The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1847-01-08


TwHxTY-nIkTH COnGREss'
second Dsssion.
FRIDAY, JANUARY 8. lsa7.
The Senate did not sit to-day,
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATION.
The journal having been read
~ " d. NEW POST ROUTE. ,sls ~.
Mr. r. SMITH (by leave) submitted the following res
oluton which was agreed to:
ssassS That shs COMMITTEES on the Post Once and ros'
Roads be instructed inquire into the o,
fishing mail route from Caledonia In ruasX' county,
Jonesboro', in Union county.
MEMORIAL FOR PEACE.
Mr. VANCE presented memorial OF two hundred and
ffty-eigh citizens of Dover, New Hampshire asking
Congress to make use OF all proper measures to put
speedy end to the existing with Mexico which was
referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.
PRINTING OF CONGRESS. -
The SPEAKER laid before the House letter from the
Clerk of the House, calling his attention TO the fact that
by the joint resolution regulating the printing OF Son
qress passed at the last session. the Speaker and Clerk
OF the House of Representatives directed to open
the various bids at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning
SAVANNAH RIVER.
OF Commerce Of the city of Savannah and OF inhabitants
OF said city, praying appropriation for the removal Of
the wrecks and other obsucons the navigation OF the
Savannah river; which referred to the Committee on
Commerce, and ordered to be printed.
Mr. WENTWORTH asked the Speaker what was the
order Of the day; Was il private bill day, .>,u.
were suspended BY the special order. :,
Mr. RATHBUN moved that the House adjourn to-
morrow at o'clock, m, for the purpose OF giving the
ties referred to in the letter from the Clerk, which had
been read.
fCries Of ..no! no ~ and "what for;"l
The SPEAKER explained the provisions of the joint
resolution regulating the printing of Congress, which re-
qure that the Speaker and Clerk Of the House should
open the proposals. &C., at 10 o'clock Tomorrow ne
sgnfed however, that the duties of the chair might be
done BY substitute.
Mr. McCLERNAND moved reconsideration Of. the
vote by which the debate upon the bill to raise, for
limited time an additional military force ordered to
be terminated in Committee OF the Whole at O'Clock on
Saturday ntimating his intention, If the motion was
agreed to- to move amendment to said resolution
to close the debate to-day, that the House might adjourn
over until Monday next.
Mr. TIBBATTS moved that the motion for reconsider
SG S I Al pa sSt Submitted ispf
solution
Rsoued That sha be in order for any member to
move that the Committee of the Whole House the
Of the Union rise this day, before 10 o'clock, p
Which was on motion OF Mr. W. HUNT. laid on
the table.
INCREASE OF THE ARMY
On motion of Mr.. HARALSON the House resolved itsel
into Committee OF the Whole the state Of the Union
Nir G. s. HovsroN in the chair) and resumed the con-
gderation of the "Bill to raise for limited time an
additional military force
Mr. CARROLL, (by leave,) from the Committee on
Military Affairs gave notice of the following amend
ments Add the following sections to the bill:
Amd be farther enacted That the President be, and he
is hereby authorized by and with the advice and
additional assistant surgeons in the regular army of the
United States, subject to the provisions of ACT entitled
and ASSISTANT ae surgeons Of the approved june 30
1884, and that the officers whose appointments author
lied by this section, shall receive the pay and allowances
of officers of the grades respectively and that til
rank Of the officers of the medical department of the army
shall be arranged the basis which at de-
tennines the amount of their pay and emoumenis
Ind be further enacted That the President be, and he
Inv and with p1v nd
of the Senate appoint one surgeon and assistant
geon each of the regiments created by this act the said
and assistant be discharged the end
of the with Mexico.
Mr. TOOMBS then addressed the committee new
element had been introduced into the discussion destined
like the rod Of Aaren to swallow up all the others He
would take the liberty Of discussing that after making
few remarks on the details of the bill He approved OF
the Substitute offered by the gentleman from New York.
iMr RArHBuNJ Its great feature was the mode Of
offering the troops He approved of that feature The
battles OF the country should be fought by the people,
got nd OF many OF the objections which had been Justly
urged against standing army He then alluded to the bill
passed ten months ago. for the increase of the army Ev
obvious reasons that the War Department should wish
that plan to succeed But there was now great def
cheney to be made up. The volunteers organized
at once and promptly in the field. Many States of
the Union had offered additional volunteer forces Vol.
unteers then. would be raised speedily The President
said that additional force was needed at once He Mr
derelicton of duty in not having already exhausted all
the means given to him for the purpose of raising troops
He Mr IT, preferred the volunteers who were ready to
come without any. bounty. and were on whom the
country could rely. The volunteers had discovered
good sense and mpariaty in choosing their officers and
L was safer that they should choose their leaders. He
believed that the power OF appointing the officers prop
erly rested with the people. They had no desertions
from the volunteers For these reasons, he favor
Of the substitute for the bill presented either by the
tlernan from New York. mr.. RATHBUN] or the gentle
man from Illinois, [Mr. FrcKLN.l On the question OF
the war; he should be and did intend to enter
into il but for the declarations of the President His
(Mr T's) opinions had been stated fully last session.
and they were unchanged He regarded the war as un-
So he still believed Yet he was then, and now, and at
ali times, determined to maintain the honor of the
country and to all needfu supplies for the prose
cution OF peace. But such not the object of the
President 1t appeared that the constitution to be-
come the play Of faction The effort of the President
to cast odium on those, opposed to the war had
been steadily pursued The House had been driven
to vote on the proposition Of the existence of the war;
and OF the House, short by some three or four
as they passed through the teers avowed their unwil
ngness to vote for the declaration He (Mr IT, and his
friends deemed it their duty that foreign foe does.
tic enemy should interfere with the welfare of the
try The democratic party had been lecturng the House
on moral treason, and gasconaded good deal about pa
triotsm but when they were called TO trust their
popuarity by LAYING taxes order TO prosecute the war
on scale commensurate with the strength of the coun-
try where were they! Some gentlemen seemed to think
that patriotism consisted in servty-in becoming
mon sewers tn ough which might be conveyed the
pensions of the President the freemen who stood up
Tor the liberty of speech When they called to
render real service, they were found wanting They
could not lay burdens the peopeany form Of patriot
ism but that But were bound to vote for that, as
they told by the organ Of their own party; What
else had they done Authorized loans. But when told
that he cOuld not rpispd refused IN