CONGRESS-.
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The question is frequently asked,


what have Congress done this session
The answer is short-Nothing. But
IS it possible that this can be true p
Can the exclusive SeloRs Of the United
States, who at present manage the af-
flirs Of the nation and who boast 50
much of their rc5rgmH ability and zris-
DIN In the science of government, be i'll
session ten weeks and do nothing but
pass few acts Of local nature, which
might be done in three days as well as
in three months If we except the act
authorising the President to make d.
tachm1nt Of one kuqIrrd thousand IN j.
litia, but nobody knows for what rur-
pose, the answer is strictly true 1t
was universally expected on the appear
ance Of the message that cur foreign
relations would receive the early and
prompt attention eff Congress but
England, France and Spain still plum
der and harrass our commerce and I'M
press our citizens with impunity, The
ministers Of France and Spain treat the
government with insult and contempt
the Navy is suffered to rot in the east
ern branch Of the Potomac but the
servants Of the sovereign people tell
their masters all these things are right,
and the democrats receive the man
dates Of these lcise heads with as much
servility as the slave does the commands
of his master. Let the syCophants Of
the prese administration saywhat they
please to prop tire reputation OF these
pseudo Patriets Of the present day, the
tune viii come, and is not far distant,
when the people Of the United States
will discard these pretenders to poIii-
cal wisdom and ability, and the election
10 Office will depend upon these ques-
tons, " is he honest is he capable :"