There were a number of reasons why Seward should not have made the deal, but two that upset Congress were money and distance. Alaska was a good distance from Washington DC, and governing the territory would not only be difficult, but costly. Congress questioned who would live there and how would the US not only govern it, but protect it?
Then there was the price tag. The cost to purchases Alaska was seven million dollars. The Civil War had just ended in 1865, and the US had large debts resulting from that war. To pay out seven million dollars for a territory that didn't seem to have any real value was a big point of contention with Congress. Then there was the issue of the cost protecting, governing, and populating the territory. At the time, Congress saw the purchase as a big mistake.
According to Luther, what will happen to people who pay the Catholic Church to get out of Purgatory and into Heaven? They will eternally be doomed. How did the printing press help Luther's protest against the Catholic Church?
Congress had not have the power to tax. Congress did not have the power to regulate foreign and interstate commerce. There was no executive branch to enforce any acts passed by Congress. There was no national court system.
