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Show FOIU'Y-FIFTK COflUKL'SS. The country will not grieve over the death of tho Forty-fifth oougreas. There ia no general ill-feeling against tho legislative bedy that went out ot oxiotouce on Tuesday, and perhaps the amount of useful work performed by it equals that d mo by tho average aver-age among its predecessors. No ono can complain that it has been a lazy congress, for the men have worked hard and iuceeant!y. Nor can it be charged that the usual amount of vicious legislation has resulted from the late conjreas. S.ich bills as were passed into laws were, in tho uvun, good and wiso measures. Why the country will feet relieved by the adjournment ad-journment ia not that anyone feared congress would not do enough, bat because of tho apprehension that it would do too much. It was beyond all precedent a political congro3a, and (rom tho opening to tho closing the two houses have presented continuous scenes of political quarrels and partisan par-tisan discussion. When it is considered con-sidered tbat tho wrangling has been cowataut, it may bo woodcred that any legitimate legislative work has been performed. A good many .nha Invo K!Jn.i n t I nm ulr. 1 ,! . fow ateals were instituted, but it utauds to tho credit of the democratic parly in control of tho house that almost without exception all of the' roguery was set down upon. The members, whatever their consciences may be, go home with clean skirts. There has been less bribery ot" congressmen, con-gressmen, less corruption in lawmaking, lawmak-ing, lesa success in lobbying, and less eubaidy granting, lb.au in auy congress con-gress since 1SG1; and the laws that have been passed are generally better iu character than the average during thij generation. Another thing that also reflects great credit upon tho democratic parly, which, while it had a majority only in tho lower house, practically controlled all legislation, is tbo fact that tbo expenses of the nation hsve been cut down many I millions ol dollars, without impairing I tho s:rvice, but rather improving it. j Reform and economy havo been the : prty watch-words, aud most faith- fully havo they been objerved, ex- ! cept in one or two instance;", us in', tho passage of the arrears of pensions! i b'.U, where ihs demacoguo over- 1 Cimo the ftitcsoiBn. In Utah matters the Forty-fifth congress has1 beei;exceptionally conservative. The1 meiibj:3 havo been importuned and buttonholed and pleaded with to an I uur.iual degree by thoso desirous o(j oltii:.ing leisla'.ioa inimical to the j msjjri'.y tl us of Utah, but without: the leajt succiSJ. A lare number of ; the members exrCTScd themssltfs as, be:::,; earnestly ar.d coascientiusly . oppoi to ay federal iuterfercuce in1 the UlAh q-iestion, aud whilo two or; three, who were less manly than their; fellows, aLd la-king in liberality, didj ail t'uy could to d!roy and take away the righla of a !an;o proportion ' of U:ah cit:zsns, their failure has been Biguiuoaat and shculJ prove instruct-j' ive to ethers as well as themselves. A!t:gt.'.her there can bo little faulty found with tho Forty-fifth congre. Under other circumUnces than these that cxist.-d it might bo jufltly cen-aured cen-aured for inducing in eo much political politi-cal and partisan wrangling; but when wo consider the condition of afUira, the grcut political revolution that bad occurred, and the new order of things that waa lining inlrolnee l, much that o'.herwidD oiiyht be cenaoraMe ia cx-cuablo, cx-cuablo, if liO'- eii'jlly laudable. Wo rejtce over the adjournal adjourn-al -nt and corg-dtuV.c the country; coun-try; but cannot condemn, aa a body, the gentlemen whose irvices aa h'gidUtjM for the n Uiou have just co mo to an end. |