New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-08-13
The s2,OOO,OOO for Pence.


Dsvis Of Massachusetts, speaking against time, while
voices from the chamber heard demonstrating
against him for his determined attempt TO prevent the
introduction Of solution proongIng the session Tor
few hours Thi. measure which is deemed MOST it
poriant for negotiating peace between the Two coun
mes and the fundamental principle Oh which was rec
ognized by the OF the House OF Representative On
the passage Of the bill and by decided vote OF the sen
.te on their resolutions, sacrificed by eena.
,ors wasting the time oil the Senate until tne moment "
adjournment had arrived = III
.Whateyer mischief NAV arise from tho loss OF th
bill NAV be fairly attributed 10 the honorable eiso
from Massachusetts,
This gross attack on one OF the abest and nooies'
Of American Senators mpels US to call a''eh''on u
tbs following facts
L IL is q fact that Mr.. Polk determined To open
negotiations with Mexico. and actually d'@ d's"fet
S;s s,,t aren't 10 communicate ruth The G0re'1s-
sr.,s of That Country sererot lays betorc he sent
t,is sfS..are TO tho Senate asking tbs oRpropr'a-
ytss % %. 900 600 10 be used by han ~ making
rs1se .s,A MEXICO II is thus rendered certain
s5st the attempt to make Peace is in no sense
a.or,,aent on the success of this application for
( 100000
!. Ono OF two things must be true Either Polk
did not when he dispatched his agent, thuk he
would want any such money to be used IN making
1 Peace or he purposcly delayed his application to
.
hope Of smuggling it through without inquiry or
discussion. In either case, the necessity Tor this
sum cannot possibly be imminent, and Congress is
TO meet again within four months. If Bribery is
the game to be played, cash in hand is always bet
ter than PROMISES but if the money is to be used III
an honest legitimate way, surely Mexico can trust
the faith of our Government for term oil two or
three months from the signing Of the Treaty
3. The bill giving Mr. Polk this s2,00O,OOo to be
used at his unchecked discretion and without any
knowledge vouchs afcd to Congress OF the how or
wherefore. was reported to the House by Gen. Nc
KAY from tho Committee OF Ways and Means. The
House amended it by appending the following
proviso:
"Proridc6 That as express and fundamental con
diton to the acquisition OF any territory from the re
public of Mexico by the United States by virtue OF any
Treaty which may be negotiated between them ana 10
the use by the Executive oil the moneys herein nppro'
pated, neither Siarcy nor rroitary serr"nde s4a4 er
rri In anu part said tertiary except Tor crime where
Of the party shall first be- duly convicted
Thus amended, the bill passed by decided vote.
most of the Wings supporting it. d@t Gen. AcKay
himself and The geiters upCt the dH gong dead
against IT, ruth alt tie MembcyS from the Stare
holding States, Surely the need Of this money
cannot be pressing Uor Gen. Mckay, If any body,
would be permitted to know how urgent it was,>
or he would not have turned so tercely on his own
offspring.
L. The bill having thus passed the House, amidst
intense excitement. that body adjourned Saturday
night J aud on Sunday night the Joint Committee
Of Conference on the Civil and Diplomatic Appro
priation BILL composed Of four Loco Focos and TIVE
d. Wings freo the from Slave States, calec
together. and resoutc attempt made to ioist Mr.
Polks 81 600. 600 which the House had Just passed
in separate bill, into the General Appropriation
bill So that II shouidctthcr be forced through rHh0at
he detestcd A@tI-Siaceyy proetso, or tie General
Appropriation Till taR and Mc Government be run
high and dry 0Ssoye, But when u rumor OF thus
maneuver got wind, intense excitement among
the Members generally from the Free States was
created, and determination quickly arrived at
to kill the Appropriation bill and brave all conse
quences rather than have the trick succeed So it
had to be given up
S. The bill went 10 the Senate on Monday and
came up little before the time previously agreed
on for adjournment, 1t was known that those who
erythng bend to the extension and fortificaton of
Slavery, (thougb we do not believe the real sent
ments Of the South comedies with theirs had
resolved thai the pyoriso inhi6ting S2arcry an auY
Mesican territory rhch may be acquired IN oa Iisa
~ Of Peace should be stricken out or the Dill should
be kaeed, The Slave States, including Texas, have
now majority III the Senate, aud can do as they
please there; and it calculated that those
Southern Senators who do not desire the extension
OF Slavery would dare to vote as thew felt on AN
issue so made up between Freedom and Slavery.
Mr.. Davis Of Mass. rose to debate tho motion to
strike out the proviso and did debate it being ev.
cry moment interrupted by bills from the House,
dc. &c. until the Session died natural death He
had determined. since it appeared settled that the
bill must be lost either with without the proviso
that it should die ,ctih it, that the moral effect 81
the vote of the House should not be neutralized BY
contrary vote OF the Senate. He only erred IN
his estimate of the course of the Senate. Had the
vote been taken, the p,or,So sconid hare been SUs,
TANNED IN tie Senate and Lewis u Co would have
been compelled to talk out the Session as they had
resolved that the bill should pass with the anti
Slavery proviso attached TO it, 1t was simply II
question Of hor the bill was to be killed as it was
doomed any how
such are the facts in the case. How do they
compare with the Unions charges on Senator Da.
Wis Who could imagine that the Virginia aud
other Southern Loco Focos had unanimously voted
eSa'ast the bill which Mr. Davis is sssailed by the
Union for destroying
BY the way, the Ereniag Posts correspondep,
says OF this very bill and failure
To be candid am very glad that the who,s nro,osi.
ton was defeated or course. it painful to me ~ s
press aoaot or dissatisfaction with any rccomrcnatop
such questionable Shape that really could MOI ron ..
oace 1t with my sease OF duty to give it my support,
Enough said
oAio'-p"ip flsaES has been nominated for
Congress by the Wings OF the Improved lid Dis
trict OF Ohio composed OF Warren, Clinton and
Butler Counties, These Counties gave ,ls yo,es