The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-01-26

moral rstribution. The President had ssted with Q
view to his aggrandssment and to the Of
~ but In doing 70 he has been the cause
man who ever lived. He would now read from paper
the Baltimore Sun, Of this morning, oontsinins the
was charmed to mark difference Of language with re-
gard to . PROSTATE foe, by man who had achieved
By the President, who i not satisfied unless he can
plunge ms steel n the very t.ls Of MEXICO On the
ION o. snls month General Taylor said In bis speech
bring the war to speedy restore peace
and smity between two psighboring republics. Every
Here the Chsirmsn's hammer amer fsl With startling
efect and cut short the remarks Of Mr.. Barrow, his
hour having been expended
MIR. BARRow-ln write 1t out-(Laughter)
There was |. contest for the floor which was BY the
DErENcE OF THE PRESIDENT
Nh. FEArHERsroN entered into defence Of the Pre-
dents the resolution asking for information
in relation to the return of Santa Anna to Mexico He
replied to his colleague (Mr Tompkins) and said that
the President had not withheld any information from
tho House which the House had right to demand The
return without any agreement between them How,
then dd the that he can sustain the
information In his possession and had withheld
but that which relates to the treaty making power.
fors hem to those they look to determine the
justice of the Washington, Monroe, and jackson,
- 3 'm.r 70 that or the s
given to the enemy by the declarations Of Of
citsens IL fact that speeches Of certain dis
city Of Mexico was taken found Ied away among the
most important archives Of the Mexican government,
be preserved for all time, be by succeeding
generations Such speeches encouraged and excited the
spirit Of that people doubt exist of this copous
extracts from Mexican papers chow that certain opin
ions here have been adopted there, declaring that the
unnecessary and unconstitutional They were
encouraged to believe that the people would not stand
party would succeed In bsining tho power Of the
government, who would give to Mexico satisfactory
ter 81 ns'f were the IMP S made on
part was inevitable and 1t was just The President did
all he could to avert It, Mr. Festherstone said he had
gentleman from New Hampshire (Mr Tuck) the
slavery question; but no-he assaed the President be-
the President was not willing yield the public
interests of the to the Interests of the whg
party and for this he denounced as traitor The
honorable gentleman was notified that his hour had
come, by the falling Of the charmau's hammer)
Mr. DIXON obtained the floor (Criss Of Let's riss"
The CHAIKMAN-will, the gentleman yield the floor
. MIR pIxosIi am willing to accommodate myself to
The CHAIRMAN-Ge Gentlemen will please come to order
Mr.. DIroS-(At the request Of several members)-I
Mr.. POLLOCK moved that the committee rise But at
ten minutes pss three O'clock the motion disagreed
Mr.. DIXON, Of Connecticut proceeded to expose the
miscellaneous of the President to the movement Of
our troops to tho Rio Grands The war was either
effort was made TO cause to appear that Mexico oom-
menced 1t, to exonerate tho President Congress
told BY the President In May that war existed" No
resolutions admitting Texas into the Union would not
have been adopted II the boundary question had not
been lett open The treaty rejected in the Senate
for the principal that by its adoption Mexican
soil claimed to be American, would be annexed to our
country. Texas into the Union with the express
that the question Of boundary to be
the President to take 1t upon himself The President
left the Oregon question be settled by the proper
thorty and this Of the Texan boundary should have
been settled In the way He denied that the order
to neral Taylor given after tho President had
ceived information of the final rejection Of Mr. Slde
was resolved snd he referred to documents to prove
the positon The President gave up portion Of Ore
gon although he said title to all OF 1t clear and
unquestonable" and then took steps to make up the
Mr. Dixon alluded to the fact that British captain
was dismissed from service by the British government
because no took as neral Paroles to Vera
man who permitted to land there far greater-Ssnts
Anna himself" [Nlr Buchanan here made his appear
at the main door but either slipped into the
Hobbies or out into the rotunda MIR Dixon re-
ferred to the opinions Of c. j. lngerso Silas Wright
Senator Benton, and other democrats, to show that
the boundary of Texas did not extend to the Rio
Grande Much had been raid about tie treaty
made between tho Texans and Santa ANITA. Now sup
that tho President had been at the battle Of Buena
Vita had lost the day. ana had been taken prisoner
and that while held SUCH he had made treaty with
the Mexcaus. making the boundary Of Mexico extend
to the Mississippi Would countrymen submit to
that! Well Ssata Anna had more power to make
treaty with the Texans The Mexican Congress passed
law stating that they would not consider the treaty Of
santa Anna to bs binding. General Jackson did not
cor slider that treaty Of any eject but Mr. Polk did and
relied upon Is an argument to support his claims to
the Rio Grande. Mr.. Dixon, like the gentleman who
preceded him. cut short by the fall Of the Speakers
hammer.
The Committee rose, aad the House. at o'clock ad.
journed.