Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1846-08-27
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Ene Mexican Neyotia,i.w H.,y,

| Au NcgOt5atio on Eill.
Our readers already know ,ha. the Pre-.
sideht of the United States, addressing
himself first 10 the Senate in confidential
message, anu afterwards to both Houses
OF congress in public Message, had ap-
| pealed to them for advice and aid in
! oringing 10 close the War with Mexico,
as a! he ought TO have done before he, by
MS sole action, began the war; or, 10 use
phraseology TO which none can take ex
c.eption, before he placed our sallent little
Army under Gen. TAYLOR in such no.
sltIon as to make war inevitable.
In pursuance Of the public MESSAGE. a
bill was on Saturday introduced in a
Committee of the Whole in the House of
Representatives. by one of the partizans
OF the Executive, for making an appropri.
anon OF Two Millions of Dollars TO enable
The PRESIDENT of the United States 10
negotiate Treaty of Peace with Mexico.
including most plainly the acquisition, by
force or purchase, or by both means
conformity. of a greater or less portion of
Mexican territory. This bill was debated
both before and after The recess on Satur-
day, and all was going merrily as marriage
bells towards its contamination, when
the apple Of discord was thrown into the
midst OF the majority by motion of Mr.
0alm0t, of Pennsylvania--,he gentleman
when the government paper euogised,
the other day, "a "the bold and fearless
and trul y able Wilmot," and in regard TO
whom we were given to understand, by
the same authority, that it was "a singu.
lar coincidence that he is native of the
same town and county in The State as MIR
Ualker.' This gentleman was 'sbold"
enough to move a Provso to the bill, and
to carry it too, declaring "that, as an
express and fundamental condition to the
acquisition of any territory from the
Republic Of Mexico by the United States,
by virtue OF any treaty which may be
negotiated between them, and to the use
by the Executive Of the moneys herein
appropriated, neither SLAVERY nor inuol-
u'atofy serUifude shah erer eIist in ana
part Of said territory, except for crime,
whereof the party shall first be duly con
victed." This amendment, made the bill
so I'm acceptable to its most ardent friends
that many of them voted against its pas
sage, and even Mr. Mckay would not vote
for his own bill. The bill passed, how.
ever, on Saturday night, without his vote,
by a majority of six votes, but did not
reach the Senate in time TO be acted on
that night.
Sunday intervening, it is understood TO
have been determined, by the conferses of
the two Houses on disagreeing votes, to
introduce the appropriation freed from
Mr. Wilmots Proviso, as an amendment
TO one of the amendments 10 the Civil
Appropriation bill, which formed part
of the subject of conference. Yesterday
morning, however, it being discovered
that such an attempt would cause the los.
of the whole mass OF appropriations for
the support Of Government, the design
wa. abandoned.
The bill, as it had passed the House of
representatives, came up in the Senate
some twenty minutes before the expiration
of the time allotted for closing the Legis.
la.ive sessions; aid debate arose upon it,
in the midst of which the incur Of twelve
arrived by the clock of the House of
Representatives, and that House wa.
adjourned by the Speaker; which, al
though it was not so late, by ten minutes,
by the clock of the Senate, of course put
stop TO all unfinished business.
Thus fell through the proposition. re-
commended by the Executive, for an
appropriation 10 buy territory and peace
from Mexico.
Ii is no. TO be disguised tina, the effect
Of the passage Of the Tariff Bill and the
Veto of the Harbor Bill has been 10 reduce
greatly, if not below par, the influence Of
the Executive in the two Houses of Con
gress. Of this the failure of the Land
Graduation Bill afforded decisive evil
dence; which the failure Of this Mexican
War Tor Peace Bill serves to confirm.