Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1848-11-30
THE VOTE OF CENSURE--THE
PEOPLES JUDGEMENT.

On the 30th Of January, lS47, Hon. w.
M. Cooke (Whig) of Tennessee submitted
to the House resolution rendering the
thanks OF Congress to Gen. Zachary Tay.
lor, his officers and soldiers, "for their cour-
age, skill, fortitude and good conduct in
storming the City of Monterrey"
Which Hon. Jacob Thompson of Miss.
moved TO amend by adding the following:
"Prorided That nothing herein contained shall
be construed into appreciation of the terms of
the capitulation of Monterey" - .. ..
This amendment was advocated on the
ground that General Taylor had manifested
weak humanity in allowing Mexican
army greatly superior in numbers to his
own to abandon their stronghold unmoles-
ted and surrender him that important and
strongly fortified City, well stored with
munitions of war. This amendment was
carried, in defiance of the opposition of all
the Wings and some others, and the resou-
ton of thanks to the Army, thus CONVEX
ted into one of censure for General Taylor
was sent TO the Senate for concurrence
A motion was there made to strike out this
dishonoring Proviso, and carried by the aid
of Mr.. Calhoun and several Southern Lo-
cofocos-the Nays being as follows:
NAYs-Messrs Allen, Ashley, Atchison, Ather-
ton, Bagby. Breese, Bright, CASS, Dix, Hannegan,
Niles, Sewer, Sturgeon, Turney and Yulee-15-
Cong. Globe, I'd Sess. 29A, Congress, p.3ls.
A substitute for the resolution was then
moved by Mr.. Webster. 1t was
"That the thanks of Congress are due and are
hereby rendered, to Major General Zachary TAYLOR
his officers and men, for the fortude, SKILL enter
prise, and courage which distinguished the late
brilliant military operations upon the Rio Grande."
1t was adopted, the Nays being as fol-
lows:
NAYs--Messrs. Allen, Ashley Atchison, Ather-
ton. Bagby, Benton, Breese, Bright, CASS, Chal-
mers, Dix, Fairfield Hannegan, Houston, Niles,
Rush, Sewer, Soule, Speght, Sturgeon, Turney
Westcott and Yulee-23.- Cong. Globe, as above.
Gen. Cass then saw the growing popu-
larity of Gen. Taylor, and having the
Presidency in view, his ambition overleap-
ed all sense of propriety, justice, and hon.
or, and he voted not only against striking
out the unjust imputation in the proviso of
Thompson, but also against simple reso-
luton of thanks to Gen. Taylor, his officers
and soldiers
They have both recently been before the
people, and Gen. Cass has been left in the
distance by Gen. Taylor, about One Hun.
dred thousand Votes
Thus do the People stand by the sol.
diers who defend the common country
Thus do they rebuke those who would tar
nish their name and fame
The Washington Union, of the 18th con.
tains the following:-- ....... .
THE REsuLT.--The National Intelligent
Ger of yesterday morning claims the cleo
ton of General Zachary Taylor as Presi-
dent of the United States. We know Of
no cause to gainsay this proclamation
On the contrary, the telegraphs of yester-
day deprive US of one prop after another.
North Carolina, Louisiana and Tennessee,
all said to be gone:
"What though our masts be all blown overheard
Our anchors from their fast mornings dragged,
And half our sailors buried in the flood
Yet lives our pilot still"
1t will be great consolation to the fol-
lowers of the Union who were deceived by
father Richie, up TO the day of the cleo
ton, to know their Pilot still lives And
although they have TO "give up the ship"
and their money, yet they will find conso-
lation in the fact, the d" flag still flies~
North Carolina, Louisiana, Tennessee,
all said to be gone" If father Richie
were TO make oath that he ever believed
either of these States would vote for Cass,
we should think the little discretion he ev-
er had, had given way to the chimeras of
second childhood. But we do not think
that he, or any reasonable, well informed
man, ever thought they would vote for
Cass; but duty to The party" required they
should be stouty claimed, and that duty
was wrecklessly performed, at the cost of
the money of his too credulous readers.
What can't be helped, must be endured.
They can take such consolation as he gives
them--pay up their debts, and
"Join the song all the States along,
o carry HIM back to old Virginny."
ARKANSAS SENATORS.
We learn from the Little Rock, Arkansas
that Scion Borland has been elected Uni