The Middlebury galaxy. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1848-1850, 1848-03-21
WAsHlNoroN. March u. 1913.

The President has approved The Mexlcan
Treaty lust ratified by the Senate. ACab-
met Council was called on Saturday, which
| concurred with The Pr residents views, aud The
Treaty has been dispatched 10 -Nexico. for
| ile action OF The President and Congress OF
thai remnant of a nation.
The vote on The Treaty, which | have al
| ready Sent you. vas. | think, correct. though
he seal of secrecy has not been taken Oft.
There is some doubt about The vote Of Lewis
Df Alabama. Ii / am correct there were q
Loros, II Wings voting for The treaty: I Lo-
cos andI7 Wings ~voihefngainsl ii. MIR, Han
ueEan. when his name was first called. ans
Nerch in a very emphatic tone 80" y hich
ne alter wards changed TO "Yes."-Mr. Lew
is also voted No" but | believe changed il
ai,er@ard. Had Mr.. Lewis and MIR. Hanne-
gan stood firm on Their FIRST votes, and had
he 4 absent Senator, who were opposed ioi',
been present, lie Treaty. would have been
rejectrd by a vote cr37 10 70. So it had a
very narrow escape. Dr.. Houston was alb
sem, cnmpiimeniing the y Yankees" Of New
Hampshire on tie lhieving propensilics Of
their ancestors. h.r. PcaTrt WAS out Ol town.
Mr.. Phelps WAS absent from sickness and
Mr.. Clayton was confined TO hns room, bat
had seat orders TO have himself called when
the vote vas taken, should The result depend
Oh his vote. The ahSenlerF. sou viii see,
were one Loco and three Wigs. All the
Hb-en;ees were opposed 10 The Treaty. tii-
teen States voted unanimously Tor il, three
States unanimously againsI 1t and len were
divided or hut III parl present. 1t WAS curl
Gus. however, 10 SEE COrWin aud Allen vo-
ling together. and Webster aud john Davis
voting against each other!
The Treaty is passed, though | know Of
40 Senator Wio approves OF il. 1t Is, there
lore ratified. though not aprrovedhy The Sen
ate. The Administrative folks were in great
Consideration Tor lear Of lis rel c ior. Ituas
negotiated by n recalled AMI Gisgraced agent:
il was written by British hands, on British
iapeT, by Il British pen. Was this llic reas-
ga ol Folks fear Of lis rejection. while he
busters about no foreign interference on this
continent? There WIS Il large reception al
The ~ hiIc House on Friday evening. When
'he news Of The ratification was brought in.
Sir. Polk almost tainted al all events. he lell
The cnnplny lor some time, but returned
quite composed.
Il is supposed ihntlhc Treaty as ratified
prniecis the celebrated MrNamara grant.
Tie Tree exercise Of all religious opinions is
g~uar?u'eed.
1t Is rather too bad 10 have British agents
20 work upon The iearso # Mr.. Polk thai he
coniPe!s his OWN party, even against Heir
loud representations. To pay Mexico $4,000.
600 for what we do not want, und what she
did not own.
] have net had line 10 comment upon the
row between Two Loco Focos IN The House
on Friday, n few hours before lhe Senate rat
lfed the Peace. | believe both The men berg
are very quiet, inofieusive men. Gen. Cass
said. some lime since, thai il was worth all
this war had cost us in blood and money for
the reputation we had got abroad as IA fight
ing people. The House though; thew would
keep up our credit while the Senate wa. dis
grazing us MS a patton by going for Peace
in The ewes Of a civilized world
The remarkable speech ever made in
Congress was made on This occasion by Mr..
Rockhili oflndiana. Hesaid il was Tie first
iiue he ever felt like addressing the House.
and p rhaps lie should never feel so a1ain.
He begged therefore that The previous ours>
ZION might not seal his mouth when The in
spira'Ion Was on him. His u rent urnyer
WAS answered. but all he had 10 saw. was
that people will fight ill you stop The human
race and he would not make such condurr
liable 10 expulsion. for he nigh; vet be ex-
PEELED himself for hitting somebody. This
he illustrated by a flourish Of The fists after
Inc manner Of The boxing ring which would
have done creli; 10 hose whose heads we're
less white With age than his.
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