Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-02-21

vote ol,iwo IN one. The RESOLUTION was !
then ordered TO a th,rj read,og and Ii
nal y passed.
The Join, Resolution for the dis,ribu
ton o! the laws OF tho y i. among the
several States coming up from tie Senate,
n pending motion Ia lay upon the table
was Withdrawn and the Resolution was
referred TO the Committee of the Whole
A Bill from tho Senate for a free
bridge across the Po,orac came up on
motion TO reconsider a vote lnying the
Bill upon The table. The House refused
10 reconsider.
he Bill for the relief of the snreties
OF Samuel Swarrwout. which had previ-
ously been iaId upon The table, came up
on motion 10 reconsider that vote
The House refused to reconsiie by a
vote Of IL 1917
The ARMY Bill.
The Bill TO regulate the pay OF the
Army and 10 reduce the pay Of the off.
GERS. Was the next bill IN order. The
bill was ordered TO be engrossed, and
was then brought forward on its pas.
sage.
Mr. Kennedy Of Md. desired cal O {
the House. us there were so few Nom,
b,rs present.
Mr. Adams rose to expires, hi, opinion
briefly upon tho merits OF tho Bill
Mr. Black OF S C. though, the Bill
could not De debated because tho pre-
vlous question had been moved
The Speaker said tina, the Previous
Question had eX haus,cd itself upoa The
lengrossment of the Bill.
Mr. Adams then took occasion TO sneak
upon The final passage of the BIZ. lie
said that he should vote for the Bill no,
rom any expectation that it would pass
nor from any amount o. popularity like.
" 10 attach 10 the vote he should give
lie supposed, indeed, that the Bill hal
been brought forward now to give gen
temcn an opportunity TO say what they
wished against The army and certain Off
GERS of the army.
Mr. spoke If tho reirenching spirit
oil The House. lie regarded il generally
as without much order, and without
much reason. any good measure had
been adopted by the House, tho House in
rs conferences, had generally rccede d.
he House at ono session had cut of the
second regimen, OF dragons, and then had
restored !. By doing this, they had in
creased the expenses of the Army very
much, more than this B II would reduce
lhen. That the second regiment had
been TUNED into riho regiment the hor
ses sold d afterwards horses were bought
The House had abolished is ac, during
the very next Congress
lie hoped the Bill would prevent We.
ry large increase Of The Army. At this
moment he had heard that a project was
aiioat 10 add five new regiments 10 the
| Army. There were various o,her bills
| before Congress. all tending 10 increase
tho Army. The gentleman from Ga
tGen. Cilnch) had reported bill to sad
die an establishment something like the
G eenwich Hospital upon the Treasury
Gen. Clinch said that the b Il would moi
cost the General Government; one cent.
1t provided or its own payment.
Mr. Adams continued; irit requires the
payment Of The expenses orthe Inst.u-
'ion IRON the pay OF the poor soldiers.
then Vt was equally a tax upon the peo-
p'e' and he was opposed 10 il. lie OBJ
lected TO drawing pay from poor soldiers
As IL was drawn from the poor sailors il
the measure was consumaled, we should
Ind some OF The Democratic members
here crying out for the poor soldier and
Tor The increase Of his pay.
| Gen CIinch thought that the gentle.
man had aot given the b. II his ucual con-
Sideralion.
Mr. Adams said he had very grea, re-
spect Tor the opinions and Judgment of
the genllem IN from Georgi /. but he was
OF opinion that the Bill Introduced by
MIN would lead at once TO the establish
ment of an institution like that of the
Greenwich Hospital Thus, step by
step, we were seeking to build 10 a
great Army. and by m ians which would
De ourdensomn to the people an by no
means propItIous to their liberties. If
the Bis wlirh had passed. this house
were TO be carried ont in,o laws, we
should IN two years requ' re millions upon
millions Tor the supper of The Army
we had passed Bill to annex Texas
winch was war OF aggression upon
Mexico. We had claimed for Texas
provinces not her own. and which she
could never PreserYe-Santa Fe for ex
ample, which the Texans had tried To
reach but without success The Texans
had never reached within 100 miles of
santa re. The powers Of Europe would
interfere il you should undertake 10 ins
teriere with Mexico; and were we ready
to undertake such contest
30 IN gtrd 10 no occupancy of Ore,
g"n. We had put ourselves in direct op
position TO Great Britain, and in a man
n@f that We could not defend with pro-
pretty. lie had voted TO put an end 10
the lrea ~ by proper means, but he was
NOT ready to rush blindly forward with
Out giving lhe notice required. Great
britain did not want an exclusive gov
eminent in tho Oregon, aud had the no,
ice been gwen, or should IT DO properly
gIvSn, amicable relations would he con.
nnued between that Government and