Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1847-01-14

Is hereby appropriated, OUT vi any uo"cy i" VIC
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, TO enable
the President to conclude treaty OF peace with
the Republic of Mexico, TO be used by him in
the event that said treaty, when signed by the
authorized agents of the two Governments, and,
being ratified by Mckee, shall call for the OK
penditure Of the same, or any part thereof; full
and accurate accounts for which expenditure
shall be by him transmitted TO Congress at as
early day as practicable.
The second section, it will be observed, is the
Wilmot proviso. On diequcston Of posponing
the specil order so as to admit this bill, the ayes
were S6-noes 50; so the motion was LOST
The vote was as follows:
YEAS:
Wings from Free States, a
" Slave States, 317
Locos from Free States, 81
Native Americans,
Wings from Slave States, 10
LOCOS FROM FREE STATES, 24!!
Locos from Slave States, 52-76
Total, 50
1t will thus be seen that EVERY Vine FROM
THE FREE STATES, and all but ID in the House,
voted FOR THE BILL; while "a NORTHERN Lo-
CO.'S and more than two thirds of the party vo-
ting, &c out of113) went AGAINST THE BILL
Wonder if the Patriot can now tell US which is
the Slavocratc party
But TO proceed: on the evening utter this vote,
the Union (Polks organ,) invoked the party to
kill off the Wilmot proviso, in the following style:
"Sgns appeared in the House Of Representa-
tives to-day, which bude the renewal of the Mis-
souri, contest. We deprecate any such contro.
yersy, and every measure which is calculated TO
produce it. The Democratic party must contln-
NC united. This portentous question threatens
to SILVER them 10 pieces. The North, and the
South, and the West should respect the Union
of the States like the Holy Ark of the Covenant.
But these controversies, by drawing lines and
severing interests between different sections on
the most delicate question which can be sugges-
ted, tend to ALLEVIATE the feelings and weaken the
ties which should bind this holy Union together
forever.
"Js it necessary 10 force this question upon
our public councils, in period of war, when all
our energies should be united against the com
mon enemy? Is it at all necessary at this time
1t is an affair of internal regulation among our
Selves 1t cannot enter into q treaty of peace
with foreign country. IL we are TO obtain new
enough 10 moot this difficult question. When
Rome was at war she commanded her domestic
differences to cease. When peace comes and
brings with it new territory, then, amid the tran
guilty of peace, we may settle this nattert to our
own satisfaction"
On the next day, Mr.. King replied in the fol-
lowing speech. We have italicised few SEN
tences which go (as indeed does the whole speech)
go sustain the grounds which we have taken on
this subject
Speech of MIR. King Of N. Y.
MIR. Speaker, | find in the Union of this MORN
inc paragraph, abiding, presume, to bill
,y6;ch Yesterday asked leave TO introduce. The
editor of the Union, 1t is very evident, mistakes
the purposc of the bill. l desire briefly to state
the reasons and opinions which induced the to
propose the measure; and, thatl may not be mis-
understood, have written what propose to say
Sir. in proposing to introduce thai bill, | had
no intention to interfere with or to anticipate the
action of the standing committee from which i
came to the House at the last session, but was
governed solely by the desire to bring the sub
iect presented by the provisions of the bill to thu
early consideration and action of the House,
/, The bill embraces two principal features-ont
placing an amount of money at the discretion o
z ibe.President, TO be used in negotiating peace
with Mexico if an opportunity shall occur whei
the President should deem it proper 10 use thi
money in negotiating treaty of peace; III,
other excluding slavery from any territory whcl
the United States may hereafter acquire, belnl
the proyison offered by the honorable gehilema
from w Pennsylvania Mr. WILmoTb and adopte
ms part of this peace measure by the House Q
Representatives in August last. ] VIII frank
saw that, if | had not supposed that there was
disposition in some quarters to give the Tree prr
cipIe of the Wilmot proposition the go-by, AM
nv emothering and avoiding action upon 1t,
o,ye further extension to the dominions of sli
yery at the expense OF free territory, should NJ
at this time have brought forward this ball IN
President recommended, and relterates his r
commentator, of law granting the two mil
ions.'
TMr. PAYNE interrupted and was put down
the speaker.
Mr.. KING thereupon proceeded: If couple
with the Whmot proviso, i would cheerful
grant the money. But would have the FRI
principle of the Wilmot proviso enacted into la
Whether this bill passes or not The time h
come when this Republic should,deoare by la
that it will not be made an instrument to the g
tension of slavery on the continent Of Amerc
That the boundaries, institutions, and principl
OF our Republic must and will extend, there CT
be no doubt. The present war with Mexi
must result in an extension of the territory OF /
United States. peace honorable to this cou
try cannot be concluded without indemnity fro
Mexico in territory. 1t is whispered that 1t "
not do to propose a law that any such terrific
should be free territory, because Southern
mnstration will take no territory unlees 1t sh
be SO arranged that the territory shall be open
to slavery. will not listen to or harbor so me
strous an idea
Every inch Of Texas was yielded to slave
know that it was reluctantly yielded to the p'
session of slavery by many who supposed .
acquisition OF Texas might be hazarded by a
dissension about the terms 20 strenuously ins
ted upoh by the representatives Of the SIT
States but with Texas, the extension OF 6
very, it was supposed, would stop 1t was hoI
the South would not desire to carry it where
does not now exist Is this SO The two m
ions are distinctly, urgently, and repeatedly
commended by the President to be appropriat
There is no other purpose for which this app
pristion can be waDtsd except in connection "