The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-03-18
THIRTIETH CONGRESS.
FIRST SESSION
Senate.

| FIRST SESSION.
Senate.
WAsHrNGroa, March TO- ls4s
| Cold morning for March. The last three days have
been the hardest of the Mr. Calhoun In to speak
to day. and the galleries usual when he the aosr
are filled before the meeting OF the Senate. Quite
nun Der Of ladies on the floor below the range
outside the bar. There Is charming young creature
right before your porter across tho way in the circular
gallery, that distinct emphatic and delicious Anglo
Saxon face in the blue bonnet and the auburn curls
Mr. Webster looks very thin and psle He has suffered
| much of late, in body and mind
During the morning hour, petitions reports bills &c.
were presented read and referred and sundry resou
lions were offered, which lie over till tomorrow.
BILL OF DEFICIENCIES
On motion of MIR. ArHERroN, House bill for sup.
plying certain deficiencies in tho appropriations made
the last session for tho current year was taken up
Several amendments proposed by Mr.. ArHERror, were
| agreed to.
Mr.. BRErsE moved to amend, by inserting q CLAUSE
providing for the appointment Of eight additional
to the General Land Office and in support of the
| tion two letters were read, one from the Commits.
'ioner Of the Land Office and from the Secretary Of
the Treasury. Agreed to.
|
The question then REQUIRED the motion of Mr.
Benton 20 change the appropriation in the bill from
that for the support of Charge d'Afaires to
sum equivalent for the support full mnstcr-in 9TH
er words, changing tho appropriation for mission to
Rome from S2l 900 TO S3l GOO
Mr. BENTON submitted few pointed remarks in sup
port Of his motion The minister might have other and
various duties confdsd to him In the Papsl States be-
sides the mere duties offs minister at Rome
l. Mr.. BADGER opposed the amendment Gu,
mercs with the Papal States required minister to
promote it protect It, 1t scarcely amounts to $780,
900 year We have three coDsuls in the Pspa States
sufficient to take Of commercial interests. Az
for the recent political events at Rome there
thing to be gained either By Ourselves by tho people
OF Italy, In r1nster TO Rome. The Pope of Roms
the sutccra. thst he had always been he had not
surrendered single prerogatye Of his absolute autho
power had been changed to . concession to the
people. The only thing In which he differed from
n, s vsa t y Z. .s sn-r
authority He opposed to this proposition, because
the people this country would regard 1t as new reia
ton entered into bstween the government OF the Unea
States and tho Sovereign pontih OF Rome the psoPio
would regard it as the establishment OF different poll
CT toward tbs Catholic Church from everything which
existed bereofors between this COVER ana al
this mission as departure that provision Of this
constitution which gives q general liberty to all rei-
gious organizations, and ~ violation OF TINS prn-
cpls of non. intervention to great degree lie
thought that there political necessity for TINS
appointment and that no advantages were TO be derf
we'd from it. There had been no political smeno-
rations Of the secular authority Of the Pope sufi
cient to authorize this mssion-thers wss no COM
merce between United States and the Roman States
,uficlentto Justify There was perhaps domestic po
tica object to be compassd by this proceeding Insrs
some Thousands Of Catholic voters III 'ne United
States and their influence In agenera election ~ not 10
bs dsregarded But in every view OF the suoJ,ct no
was opposed to the projsct-he opposed TO in nal
mister and to . charge because II the appointment or
either would not be mschisvous it promised no com
results and appeared 10 him with the eonsus
which We had In the ltasn Ssaies 70 Dc N nsn9n.
amendment to change the ocer 10 Kone Iiom charB'
to a fun mins'er -, ,,.
Mr. CRIrrEvpEN did not know why a full minister
should BE- appointed to Rome when Denmark, Sweden,
tho Netherlands, and Austria, that great central
power Of Europe had nothing higher than Charge d's
.8taires. ,.,
merce Of the Tiber In proposing ms an oaaea' re
tbs eams as that of our Tber (The little brook which
comes down by the railroad depot and smptles INTO tne
canal under Pennsylvanis avenueb Tho senator rom
New York sir MIR Dix) who has been 20 Rome, seJs
hat the commerce of her Tber s rather larger than
he trade of our liter sughtor) 1t was not In re-
g,rS sntTelv TO that city which had 20 long proudly
sood at head Of the world aud for many ages pas
no head the Christian church-t was not connnea
TO Rome, which had acquired tao name OF the etefnai
o;ty-but bis proposition looked to all ltaiy-to the
whole boot, sirthe whole peninsula ever
which we have o very scanty diplomatic repretef,
tation WHY cir, we have u Charge &c Napier, ana
from there we skip Rome to the Cis- Alpine as
lets. at the foot Of the Alps, whore find another
~ Tnr,n Here "a great cop. SIR from the Gulf Of
rsrenum to the foot of the Alps The whole OF Itay
embraces about twenty millions OF people; Iney are
divided and subGvded into s:yera powers but we NAYS
no general diplomats representative among them ny
sending minister to Rome shall In some degree IN
ubstapce II net in form, supply the general dencency
~ y,siv t,sf such we're tho considerations which In
duced Nix B to propose minister 70 hone0i H' s"'
est rank a.. ,.., ~ ,-,o-,,,ur
I'D that the bill of ten regiments be taken up loh no.
Mr. II AZ boped the bill would be passed before
he vote was taken the amendment proposed by the
senator from Missouri
Mr. CAss.-Csrteinly We want to pass the ten reS'-
rents to-day if We can.
The bill was passed By informally, and the Senate took
p the bill OF
TIE TEN REGIMENTS.
Mr. CALHOUN rose and said. lspeech given IN tsle'
graphic report Of proceedings
Mr. JOHNSON, Of George had intended to speak upon
ais BILL but Il the Senate desrsd to take the vote TO-
day, he would cheerfuly give way
Mr. CALHOUN hoped tbs bill would be passed by.
MIR BEHRrrv susgsnlsd tia Senate pass th, blu
I'll and that they resume the considers-
ION Of the deficiency bill.
Mr. Cas-. desired 70 crafty the Senator from George,
nut if We only to have speech day on TINS oi,
I'D then fst IL aside, 1t viii take long time 10 get
through with IL. ,
Mir BeRHrEv appealed for the confederation Of the de-
acieucy bill. -. SO,
Mr.. ArHERroN said that important So was that bill,
he bill OF ten regiments had bsen long TINS before the
senate, and It highly important that IL shoua DC
Mr. Foorr~1 suggest that the Senator from Georgia
proceed nov with his remarks.
Me JoHNsoN Of Georgia then rose ana p,oosedea 10
xpress the uneIgned embarrassment, which he felt in
ddrss.ng the Senate ard hoped the senate would par
lou his intrusion from ths fact that he had arrived
ARE but few days before tho senate became daily
,upied ia executive business since wnich time this
,ss the fret opportunity he had had OF expressing his
lew, lie would proceed to show that from the time OF
ne expressions Of Napoleon 1908 invarabe policy
owsrd Mexico had been protective, mssnanimous and
orbeariIg and Tor which had received nothing but
lass ingrstude, unworthy the most implacabe enemy
Easing fton general review OF tbs relations between
he United States and Mexico anterior 70 the Texa
ransactons Mr. Johnson oopteEded that the alterpa
i've adopted by Mexico In reference to Texss agains
Texas aud against the United States the aterns
| i've of He then recapitulated tbs particular
II the negotiations, or attempts at negotiations
nth Mexico the Efforts OF our government % avoid
var and the naticn OF Mexico 70 provoke
MI hazards. lie showed that Mexico was responsible fc
be wsr aud FOX the results Of the Tie argued TIA
he annexation Of contiguous territories had never don
| my harm, but hSd always been OF advantage to IN
country IL ala dread the annexation OF Alsxieo bu
whether Il ultimately annexed or NOS, hs believe
the diffusion OF free principles over this continent
ie cited the well known fable Of sop" OF the old NE