Maryland free press., 1866-08-09
THE LITE sEssloN OF CONGRESS
A ResEH ID its ffoceedings.
dFfom Tho National Observer. ]

li X lT7tlieiprGce, NASSAU iast gone p;tsst
N9is clotas have dlfkeued our SKY, The Iigbi-
aiin2s 81 A fell evolutionary purpose have flashed
.scross ihIg ooai but the holt las not descended
ia he wild sweep of the siorm OF civil war U.s.
Nhln 70 God, fvr ii iiMe arrested .h.fn ,iArst
a. uhissCongress will ever be most conspicuously
9niameu IN the cate gerry Of the worst orgauiga-
sons having give iirichhA fdnttiops that have
ssushan9red and slammed, enighted society ip all
the worlds history. IFS dispersion from the car
noi 10 widely separated anu remote localities is a
welcome reiie TO appreheusions arising from the
sbodiy presence of concentrated mischief such as
IN the material world takes to itself the form of
me PLAGUE TINT stalketh al MONDAY s.'',....'
! II is not, cinnut he spoken we'll Of in tLe
house ofifs fifefd. Startling with fartiye CON
AsplThey against the President when according
" lsi reyoling sr gan here) .tdI the Republican
svovrno' siof States had sgniied to the Pres-
adeni their approWal.sef his policy;'lwhen, ac-
cordinS to the same rotary machine, 'us'a ride a.
crtfssthe cpHHtyo showed THAT fbe peuple Were
wnh ihe leFideG' - as the Ircsstert ,inly was
hhteroC to that d.i c. it infructed the coast tu-
uon IN very hlst considerable step in,Epstiity
10 the Executive. 1t did this by the est,biisli-
4ept,eia fwjral ,Drectosyy Itie Iodis,asE Sur
chamber eaial, to which were given extrAorsi-
nnaTy in violation of the, ST. ri thts un-
l9eT the c9Hstitaton, Teach branch ofCohgress
WHAT geiwed to theIrights oethe Southern peo-
PIE, as electors, and to them through an adnis-
y -. NShSffsSt loi|fthe elected, there to speak
anu act for them, was consigned to the dark
s ssS ss I a as a Sn
s, psf"ilY and my without 'o delay according to-
The sway Of dis secret tribunal o,t lusttbing
esaeoiism was NOT broken unfit the last moment
M the SESSION, when tile Senate Of tic United
suites gave over to the House of Representatives
stefehI te qetWmine is 10 the ad uiis ioIT of 4.
Cen'eor from Tennessee, and then repudiated
tnhss'aohonhy practically Mastering for the first
umeah the session, its iadcieasible CONSTITUTIONAL
winch was eoilong 6asely'heid in s,rspease
Opyadmfting the Senator themselves .,I d. what
uisgraceul spectacle was iiore to the statesmen
oi inc yorida tiew can Senators look into the
h aees ono Of another tosssyi patbipg of those Of
In speaking generally Of fepublicanism as dc.
.feloRea ~ Fd pri black forms during the session,
we OF course refer to the acts of leaders, and not
TO these ,ofthe PERHAPS greater portion WHO were
Marsaatied to the' PARTY shambles like dumb dri-
ven cattle. There were n,ihy republicans who
-reiaetea at heart from the arbitrary nod of the
desponc ene hianfp power m the flods, Ait thsy
Usually, 10 their shame be it spoken, in measures
of gravest character, sink Observation-Disclosures and
sIfemn sense iofdutyin RESPECT to lawaAd policy,
III shameful compliances.,
Ho.ngress mas touched the lowest soundngs of
po]itscapiff my M rhahy forms In it's re$$olu-
tienary designs, which at the outset of the scs-
sioedy fS esssbSSSSd smsepIng s9sssqe.ions,
and disarmament, of Whites of the Sontb 4ngs,har
with denials TO them of many of the political
(tuhcuols appertuAings toLciHzensHfy the world
AAeohgtess, protesting tBJbs FOR me EQUALITY Of
ac'msn'bcfore thelaw ylsisnalizef The eaftsi6ays
Il me sesson!by the passage of an act in the
i,;gt ss seihg general negro suffrage. in this
.Nslre'f Its fast ami Juvse orp,,t here ,uponthis
Gorcasiop, announced the measure as one for the
"hoie country, and that Tile 'issde was fairly
made up ~ wlaclrmdnE republicans iwould G,iI
ue grand night of principle, Sincere and
honest rePlblictfhs have looked in vain for a
psssrH H q q ~ sH's pommppps deYar ton in its own
. Ctosngress has mani ted an intention ID brecu
iate cfSif war by the passage in the Honse undeI
circumstances OF vioteat impeac hment of tl,e mo-
lives OF the President of a resolution nrovdinr
or the distribution ftfe g5teriiment arms q.
Sonss the STATES to the present exclusion oflthe
Congress has transccnded the met ro,ro,, os
government blythe ar4,itfars ieyb6lSi6n of a I'M.
u SUES senator upon party behest, against The
pest fegat opinion IN the Senate. for the soe mn
pose OF depflring the Executive of effective co
operalion IN AID of the veto bwef; ialsoIby the
hers Isl "a, 81 leading conservative ftUpion mem.
than that theEexperiekeed(i abiiity was es sor
party machnatons.I rsEir e. n. nScne'ous
.aetion aainsur. I,,o,Ls ~, 1 especially to the
Congress has done v;nsn ami Mr: VOORHEES,.
by refusing an appfopsaiion n H. 60 S. s.at,en
ministerial official abroad whose e "a
by easitiGe law. $40 NH th;s s.r puS.rsn existed
applied Il viii by partsans ne io, o. action or
the expression on opiaions Sists ssS,I IN ,sf
theh tne whces OF government wouJd be a, ~
lion. ~ :" igFt u ana ana reeyolu-
Congress has acted in fla g.,
latsSr tlihS 6RsI III Sal Rq1pose af gevo-
floor from other ss,ss REPRESENTATIVES tSpt, from its
GeIiyT of coored mo Us fau IN legislation in the
n eonsistsnao '.;,, nIen ana upon those subjects
,9&ic feysaIs and ' shS i0y requirements Of he
lion. n-,, ,~., 4'', A'eet.'y, 'o' the si'a"
sal rights of a,sS H., -. TO impair tle constitution
ties in that capaei,y of Sh ,r a,n'ssloh ct copmYn
=. Congress has exhfIted ts pSSRSia,,ons'
by refusing to SO mdditt = reYollti3nary spirit
gcstiohI ofithe Seha, Sy te reS;oatl at the sus
cuiion of the laws aud ,s aS 70 insure the exc
tons in the Soptb "ie government transac-
o,txar i,1tpf l,ot iIa t.r !-,.. liza, t,,