Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1847-02-18

spoke ez eatledra. Mr.. CALHOUN made no
bic reply worthy or the batter days ofshe Re
public. TURsEr is li:ile-souled creature
whom the Wings helped into power ever
better man, the regular nominee of the Demo
cratic party in the Legislature, and now he is
an out and o,aer-doubtless, when he was cleo
ted, he was ga Conservative ~"
| The Three Million Bill has passed the House
with "he HTlmoi or .4ntt Slarery proriso, !"
Ayes ii5, Nays l06 Thus have the North
erners triumphed. The SAINT bill is yet under
discussion in the Senate The debate has been
very able. SUMMERS thus speaks Of the
speech Of Mr.. CoRwIs Of ohio:- -
"Mr. CoRwIs's speech, Of which you have
doubtless read sketch, was a great speech
and is so acknowledged by men of all parties.
1t has stamped him as an orator Of the first
class-it does honor to his head, but what IS
Of far more importance in my view, II does
honor to his heart. No full report Of II las
yet appeared, but understand it will be pub
lished in a few days in pamphlet form, and
many thousands Of copies have already been
subscribed forn
''He took the bold ground that the war was
uniust-that the soil upon which the first bat
lie was fought was Mexican soil-that we
were the invaders-tha, it was the duty Of ev-
cry one, who believed as he did, to oppose the
war, as so help him God, as long as he had a
L a I'll
consent 10 vote a man or a dollar 10 carry il on,
until it could be shown to him that he was
mistaken in his opinions. The Washington
Union acknowledges that the speech was re
pete with .eloquence."
The venerable JOHN QuIScY ADAMS is
again in his seat, though yet very feeble
His return to the House was very affecting,
indeed--the members hocked around HIM and
congratulated him upon the restoration OF his
health, sc. Ii was a spontaneous offering Of
the American heart, to one who has served
his country through a long series of years
with distinguished ability.
The President has sent message to Con-
gress in relation to the prosecution Of the war
the proper organization Of the military forces
recently authorsed--measures for re -enlisting
volunteers whose terms shall expire, before
the closing of the war--again recommending
tax on tea and coffee as a means Of revenue
during the existence Of the war, SC. &C. SC.
FROM THE LEGISLATURE,
We learn that the Starvation Lao has been
repealed, and that there is now strong proba
biity that ''the vexed question: Of the Right
Of Hay will be settled TO the satisfaction
Of all parties concerned.
The House OF Delegates and Senate Of Vir-
gnia have unanimously passed resolutions Of
thanks to Gen. TAYLOR and his gallant officers
and men, for their bravery, courage, skill, &c.,
in their battles with the Mexlcans, and direct
ed Swords 10 be presented TO Gen. TAYLOR,
Col. GARLAND aud Col. PAYSE-al natives of
Virginia-for their gallantry, &C., in the en-
gagements in which they have participated.
A series of resolutions were also offered by
Col. McPHERsoN ofPage, approving the con-
duct OF Mr.. Polk in his management, &C., of
the Mexican war, passed by strict party
vote-the Wings to man voting against
them. AS we have before said, we have not
room for the entire letter Of our correspondent,
but the above constitutes the leading topics
upon which IN" discourses this week. Our
correspondent cannot tell when the Legisla-
ture will adjoum-they will probably be in ses-
sion sometime.