The North-Carolina standard., 1847-02-10
THE STANDARD.
RALEIGH ~: e.
wednesday, February 10. Is47.
corresnondcnce of che Standard.
WAsHlNaroN CRY, Feb. 5, Is47.


WASHINGTON CRY, Feb. s. ls47.
The session of the House on Saturday last was
perhaps more interesting than that OF any otner
ton of ehanks to Taylor, for the victory at Monte
rev. was passed under the operation of the pre-
yious question, having been amended so as TO
thank him for the service in just necessary, and
natriotic war: and farther so expressly TO de-
cline intimating an opinion asto the captulatlon
These amendments were bitter pills to the federal
lists. who to a man, voted against the resolutions
,hus amended AS originally introduced they
were their "trump card" of the session. Be-
l;evino that misunderstanding exists between
the Government and the General about the capt-
ulation. their intention was, through this vote OF
thanks to commit the democrats of the House to
an approval Of that very questionable act
After the passage of these resolutions, Jacob
THOMPSON of Mississippi introduced call Tor me
between Taylor and the war De-
nortment: upon which Ashmun Of Massachusetts
made silly and vituperatlve Speech tne ou1aen
of which was a charge that the President and the
democracy had conspired to destroy the reputation
of Gen. Taylor. Douglass of Illinois replied IN,
emphaticaly, the speech of the session. He went
on 10 show that Taylor owed every thing to the
President and the present democratic majority IN
Congress, who had given him first, opporI""'ty,
and afterwards promotion unexamPled IN our MILL
rary history, and also all the votes o! thanks, me-
dals, swords, Sc presented to him by Congress
in the name of the American people. Doug lass
not only disproved Ashmun's roorback about a
g democ ratio conspiracy" but developed in full
the federal scheme TO breed quarrel between the
Government and the General, so as TO defeat The
and thus bring both into odium, by
which means they hope 10 be able to secure the
election Of some of their veteran political lead
ers to the next Presidency. No federalist ven-
tured reply 10 D. i never in my life saw them
so completely chap-fallen and foiled.
trust you will at once republish this speech,
which the readers of the Standard will find CON-
ple,e and triumphant refu'aion to the story of de-
mocratic hostility to the General, that, by this
time, has doubtless found its way into the North
Carolina federal papers.
The Senate spent Saturday in voting on the
amendments to the army bill and listening TO a
running, Conversational, and uninteres,ing debate
thereupon, in which twenty or thirty Senators
took part. On Monday they passed this army
bill, patched and botched with amendments so
that the House could hardly recognize their bant-
ling when returned to them. Houston made a
speech in favor of his amendment to make the
force volunteers which he renewed on that day.
Il was quietly voted down. at the termination of
his effort in its behalf Corwin of Ohio, John
Davis of Massachusetts, and Cilley, the abolition
ist elected by the wings of New Hampshire 10
serve out the unexpired term Of Levi Woodbury.,
alone voted against the bill the question of its
final passage John Davis is the man who, it is
said threw up his hat and shouted for Joy on hear
ing Of the burning Of the Capitol by the British
during the " last war;" Corwin's friends pretend
to put him forward for the next federal pEesiden-
tial nomination. He stands on this question IN
-~--.'g- runrPu,y, presidential Cuuffrfutc.
does he not2 -.>
On Monday, Thompson's call for the Taylor
was passed by the House without
further debate the federalsts having evidently
been sickened Of the subject by the reply Of Dou-
glass to Ashmun's folly. Mr.. Chapman of Ala.
bama afterwards tried TO get suspension of the
rules 10 permit Lhe consideration of a resolution
calling for information as to the reason why the
Alabama volunteers were kept on the Rio Grande,
while others joining the army subsequent to their
arrival out were permitted TO share in the battle of
Monterey and other active events OF the campaign.
His resolution also embraced a call for the au-
thority under which, and reason why Leuten-
ant Of the Alabama Regiment had been broken
by Gen. Shields without trial by courtmartial.
This was all very properly voted down; because
the General, who is in q measure responsible for
the campaign, should be allowed to determine
what disposition to make of his troops. A bill
emigrant ships-of no interest to your
next passed by the House, after
Levin, the philadelphia nativist, had gracefully
delivered for the seventh time his Standing oration
against I" the id Irish," as his party term them
On Tuesday, the House, after disposng of some
unimportant business, took up the civil and dplo-
matte appropriation bill, upon which Wentworth,
Andrew Johnson of Tennessee, and Wick of In
diana, made speeches. The first besides being
the most notable demagogue in the House, is ut
terly without personal Standing, though by dint
of q little cunning he manages to keep his name
in the newspapers. Without mind, information,
or good breeding, he has fippancy, legislative
impudence, and disregard of the opinions of
those whose good opinion is mark of sterling
merit in him on whom it may be bestowed, and i
he therefore suits the present purposes of the ede-
ralists to T.. So they lose no opportunity to
urge him to attempt to speak their sentiments on
questions far beyond his comprehension, which,
coming from one claiming to be member of the
democratic party, they scatter far and wide On
this occasion he spoke against the proposition to
lay tax on tea and coffee, maintaining that it
would tax his constituents more heavily than the
whole State of Illinois taxed by the Tariff of
1912 Of course he rested this assertion alto
gether upon his veracity. He was very prudent
ly above stopping TO attempt to prove any such
nonsense The federalists exhibited evident signs
of qualification at his buoonery, and will scatter
his libels and demagogueism far and wide, you
may rely on it, Wick of Indiana scored the poor
devil to his hearts content. Wick is one of the
truest and most fearless democrats in the House.
and loses opportunity to mount a demagogue,
more especially if in this instance, he attempts
to claim protection of the democratic colors.
The Senate on this day (Tuesday) discussed
he &c three million bil" to which, last year (when
a "two million blI'') the WiImot proviso was