The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1847-01-28

Or THE CoscnnsosAL furnished them As
The further consideration of the bill then, ON
non OF Mr.. PHELPS, postponed until tomorrow.
INCREASE ARMY.
The Senate then resumed the consideration, as in COM
mee OF the whole, OF the bill from the House of Repre-
senatves to raise, for limited tme additional militia
ry force, and for other purposes
The amendment pending the following heretofore
submitted by Mr. ArcHIsoN
nrke out The frst five sections and insert
That the President of the United States be, and he is
authorized to accept the services of ten regiments
Of volunteers to during the the present
war with Mexico unless sooner discharged, who shall be
raised, organized, commissioned, and paid in
nnner and under the regulations as are prescribed
teers, approved the 18th May, 1885, '
Mr.. BENTON, before proceeding with the bill would
nave little episode to read an authority on the meaning
happened to use the word on Monday last when speak
Ing of the in Mexico, and used as commendable
mode OF supporting our army in that country. The sena-
Tor from New Jersey, who sits the way, mfr Day
TON IN some remarks on yesterday, anmadverted on the
use Of that word, and treated il as meaning page and
barbarous practice to Bonaparte. He (Mr B) had not
supposed when he used that word that there would be
any NECESSITY to define i The remarks OF the senator
take, at least far that senator concerned and,
not willing that that senator's definition Of yesterday
take leave read an authority to show that soon
trb,ttion," in its military sense, no more than in
any other sense, did not signify .plage or plum
the substitute of Barbarian ravages and the nve-
ton OF civilized, and refined nations and that it
well known to the practice OF great nations, and
was sanctioned as part OF the law OF nations long before
the Great Emperor born. Mr.. b. would read from
Vattel-from the chapter on the rights OF nations IN
and would say that Vatle died in Switzerland before
Napoleon was born in Corsica:
'SEo los Instead of the custom of plaging the open
country and dsienccess places, another mode Ia, been sub
geous the b,ligerent sovaregn-I h of contrbu
tiols. Whoever carries just war; has right make
and towards defayng all the charges the Thus
obtains part of what due to him and the enemys sub
property secured from plage, and the country preserved
But general who wishes to enjoy unsed regulations
proportion them to the abilities Of those on whom
they are imposed An excess in this point does not
cape the reproach Of cruelty and nhumanily although
there not great appearance of lerocy in it
in ra " and Destruction it displays greater de-
ty and moderation cannot be too often quoted very
ONE in tho reign "5f Ioas XIV s
egn seeing their mutual interest well duty
prevent ,vage, made practice, the commencement
Of hoies into treaties Tor regulating the
buttons on supPortabe footing they determined the ex-
tribuon' the amount of them, and the in which
the parties tolevy them behave. In these
number should advance the enenys country beyond
the limits agreed under the penalty Of being treated
disorders and enorniies which entail ruin on the psops
and generally without the least advantage the beigarent
not universally inflated 1"
Having read this paragraph, Mr.. B. said he felt that
he had made clear the meaning Of the word which was
obnoxious in the opinion of the senator from New
Jersey; and also had cleared the memory of the Great
Emperor from all shadow of blame, (f great ameora-
ton in the conduct of war to be understood)
So much for Vae but there other authority to vim
dcae both the word and the Great Emperor, from the
of Johnson and Shakespeare In Johnson's Dictionary,
edition of 1885, is this definition of the wod under its
third Specification and also apoetcal illustration of its
meaning;
army lying TN a country"
DO stand but in forced affection;
For they haze gruaged us coNrRIBUToNs!
So much for Johnson and Shakespeare. The former
shows that contribution. in its military sense signifies
payment" for the support of army lying in
try, &c. and Johnson is most critically correct in his
officer in command of the army, or the detach-
ment, makes written requisition on the civil
authorities Of the town, city, district on which the
inhabitants, be it provisions, clothing or money the
proper staff officers receive it, apply it, and account for
exacty in the same manner as i it had been received
from the stores OF his own army. The whole is
sponsble transaction, from the officer who orders the
contribution to the officers who receive It and apply it,
and the whole answerable for the moderation and
fairness of the contrbuonheir conduct to their own
government at home, and the opinion of the civilized
world This finished what had to say on the meaning
ry of the Great Emperor On the other word, to which
exception taken, that 'ies' might be collected in
the enemies seaporfs to support the army, have but
word to say 1t is the practice OF all the civilized
tons OF the world; and is the mldest, the
easiest, and most responsible mode OF getting sup
port from the enemy-a mode sanctioned by the law
OF natlons-and most desirable to both parties All
nations practise it in the case OF the smallest
port they get possession of and on this prin-
cple the British opened custom house Castne, in
Maine, during their occupation of that port during the
late war; and questions arising under transactions that
port, under British authority, came up to Supreme
Court, and received the consideration If they
had arisen under act of Congress The laws of
tons sanctioned what was done, and bound the court
just as fully statutes bound them when the port
was IN our possession.
MIR. DAYTON hoped he should be INDUCED in single
remark. He certainly did not to indicate. in the
remark which he made yesterday that there could be any
customs duties. That was public property, and when
they invaded foreign country, although they might
upon private property, they might upon all public
property Therefore, there could be no objection TO the
practice referred TO- He did, however, express surprise
that system OF contribution had been suggested BY the
practice entirely behind the age and belonge purely to
an age which had gone by. The gentleman had read
from Vattel to show that Vael died before Napoleon
lived They all thankful for the information Ia
aughl lie went back further He showed that 'contri
buttons were levied as far back 1855. He (Nr d.
knew that The gentleman might go still further back
II he would look at his history he would find the far
were those contributions levied he would find down.
right rapnepunder. This system of levying contrbu-
tons, was but refined system Of plumber and little bet
whole civilized world 49,
Mr. TIER desired to say that no could be found
who doubted that the volunteers had fought calamity
They formed strong boly and had unquestonably
oil he fall