The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1847-02-08

would require for this indemnify and iS payment
yo nr s p es. am mexco mo and 9S5 T
lie did not suppose that treaty OF peace with less THAI this
would ever pass this body"
! That is, we are TO take az much we can but he
thinks that is the least that could be accepted Then The
inquiry suggests itself 10 him-and 10 doubt il was the
subject of deliberate considerationmay there not be
some difficulty in getting treaty The country is dis
hacted-the faction that is in the ascendant TO day is
| down tomorrow The difficulty stared the committee
in the face, and the distinguished senator the chairman
OF the committee, rises 10 meet IT, How The senator
had told them:
| sour arms had ,rumphed everywhere, We had got pos
ression Off lng portion Q; MeTeo We had po.ie".%,,
were powerful and in condition 10 extend onr conpiestf
| Why they will take the whole of Mexico, if she were
mol careful and we will, mayhaI again hear on mat
side of the chamber what frequently came from the
senator from Michigan former occasion--'The
whole or none~ IA Taught
Mr. GA ,SsSso On only 81 deg 40 min a.,
| Mr.. CASS What we could get
! Mr. JOHNSON. Yes, and that is what must satisfy
US here-lust what we can get, and no more. why,
already cannot stand it, for is hurting confound
edly, says the senator from Arkansas "a taught But
the senator proceeds:
rhe intelligence possessed by the President [Well, he
did not give the benefit OF that intelligence them
reason 10 believe that by certain advance IN money 10 be
made 10 hcm in ther exhausted and impoverished soad
on 10 pay of their army and other expenses, they would
be willing and able to make peace and ccde for the oec
specified hat portion OF the country he had named
Here is the picture, Mr.. President drawn TO the life,
showing what the object of this bill is Before |
proceed let us 20 n little beyond il and behind it, The
President of the United States in his annual message,
when ustfyng the permission which he had authorized
TO be given to Santa Anna to return to Mexico, tells us
amongst other things that the day that we declared the
war is sad-the 18th May-on that very day he
the ORDER caused the order 10 be given that Santa
Anna might be permitted to return to Mexico Gle took
special though not TO mention TO us that actO But
on that Iav he gave the order.
Mr.. CALHOUN here Gin his seaD made a remark not
audible in the gallery.
| + ho etal poLn, ho
! President however, says in his message:
m view of these facts and circumstances was, that,
when orders Were issned TO the commando OF our naval
forces in the gulf on the thirteenth day of May last the day
which the existence OF the was recognised by Con-
gess place the coasts OF Mexico under blockade he
directed NOT to obsrnct the passage OF Santa Anna to Mex
leo, should he attempt to return"
! Now, what the circumstances in which he gave
the order and the reasons which, in his opinion resulted
from these circumstances He tells u.s. in preceding
part of his message, relating to the same subject
"our object was the restoration of peace; and with thai
view no reason was perceived why we should take part
with Paredes, and aid him. by means OF oar blockade in
preventing the return of his rival 10 Mexico On the
irary, it believed that the intestine divisions which
binary sagaciy could moi but anticipate the fruit Of San
ia Annas Mexico and his contest with Paredes
might strongly tend 10 produce disposition with both pa,
and preserve with the United States
! The intestine divisions in which he might involve
MeXco-an avowa upon It's face that the controlling
for this extraordinary conduct was TO bring peace
to the United Sates-tO obtain an honorable and sue
cessu termination of the war by sending into the coun
Try Of our adversary to produce intestine difficulty
valor but by suffering the return Of whose tyranny
bad compelled the people TO exile hun, IN the hope that
that return would be attended by intestine difficulty
by revolution, involving the country in civil warn-
voving in stu greater embarrassment than that created
BY the with us, and 10 induce them TO enter INTO
peace, which if united he feared we might not be able
TO conquer Well Santa Anna goes, accompanied by a
troop OF olcershe passes blockade by order OF the
/ President of the United States The moment he got
there, he is found giving aid and comfort to the enc
my, for he is enabled to do by this act OF our own
President. He puts down all opposition. The country
apparently rises as at his bidding. All the re-
sources OF the nation are put under his command The
strumenay of hisact the President OF the United States
and Santa Anna stands the chosen leader and most
approved soldier that Mexico for years had boased at the
head OF thirty or forty, thousand men He leads the
country His will, by the very physical force which he
is able 10 WELD, must be the will of the nation
What the will Of the nation in fact is.how firm i'm,
and resolved their determination TO die IN the last
dchno senator can doubt, who heard on another and
recent OCCASION what read by the senator ron New
try There he's There have not the means as yet TO
meet him. In MAY last fifty thousand mena he asked
were placed at the command OF the President OF the qnl
ted States. He calls out but triiing quota. Up TO
November last his War Secretary writes that they want
no Five days afterwards ten additional regiments
were called into the field and as soon as we meet here
ten additional regiments of regular troops demanded
How long will be before we get the first miske it IS
hard TO tell, but will take time TO raise that force
Now, what is 10 be done Ny friend, the senator from
Arkansas, says that there may be difficulties in the way
of ehec,ing peacehat they may be unwilling 10 give mp
any territory won by their vaor, and portions Of literally
mmed by their blood But there is one way of accom-
pishng it. The army is in the ascendant Santa Anna
is at the head If the army is paid, they may be wiling
and they may be able TO make peace. Willing-how
Santa Anna BEING the President of the republic, by the
force OF that army, may put down the opposition. Buy
no the enemy then--pay this chosen leader OF Mexico
the price that he demands You get such peace as
the says he has indicated the antceden part OF
/ his remsikA--a peace ndemnfying the United States
for the expenses OF this war; and the debt due to our
citizens BY the government OF Mexico, by ccsson of
territory. Now Mr.. President, let me put IT TO the sen
aor from Arkansas what would he say if Mexico should
have act such this, approprlang three millions 10
buy peace with the United Satesstatng upon its face
by its commentary, that they expected to accomplish
it BY buying off Zachary Taylor and his troops Would
not the whole nation be in fury of Indignation at such
an attempt 10 tamper with troops Peace cannot be
made saws the SENATOR practically IN the present state OF
thngs-the difficulties insuperabethe character OF
the peace which we demand, and which alone we will
take renders these obstacles entirely nsupenbebut by
dsmembement of the territory of the But there
one way accomplish it. We have intelligence from
the President to the Congesthat such peace can be
obtained. What, then, is the intelligence which war
rants this particular bill and this accompanying common
tayl Intelligence that the President of the United States
can buy up this armyhe can put end to this war and
get much territory he wants Now, ask my hon
oable friend the senator from Michigan when he comes
to repy-for know he will Notwithstanding his present
misgivings-[a taught ask him. soldier full OF
the soldiers pride; ] ask him as a statesman,
imbued with staesman's elevated feeling, If he would
consider peace obtained in that way, honorable
peace or if he would regard it peace obtained by
cannot but have been suggested the Senate and that
the inquiry how hashappened that when in the month OF
! July last-I think il was Juy-[A SENATOR August ]
Well, then, when in the month of August last Santa