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u ,,,entv.ninth Congress will expire to.mor-


lne II whether for veal or woe, its work is
row, " At The opening of the session we looked
donI ,hs most prompt and energetic measures. and
iOl OLA for the happest results; and we feel bound
WV ~, that TO great extent we have been disap-
p.;",ed %td Ofthe course pursued by the six Demo
Pic Representatives from this State we have just
C. 10 be proud, for they have, on all occasions,
1'.od bv the President and the cause of their
SUUo SUO,rv: but what shall we say of those Wings
~ - have taken sides with Mexico--who have
",,ed against supplies. and who have talked for
,Se nurpose of putting their own government in
.S0 M Trong in this War; and what of those Demo.
.ros who have assisted the Wings to stir up :he
oneaion of slavery, and conspred with an un-
11GucpIed and reckless opposition to crush the
f,eedom of the Press2 We turn them over to
heir constituents and TO their own bitter reaec-
fans, with the hope that they will profit by the
iossons of the past. .f


In the Senate on Saturday last, the three mil
Inn bill was discussed, and an earnest appeal was
made BY Mr.. Sewer to take the vote upon it on
,bat day, but it was postponed until Monday by
,ots of 81 to %. The opinion seems to be, that
:, will pass the Senate stripped of the Wimot
proviso and be returned to the House and passed
n that body in its naked form. This week will
he full OF important events at Washington. In
the Senate the same day, the bill for the relief
of the people OF Ireland and Scotland was passed
bv A vote of 81 to l3. This bill appropriates
100000, and directs the President to use this
money in purchasing such provisions as he may
deem suitable and proper, to be transported in the
rubic ships of the United States TO Great Britain
and rendered to that Government for the relief
of the people of Ireland and Scotland, suffering
from the great calamity of scarcity and famine" /"
We enter with all our heart into the noble spirit
of this bill, and we are happy to see our country
men pouring out their ample resources for the re-
lief of the starving Scotch and Irish people; bn,
with the Editor of the Washington Union we dc
not think that Congress possesses the Constitution
al power to pass such law.


In the House of Representatives, on the same
day, the bill to increase the revenues derivable
from duties imports, also from the sales Of the
public lands, to aid in the prosecution of the War
with Mexico, was, after being amended, rejected
bv vote of 79 to 1856.