The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1847-01-05

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9dsrPfcn should guido and direct them-she fact thai
A1y MI already grained full authority to increase ths
army 10 Tie number Of sixteen thousand and had failed
s ss ssS sSS1a .% Sy sy granted e.. fs
precisely ii the terms in which 1t had been presented
bat fAfe Vas ability Or power anywhere to raise ten
seT ey;dence could be presented He, for one did no,
believe Tie regiments could be raised;
Mt. j. r. MGERS0LL here asked the floor for mo-
e Ss ss nany IS * So
snd men had been enlisted within the last few months
Therefore the presumption that they would be able
to raise these men without any great delay He (Mr.
y had aprefersnce ior the regular soldier. That was
Mr. HAAlLIN proceeded. He held in his hands the
messGe ii the President with the accompanying docu-
mentxs communicated to them the Sth Of December
No. He found accompanying the message the report OF
the Secretary of War By that report they were inform
"a, that up to that period of tne but about twenty-five
Authisy was given the session of Congress- in
the rank and flo Of the regiments in the regular ser
Sssn ssndsd with the Desired effect When Ied up 70
as s w but
doss exceed lOsoo Thewant obcter success In
iss number Il pyoisnsssrs which, has, n he ssn s
bcsn called out TIE volunteer service regarded gene
amy and as long volunteers are expected 70 be called
VIZ b; fu e Al The snts o. 5egaI De res rms q
service modified small pecnniary bounty given at the
1.: ss Z ssd emo most
Probably equally favorable result would flow from an
s e g. end s
war pras9med there are many thousand patriotic cit
M hey could return g tie Of civil M At is close
sis not possible 10 oreel, with much precision what
de ensuing year The estimates the Secretary
Of the Treasury have been made upon the present estab-
total Sre Of ss exclusive of ensied mon Of ordnance
upon ten additional regiments to be raised TO serve 70 the
contingent force Of ten Thousand volunteers be
ined nner existing laws and called into service fneeed
mat was the state Of their army at the time the report
RI ss e sn than thai
men under the provisions which already existed He
Mr. H. was told BY his friend on his right that he was
N regard 70 e NUMBER s sr ncn naa he
&c would find that only about twenty-five hundred had
ao nj would how he n Ss n the
was only about twenty five hundred greater than was
MI HARRISON remarked that the gentleman made
no calculation for those who went out Of the service.
Mr. HAMLIN, in answer to the chairman of the COM
mttee believed he had fair Offset to his remark, and
ing line IF military posts on the road from Missouri
Oregon. had been swallowed up by the army Before
a asss shs Se granted lie sG number ea q a
posed it would answer the purpose required He doubt
ed very much whether it would But in addition to
what lie Secretary Of War said on the passage Of law
increasing the rank and file Of the army, he (dr H.
was fortified BY his present report He spoke-what
every man knew-in the highest terms Of the luster
which the volunteer CORPS had shed upon their arms
abroad They had literally covered themselves with
glory. They had sustained great and substantial inter-
estshe rights Of this peopeand had gained for them
selves an imperishable renown What was it but the
volunteers of the western country that stormed the works
of Montercyl What but the conduct of brave and gal
liant men that led to the triumph of American arms on
that occasions They had it endorsed in full by the
report Of The Secretary Of War, coming up to the
mark, and stating clearly and distinctly that they
had done ali thai Ind been expected OF them r.
then they had done all that was expected of them
and he hoped they hadand thew were told that they
well fortified by the language of the Secretary OF War
himself But he would come directly to the Question
the question of executive patronage Although the Pres
den Of the United States was now the President of his
choice he was now and always in favor Of restricting
This he believed was the doctrine Of the old Jeersoni
ana Il seemed to him that there was no necessity for
placing The appointment Of four hundred officers IN the
banda o the Execye Ia be welded for rood or evil as
the case might be- though II be exercised with ali the
The power Of man to exercise such an extended power
r;thnuf ahusnr Il IN acme cases Nor was there the
s0hteat necessv for itnot that he woud question The
wiSdom Of the Appointments which had been made Who
e had never heard the first complaint that they had not
acn,;tted themseyes valiantly and bravely hey had
.lrvr lad their forces ana had not one IN the rear The
yvnrd with them had been ssyounfeers we'll pos--no
ssvnu 10 . There was and could be. No complant Of
ssyss hev haS fIly reazed The houes which had
been Entertained of them And now he asked # II was
NJ rnnsdarafon which shn,d address itsef m them
one which shoud. in fact. be Imperative upon them
there were other considerations in The matter which eve
y