Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1847-08-11

assailment is his course in relation to the
vote of thanks to Gen. Taylor, in which
he was sustained by majority of 40 in the
House. AS this matter has been much
perverted and misrepresented, we copy a
portion of that part of the address relating
to il, and which places the conduct of Mr..
T., and those who acted with him, in a
proper light. We predict that tn e people
Of his district will show at the election that
they are not SO completely blinded with
the Taylor staggers as some have suppos-
ed. Mr.. Thompson will canvass the dis
trict thoroughly, and if the poetical speci-
men of spurious, ''faded" democracy who
is pitted against him, follows him around
we predict he will find it as improbable
as his campaign against the weil-digger:
The armistice was made subject to the
approval the President, and he and his
cabinet disapproved it because they had
additional information to what was pos
sessed by Gen't Taylor, and knew that
when he entered into it, he had been de-
ceived by the ialsehood of AmpudIa; and
because it interfered with the expedition
of Gent Patterson against TamauIlpas,
which had then been ordered in con unc.
ton with the although doubt not
they would have been content with it so
far as it pertained to the column under
the immediate eye of Gen'l Taylor. Sub.
seguent 10 an expression of opinion on
this subject by myself and others, subse-
quent TO the publication of private let
ter of Gen'l TayIor's to Gent Gaines,
which tended TO aggravate the debate,
subsequent to the successful operations OF
the Independent Treasury and the Reve-
hue Tariff of 1916, when it became
necessary fer the opposition party to make
a new tack and To manufacture new DO
liicai capital for The coming summer cleo
lions, resolutions of thanks to Major Gen
eral Tay Tor, his officers and men, for their
services at Monterey. are proposed by a
gentleman who daily denounced the war as
unjust. On The motion TO suspend the
regular order Of business for their intro
duction. voted with more than five sixths
of the House to suspend, thereby showing
a readiness 10 do all necessary and proper
honor to the General and his army. As
soon as the resolutions were introduced
and read, the manner in which they were
brought forward, the source from which
they came, the tone and character of the
debate which was then going on the in
House, all contributed to produce the same
impression upon every friend Of the Ad-
ministralion and the war; and that was,
:hat the aim and purpose'Of the resolutions
was not to obtain an expression of Con-
gress which would reflect honor upon Gen'I
TAYLOR, but thus TO use his name, covertIy
TO effect another obi ect far more desirable
10 induce a democratic House of Repre-
seniatives implicitly TO condemn the Presi-
dent for his disapproval of the armstice.
Hence Mr. Faran of Ohio, who obtained
the floor, 10 test the mover and his friends
proposed to amend by inserting that the
war was a just war; to make his amend
ment complete, | suggested to him also
to insert this proviso: "Provided, nothing
herein contained shall be construed into
an appreciation of The terms of the capt.
uation of Monterey"
Mr.. Faran's amendment, with this pro-
viso, was voted in by majority of 40,
ayes ITO, nays 70; and the resolutions
thus amended, were adopted by majority
of AZ, every true friend of the war voting
for them. Now what was the meaning of
the amendment. The friends Of the ad.
and the true friends of Gent
Taylor and The war, believed that without
this negative proposition, the resolutions
carried with them IA legislative condemna.
ton of the President, and they also belle
we'd that all due honor could be done the
General without rejecting iniuriouslv up.
on the COMMANDMENT Chief No sane
member of Congress-; and no gentleman
who regarded his opinions, would contend |
that the House of Representa- ves have by |
This vote actually censured Gen'l TAYLOR.
This was made clear at the time on a mo- |
lion made by the author of the resolutions
10 strike out ''thanks," and insert, seen. |
sure," for which the mover himself, though
on ak hands, had not The nerve to
vote, and only one vote in all Congress
was recorded IN favor OF it. But the mean.
ng is not reached by vague construction
IF Interpretation. The contemporaneous
exposition by myself and all who engaged
n the debate gave TO the proviso definite
Meaning. 1t meant Congress would not
either directly or directly express an
opinion on matter of difference between
he Commander -inChief and his subordin.
lie, till we knew all the facts; il was a,
he time explained as expressing neither
Pprooa'Ion or disapproba,ion, as with.
'olding an opinion as 10 the terms of the
;apItulatIon, and as to the friends of the
resident and Of Gent TAYLOR. sinh. |,
MI whether the House could have acted
Vith more propriety or delicacy2 As soon