Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1847-02-12
TWENTY NINTH CONIkEoo.
e.ond Sessi on
"WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY, 10, 1877.
-ENATE

iaIy vi w ar, TRANSMITTING ''"'e L,:l,
lpgent expenses Of The military es'aOlisniiirn,.
After the disposal Of some private matters, W.
Mor.hea from the select committee on .na' sur
,ec, ,snor,ed hin for the satisfaction of F'renc
SnoIialion claims prior to 1901. IL was twic
read and made The special order Tor h's day week
MIR. ASHLEY, from the judiciary commlt'ee, re
nored with sundry amendments, the oregon lei
rilolial government bill
Tie Pension Appropriation bill lIom 'he fious
as amended, was taken up and passed.
A resolution by Mr.. Dix, provldins ina. 10
Senate shall meet al | | o'clock daily, alter Mon
day next, was rejecicd-yeas To, nays -.
Mr.. Yulee submitted resolutions, excluuin
from the floor of The Senate, the editors OF TN
Union. on account of an editorial article oil las
evening, rejecting severely upon The character 0
he Senate Also, that The reporters OF maj pape
be excluded from The gallery, Tor 'parliaI ara un
iusl reports"
Objection being made, The Vice President san
The resolutions must lie over.
Mr.. Yuec thought that this was question
privilege, and hath rule did NOT apply 10 1t.
MIR. Badger appealed from The decision OF TN
chair. After some debate, the whole subject wa
laid over till tomorrow.
The "lhree million" bill was then taken up
and Mr.. Cass spoke in favor Of The prosecution 0
the war, and in opposition 10 the views expressed
by Mr.. Calhoun, yesterday. de thought The de
f.nsive plan would be much more expensive thar
The offensive one, and that the Mexcans woulC
have il in their power 10 cut our iorces oil in de
tail; that il would neither end The war nor The ex
pense.
Mr.. Cass spoke al much length in favor OF the
prosecution of The war, and in opposition 10 lht
views expressed BY Mr. Calhoun yesterday. The
plan OF the Senator from S. C. would procure
an inlermnabe border war, vastly more eIpen
sive than the carrying Of the war to the city O
Mexico and there debating peace. There were
but three ways 10 get rid OF the war; One was
10 abandon il. The next was 10 lake defensive
line-a line OF 1000 miles from The Gulf OF Mex.
leo o,he Pacific. Ii We adopted lhls plan, our
force could al any time be cut of in delail by the
concentrated forces oi our enemy. They could
fall upon US in time Of sickness. We could mol
follow them, for lha; would be abandoning our
plan by going over The border. No public Trea-
sury could hear such expense-no public senli.
ment tolerate The disgrace The line proposed
by The Senator from S. c. was 10 be wall 10 us
NOT 10 the enemy. The force The proposed
would allow hnt one man 10 each mile OF the line
Mr.. Cas- regretted The opinions expressed by
The Sena or from S C. relative 10 our inability 10
prosecute The war 10 The city oi MEXICO and there
conquer peace. Every word uttered here found
its way 10 The plains oil Mexico. II uas caIcuIa-
led 10 do us infinite mischief. Mr.. G. went into
many views to shew thai the defensive line would
be oil no nse-and would not end The war or its
expenses Mr.. Cass then entered al some length
into an elaborate review OF The origin and objects
OF the war, and gave his views as 10 The disposal
OF The territory when Mexico should consent 10
peace.
In The course OF his speech, he referred 10 the
argument of Mr.. Johnson OF Maryland, and said
that gentleman had al the last session voted for a
bill precisely like The one now under consdera-
lion which ne opposes.
Mr. Johnson being absent, his colleague, Mr..
Pearce, replied and showed that the Two bills
were, in many respects dssimiar.
Mr.. Sewer agreed with The gentleman from
Michigan in The mailer
MIR. Berrien replied 10 Mr. Sewer, and some
warmth OF language passed between them, which
was explained on The spot by Mr.. Sewer, and The
whole subject bill and ALL was laid aside until
TO morrow, when Mr.. Corwin will have the floor.
The Committee OF Conference (by Mr.. Dick.
inson) reported that The joint committee had
agreed that the Senate should receie and allow
The President 10 appoint The subordinate officers
OF the regiments during The recess OF The Senate.
The subject was discussed by Messrs. Hun
ine,on Butler, Cass, Breese, Calhoun, Dckn-
son, Dayton, Niles, Simmons, Anterior and Ber-
rien, alter which The report OF The committee was
concurred in without division. So The bill be-
comes law. And then The Senate adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Mr.. Smith, from the committee on naval al
fairs, 10 whom had been referred the bill 10 in
crease he naval establishment Of the United
States, (lhe Texas navy billy reported The same
without amendment and II was referred 10 the
committee Of The whole on The slate OF the Union.
Mr.. Leaman Obtained leave 10 introduce bills
10 make The city OF Brooklyn port OF entry, and
for the relief OF John II. Baker, OF the city OF
Bro:klvn-which were read twice and referred 10
the committee en- commerce.
Mr. Washington Hunt introduced bill for the
relief OF Ireland read second time, and referred
To The committee OF The whole on The stale OF the
Union.
Mr.. Barringer introduced resolution Of inqu-
ry, as TO the eIpediency OF making IN appropra-
ton for The purchase and fair distribution OF the
system of military tactics in use in the army Of
The United States, among The officers of the mill
tia in the several States Of The Union.
The Ten Regiment bill was then taken up, in
committee of the whole on the state OF The Union.
Mr.. Kaufman, Of Texas, addressed the com
milee. However anxious, he said, honora-
lie gentlemen might be Tor The adoption Of this
amendment, he envied mol their feelings. He
believed that majority OF The members on this
floor we're disposed 10 regard The compromises oil
The constitution, and 10 transmit them unimpair-
ed to poslcyity. Slaves, he commended, were guar
anled 10 The South as property by Inc constitution
OF the United Siates-propeTty which they had
a perfect right 10 transport 10 new territory, or
frnm one Slae 10 another, unless prohibited by
the action OF those States themselves. The
statement OF the chairman Of The copmi tee
on foreign relations is, that slaves cannot e1-
isl in California, then why introduce this proviso
where The necessity Of agilaling this question
tall He proceeded lHdiscuss the constitution
al question, and 10 point out the Inconsistencies
OF those who oppose the extension Of slavery.
Mr.. Foole Of Vermont, followed in opposition
10 the war, and in condemnation OF the course OF
The administration in its conduct. The war was
not waeed with view 10 conquer peace. States
and territories were conquered, and new govern
men,s formed, and yet il was declared thai the
object was not conquest. From all these mag
pifcent schemes of phianthropic rascali,y-o
patriotic villainy, good Lord deliver us! II The
object is moi conquest, what il is would re diff
Gait 10 determine. He pronounced The action OF
The House a concerted attack upon the hard-earn
ed fame OF Gen. Taylor, whose name would 60
down TO posterily surrounded By halo OF glory,
though not affixed 10 Presidential documents
A war Of conquest, Tor the acquisition OF terrific
~, which, il obtained, would forever rest upon
US like an incubus. The people of The North
may res, assured. thai their only security against
the extension OF slave territories was 10 take
no territories al all. For, prohibiting its in.
habiling in advance, as they viii, il could
not be excluded; The action OF Congress would
alternately be lound TO afford no security
And let US no, place TOO much confidence in our
ability 10 sutdue Mexico in our strength or The
weakness of our enemy. What the SHOWS and
the rosls OF Russia proved 10 The hosts Of France,
The heat and the voma may prove 10 our army
Of invasion in Mexico.
Mr. Brinkerhoif next addressed The committee,
in favor Of the prcvi>o and in argument 10 prove
,ha, the trainers OF the constitution never con.
trmpla,ed ans extension Of slavery, and that
The letter and spiTi, OF The constitution were op-
posed 10 such extension. The non-slayeholdiDg
States proposed The abolition OF slavery IN no
Stale where il now exists, and no violation OF the
compromises OF the cons,itulon-and this prcvl-
SO is attached 10 no war measure-no measure
for The prosecution oil The war-bul 10 peace