Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1847-12-23

Congress, we are pleasedto observe, seems
to be preparing for work IN right good ear
nest. The War with Mexico and the An
nexation of Territory, will be the greatques-
lions for debate at the present session.. AL
ready have resolutions been submitted on
these subjects. The first, were those Of
Mr.. DICKINSON, Of N. Y, offered in the Sc
nate on the l4lh inst. as follows:
RESOLVED, Tha, true policy requires the
Government of the U. S. TO strengthen its
political and commercial relations upon this
Continent by the annexation of such con-
tiguous territory as may conduce TO that
end and can be justly obtained-and that
neither in such acquisition nor in the terri
tor.al organization thereof, can any condi-
tons be cons.i.u,ionally imposed or ins.i-
.ulions be provided for or established incon-
sislent with the right of the people thereof
to form free sovereign State, with the pow
ers and privileges of the orig inal members
of the Confederacy.
Resoloed, Tha. in organizing terri,ori-
al government for territory belonging to the
United States, the principles Of seIf-govern-
ment upon which our federa,ive system
rests will be best promoted-the true spirit
and meaning Of the constitution be observed
and the confederacy strengthened by leaving
all questions concerning the domestic poll
cy therein to the Legislatures chosen by
the people thereof.
On the 18th instan. the subjoined res
olutions were offered by Mr. CALHOUN:
Resolued, That to conquer and hold
Mexico, either as province or incorporat-
ing it into the Union, is inconsistent with
the avowed object of the war, contrary to
the settled policy of the Government, in
conflict with its character and genius, and,
in the end, must be subversive of all our free
and popular institutions.
Resolved, That no line of policy in the
farther prosecution of the war should be a.
dopted which may tend to consequences so
disastrous.
Mr.. HOLMES, of S. c., in the House of
Representatives, on the same day, offered
the following:
Whereas this confederation was formed
for the establishing of perfect union, and
promoting the general welfare, it becomes
those who are entrusted with regulating the
government, so to direct its movements as
to perfect that union, and advance that well
fare; and whereas the prosperity, felicity,
safety. and perhaps national existence, is
involved in the invasive war we are now
prosecuting against our sister republic of
Mexico, this important consideration should
lead to the adoption of such measures as
may result in doing justice to Mexico, and
promoting the lasting welfare of the United
States therefore be it
Resolved, That it is inexpedient for the
United States Government so TO use its con-
quests as to exlinguish the national existence
Of Mexico, but so 10 avail itself Of the vic
tories it has achieved as to establish, by
treaty stipulations, a lasting peace with
Mexico upon the basis of an entire free
trade between the two republics such as
exists between the several States of the
Union.
Resolred, That we agree to recede all
the territory we have taken from Mexico
beyond the Rio Grande, on condition that
our citizens have freei ngress and egress into
and from New Mexico to California-.he
privilege of holding lands, exercising their
religion, and o: carrying on trade as fully
as any of the Mexican citizens of those pro-:
vinces.
Resozued, That further condition be the
right of entry and departure of our shipping
both national and domestic, into and from
the Mexican ports, as unrestricted as in the
ports of the United States, with all the rights
Of breaking bulk, taking in aud discharging,
purchasing and selling of cargoes as i'll our
ports,
Resolusd, That we stipulate for right
of constructing a railroad from the United
States to the harbor of San Diego, and to
any town in New Mexico or California.
Resolued, That it is expedient to keep
possession of San Juan de Uliua as host
age for the fulfllment of the stipuia,ions a.
bove reciled. ........
The resolutions of Mr.. DICKINSON came
up for consideration in the Senate on the
18th, but the members of tina. body no, feel
ing inclined to enter upon the debate of SC
exciting question as is involved in them
before the holydays, resolved to pass them
over for the present.
After the members Of Congress shall have
enjoyed the festivities of the season, we may
look out for a perfect political tempest al
the Capitol.
ROBBERY AND ATTEMPT TO kILL.-Mr
Hendrick Mitchell, Of this county, says the
Marlboro Gazette, was stopped on Saturday
night of the 1l,h inst, on the road leading
from Washington to the Long Old Fields