ii need he, II will be assembled in the spring
&n extra session, and will promptly and effectively
3o-opefate wiki the President close upon the
Begionlng Of his new official term. A breaking
UP OF the Rebellion durng the next winter or
{pring would neccssitate such an extra session.
" all events 1t seems certain that these immense
responsibilities OF rc-Cstablishng the nationality
tll be cast upon the next Congress at some
leriod Of its existence. To meet them wisely and
My will require the highest order of statesman
Xnp. No greater tasks have been imposed upon
Hr Generals in The field in prostratiny the Rebel
8on, than Will devolvG upon the public men of
He capital Of uprearing, upon the ruins of the
4ebellion, the national fabric in more than its
pristine strength
\ But for the present the great role belongs to
Xrant, Sherman, aGd their heroic associates
teldom, If ever in this world have military
enes Of such intense interest been enacted as
e now opening before us. They may not. pra-
4lbly they will not, be as bloody Ms some which
4lye passed. But strategy, and al the highest
Military art, will be displayed with unexamped
Hodness, often setting at nauGht all the accepted
eaS of the books, startling by their magnitude
b1d novelty, sweeping on in style betting the
Aot that they carry the mghtiest dostinies OF time
aUntil their consummation, they will ill the
Hlblic eye, to the exclusion of all other public
pncerns. The whole civilized world, indeed, is
n spectator of them. Every mail that comes from
oyer the sea shows that our military movements
feTe never regarded with profounder interest
IAN now. There is universal realization tha
BE mighty end is rapidly approaching. Men
4ok all intent upon an issue big with fate to the