The Arkansas banner., 1848-03-07

- - AsA~s, Was " ulM egoaelAfav s.. tAlf. Rsasee bad somswh1s siaieplta th, - y..se pefscus Iessding on the Rio GrAuds h.a to - Nss Corpus Christi oT San Pafvieio for iss,;.. " . ls tend 10 ordinary matters of eoakts kn,in.. - . se would ,eii that gentlemah, thas the popal.,;.. ae nos @ very thick ss to have msut eeanss s..,. q wss nothing Co what he had ssGa ia K S'.. ~ n tsil, Inc eonny seat ef the ssais of A,hs~..ss State of Missoaii; sad hs was inEorsS k n A: the old settiers. that peFsons iron ahove As ..s ked river were summoaed ss grand iaro,s .ss s s'1 to attend the court as New Msirid ir.v,II,s- s lance os over twelve Aandfed miles hy w.,s, - = over nya hundred miles by land, for tke pnr,,s - attending % gIand jurers. Tr0m this. ne Ss..,s. irom Maryland could see that even in our on =. ", the people have he'd to travel much rre,isr n t.nees to attend courts. than would say ps,.oe. ,. m1o,ne on tDe Rlo Gfende. to % te cerpas Chr, This vas in leil; and sinee tken, tn his own s;s" ne knew of many such enses. The State of a,l.s sas bad been si0ce ihen struck o from the p,,..,. ctate of Missouri, ard as the population ksd "a creased. county seata established and the S,aI, .. divaded oa into districts these vast disaucea !. =. once sad on this floor by the Senator from Mi.so.s 'had been growing lees ever since"
 MT. Jefferson --''Beauiifuily les-."
 FIT; Sevier--Well, sir. "beauilfaliy lsss;a ... ssps Me amendmeni It was urged that the whOl. "s@S W&% tttS uf1er 10 N@eH. TAWtnR lie differed materially with the Rentle,nas w,... this point He would rsfer them to the l..,eyF "S Comm9dore. Conner. then h command of tAe a,.. Of sosersatlen. that the information he r~oeiv.s rom Vera Cruz Was that the country of Ts~.- was to Do invaded. Also, to tae proelamu,,s. ~ Gen. Ampudia, of1he 27th of March. d San I.u,. Reiosi. which was issued few days afsss Tavlm, arf1vai on the kao Grands, which arrival, Aewevs, was aeknewn to Ampudia. That psoclamasion ds. Rfnre6 hfa tfnn t.sf f..r. ln W and that the canse ef his march was the unIae ,.' nsxaison Of that country by the U. staies ress,,. g'ent- Mr. s. said that it had bsea saia by tA. Senator from Marylaud, Mr. Johnson, fwhe Aaa advocated the prosecution of the war kut whs h,A complained bitterly. that Cen. Taylor had nc, hs.s sent to the Rio Grande with force safEclep. s scare the Mexicans of, and fsighten them of f,p. crossing the Rio G,ande. This was, In the evinIo. of Mir B., very unkind: when 1t would bs ssen lt,n the documents before him, that ten. TayIo, v,. instructed to call upon the Governors sf Louislsua Texas, Kentucky. and Tennessee. for any amour, of troops he may desire. But Con. Taylor hsa u1 he dld not want any troops. Cen. Caiaes had s.ut him sotne few companies. which aet Gen. Tsyl., disapproved of, for he did not desire thcm, n. Governors of those States had been advised by ,h. War Department 10 honor any hrafts for men Hhch Gen. Taylor might make apon them. If thessoa. tor Iron Maryland were in his ssat. he would ssy stset hh opSNAth# tAttf et tH8 Wnf nc made one great political blunder. and he woua now advise him not 10 make another by lnveIshnr against the military skin and foresgh of Geo. lev for. Mr. Sevier thought that he had now gone ey,, saeiently the hlssory of the war 10 show that h. President has managed these whole affairs sInee ,A. commencement of the administration. He ihearAt the President had shown his ingness to ssssis d difficulties pcarsably; his whole cearse has been sse of peace, and no other maa could have asisd d,. oNnfAu etfmrs An Ama AsNa H.. L-- ted boldly, firmly, and with the nimoss prudeu<. and caution; and this. too In spite ef the iasnls and taunts showered upon him. He has scssd vlA prudence, for he hos received mora insal,s isunl Mexico than any other hebding hle posiIion ever r eeived, and more than he hoped any ether nal would bear from sny nation. Ne thought thal iA.| management of tiis war was aRot:.,r peint on wAsA the President had been arraigned, but this was aa moro just thnn the ether accusations. A eerasI amount of money, and . certain number ef m,s' were placed in his hands by Congress to prosscua{ this var. He took them and disposed ef them ' he thought the best. and the eenSequence vas ha the result had bsen, that he had conquered nsaal. she whole of the enemy's county. This TesultAal been achieved in the face oi an opposition wiIhssa ! example. At inc very time the wsT was deenM the President was served with aszotiee. The spI ponents of the war said they would not discas Aa question then, but after the war was ever iAsl WONtu HUI tMS GseAzaCtkt tt aCtoNut= IVY F~tI poned the question then. But this silence did M remain long; they soon <ousme need to threw ssiuu upon the President and the war. The eppoasns of this war had written long treaties upon As climate and the diseases of the Mexic~u country. stupe ndous deserters and impossible mountains and fer what rurpossl Was It not for the purss of deterring men from joining the armies ,hsn sr ing raised for this warf We'll, sir, this oppesIR hm been kept pp, al the time from that day ts Ih
 kaa ,9l bring about an honorable peace. The two mlIs bili sndthen the three millions were npposed, ss the bills for supplies; and yet. with all this opps siiion, he had accomplished the most brilliant r suits Mir. ScyieT would come now te the ns part of his speech. What s the object oi ths vu It is speedy and honorable peace-s pescs vhd ! shall give as the indemnities due to our eistn and 10 some extent. al ltsst, the expenses vi war. This inds mnity in the aggregate, was rs posed 10 take in territory, and this territory, last year 1t proposed, should not exceed the s
 ot New Mexico and California. The President sI then, that these territories would have been sus cient and even after the battle of Buena Vista, l the fall of Vera Cpuz. these terms would hase be
 accepted And before the fall of Mexico. bsisE i in money, to gsenter amount than would pss 1 psorosed, would have bscn paid ts Mexico Sa to l territories required Of her. Atthe opening sf h
 session, the President had amply detailed tae shs ! ouulcNt VI tBS W hf effu ts WI Nt"A this subject and the views expressed by Ai E
 regarding the objects of the President towards Mel | co.
 Mir. Bell rose to explain. He supposed thai
 President was opposed to any peace that we eos
 now get. because no existing government ih sfI
 co had the power to grant the security Iequifesi
 security that We should have a permsnea, pssd 1 with Mexico, and that there should be heresih
 necessity to 20 to war with Mexico ot wiih | body else iR reference to that county.
 Mr. Scvier.--Exactiy; andefstand the ssn's
 Mir. Beli--The reason why had supposed ih'
 miDistration would sct epi of no proposition F'
 from the existing government in Mexico, Is osess
 1t has not the power to give the security rsasis l that no foreigp government shall hsreafsi s N | mitted to plant It's foot in Mexico.
 Mir. Cass.-I would ask one question of ths s''
 tor
 Mir. BelI.-Yes, sir.
 ! MT. Csss.-I would ask the Senator unds' z
 authority he has declared that Il is an oeIeei
 administration to require security sgsin"
 foreign power having authority Ia MsaF0'
 Mir Bell.--I did boi say =.
 1 Mir. Cass.--i 90 understood the Senaof. Mir Beli.--l supposed that such maa
 case-- that the administration had DO desire @ ns
 peace with Mexico, because there was no tAs