The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-04-13

neaVy ana pOftentOue, grows Ueunot 1uu
deneer, Men begin to hold their breath, for
they feel that the dresd explosion IL at hand.
The Late Session Of Congress.
Fcorn the NJ " Tribune
The thirty three days to which the Forty
first Congress limited its fret session were,
on the whole we'll epent. We are grateful
for some excellent legislation completed, for
some very bad legislation prevented, and for
the early adjournment. One or two measures
that ought to have passed we're lost between
the houses; but on the other hand some ex-
ceedingly worthless ones shared the same
fate.
The act by which the session will be longest
remembered is one for whose prompt passage
we have to thank the ssgscious statssmanship
OF General Grant. We mean the Law that
closes the series Of reconstruction measures,
and provides for "the browning of the edidce.'
No timelier, wiser enactment has, In these lat
ter years, marked our progress towards resto-
ration. We hail II as the end Of the policy of
hatred and revenge; the end Of irritating aud
useless acknowledgements; and the means of
bringing to the next session OF this Congress a
full representation once more-for the first
time since 1S60-0f every State in the Union. II
has another and not less grateful igoifo auce.
1t lie the first movement of the new admins
tration in matters Of national policy.
Next to this We reckon the act to strengthen
the public credit, a measure which this Con-
giess only gained the honor of passing because
OF Mr.. Johnson's perversity in depriving the
last one Of it through his pocket veto. ITS
excellent effect was immediately percepuble;
II now we can only reinforce 1t by using our
surplus gold to buy up our bonds in the mar
ket, and by a relentless and thorough collec-
tion of our customs and internal revenue, we
shall soon be on the highway to an era Of
sounder finances. The bill to enlarge the
iu1inful uofa hSy$ $ha al ~ Ira
to the Supreme Court, and by the appoint
ment of circuit judges who shall relieve the
Supreme judges OF part of their present
oner0us duties, 10 q measure the necessity of
which the court dockets have long demon
strated, and the geod results of which may
soon be seen in the more rapid disposal Of
causes throughout the various circuits. The
conclusion of the Tenure-of. Office discussions
we can hardly commend 80 highly. 1t
retains the principle which we hold to be i'm
portant, but does it in blind, Dangling way
that was only accepted with satisfaction be-
cause 1t seemed under the circumstances to be
the best thing then attainable. The loDg-dis
puted Indian Appropriation bill, which was
finally cut down to six and quarter millions,
ought, we fear, to have been reduced vet
lower. The experiment of giving two millions
Of this amount into the hands Of commits
sion of Friends, to be disposed of according to
their best judgment among the Indians, pro-
misses well, but, after all, it is one OF those
measures which can only be judged by the
result. We have the consolation that, in any
event, they can hardly make things worse
than at present. The grant Of further time
to the liquor dealers for taking spirits out of
bond is one Of those unfortunate pieces of
legislation which now and then become law
in some mysterious and doubtful manner.
We have enumerated the main features of
this short sessions work. The Memphis and
Ell Paso bill, Offering chance to company
which proposed to build Pacific railway
without a subsidy, failed; and SO did the
Census bill; but, on the other hand, three or
four Objectionable measures that once seemed
likely to pass, the national bank tinkering, the
West India buncombe and the beggarly 'dis-
ability" peddling, met the same end. Alto
gether, these thirty-thres days Of the Forty
first Congress have given us seme valuable
legislation and nothing very bad. 1t is not
always that we are able to signalize the close
of q session by verdict so complimentary.