The North-Carolina standard., 1847-03-03

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but, for the sake of democratic principles, Itrust
This short half session may give him taste for it.
I which will overcome his seruples altogether, and
that he may long remain in the public councils.
| His history is almost romance, as you will per-
c1eve. He is now but fortyfwo years of age
having been in America but twenty-five years
and if he lives twenty years longer, and remains
I in public life, Soute is destined to WELD more
influence over the destnies of this nation than has
4 ever yet been attained by foreign born man. 7t
4 On Tuesday, we had speeches in the Senate
! from Messrse Evans and Breeze, on the three mil
lion bill, which embraced nothing of interest and
in the House, after speeches from Dromgoole
Morris, of N, H. and Carroll oflN. T., the army
appropriation bill was passed. providing for the ex
penditure of thify-one millions of dollars for car
ryinga on the war OF course, a. great many fed
eralsts-the red-mouthed anti rwar wing, voted
against this bill to pay, clothc, and subsist our
troops in Mexico. ~ ssy.'s~4fs- # r..5.,..s
Wednesday was one of the great days of the
/ tsession-that is--rnost interesting. The Wash
fington world had long been expecting speech
from Col Benton against Mr.. Calhoun--settiing
ups old scores-and on that day it was delivered.
There was so much personality in it. both against
Mr.. Calhoun and about the" big lnjun me,
Capt John, ,"-thatit did not tell with the listeners
ass points must tell when spread before the coun-
try TO be read and reflected on. He went right to
the point /; charging upon Mr.. Calhoun that his
craftsmanship alone had generated the war with
! Mexico. Commencing as far back as the treaty
of 1919 with Spain, made under the advice of :he
South Carolnan, at that time membcr of Mr..
! Monree's Cabinet: by which Texas was cecded to
that power, he maintained that act fin connection
with the Missouri compromise to have laid the
foundation for the war; by stripping the slave hold
ing States of all possible change of spreading
growing with The extension of our empire and
population, unless we got it back At any cost.
lie then went on to show that n 1886, while the
Mexican army was in Texas, Mr.a Calhoun had
moved in the Senate to amen Texas; thus offering
to take the war off her hands. That when nego-
!iating the Tyler treaty with Texas, Mr.. Calhoun
had given his pomissory note for the svar, by
placing our fleet and army under the orders of
Gen. Houston, under written pledge that If he
thought it necessary for the safely of Texas he
might employ them: against Mexico, with whom
we were then at peace; and that when the Senate,
IN Its care TO guard the peaceful relations of the
country, had appended the " alternative" to Milton
Browns annexation resolutions expecting that the
incoming administration would adopt that, The
last chance of preserving peace with Mexico, Mr..
Calhoun at md-night-the very last hour'of his
official existence as Secretary Of State-had hur-
rIed of his messenger with the original (MiIton
Browns pIan,) 6 and" sand Col. B.. with that
messenger went the torch of war; He compar-
ed Mr. Calhoun's present attitude I'M refusing to
vote three millions to make the speace-desertng
the country-to tina: of Paris. who fed from Troy,
| after having kinded the famous seige But must
not follow him. .. .. -; -, sa.-s ~,
Mr. Calhoun replied, arguing agains some of
his positions, and putting himself on his dignity as
20 others. The Eeply was notss,rong. But for
Benton's unfortunate dogmalic manner, the effect
of his speech on the heaFer would have been as
great as it will be on readers in after ages..e q.
On Wednesday the House passed the army ap-
preparation BILL providing for The expenditure of
over thirty-one million of dollars for the prosecu-
ton of the war, against WHICH any number of
federalists voted of course. These were the men
who have during the whole session been opposed
to vote clothing, pay, and arms to gallant fel-
low citizens now fighting The battles Of their coun-
ry. On Thursday the House passed the bill to
amend the post office law of tS45, and the light
house bill. On that dav Honest John Davis
OF toss s+up-his-cap-memory-sp on the three
million bill! in the Senate against the war. To-
day, Hannegan made his speech on thethree mil
lion bill, and then the Senate passed an amend
ment to the civil and diplomatic appropriation bill
10 pay the publishers of the Union the amount
6ched from them by what is here called the
" retrospective resolution" The House passed the
bill tom the Senate to re-organze the staff of the
army in Mexico, creating two additional Major
Generalships with an amendment authorizing the
employment ofa Major General without egard to
the date of his commission as Generalissimo in
fact, in Mexico. This as nothing more nor less |
than the Lieut. General project revived and trium-
Phan, so far as the House is concerned. The vote |
on this important measure was ayes l2l noes 81. |
am inclined to think that the las, advices from
the army had much to do with the success of this |
Lieut.. General amendment. The fact that Gen.
Scott attempted send such important dispatches 10
Gen. Taylor under escort of ten dragons, is !
by no relished by bis friends while the anti
war federaists declare the act to have been hut
in keeping with the soup letter. 1t rs reported in
Washington, | know not with what Justice, how
ever, that Lieut. Richie and his command of ten
dragons had gone to roost in barn along with
the chickens without single picket on thes alert.
and were thus surprised. I now think that the
chances of the passage of this Lieut. General pro-
Ject through the Senate are about even. -.
Commodore Perry will probably soon leave
Norfolk in the Steamer Mississippi, totake com.
mand of the Gulf Squadron, taking the frieate
Ohio along, under Capt. Stringham. Two small
war steamers, from New York, and four bomb
vessels from Boston, will soon sail for the squa-
dron. .-.--- t..- -...s-t.--... fs.
1t strikes me that the President will tender the
command of the regiment (of the "ten') to be
raised in Virginia. North and South Carolina to
Capt Louis D. Wilson. Great efforts are of
course making in behalf of others, but think
the President has determined in his own mind
that Capt. Wilson shall be the man. r..
.r-o esE.aest z.~g II. ts.s-ga HALIFAX.
The New York Correspondent of the Wash,
Ington Union estimates the amount already raised
IN the United States for the relief of Ireland at
one hundred and seventy-three thousand six hun