The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1848-04-12
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y m'He ihtH 10 hhrfn MEXICO.
E Mr.. CASS, lin his seai.)-True.
e Mr.. EBS1 ER.--it is rruel Very
I we'll, thought as much Now The 70 .naik.
r able CHARACTERISTIC Of his speech which
makes II 20 much Mexican speech ls, thar
: the gentleman spoke il IN the hearing OF
. Mexico, as well as in The hearing of the
Senate. We have Teen accused, cir. of be.
. ing " Mexican Wings" ersu.e wha, va
seY here is heard by Mexico. and aeaco
derives couutrnence and support ifom What
is SAID here. But the b noiatle a.sn.bcr
comes forth and tells Meaico that his o5.
Ject is 10 iti.h,en her HIS words have
passed along the wiIes-ihey ste on the
guii-ihey are floating away 10 Vera Crvz,
and when they get there. they will satisfy
the Mexicans that after sIl-alier all, "ye
coed Mexlcans our principal object is TO
brighten you" And 10 The tnd that they
may not be frightened too much, he gives
them notice that the oiject j. to Tighten
them Mr.. President, when Saug, the Join.
eI, VAS TO represent The lion, aud roar on
the stage, be was quite sprrehersirs thai
be nigh, too much frigtien ''ihe duchess
3
VICE of his coprads one Nicholas Eol,om.
he wisely concluded The in the he, and fu-
~ Of his effort, be would shos enc hall his
face and say" Ladies, fsr ladies', would
"ish you, or would request you, or
would en,fest you, not 10 iear, not 10 ifen.
be; ny lie for you're, Il sou hink come
h;hct as lion, il were pity Of my life
No, am no such thing; am a nan as 9TH
ef nen ave; I'm Snug, the joiner"
But, sir, in coy v!eS Of Ibis case-in my
view Of The proper policy Of this aovernment
according 10 eny mans apprehension and
judgment, where is the necessity Of this
augmentation Of regiments Of the military
force Of The country hold 10 my hand
no'e-I suppose substantially correc,-of
the pfesen, military forces of The U. States.
will not youch for lis entire accuracy, but
| belle vo It is substantially according 10
fact. There are nov twenty five regiments
Of regula, troops Of vatious arms, which,
If full, would give Us force Of $500 rank
and file, aud, including Ulcers, thirty thou
SAID and odd men. These, with The ex-
ceprion of six or seven hundred men, ara
nov all wthou, the limits OF The U. States,
in field service 10 Mexico, or on The ron,e 10
Mexico. These regiments are no, full. Cas-
ua)tes and the climate have sadly reduced
their numbers. If the recruiting service
would now yield zen Thousand men, il would
40, more than fiji up those regiments so a.
TO give The field officers their full command,
understand, sir, that the repot. from Gen.
Scot;-GeGerai Scott A nan that has
performed the r,est brilliant eAmpaign in
against the enemy-warred against tho
ciimeie-warted against thousand unpro.
pi'Ious circumstances aud carried the fac
of his country TO the capital OF honor and
the erea. credit OF bis country General
Scott! And where is hel AT Pueba A,
Puebia, undergoing an inquiry before his
Interiors in office, aud other persons moi in
Office; while the high powers that be exer-
cised, and exercised with so much disiinc.
ton, are turned over 10 another! do not
neon 10 say on unworthy genileman.--bus
his interior 10 military rank and station.
But, General Scott, as | understand, that
IN February, there we're twenty thousand
regular troops under his commend and en-
route. And the thirty regiments OF volun.
.eefs, and If full they would make thirty
four thousand men, officers included over
thirty five thousand, and there would be a
force Of regulars ard volunteers amounting
10 no, less than tity FIVE thousand or sixty
thousand men, including the recruits on Tho
way. Ii my information be evaci--and the
honorable member from Michigan can cor.
rec, ne If it be not ~ presume that is cor
FEBRUARY General Scot, had IN.
der HIN IN Max,co thirty thousand troops
troops are regularly officered. There 10
no deficiency of officers 10 the line or in the
staff. They arr all full. Whatever def.
cheney there is, consists of men. Now, sir,
there is plausible reason for saying that Il
is difficult, 10 recruit, at home for the supply
Of DEFICIENCIES in the volunteer regiments.
Il will be said that volunteers choose TO en-.
lie, under officers Of their own SELECTION
that they 90 not incline to enlis. here as in-
dlvidual volunteers, when the regiment is a.
broad under officers of whom they know
nothing. There may be something in that,
bu, pray, to VIA, does that CONCLUSION lead 7
Does il not lead TO this, that all those vol.
uu,eer corps must moulder away SO far az
the prtvaies are concerned ard come to
nothing; meantime the places Of the CON-
miSsioned officers are continually filled the
regiments being full of officers, although
the privates, By casualty or by disease, are
reduced to be less in number than the Off.
GERS thcmselyesl Bet, however that may
he, 10 regard to The recruiting for the reg.
lar se,yice you can fill up the regiments by
pay and bounty, according TO existing laws,
OF new laws, II new laws he necessary.
There is no reason upon earth why we
Should now create five hundred new officers
for the purpose of getting ten thousand new
men. There are officers 10 commaEd them.
All that is wanted is men and there 10 a
place for thtA tnen, and suppose that no
uenjlemap can stand 10 here CO else here