Ypsilanti sentinel. [volume] (Ypsilanti, Washtenaw Co., Mich.) 1843-1900, 1847-02-10

VINO would feel himself dishonered by obedi
ence 70 . known and skilful officer, and who
would yet willingly submit and cordially coop
crate with citizen, taken from private life,
and with one long step placed over the heads
Of those who for half century have been en-
gagged in the ~ountry's service. Sir, my word
for it, you copld not adopt measure more cal
culated to break the spirit of your troops, more
calculated TO destroy the high and noble. the
gallant and daring spirit which rushes into
danger as to a banquet, than to teach by your
practice the doctrine that the honor of an Off
Ger is not secure from degradation. Sir, Sold
iers will yield to vaor and intelligence display
ed in former service: their confidence is unl,n,-
tied in him who comes to them as a comman-
der covered with glorious scars, and covered
by decorations won by brilliant services from
the gratitude of his country. Sir, they care
little for the name he bears; tits the impcrson.
alton of the hero that they regard, in the per-
son Of the gallant and true soldier who is ca
pable of leading them into any danger, and de-
: handing of them any sacrifices. What -
Teach the officers of your amy, that, after
they shall have separated themselves from their
homes, from the wives of their bosoms and the
children Of their afections-after they have
gone into those hideous wilds, under the bur
ming sun of that fatal climate-after they have
exposed themselved to hazards and to death in
every form, that their we'll. earned fame, that
the just need of their services, shall in a mo-
ment be swept away and disregarded. Is this
the treatment which oupropose towards these
Sir, in every view which have been able
10 take myself as well as in those brought for
ward to mymind by the observations of the
honorable Senator from New York, it seems to
me the Senate had better pause where they arc
Thefe is but one instance in cur history in which
this Office has been conferred. The occasion
of comforting it stands alone; for there has been
but one Washington. He on whom the office
was conferred stands alone IN the most homo
rable and eminent singularity; and | for, one,
am clear that we should let that case remain a
solitary one; that we should let no succeeding
one of similar kind succeed it; that we should
let that Office and the name of Washington
stand associated together to all time, unless
come oyerruling necessity require that we should
depart from this course, or unless some kind
and good Providence should send us second
Washington to whom such an Office may with
propriety be presented. But without this nee
essity, in state of things in which the Office
would be useless or mischievous, according to
the disposition made of it, / do hope, sir, that
the Senate'will not..yieId to the only real yea
son which have heard for establishing.t ia
reason which was glanced at by the honsrable
Senator from New York-that the President
desires it. Sir, do not understand this as
rule of action on this floor. l desire no office
from the President. / stand here as repre-
sentative, in common with the honorable Sena-
tor before me, of State of this Union. stand
here to exercise my own Independent judgment
and while am perfectly willing to concede to
the President the full ability to carry on the
war, Ia subject, by the way, which l did not
propose now to enter upon, but upon which
hopo before the Session closes to have an OPP
portunity briefly I'd Ike my opinions known)
while | am willing tdto every thing that is rea-
sonable and proper, yet,juging for myself as to
what is right, and acting upon my own respon-
slbility; and believing this to be wrong-look-
ing upon it as either weak and inefficient or
weak and unjust measure: according to the
manner in which the power is used by thePres-
ident-l, for one, can never. give my vote to
confer power which cannot be safe and NAV
be mischievous.
Nothing causes US more regret, than that
our limits do not permit US to give Mr.. BADa-
BR's eloquent Speech entire. Our Extracts
however, comprehend the examinations of the
particular reasons urged in favor of the meas
ere; the last paragraph contains also the idea.
which are merely expande ed in the remainder o
the speech. [-ED.