The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-01-19
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WARRINGTON Jan. 10, lsl7.
Procrasnotion-Th Lieutenant. Generalship-Tne Sfa.
very Question.
Another week has passed. and yet prospect even Of
the speedy passage Of the army bill Mr. Benton intro
ducsd this morning. bill granting bounty of land to
each soldier who shall have served in the war; sur
rounding the grants with guards against the frauds of
spectators and against the claims Of the undeserviug
His object in introducing this bill this morning. was to
disspate all doubt the passage Of such measure
and thus to the obstacle to the passage of tho ar
my bill, raised by Mr. Cameron. That gentleman how.
ever, from motives which will not attempt to explain,
voted against the passage Of this measure although II
embraces, in proper form, his proposition and
tie vote on the passage Of the bill decided by the
President Of the Senate in the negative The army bill
was then recommitted to the Military Committee In or.
der that II may be amended.
viii the people tolerate such rfng To be sure the
Senate is not the representative branch of Congress- and
therefore not quite amenable to tho will Of the ct
the House Of Representatives. but believe me-
vertheess that the voice Of people indignant at suoh
puere qubblng and frivolous procras tination will not
be without its effect And will be heard that loud and
indignant voice. The people chaRug at this most
senseess delay Of the Senate to pass BILL the necessity
Of which urgent and immediate Delay the other
house to be expected but every looked to the
Senate for immediate action and instead Of fulfilling this
general and reasonable expectation that body has kept
the bill Def re it for week. and recsmmits
to its Committee on Military Anars for the purpose
Of attaching amendment, which will have the effect
of sending it back to the other house. and delaying II
there perhaps for another fortnight.
have no patience with those who this idle and
unnecessary delay Their motives will not question,
but the ir conduct Is crime against those brave men,
for whose lives the whole nation three days In
trepdaon, and whose present safety s not owing to
their numerical strength, to the readiness Of Con-
gress TO send them succor, but to the inactivity
skilfulness of the Mexican general.
But it is not much the want of present that
is to be regretted, the necessity will ents upon
army Of remaining in Mexico longer than would have
been had been at strengthened to such
extent to enable to strike decisive blow in Mex.
leo The very inactivity forced upon our Generals BY
the absence OF sufficient military organization has led
Mexico to believe us incapable Of .pbduing her and
thus has led to prolongaton Of hoslities While
Congress wasting its time in idle discussion Of alb
stract question: and its members intriguing TO
personal and political ends the Congress Of Mexico.
with par iosm and good which puts tho
blush sits cody down to fix upon the best plan of oppo
sing progress and engage themselves in adopting
messur to recruit their finances We have been seven
weeks talking and yet no bill has passed to increase
measure to create revepue. The whole world will
mock
ceny dead TO enable to conclude that without
gavanic shock Of extraordinary force, cannot be
suscaed The vote Of 100 to 90 the House. and 20 to
81 in the Senate, sufficient indication of the unpopu-
ari,y of the Had Mr. Bentons friends to whom
perhaps he mentioned the intention Of the President
confer upon him the appointment who at least came
the knowledge Of it way, kept their
sci, the measure would have succeeded.
~ trihing coincidence between the votes on this bill
in the Senate and the House, is that the majority in each
happens be seventh OF the whole number Of votes
cast the minority in each standing Numerically to
the majority, as three to four.
The debate on the slavery question still " drags It's
slow length along" in the House Mr.. Burts amend
ment to the Oregon bill, a set of for the Wilmot
proviso and Mr. Preston Kings bill Of last Monday week
inclined to think the South has objection to the
extension OF the Missouri compromise line but u de-
sires suppose, southern at least desire,
that they should be understood to speak in ,rms Of dis
satisfaction Of that line order that the starting point for
Of the question raised by the norths IN and
western about the extension Of slavery, may be
north Of that line they Of opinion that If they
start from thirty Thirty the North may make further
encroac hments. This h judcious as the North has
every disposition TO enforce the hardest conditions
But this dicusson ~ entirely amless There 10 no end
that possibly be gained by H. except to initiate the
southern produce the worst feelings all
sides.
Commodore Perry leaves to morrow morning for New
York The cxgencies Of the service will require his de-
parture for the Gulf in very short time