New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-05-28
oar sold,er.-How Paid.

the Portof Hew-YoYk Marine Jourbal
Our soldiers-How Paid.
The whole Country is of one voice and one heart,
with regard to the passed gaIlan,ry displayed
by our little Army In the late battles on the Biz
Gfsnde. That force of but 1000 men, not one
Third of whom had ever before been in regular en-
gagenent, stood twenty minutes under FIRE
should attack army OF fully 5000, nearly all o
whom had doubtless seen service strongly posted
immensely superior in cavalry, effective on such
level open battle fields, SIS fronted the Mexican pc
sItions, and vanqush them completely, capturing
their artillery by drasoon charge, dspersiDg thei'
infantry with the bayoDet, and taking their best
General prisoner. These are achievements which
IN gsllantry have rarely been equalled, and never
surpassed. Il Is not by the numbers engaged, mol
by the immediate fruits, that the importance Of bat
tie 10 to be measured victory gained on such
ground and in such cause is valuable mainly FOL
the impression II will make on other Nations-for
its influence in preserving our own soil from the
tread OF invading hosts. Aud In this view these vic
toriss are indeed of inestimube worth If they do
not intoxicate and carry away our own People as
well az impress other Nations. We think no veteran
will rank them below tho defence of Plat,sburgh OF
New-Orleans. any of the brilliant achievements
Of orr arms In the last War. What nation will care
to invade our soil when made aware that ii is de-
fended by One Million Of men of the same material
and capable Of being made by discipline such sol.
diera as the 1000 commanded by Gen. Taylor7
But this Is not the point to which we would call
attention We thinking rather Of the insulting
pittance Nation pays these gallant men for their
tolls prvaiions perils end blood Sir or seven dol
lars amonh Is their stipend, with coarse food often
deficient in quantity the canopy Of heaven to sleep
under and often none but Shiny, putrid swamp-wn
ter to drink for days together, and sometimes
of this for hot rapid march of hours. Such is the
reward OF those who bleed in our service and our
eieht.dolar-a .day gentry talk of insulting them with
a vote of thanks Cheap gratitude this, but it will
not stop bulletholes nor allay the pangs Of famine
the agonies of thirst We insist that Congress
should begin by being just before it assumes to be
generous The Army pay may be well enough for
time Of Peace, when the danger is nothing and the
duty light, but 1t ought not to endured moment in
time of War. A dollar day would be little
enough, but twenty dollars a month with quarter
section OF Public Land and right 10 IN honorable
discharge from the service the moment Peace 10 es
tablished Is the very least compensation that should
be tolerated. Will not some one in Congress speak
out for the brave soldier? His may be ever 40 bad
trade but the Nation which hires him for and trains
him to it cannot plead that in bar Of his claim TO
Just recompense; and whatever there is wrong in
this war, or In any war our Government may wage
10 the Nations blame, not his. War il expensive
and ru!nous, but the poor Soldier had no hand in
making Il, and ought not to bear ninety. nine hun.
dredths Of It's burthens. and endure ts horrors un
recompepsed. Let him be fairly paid, not in windy
cheers aud laudstons, but in that which will con.
tribute his comfort and the of his fam
lily. We wish Congress would ut once vote quar-
ter section of public land and and handsome gra-
tuity 10 money TO every soldier who has been
across the Nueces, and the like to the widow or
nearest relative Of each one who has lost his life in
the service w ould ths be than meagre jus,ce7
Policy and Right.
Years ago, when tho Texas cloud on our South.
Western horizon was no bigger than man g hand
the lofty and purc.hearted CRAsslNc--a man of no
party, but preacher of Righteousuess-di scerned
the true character Of that neiaous conspiracy which
under the cloak of Liberty, was bent on the ex,en
sion of Slavery over region Us large New ORR
and New. England under the flag Of our Union
He raised his warning voice against the vile plot
and, in letter to Henry Clay which does honor
even to his mighty mind. he declared |, the duty Of
tho Free States and of all lovers of Freedom to
resist this Texas Iniquty even to the Dissolution oil
the Union. His letter was widely published, warm
ly approved and hardly murmur of dissent utter
ed from any quarter.
Time wore on; Annexation was openly solicited
by Texas and rejected by MIR. Van Busen's Admin
istration. The then Secretary of State, John For
syth Of Georgia, ardent u Southern champion Of
Slavery as Democracy can boast gave the Texan
ambassador the following as his most conclusive
reason for rejecting the application:
So long Eras shall remain al ear, while the United
States at with her adversary, the proposition
tbs Texan Minister Penpoentary aecessarSy i,troys M
States might justly 30 suspected Of disregard OF the
friendly purposes Of hor compact with Mexcol the
tute OF Gen. Hunt were 10 DO resersd for future
alteration. this would imply disposition part 10
e,rosif the 9tarrel q Teras ch Herco-a disposition
wholly at variance with the spirit OF the Treaty. and with
the uniform policy and tho obyious welfare OF the United
States"
To this decision, with the cogent reasons for it.
there was no whisper Of dissen, throughout the I'm
ion- The matter was generally supposed to be q, an
end.
But in lsiS. Il was discovered by several faith
full Members of Congress that the scheme. thus re
buked. was still kept alive and actively, though Sc
cre,ly promoted, and that Gold. Land Jobbisg and
SiayeJoSbing were steadily at work corrupiing our
Executive and Congress, and preparing the way for
the triumph OF Annexation, They sounded an
alarm over their own signatures; bat he People
would not believe there was danger. Every man
In the Free States who spoke Of the project at all
spoke in its condemnation. Even the Loco Foco
press Of slavery ridden New. Hampshire denounced
! Il with loathing and execraton. When the las,
Congress assembled in is4S, Senator Walker Of
& Miss. (now Secretary of the Treasury came on,
with long letter boldly setting forth The srca, ad
vansases which would result from Annexation
That letter. though quite able and plausible. so al
a. we can reoollect was copied into but journal