Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1847-12-30

he would be called on to reply, instead
of explaining beforehand his views
He took occasion to add, that what he
wished to guard against, was an end
not heretofore contemplated, and prob- !
ably not intended, bu, which would De
disastrous the annihila,ion of the SOW
eign'y Of Mexico. ~ Il
MIR. Allen argued that The reference
to the committee, instead of infrln-
ging the rights Of the senator, was rer
ally the mos, respectful procedure;
to secure a thorough scrutiny OF
the proposition; and was in accord
ance with The usual. practice Of the
body. He then made some remarks
in opposition 10 what he conceived TO
be the views Of the senator from South
Carolina-that territorial indemnity
and the annihi'alion O. the sovereignty
Of MEXICO were identical. That opin-
ion Of the senator furnished, in his o.
pinion, an additional reason for the
reference to the commi tee, who ccu'd
investigate the subject, aud ascertain
whether these things We're identical.
Mr. Calhoun rejoined. and remark
ed that he had been misunderstood by
the senator from Ohio. His reso!u-
tons did not involve The question Of
territorial indemnify at all. His views
on the Mexican war remained .al;o-
ge'her unchanged.
Mr.. Sewer hoped that, before they
got into the sea Of discussion, the gre;,
public measures which called Tor i'm
mediate a.lenliou--,he recruiting Of
the ranks Of Ike army, and so on
would be taken up and passed. He,
for one, AS a member Of the Commit
tee on Foreign Relations, did no, de-
sire the reference Of the resolutions Of
The honorable senator from South Car
DINA, and he hoped that the motion
of the senator from Ohio would be
withdrawn.
Mr.. Allen then withdrew his
motion.
This conversational debate was cor
tinued on motion Of Mr.. Dickinson
tina: his resolutions should be made the
order of the day for The day preceding
that fixed for the consideration Of the
resolutions Of the senator from South
Carolina.
Mr.. Cass look the opportunity to ex.
press his concurrence in the suggestion
Of he senator from Arkansas [ Mr.. Sc
vier with regard 10 the propriety Of
giving the public business precedence
of all other matters. He was perfectly
willing TO hear the views of the sena-
tor from South Carolina, which would
be intelligent, striking, and of gtea,
weight. But he though, that the pro.
position submitted BY ;ha, gentleman
was not at all practical.
Mr.. Calhoun replied at some length,
and insisted that bis resolutions had the
most decided practical. application 10
the present state of affairs. They
were going on to a ftsals probably not
anticipated, which would place this
country in a most per2!exing position
and it was against that, that he wished
!! 10 guard by this early expression Of
opinion. All The difficulty now arose,
he said. from going to war without
declaration of war. II was lmportan,
to have decision as to what they in
tended 10 do, in order to estimate the
numbe: Of men that we're needed in the
field, and the extent Of other measures.
Mr.. Cass thought the objects of the
war were known ,o'every man, woman,
and child in the United States-they
were, satisfaction and indemnity. He
could not avoid regarding he-resolu-
tons Of the senator rs mere abstrac-
tons.