Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1866-07-31
CONTAMINATED.
CONGRESS.


rare value to bis judgment expresses the opiE-
ion that the first session Of the Thirty-Ainth
Congress just closed was in all respects model
LEGISLATURE y flask Chron
This is the text. The following commentary
is from the National Inteigencer
Congress has manifested an intention to pre-
cipitate civil war by the passage IN the House;
under circumstances Of violent impeachment
OF the motives Of the President. Il resolution
providing for the distribution OF the Govern,
ment arms among the StateS; 10 tile present en-
clusion Of the South. .
Congress has transcribed the just powers OF
government by the arbitrary expulsion OF
Senator upon party behest, against the best
| legal opinion in the Senate, for the sole pur.
| nose of depriying the Executive OF effective co
operation in aid Of the veto power; also, by the
| expulsion of leading Conservative Union mem
hers Of the House for no other probable reason
than that their experienced ability was Il sore
obstacle to the contamination of mischicvous
party Vaccinations.
Congress has done violence to the Constitu
ton by refusing an appropriation for the salary
Of ministerial official abroad, whose position
existed by positive law. Should this form OF
action be applied at will by .partisans as pun
ishment for the expression OF opinions dlstaste-
ful TO them, then the wheels Of government
would be stopped. lt IS replctc with usurpa-
ton and revolution.
Congress has acted in the fell purpose of rev.
oluton by keeping loyal representatives from
its floor from other States than Tennessee
States lust as far advanced as that in lcglSla
ton in the behalf Of coored men, and upon
those subjects in consistence with the loyal re-
quirements Of the logic Of events aud the ne
cessity Of the situation.
Congress has sought to impair the constltu-
tonal rights Of States by the admission OF com
munties in that capacity of trit1ing populations.
Congress has exhibited revolutionary spirit
by refusing to 50 modify the tcst-oath at the
suggestion Of the epartments,as to insure the
| execution of the laws and Government transac
tons in the South.
Congress has passed by an overwhelming
party vote in one branch Il prohibitory tariff
Till. From fear Of results Of the elections in
the West, this conspicuous measure Of despoll,
ment Of the people for the benefit Of class In
terests, is postponed.
Congress has destroyed the essence Of free
COVE: nment as represented in parliamentary
bodies by tie habitual and constant use Of the
previous question, thus preventing hull, tar,
and free discussion.
Congress has brought disreputc upon The
Government by secret midnight copelagcs Of
it's members, like Guy Fawkes, with lantern in
hand-devising methods to destroy the pEerog-
atives of the President in respect to the re
moval Of public officers.
Congress has assumed extraordinary powers
as to foreign affairs, OF which it can know little,
and proposes seriously to change ouF tradition
al policy and stable legislation, to get votes.
Congress transcends the Constitution and
the rights Of States in seeking to perpcluate
Freedmens Bureaus, Treasury cotton plunder
ing operations, and organizations for the pre-
tended enforcement Of civil rights in States
Congress has violated the spirit OF that
provision of the Constitution which inhibits
congressman from receiving pecunlary. benefit
during their term from acts passed by IT, Ibis
is the effect OF the act increasing their own
salaries
Congress has been guilty Of the uneSampled
wrong Of battening the measure for increasing
their own salaries upon the soldiers bounty
bill, making the latter measure carry the dead
carcass Of Congressional proii!gacy and persona!
cupidity.
Congress, while greatly augmcnting the sala
res Of their personal fav0rltcs at the Capitol
for an average laE or OF less than two-thirds OF
tie year. have refused even a petty increase OF
per centage upon the pay OF Department oth
Gals, whose daily labor IS severe and lasts
throughout the year.
Congress has granted, says an exchange, mil
lions o! acres Of public lands and binds itself in
the sum Of nearly sixty millions Of dollars to
aid in tne gigantic job Of building the Northern
Pacific Railroad
History, says the Albany Argus, may be
searched in vain for a parallel to the corrun.
ton, extravaganza, and proAigacy Of this Con