The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-06-04

psted BY The gentleman who had Just taken his seat II,
go ~ M ,ss ~, MAJ %SIs N SI Sh
Of al ne desired this nation TO be engaged in conflict AM
oI ssI be might say sOnshlng which might not be con
sdeTed so patriotic BY n this high time Of rsetsn
10 hs war let him refer To the fact thai Ne Vas ons Of hoss
men who have not ltesed m adopting any measure which
was necessary growing out Of relations with Mexico
lie stood up when the xHion VI Texas under
sdefatoni he made speeches In favor Of it, bot Ne felt he
forward all occasions and defining his position lie did
bogge because Of the extsBssn Of slavery whch sTgu
n,ent was much utGsl. But now were In ls war
ana he noticed that there were some whose position
somewhat Questionable at that time, who are now foremost
prosecuting this war who were OVERLOOKING win pai
lie hoped then he should not be accused with any want
Of Psnonsm WIN al. ia'ennoh 70 50 ~ me s sss'il -
did not sPprehsnd all the dineues growing out Of this
war which the highly taiee,sd ard respectable gentleman
tions with Mexico alone He did not anticipate that Eng
land would and As part with Mexico nor that such
balance power called for Mo- the time had gene
BY when such hnss wers 10 be doae ~ ihrosss moa
arches and crowned heads. What had been the pol
cy OF Louis Philippe TO avoid war And Why Things
had changed n ths les, century century ago blood
now They not going To make upon US because
ali the blood that flows calculated spread
ian throughout the world lie feared nothing then on
wswsrs IN favor q rtosee d,ns the upon Mexico to
Vim Ns.ico a mi. Tine TO rsaoiutIgpIIs Mesieo TO
carry victorious over that country To annex
Astcouay TO ours for the purpose Of giving them better
love Of liberty ao that country was nothing Of that
Kidd. He was much opposed 10 carrying our institu-
tst,o he bowie knife and The mouth ofthe esnnon The
obee, then to make Mexico respect our right. to
TO fair settlement with and give the boundary
&c are ntiled 20 and NOT inch oDd that he In
favor Of He was opposed to entering upon aggressons
Mexicoto attempt conquest Of Mexico Our rights and
that alone was whatwe wanted aud he believed there was
no man who contemplated anything beyond that
lie would like TO know, then how many generals we
must have 10 bring to successful termination this
without bringing up these Hectors OF France and England
How many sensrai do We want General Taylor has al
that how many more generals did We want We have
three gensras now.
Built suggested by that twai for the purpose
OF giving General Taylor the command OF the army. lie
desired he shoud have IT. but for that purpose he would
b proposed appoint additional mai generals and
four bTgadeT generals and according to the rule Of mill
tary etiquette The brig gensrsls-eu Games and
den woo-must be- made major generals aud the brga
dgT generals must then be taken from the line Of the army
And what kind Of Material could be gotl We're they pro
posing 10 annoint major for th purpose Of R.,ng
men capable OF commando II that their object let
them say and let these men stand aside Why was not
Major General Scott the ground where the battle
was the thckes He understood that time II he
had not orders he had at least permission TO 60 there but
General Taylor should have the entire command, he
competent to have the entire command. and conquer the
him On looking the Army Register, he found that
General TIE or the commander the Mexican
since The war Of ISL? was drawing 81 ssj salary and Col
Worth who here little time ago to lay down his
mission but who however, had gone back to the army
occupation on the Rio Grande, was drawing upwards Of
81 OUo.
lie was opposed then To the increase Of these generals
he believed have enough who competent to
prosec the successful And-if gentlemen will
have so-o glorious termination We have now three
generals drawing the aggregate sum Of $4,000 per
ls friend from South Carolina thought this was small
just after liberal and magnificent SPpropra
Of millions Of dollars But sfter by scratch Of
pen, having swept away the entire surplus OF the treas
ury II not the time TO talk about minor approps
tons when (Nlr. would like to know was the time
when three generals drawing $4,000. he thought
they should pause least inquire the necessity before
they appointed eight others whose salaries would have the
proportion. For that reason among others, he
opposed to this section " the bill
Mr alluded to- and expressed his dissent from, the
proposition Of Mr. CARROLL to confne these appointments
to the line Of the URder this these six brigader
BY turning to the Army Register find thahe yOunges
those who entered the service captains in 1918 would
not be- much any under the age Of o. Now he doubted
very much whether OF 90 would be the Kind of
be selected commander in this MexieaD expedition Some
Of them entered as colonies as early 1873 He had
idea Of making such restriction that he had idea
but had got good generals out Of the army in the
army. We had Col Tod who had done illustrious
vice Also Gen Call Of Florida, concerning whom he
had heard snecdote that at the battle of New Orleans
the 26th December when Gen Jackson met the enemy
and gave them good fight the fight OF the Pao Alto
this Call was there-he thought adjutant In the
night the section of the army which he belonged
fired upon from quarter where was not expected the
British were They afraid that there mis-.
take and that their friends firing upon them that
told admonished his friends be quiet for time; that
would reconnore and who they and he passed
out before his and advanced upon the enemy
their uniform by the fash OF their guns. man
Of that kind good any West Point in the gal
liant army on the Rio Grande man Of that kind would be
excluded by ndment OF this kind We had others
known much to fame There Col Butler from whom
Mr. s. heard the snecdoe he had just related who would
not do dscred to the service; and there
calculate to call the generous spirits from the West and
to lead them on to Mexico he was the man He had done
acts Of bravery which not inferior to those Of
any other man Mr. could not for the first section in
its present shape.
But another objection bill its bth sec
ton, and that was that which was made by the gentleman
from Kentucky MIR G. DAyIs yesterday He mir, 81
derood from the constitution Of the United that the
offering their given to the respective States
He understood distinction between volunteers and militia
in this espect the ocerng Of both belonged the
But by this section quaermasers and
geons to be appointed by the President Of the United
States Mr. alluded to the obvious reasons for the pro-
vision Of the constituonhe securing to the militia Of
6cers with whom they were acquainted and in whom they
had On the language OF scripture would
Offices rendered by quarermasers and surgeons to their
the for the law existing in these with
equal greater strength than in others But being
pessy reserved to the States by the consttuon
question Of State rights hence he hoped his friend from
South Carolina his left Mt BURT and all other gentle,
men from that State, at least would so tn him in this
view
nee long, and it the first, he believed, in which
he had spoken this session He had thought probable in
it, and he wished briefly to explain his vote lest he should
be considered opposed to any to
dance however he did think 1t became necessary or
that ardent supporter of the administration in this
compelled to go beyond the necessary means of
tecting il.
The ends objectstho policy OF this government he
repeated prosecute the existing betw this
government and Mexico, which brought about by the
act Of Mexico to speedy and successful conclusion And
he maintained further that was not the object policy Of
this country make conquest OF Mexico
this further than to bring the Mexican republic to
honorable teImsto the settlement OF all existing dcul
ties between this country and Mexico and to give the
Rio Grande to which we are entitled-as boundary.