The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1847-02-18

sunke en- lat0r d t0lnmieefs insar6d pI Fru-
uisrS. and moved % re-ennmil lie hill Is
have Ihe change made. Moli0n negalised.
TIE I'LL w~s lhen PASSED. only . toscs
against Il, VIZ: Messrs. cIley, CorHin
and DzFis.
Oa Tuesday. he resolution or thanks
40 Gen. Taylor. VAS reviewed from he
House, rad anre and laid aside.
The bill presented By he commiiiee
m Foreigh Affairs. 10 appropriate three
mlIiiaas Of dollars 10 enable the President
"a bring The MAR n close. was taken %.
and Mr.. Sesier advertised and Mr.. Miller
oppesrdit. MessTs. Mangum and Berier
continued the debate.
Ca Wednesday, , lons and most inter.
esllig debate arose on he joint resolution
irom the House. Pscsealihg The thanks of
Congress 10 ten. TAYLOR. &c. lwilh 4
prosisa inlieiing Lis censrre Of Congress
on him. Tor gallant conduct in The cap
ture af MonacEcy.
Mr.. Speiehl Al once moved 10 strike out
The proyiso. . Every one knew. he said.
Ihal Gen. Taylor had discharged his %.
~" lie was mol disposed 10 hold oui
ihanks in one hand and 4 censure in The
O.heF.
The question was then taken on Mr..
Speighl's motion, and the Proyiso was
stricken Out as follows - -.-z
YE,s-MesSrs. Archer, Badger. Benton. Ber-
men. Butler. Calhoun. Chalmers, cillcy. Thomas
cllyian. John NJ. Clayton. corNin, criilcnden,
Davis. Dayton. Evans. Fairfield. GIeen. Houston,
Huntington. Jarnagin. johnson If MARYLAND. John
s,n Of Louisiana. Mangum. Miller. M0fehead,
Pearre. Rusk. simm,nz. SolIc. sieight, Uphsm.
Webster, and Wooihrslge-3J.
S,rs-Messrs. Alien. As.,lry, A,rhison. Alb
srfan. Baghy. Bfcesc. Bright. las. Dir. Hanne-
gan. Niles, sesirr, sturgeon, Turncy, and Yu-
lc-l5.
Mr.. Webster then moved further 10 a.
mend The resolution. by striking out al
after "Rssoirsd." 6r., and inserting :. that
the thanks of Congress are due, anil are
h. rely rendered % Major General Zacha-
w Taylor, his officers. and men. fur the
forIilude. skill. enterprise. and courage.
which distinguished the late brilliant mil.
ilary operations Al Monprey."
Thi. was agreed 10. 20 TO %, 10 the a.
bove Is nays heing added. Messrs. Ben.
ton. Chalmers, Fairfield, Houston, Rnsk.
S'ule. Sp'ight, and westc",,.
The resolution, a amended, was then
adopted, unanimously. % 10 0. tMessrs
Bagbs, Ashley, Airhison. Breese, Bright
ani Turncy, mol voting AT all.
On Thursday. the $1,000. 900 bill was
postponed, Mr., Berrien not being prepared
To speak as he had intended; and private
bills were taken up.
On Friday, after some other business,
the % 600, 900 bill was taken np. and Mr..
Berrien spoke al great length and with
great ability, insisting that Congress should
understand what was To he done with this
money, and regulating the IDEA tina. it
should be plared al The discretion and cnn-
uol OF the President. lie said the policy
of our Government had been heretofore,
"millions Tor delrnre-not cent for lrib-
ute !" But now the proposition is enter
tanned 10 buy peace with Mexico! In
reference to the purchase Of California and
New. Mexico, he asked how We were TO
dispose ef those countries Could they
be governed as provinces! This would
not he at all conforming TO the letter and
spiri, of the Constitution. Should we in
corporate the mongrel races Of those States
into our birih.righi, For one he said
mon hac ia fedora lie reminded Sou
them Senators that slavery would be ex.
clnded from this new territory, and there
fore The South would he excluded from the
benefit, if any, arising from lis possession
by the United States. lie called upon
Congress 10 put itself right before Mexico
and the world, and give up the lust of terri
tory while affecting 10 desire an honorable
peace and the speedy termination Of the
var. @.t*f' s## a~s
On Saturday, Mr.. H. Johnson spoke on
the same bill.
In the House. OF REPRESENTATIVES, on
Monday, the resolution Of Mr.. Thompson
OF Miss calling for such parts as the Pres
ident may deem proper, Of the correspon-
dencr Of Gen. TAYLOR with the War De-
partmeni, was taken up. The amend
ment Of Mr.. Ashman, ceiling for all the
particulars Of The Presidents agency in
promoting the return Of Santa Anna to
Mexico. was rejected. 80 TO az. All
the Wings and few Of the Locos voted
for the amendment. hut 80 of the LAT er
stood oui against giving the people light on
this impo rtant point. The original res
oiution was then adopted, l0l to 62.
Tho bill 10 appropriate three millions
of dollars 10 enable the President to con-
clude a peace with Mexico, was next in
order. Mr.. Wilmot LEGO, expressed
/. his intention again TO move the Iroviso he
had offered at the last Session, prohibit
ing slavery in any territory hereafter ac-
quired. The bill was then postponed,
for the present.
The Pension Appropriation Bill was
taken up and debated.
On Tuesday, after some minor business
a most ehifying Locoloco squabhle occur