Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1846-05-14

6tande, even though the Mexican should be com
PEELED to retreat across that rver. Mr. was
in favor OF declaration OF war. and moved so to amend
the b' MI Roberts was in favor OF issuing letters oi
marque and reprisa Various other propositions more O,
less decided in their character submitted by other
temen, aud briefly discussed Messrs Rheu aud Holmes
OF $ C. Insisted did Mr. Calhoun and Others in the Sc
nate, na IN constitutional point Of view there is wide
difference between and sudden Ak OF no,
tiii,ies exposed fronier-ha the commanding Gen
erals might for instance, be guilty OF attacks which their
Government might disavow-and therefore they insisted
that, Tor the present at least should be content with
adopting the necessary measures OF Defence leaving Tor
future Developments TO govern final action We re-
great that our space will permit publish the whole
OF this interesting debate. We are compelled however +,
eOnne ourselves this morning portion Of the
| ing discussion in The Senate.
MONDAY May IL, 1916.
IN SENATE.
message was received rcm the Presiden, of the Uni
| ted States On Mexican affairs.
| The message having been read
Mr.. SEWER moved that the message and documents be
referred 10 the Committee Foreign Affairs and prnted
| message be read. -
Mr.. SPEGHT observed that those documents were very
vouminous and the reading would consequently occupy
considerable time He suggested that as they Sere Ia he
printed, the reading might be dispensed with at
lie moved that twenty thousand additional eopies of the
message and accompanying documents be printed.
| Mr.. CALHOUN SAID they had a very gre At qucs-
hon presented TO lhema question which, IN view of an of
It's consequences, would take many years q ,ermp,,.-
and ne hoped that the Senate would this OCCASION
nest 'hat quiet dignity and 10 the subject uspas
s'onae eonsideFauon which tho character of
grave and debeTase body lie trusted that they would
"g aside every minor consideration. proceed at once to
Inc adoption Of such rendered
IN tne present emergency such Constitution demand
ed a he and such the honor and the interest of the
county might require But he hopd this state OF
The case nothing than would be done in "a
gard to printing documents Tor the Of the Senate; after
tney had had the matter under consideration would be time
enough 10 determine what number should be published
IL had al~ays been understood that the printing of vat
number oi any set Ut documents was an enhancement oT
ueh contents lie would offer opinion upon the docu.
ens 10" before hem but he thought would be least
nndenhed On the part OF the Senate print an unusual
number.
Mr. SPEIGHT said he responded heartily to every
word which had fallen the Senator from Soub C,r
INA as TO the proper action Of the Senate upon this occ
SION tbs motive IN proposing the printing of an extra
number which proposition was suggested by his friends
around hun, that he supposed that people through
OUT the country would be DESTROYS OF reading the documents
lie could not whether the printing might be consider
ed an endorsement Of them BY the Senate but thus he
would say tina; far he was concerned he for one on
dofsei every word they contained lie entirely approved
OF the message and prepared without hesitation 10 car
~ out what the President had recommended file had re-
commended 40 declaration VI war; he had only recon-
meAued the placing hs disposal sufficient military force
to rePel an nyasol lie believed there no American
who would not respond to that sage. lie woad do the
Senator rJm South Carolina the Justice 10 saw that he he
heyed he would respond oft
II he though! It was the Of the Senate that 10
more than the usual number copies should be printed
he wol4 withdraw his motion; out he would repeat that
ne oeeVtd there would be desire throughout the coun-
Try to read these documents aud he saw no reason why
they should not be pinted and circulated extensively
This message highly important document: they had
reached IN important, crisis and he agreed with the ena
tor from Soh Carolina that they should firmly and
with due and proper deiberaion. For his own part he
/ was prepared % meeii IL.
Mr.. ALLEN said ne believed il was usual ,ybenever
an impof ant communication made Congress- II that
cJinmlncauOn aud the documents VIII ch accomp,nied IL
were too yoJmnous find admission IN the public news
paPts OF the country, for the Senate OF the United State.
to supply the demand Of the country by printing an extra
NUMBER OF such communication with the ying doc
umenr No man would question insta nj the tran
scenddni importance Of the matter communicated
the Senate and would doubt that the matter con-
famed IN those papers was too vOumn,us find publ
cation IN the newspaper press Of the country No man
could doubt the hight which the American people had TO
indulge that Wholesome cuiosiy which would induce them
70 look tor the publication u those documents These
were facts about which there could be no doubt and "
here ever was case where 1t became important give
EXTENDED circulation 10 great public fact, this hst
They told by the senator from M.sssppi that
the President had recommended declaration Of war:
but the Senator overlooked the nj
the President tod them that actually exists and ne had
asked tie Congress Of the United States 10 acknowledge
thsi fact by such public should Nationalist IT, and
put the United States IN that relation the ma ms Of the
world which she lad gni occupy IN consequence of
state oi II had been said that lime for deber,on
necessary; but the flr deliberaon shogId he
measured by tho crisis presented by the state Of fact.
upon which those deliberations were 10 DO had -
What vas the crises h,fe' The crisis was existing
| war. Declaration. then, could tend to no benefit As
for the suggestion which had been thrown out ht tho ope
ration Of the army Of this Government ought TO be limited
10 10 soft, h1, should be required fight only on
one square d TIC board, while Mexico fights ON the whole
board, % seemed 10 him involve the most suicidal policy
How could the he brought successful terminaton7
How could peace which should have any durat ton be
expected 90 result from conflict conducted In that
ne unless Mexico be given distinctly uniorsiand that
~heH yhg makes upon the H. s. she inours all the con
sequences which site u inhics Bot he would 90
further n ih matter a. THE time; he desired tbat M
documents should be printed. and extensively crcuad
Tor which he had asady gwen Add for the pur
pose Of testing the u the Senate upon the question
Of printing on eTa number he asked the yeos and nsys
The yeas and nays we're order5d.
Mr.. SEWER. I understand The motion 70 refer the
mess'go to the Committee Foreign Relations has been
csfrcdl
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question ha. not
M SEVER said he hoped that question would be pu
Mr. J. " CLAYTON said he though, the proper refer
eneo would be to the Committee Military AHairs Tn,
Precedent asks Congress Tor aid snd assistance 10 carry on
military operations; appeared him that the mattel
should 60 10 ha committee and not the Committee 70
reign Rotations
/ M CALHOUN said no had In part effected the objeo
he had In view BY clcing the which had
made by The Ssnaor from Ohio. U object WAS that m,
Sonbe should preeipiely order the printing Of srR
sEts number, hereby causing t 10 he inferred hs her
absOuto endorsement 81 the documents tho par
Of DE Senstc. tie would a6nt The President had snnoun
oed that oe var hot oeoordinR he Interpretation
~ such tho Constitution Designated BY th
For his psrt he inclined distinguish
betWtsn hoslit,s and God forbid that they shou
be found under tho Consisti0n Of this Government
confronting The with the other There might be inva
son without ard hey might find themselves forced
fepel invasion, and YET var enspe such strictly
endhe4 % be denoBnsed u vas for Congress 70 De
tormno whether should be declared OF not. And
under that sspsct q the question hal he considered
unadysable ths there should be any set die part Of III
Scnste tending sanction the iden that there wss wsr
There q ctrain calmaoss dignity, decorum. and for
bearance expected 10 b. exercised ~ the Senate Of u
Uasd Sstes which should be lost sight Of. He hs
ped that body would never suffer isell 70 Be carried ave