The Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1834-184?, 1847-01-21
CONGRESSIONAL.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 9, ls47.
session.


For the current and contingent expenses
of the Indian Department for the year end
ing 3Oth June, lS4S.
For support OF volunteers and the army
for the year ending 30th June, lS4S.
For support of the naval service for the
year ending 30th June lS4S.
Read twice and referred 10 the Commltee
of the Whole.
The House then went into Committee of
the Whole, and Mr.. Long of Maryland; adj
dressed the House in continuation of the ar
gument commenced by him yesterday. He
was at times strong in his language, and
through all his speech earnest and impress
sive. We were bound to recognize Mr.. Polk
as de facto and de .jure President of The
United States, and he should give as support
10 the war under this Administration as if il
had been carried on under one of his own
choice.
Mr. Ficklin of Illinois, continued the
debate, and in speech that gave more
amusement TO The Wings than among his own
friends.
He argued thai the war had been prose-
cuied with great slowness-at snali's pace
and in a most inefficient manner. The bat
j
the battle of Monterey eight weeks sooner
than il was. All this inetficiency was the
fault of the gentleman in charge. 1t was
his fault that the ponton train had not gone
along with him before the battles of May,
and it was his fault that these battles were
not followed up with more vigorous march
es. @ IS
! Mr.. J. R.: Ingersoll wished 10 know if the
gentleman from Illinois wished for reason
for the escape OF the Mexicans after the
battles OF May.
Mr. Ficklin wished for such reason.
Il Mr.. lngersoll answered that these men in
D our army had been fighting for thirty hours
. after the battle of Resaca de la Palma.
= Nothing was thought of after the first battle
but following up The victory which had been
e gained at Palo Alto. They had no time for
a refreshment. The second victory was after
r. nine hours fight, and The men were pbysi-
!. cally too exhausted and too few in numbers
r. TO follow up this second victory. Our vol
un,eers had no means TO cross the river and
IS they had filed the measure OF their glory in
IT the victory obtained over a body Of men three
f times their number. $40
od Mr.. Fckln resumed, and in other redec
3 !. tons upon the inetficiency OF the war, re
marked that it is not wonderful, since il hac
been carried on under Wing generals. Their
TX came the stereotyped list of quotations from
some of the Federal party who opposed ih'
10 war Of 1919, and when Mr.. F. had reached
lie The Connecticut "BIue Lights" and Comma
L, dore Qscatur's letter had been read upon In
ne Mr.. Schenck Playfally go, up and said ht
"a had not quite heard all the letter. Was
RI one about showing "Bue Lights" for The en-
h trance of Santa Anna TO the harbor of Yer
n Cruz? Laugher.]
Mr.. FickIin soon left this branch of III,
is subject, and came 10 iba, of slavery. He wa
for the leavealone policy, and against all in
reference with the question. In conclusion
he expected vigorous prosecution of TIL
of war with the view OF obtaining an HONORABLE,
n peace. .-.->-- .-.s
u Mr.. HARRISON, of Georgia, next addressed
1n the committee, and gave his reasons for
=, vigorous prosecution of the war with regular
- rather than volunteers,
=, In the course of his remarks, Mr.. III. re
- fiected upon the Wing States of North Car
olina and Massachusetts, for not furnishin;
+, their troops. Virginia was also involved, an,
in moment there were score of fashin;
!, eyes upon the floor
:. Mr.. Leake said that there were NOR,
= Democrats in one company from Virginia, h
: had heard, than there were Wings.
Mr.. Pendleton said that of the eighteen
companies of volunteers from Virginia, nesrl
:, all of them come from Wing counties O
towns.
os,l MIR. Barringer, OF North Carolina, said tn
=, regiment from his State would soon be in th
y, field,
ID So said Mr.. Winthrop, aud dozen mem
~ bers appeared 10 be speaking at The SANE
~ time, all proving, or attempting TO prove tn
patriotism of their constituents.
Is When Mr.. HARRISON concluded, the foo
" was given TO Mr.. Thompson, of Mississippi
). who made some reflections upon Gen. Tay
"a lor's government of his troops, and inssie'
-, that he was the cause of the sickness an
=. suffering of the troops upon the Rio Grande
We wanted adirectng mind-in other word
% a Lieutenant General, TO take and c
,,s the troops and give counsel and guidance L
= the whole campaign.
-, Mr.. Thompson. There is surely some on
I'd suited to the office, and Mr.. I. went on /
Ie show how much superior man Napoleo
-. was 10 his MarshaIs, and to express his cor
- 6dence that some suitable man could b
=, found.
- Mr.. Burt, of South Carolina, closed tn
debate, in the course of which he replied I
:, Mr.. Thompson's argument in favor of the az
~ pointment of Lieutenant General. Their
~, was, he thought, no man whom the coun,r
CO. would wish TO see IN such an Office, and h
w thought there had been none since the day