Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1846-12-25

during period of twelve years, took up $50 pages in
the same volume. This message OF Mr.. Folks
was longer, he believed, than all Gen. Wasllngtons
eight messages So much for the progress OF Exccu- |
tive observation-disclosures Presidents had not so much to
explain srys friend. No they certainly dld not do
Mr.. w would not therefore have desired the Pres-
dent to add any thing to the length OF his messing
but he wond have wished him to be more explicit %"
SON, points. II had toll all he desired t1 .'p pni
he had taken care to snppres, t,a na hnvs prrcey
If he Snbtrri-dry, he had conented himself with say
inc that it was an excellent thing but needed some
littlc alteration, without telling where taking care
not - say whether he meant the stricking ont OF
the specie clause
The tariff, too. that was an exccllcn, law indeed
yet that too, he said wanteda little alteration in the
list OF free articles, taking special not to intimate
tina, lie meant to propose tax on tea and collie, to
exc ont the Deficiencies OF his horizontal arli and
enable him to carry on his war of conquest and invn
sion All il needed was slight alteration in tn, free |
list! Very harmless Nobody could quote him on the |
stump as recommending duty tea and coffee, /
though every body must see that he can mean nothing
else.
He talked much about the importance Of economy
in time OF war but took especial care not TO say in
terms that his real meaning that there should be
appropriations for harbors, Eastern of Western.
lie talked much about the Mexican war, but careful
~ avoided telling what he meant should be done with
the conquered provinces. lie dealt abundany with
the past but said not syllable OF the tuure.lc con-
graduate the nation their acquisitions an extern
sion vast extension, OF our territorial limits, and
he wanted appropriation to enable him to erect Tor
| tications in foreign country. 10 secure md mini
tain our possession and authority Mr. w. thought
it high time the President should tell Congress and the
nation whether hr meant to all these new pro-
vinces to the Union whether he meant TO dot by the
war power. or even whether it was his policy TO doit
by any less arbitrary proceeding lie trusted there
would be iosting in OF new territory into the
limits of the Union. We had had enough Of this.
and more than enough. in the nnnex1'ion OF Inx's.
That first attempted by treaty but the scheme
failed then legislation was declared sufficient. Was
it to be declared that the exercise OF the war
power Sufficient to enable the President nnrcx
territory the Union : This, TO be sure. wou lbe
summary mode OF setting some very awkward qles-
,ons. I, had been suggested already that there might
be great difficulty in making treaty otrcacc with
| ucxico. There might possibly be some embarrassing
little provso proposed by some Democratic Reprcscn-
tative from Pennsylvania, or by somebody else and
this might be very convenient to avoid by consider
ng all the conquered provinces own until Con-
rress should deny IT, Strange things had happened of
ase years and he satisfied that the people OF the
United States more called on to be upon
their guard against arbitrary acts than they were I'M
der an Administration calling itself exclusively DEMO-
cratic-tle trusted they would be on their guard now
and would insist on knowing what new annexatons
what new " bloodless achievements in Tor
them. and by what means thy were to be accom-
plished.
We now take up our regular summary of
Congressional news, commencing with
MONDAY Dec -;3sna'e-Mr. J. VI. Clay
ton of Delaware appeared in his seat, Mr.. Man
gum presented the crel,ntial Of Mr.. Badger of
y. Carolina, Successor of Mr.. Haywood and
he was sworn and took his seat.
The President Of the Senate presented several
Reports. Mr.. Crittenden presented the petition
of Leslie Combs of Ny. for paying S65,oO0 OF
bonds issued by Texas.
Mr. Cr;,,o,d,,,s raso,u,io, ;,s.rrc,;,. ,ho
,1Ii,,r Con,n,i,toa ,o brnr j., hi, ,o ;nsro,so
~, n,, Of snliinrs and IN 1r,nt cor,;6c,tos -.
',nd br,,or,, ,rhon JosaryoI nt,ar s,,,en
Tsc',..;on was m3dfod IN Mr. Rnn,o,,s n,a-
,;an ca asia i,sur, tha nh;oct conto,,,,,,od
n,.,,J of i,.trrct and inns odo,.oJ m ,,,,.
,;an nr Mr. say;nr tho Sano.o nrocool, Il ~ h,l
1 ,'.'' Cor s,,rd;na comm,,ers and oIec,eJ A.
p,oiv cbairma, of Indian Af:,i-s A. Dan
: n,E,cclor or Claims. NJ JnLns,' +, -.
. pans;o,s. Nv ,rrrnov of p,,rnrcL,,o,ts or
: NJ. pr;,rI, or prhlic n,i,J;,ns snor,, a,.'
'ar,;,,n s,.,;on thn S,nata aJenrnai
Unusr OF Rrprrsryr Ar,yis.-Thc S,cako,
4 o,nnnnred the standinp committees TIC chan
= res in the CAairmnn are Mr.. los. Vance o
, Ohio Commit on Manufactures in fine nl,ct
. of John o. Ahms: james Mcdowell of Njr
II ,rini,. on the District Of Columbia in Mace n
y r N. y. Hunter james F,rr,n. on pnhli.
d Buildings and Grounds. in mace of Orlando B
e FrkliD. The other chances nre upir,nort,ut
| Mr. U,w.lon Of Alabaml announced the ta1tl
of Folly G. Mcdonnell in = f.,,, o,,ro,ri,t, ra
~ ~ marks. and after pa syinr the customary resolu
"A lions to we.r Gran. thirty d,rs in ken of ros
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ma PAYNE and Johnson, IF 'rnrnossen o,ch sno
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the rress. The report fron tLo sta,e Dan,rtm a.
-, on the L. S. Consular system was present,