The Somerset herald and farmers' and mechanics' register. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 183?-1852, 1846-05-26
From The CiUilian.
THE WAR BILL.

We gave in our paper of Friday the
important features, fthe bill passed by
Congress, entitled san Act providing for
the prosecution of the existing war be-
tween the United States end the Republic
of Mexico. Its title and the preamble,
which in the language of Mr.. HOLMES, of
South Carolina, friend of the Admins
tration are "false and fraudulent" were
the principal objections against it, and but
for these it would have become law, by
unanimous vote of both Houses. We
do not consider it necessary 10 publish
more than the preamble, which is as fol-
lows;
Whereas, by the act of the republic of
Mexico, state of war exists between that
government and the United States.
BEIT ENACTED BY THE SENATE AND
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, OF THE u
NITED STATES OF AMERICA IN CONGRESS
ASSEMBLED, That, for the purpose Of en-
abling the government of the United
States to prosecute said war to speedy
and successful termination, the President
be, and he is hereby, authorised to en-
ploy the militia, naval, and military for
ces Of the United States, and to call for
and accept the services of any number
of volunteers, not exceeding fifty thou
sand, who may offer their services either
as cavalry. artillery, or rihemen. to serve
twelve months after they shall have arri-
we'd at the place of rendezvous, or to the
end of the war, unless sooner discharg-
ed; and that the sum of ten millions of
dollars out of any money in the treasury.
not otherwise appropriated, be, and the
same is hereby, appropriated, for the pur-
pose of carrying the provisions of this
act into effect.
The vote on its passage in the House
Of Representatives., before il was amend
ed in the Senate, in whose amendments |
the House afterwards concurred, by vote
of III yeas, TO SO nays, was:--
YEAS.-Messrs. Abbot. Stephen, Ad-
ans, Anderson, Arnold, Atkinson, Baker,
Barringer, Bayly, Bedinger, Bell, Ben
ton, Biggs, James Black, j. A. Black,
Blanchard. Bowlin, Boyd, Brinkerhoff,
Brockenbrougli, Brodhead, Milton Brown
VIM. G. Brown, Burlington, Burt, Wm.
w. Campbell, J. H. Campbell, Carroll, |
Cathcart, John G. Chapman, Angus
tus A. Chapman, Reuben, Chapman,
Chase, Chapman, Clark, Cobb, Cooke,
Collin, Crozier, Cullom, Cummins, Dan
iel, Dargan, Darragh, Garrett Davis, De
Mott, Dillingham;, Dobbin, Dockery,
Douglass, Dromgoole, Dunlap, Edsall,
Ellsworth, Erdnan, John HI. Ewing,
Edwin III. Ewing, Faran, Ficklin, Foot,
Fries, Garvin, Gentry, Goodyear, Cor
don, Graham, Grider, Grover, Hamlin,
Hampton, HARRISON, Harmanson, Har
per, Henley, Herrick, HilIiard, Hoge, E
lias B. Holmes. Isaac E. Holmes, Hop
kins, Hough, Jno. w. Houston, George
S. Houston, Hungerford, James B. Hunt,
Hunter, Charles J. Ingersoll, Joseph |
Johnson, Andrew Johns on, George w.
Jones, Kennedy, P. King, Thomas But
Ter King, Leib, La Sere, Lewis, Levin,
Long. Lumpkin, Maclay, Mclean, Nc
Clelland, McIernand, Mcdonnell, Joseph |
]. Mcdowell. James Mcdowell, Me-
Gaughey, McHenry, Mckay, Marsh,
John p. Martin, Barclay Martin, Miller |
Morris, Morse, Morsely, Moulton, Niven.
Norris, Owen. Parish, Ramsey, Rathbun,
Reid, Relfe, Rhett, Ritter, Roberts, j. A. |
Rockwell, Sawtelle, Sawyer, Seammon.
Schenck, Seddon, Alexander ID. Sims,
Leonard III. Sims, Simpson, Truman
Smith, Thomas Smith, Thomas Smith,
Albert Smith, Stanton, Starkweather,
Stewart, St. John, Strong Thibideaux,
Thomasson, Jacob Thompson, Thurman,
Tibbatts, Toombs, Tredway, Trumbo,
Vinton, Wentworth, Wheaton, Wick,
Winthrop, Woodruff, Woodward, Yam
cey, Yell. and Young.-I73.
NAYS.-Messrs John Quincy Adj I
ans, Ashmum, Cranston, Culver, Delano,
Giddings, Grinncll, Hudson, D. p. King,
Root, Severance, Strohm, Tilden, and
Vance.-l4.
In the Senate. it was finally disposed