The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-01-21

on The gsnssnsn HON Misssippi and Illinois (Msrs
Thompson and Ficklin) had alluded to the hero Of Mon
reputation Of Gen Taylor in consequence. would not
In his opinion suffer in the slightest degree the nss
differed from him (adr Belly In politics He Mr. b. ad
mrsd his gallsntry, and would not If he could tarnsh
which he had but on Ss su
shall be preserved in history and shine with the same
brancy Of lustre the list Of gallant deeds What
dssisned to supsrssde him by calling into the 6sld
Lieutenant General " proposed BY the gentleman from
Mr. TnoMrsoS-I desire that the gentleman shall not
misspprehsnd me- never intended to convey me IDEA
Taylor~i said that General Taylor by the captuatton
at Monterey. had not acted in the best manner IN the
conduct of the campaigns and that though General But
Ter had not been tried to the same extent he had conf
Mr.. BrLL.-Ihe gentleman had confidence in General
Taylor, who has been tried!
Mr. THoMpsor-I free to confess that not for
now say who 1t is.
Mr.. BELL sgree with the gentleman.
Mr. ed not draw ,ha oeT ,a
Kentucky to run parallel on my authority
Mr.: BELL did net intend to make comparison, but
merely argued from the gentlemans own positions In
stead Of placing millions in the hands Of Santa Anna,
it would be better to give the amount to the soldiers as
premium The people did not desire that the should
be terminated by corruption They wished ended by
honorable combat and wanted no victory but that
ect the Florida the bloodhound war when Osceoa was
almost driven to despair proposition was sent to him
and large S0u%psy . to
but Osceola, holding up the parchment, said " The
Americans speak with forked tongue = and striking
dagger through it, remarked that's Osceolas reply"
SO would it be with Mexico. Let there be millions for
defence, but not cent to Santa Anna for tribute The
gentleman from New York (Mr. Rathbun) asked yes.
terday, how the money for carrying the was to
be raised 1t would have been better to have made the
r repeal the specie CLAUSE Of the and
thus restore confidence in the country, and by this
means we may in great degree, be relieved from our
Mr. srAnKwEArHrR, of Ohio. in reply to Mr. Bell isaid
that we had honored General Taylor Have we not vo
ed him thanks and gold medal And do not all por.
tons Of the country offer their tribute of praise There
seem to be some gentlemen who think Of nothing but
duedoms but for his part he would prefer that Taylor
and Butler should return their country plain demo-
crats and that it be said of those who persisted on the
who fought at Thermopya, they fell in obedience to
the laws Of their country Our army and volunteers do
not fight for money but for their homes their rights
and country One OF the regiments from Ohio was
rnsed in his immediate district tho who composed
it patriotic many of them his equals and the
Of intellect and education Convince the Ohio and the
western regiments that the is just or it ID, and
will resist the whole power Of Mexico like the rock i
he ocean, which is unmoved by the dashng OF the bill
a ss it. IN. rem
lucky said that would have been better to have looked
He tNir. 81 would ask the member where would have
been the liberties Of the country if revolutionary
fathers had paused to make the inquiry where the money
Great Britain? Naked and often without arms, they
relied the justice Of their cause and appealed to the
Mr. Borp otter few remarks, in allusion to the diver
sty Of views entertained moved that the commtte rise
The motion having been sgreed to- the Committee Of
Whole discharged from the further consideration of
the BILL and 1t was referred, with the several amend
ments, to q select committee of five members that they
might report one more acceptable 10 the House.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS AUTHOR OF WAR PREAM.
sLE-Ar rNnERIrArcE-L!w OF NATIONS, ETC.
nItyttn In and ~o draA
the Committee Foreign Affairs relations with
Mr.. RATHBUr said that we had heard many able
speeches on the subec the best talent of the House had
been exercised =, re-, in prOclsming to the ccuntry the
made up definite opinion and therefore they can
ceive but little light on the subject The expense
which the printing will involve had better be applio
TO the prosecution OF the war.
Mr.. c. }. INeERsoLL who offered the resolution
occasion said that the report proposed print
ed took elaborate view Of the causes Of the
tnan any Of the speeches, the Preedents message
e sn
But the edition being exhausted, he unsbe to sup
ply the demand There were not ono million of the
twenty odd millions Of our population who said MOI to
the war The power Of this government great
that Of the Autocrat of all the Russia the Sultan Mo-
strongest 10 the world Congress makes the
wes; the President wages IT, The whole power of the
the wsr; it was declared by vote nearly unanimous
He thought that he might here, en- PEASANT tell lit
tie piece of history He claimed to be the author Of the
much abused preamble to the let Of the 18th Of May
s4e. declaring htt state of war exists between the
United States and the republic of Mexico by the act of
that republic. [That's news to mol II was his sug
gestop, made on Saturday evening The war, in his
opinion, indspenssbly necessary but il not the
countrys war Mr. Folk instead of instigatng the war,
inherited the cause which led to from wings Laugh
ter He had before him on his desk, the executive do.
cuments in them would be found letter, dated March
&C. 1885, from Mr. Clay the Secretary of State of the ad
mnisraton OF Mr. Adams, to Mr. Poinsett directing him
Haba
had series of documents, in volume, showing that
this effort had been persevered in during the succeeding
administrations MessrG Adams and Clay have the honor
for such It wasof proposing to acquire Texas by pur
chase On the 9th of August 1885, during the admins
time to Mexico, was written to the same subject Sc
Our Ministers, from time to time, offered million
then ave and six millions, for that soil precisely
that Mexico has challenged our arms to recover
Mr.. Hunt inquired, to the Rio Grande
Mr. ISoERsoLL:--P ecisely the some Laughter Two
field to prevent fulmen of the destiny OF our coun
try. Adams, Jackson Van Buren,, Tyler, all endeavor.
ed to acquire Texas by purchase, but England and
FRINGE endeavored to prevent the contamination All
our Presidents from Adams down, had been barking
bite Laughterl They knew that the warn aking
power was in Congress He believed that the capture
Of Thornton and the murder of Cross and Porter tended
only TO break the quarrel that long pent up He
ferred to the conduct Of mad Antony Wayne approved
by Washington in 1894 in relation the British and IL.
neral Jackson in akin Barancas belonging to SPAIN q,
justification Of what had been done with regard to the
disputed boundary between the United states and Next
Co He blamed Mr. Polk, IT, for any thing for not going
farther and sooner 1t not only in the history
of republican institutions but in the history Of the world
that army, as has ours, has gone far to meet the
enemy. Though gentlemen have censured Captains
Stockton and Kearney In his opinion they right in
arly all they have done He said this pubcist
a lawyer, who has studied the subject and no did not
speak rashy If any gentleman should quote Vatte in
Parliament he would be laughed at But he had gone
Grous and found that we may so so far when take
possession Of the territory Of enemy TO change
even the religious If we please. Ia ii not advantage
TO them, as ii is glory to us
THE
The hon gentleman having concluded his remarks
the House, motion of Mr.. MCKAY went into commit.
tee Of the whole the state OF the Union and took up
the bill making appropriations for the Indian Department
for the year ending June 80, lslS
The bill was read through whom the committee rose,
for want Of O quorum.
A motion was made that the House adjourn, but il was
disagreed to.
Mr.. HousroN, Of Alabama submitted q resolution to
close the debate in five minutes after going again into
committee and demanded the previous oues tion