The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-05-18

Saturday last, another bill had passed authorizing
the raising Of Il regiment Of mounted rlAemen. BY
reason OF the passage of these two acts an add
Iional appropriation Of something like two millions
of dollars would be necessary. The items Of thai
appropriation were as follows:
| Pay, &c. 1927 2S7
Subsistence 425473
For recruiting 79 GOO
| Medical, &c. 2OOOO
| Quartermasters department, IN
Guiding transportation clothing,
&c, &c. Sl2l75
have felt it due to the committee (Mr. Mex.
concuded) TO give this information.
! Mr. SIMS Of South Carolina, then resumed
the floor, and addressed the committee during the
hour in remarks of which full report is in course
Of preparation, and will be gwen hereafter) After
speaking of the duty which every good man owed
to ais country in the hour Of its emergency and
peril, and concedlng at the same time the right (not
less than the duty) TO with candoT and free
dom the causes which had led to that of things
| Mr.. s expressed briefly his concurrence in the
amendment introduced by his colleague Mr. BLACK
proposing to equaIiLe the pay of all prvates in the
various branches Of the army, and giving to all alike
50 per month. To the amendment Of Mr.. TIBBArTs,
proposing to increase the pay TO $40, he was op.
posed, on considerations Of public policy and econo-
my, 10 which he advered.
Mr.. s. then proceeded to reply to some Of the
Arguments Of Mr. G. DAVIS; and being thus led
tween the Nueces and the Rio Grande, conended
that that title, derived through Texas, now in
| the United States, distinctly vested there by the
treaty concluded between the Texans and Santa
Ana, after the battle Of San Jaclnto. He argued
the validity of that treaty wesetted principles
Of International law, meeting the objections urged
against It on the plea Of the dtIreIs under which
Santa Ana was alleged TO be acting, showing that
! plea could neither be sustained, made available
IN annuIng or weakening the force Of that. solemn
act
Mr. S had not concluded this portion Of his argu.
nent when the hour expired.
Mr. LUMPKIN then addressed the committee
as follows.
Mr.. CHAIRMAN: feel confident that | will be par
doncd by this committee for occupying their uttcn-
lIon at this time in giving expression to the views
entertain upon the general topics introduced into this
discussion, 1t is we'll known to this body that |
have heretofore Contented myself with giving 81
lent vote upon such measures as were introduced
and pending for consideration and action.
have been Influenced TO pursue this course from
natural and unfelgned repugnance, that | have at
all times felt, TO engage In discussions here which
too often perhaps fail To receive attention from any
considerable number Of its members, and which are
frequently made rather for home consumption than
to influence the action of gentlemen upon this floor
But, sir, the important position Of the country and
her relations with Mexico and the balance of the
civilized world; the measures we have lately adopt
ed TO meet the existing state of things and the
ures of kindred character that we now propose to
adopt, involving, they all do, the honor and the
political welfare and happiness of twenty millions Of
freemen has overcome this repugnance, and now
claim it as my right and privilege to be heard on
the questions raised in this debate having reference
10 the admission of Texas a new, independent
sovereignty into our Union. | shall not enter at
length into the history of the wrongs suffered by
Texas province Of Mexico nor will it be neces-
sary for me to narrate in detail the events Of that
contest which took place between that province, or
department Of the Mexican republic, and the ruth
less usurpers who controlled the destinies of that ill.,
fitted country 1t will be sufficient for the purposes
of my argument TO assert the fact, which all the
world admits, and which many of the nations have
formally acknowledged by solemn and sovereign act,
that Texas, without the assistance the encourage
ment of any other power, unaded and alone, by her
own unsurpassed gallantry and the might OF her
arm, when all remembrance had become unavaling,
| threw off the iron yoke Of her oppressors and
| achieved and maintained her independence upon
| many battlefield on her own favored soil. indie
pendence, and liberty, and redemption from political
| thraldom were the watchwords that animated her
people in all their sufferngs, and the war-cry that
gave them victory, complete and glorious, their
| oppressors. Do You not remember, Mr.. Chairman,
the achievement of that gallant and intrepid band of
| Texans who on the memorable 2lst of April 1886
| on the plains OF San Jacnto, met and opposed the
| Mexican forces under the command Of the Pres
| dent Of that republic? Can you, sir, forget that
these brave Texans, numbering in all but 1873 men,
led on by an able and experienced general, now a
distinguished member of the other branch of the
| national legislature, encountered in deadly conflict
500 Mexican soldiers under the lead of their IA
vorite commander, General Santa Ana, Sir. YOU
cannot forget it, nor can the world fail to remem-
Der, that on that eventfuI day $50 of the Mexican
troops were killed, 2Os were wounded in the con-
hict. and the whole of the reminder Of the Mexi-
can forces. numbering 100 were made prisoners Of
war, and among these was the President of the re-
public himself But the best of this great and won
| derG,l achievement remains to be told This VIC
torv. UNPARALLELED in modern warfare, WINS accom-.
plished against such fearful odds with the loss ofwo
men. who were killed. and twentvthree others onlv
were wounded. The faithful historian who has re-
corded this conflict and who will perpetuete the
memory of that bloody field and brilliant deed has
taugh, us, and all those who will come after us IN
regard that day as the birthday of a nation, and
tina, field as the grave of Mexican domination cas-,
| of The RI, Grsnde II is now air well known "a
historical fact that all the great powers Of both
| hemisnheres. including the United States England
|