The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-02-25
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'esi' " 'is sup,rvMESrAL ARMY BILL
-, .it;,s for gene raj oAicsrs 10 tho tan ra,i
hs ni'i 70 aim vacsncss of Off ,ers and vscaociss
"a ne a. and as Of the army 10 the 6sd was resum
:. ena On rsdncns the nav of paymaser,s ciarLu
tom S7op 70 $500 a year and some other verbal amsnd
iIom ' rs MI was read fhi,d n ma ana nasssd
AAsN'' 4 n.sny prT,r,ar r
Tho pstition of MIR Barry an alien whoa csss tia
Court has declared beyond il. ;nrisac,;on he
oT taken up aud the question: bapg unon s
" Mr ausrrsoros toet an somewhat ssborsts sryn
ent in suoport OF the right Of petition in foresnsr "a
siding out nj tha co,ntrv
Mr. Mrs protes,ed against expenainv the valu.hIs
morning in an unim portant and useless debate.
Mr Husriserov asked what his colleague had said.
days Of the session when much important business
was psndirg. upon more useless matter.
that is very imperipent remsrk
The vrss PsxsIpESr called to order
The v,er SsssDsSr sad that the remarks of Mr.
Niles had no reference to his colleague
Mr. Miss said his Colleagues had been very discoar.
isous to him and spoke OF his resolutions the tariff
and were again crowded out this morning by matter OF
no Importance whstever
coliearvr aid mot anpiv 10 him personay he had no
more 70 say
On motion OF Mr. Davis the question of reception was
laid on the table.
On motion Of Mr. MISE the bill was taken up providing
for mail TO Oregon once months by stsame rs
nah, Pensacola, or New Orleans and touching at Kew
West Havsna, thence to Chsgrss thence across the
q o. Ian
Francisco other points along the Pacific TO Astoria
by whore once Is be established An.
nusl not to exceed 100000 Several OF the
ball devoted 10 Of tina disc sons allow
ed aud regulations TO be followed by tho Postmaster
General
Dir NILES spoke of the importance this bill in con-
necon with 800 chips in the Pacific and our 40 600
in tina, quarter the already increasing cur
Of trade setting in to Oregon Altogether under
prose circunssnces no considered the measure not
only udicors but economical The bill was considered
rend third time and passed The bill has yet to be act
ed upon by the House lIt7
-aer rur ,v,r, w,,,,o.
Mr. rv.rs rosa IN Nh. d;.cnss;n. os ,h. hill III Hill
nronosss nav"msnt sor n"sc. p.os ds.rahI III -
ali We were in a state Of war and anvth;nr wSicb
inalsd 20 th 9rca, .nS az n"cn h.% 1 snyMhns w1cn
traatiou ssor but he SopSsS vhshsr ,ba Nm, a.
calculated to achieve the object We had baen told Of
s s pun ., ins ola Cssan blood their t:na
into peace and IN them nv an o6sr NJ monsv
into surrender of their territory. You scarcely
sion ana the nresnn hi, vera dstinfIv difars hs
OBJECT Of this bill was frankly avowsd DO the scquisi
ton of Mexican territory There vss no such DECLARE
ton in the resolutions Of the last session They were
different they declared purpose to b. to
treaty of peace limits and Of boundaries - they said
nothing they led US to nothing the Subsequent
and present design of acquisition of territory The
resolutions Of last esssion provided that a treaty
should be concluded before tho money was paid;
but by this bill. so comprehensive is the dis.
arsti,n allow ed that there is no doubt that every
dollar will be expended long before a treaty Is
ratified He was one If those who believed that this
avoided end which ought 10 have been avoided. He
had voted supplies, but he had done it reluctantly; he
not d. it cheerfuy ho would on ihs other hand, give
his assent with reluctance ANA regret and under dures
II wns only the safety Of The army that would induce him
10 vote il supplies There was no honor to be gained
by the national Interest," and il did not and could
here entered into comparison of the late war with
Great Britain and the present war with Mexico and the
general enthusiasm which attended the smallest victo-
RES of the former he presenting striking
contrast to the indifference to the most brilliant results
of the istteron Indifference pcrccptble in Cen.
eress es proved by the resolutions OF ths nks TO our
brave leader which, at the last days Of the session. were
struggling along through both houses aud were here al
length referred TO Committee With such victory as
Monterey in the with Britain the resolutions
would have been adopted by accsmation on the very
6rst day of tue session. This difference in the public
sentiment, arose from the difference ia the two
wars-in the one We are acting ogainst an in
vader--in the other we are the invaders driving
an innocent people from their homes and desola.
ting their country. Mr. nsx. took Up the de6D
tive assumption that the cause Of the war The positive
direct exclusive immediate cause Of the war was the
refusal of Mexico to receive Mr. Sisu and he read
Shell and from The concurrent instruction. to the Srmy
and its movement the Rio Grapde support of this
position The army not moved down to rspel an
nvason-nsr expected invasion-nor to redress the
citizens of Texas moved down. that in the
event of the rejection of Mr. slidel might be prepared
at once to with promptude and vgor to redress the
afront and the demands of our citizens When did
hostlities commence, The rresidsn. says that up
Mexico Dates important. But what had we done
why sir on the 18th Of April had blockaded their
river planted our batteries rake city of theirs-we
had shut of their supplies; and what were these
but open and direct acts Of hostities 7 They had
admonShed u9-tney nou warned us oil the cOnGe-
auences and we stand responsible. New sir what
did we do controversy with Great Britainl
We learned that she auEmenting her navy We de.
msnded to know il intended for any contempa
demonstration against And got our answer The
ships and steamers building were not exactly intended
to operate against u.s. but in the event of rupture was
thought that they would be very Convenient
How infinitely stronger the ground complaint of Mex.
co. Tho President his message enters into labored
defence of admitting Anna into Mexico on the ex.
press gro that it overthrow Paredes who was
opposed to peace How much stronger reasops
for unfolding Herrera the avowed advocate of peace
Instead Of that had doposed him, by insisting upon
the reception of Minister when his reception would
have cost Herrera h head in twenty -four per-
haps the life of Minister himself Mr. Evans next
assumed that the territory between the Nueces and the
Rio 0rands disputed territory, and drew parallel
here between the conduct OF President Jackson pending
The dhculdes with England in reference to the disputed
north boundary and the of Preside mt Polk
in regard to the boundary of Texas-showing the
extreme forbearance in the one case, aud the
of ourd del Cd