The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1848-04-03
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the United States in field service p Msco or ON e ote
the ssdy reaes a ss mot a c15qass
ing service would now yield ten thousand men it would not
GERS their full command understand sir that the report
from Gen. Scott-Gen. Scott that has performed
the most brilliant campaign in military annals! man that
has warred against the enemywa1e against the climate
tie M h he eapa on @ and
honoaby, proudly, humaney, to his permanent honor
is he At Puebla At Puebla undergoing inquiry before
his interiors in office and other not in office; while
distinction, turned to anotherl do say
an unworthy genteman.but his inferior in military rank
and station But Gen Scott reports, understand that
in February there thousand regular troops under
vounters and full they woud make @ til ousand
men, officers included over thyfve thousand, and there
to not less than fifty veoT sixty thousand including
the recruits on the way If my information be eSac-apd
notf pssume that is correc-in February Gen Scott had
under him in nezeo thirty thousand troops regusgs and
There Tier is no % deficiency Of oice IN the line or in the staff
men; Now, there plausible reason for saving that
difficult to recruit at home S1 the supply Of Deficiencies in
to enlist under officers of their secc,ion-ha they do
not incline to enlist here as individual Volunteers when the
There may be something in that but pray to what does that
conclusion lead Does not lead to this that all those vol
unteer corps must moulder far the prvaes
concerned and come to nothing meantime the places of the
being full of officers although the prvaes, by casualty by
disease are reduced to be less IN number than the officers
recruiting for the regular you fill the regiments
by and bounty according to existing laws, laws,
why should create five hundred officers for the
s 70 m All that ew Wanted are e and
there place or the and suppose that gentleman
service on faster than will be necessary go
order to fill these deficiencies the ments abroad But
G mesa then for s
supply of in the existing regiments what do
now field service7 What the purpose? There
army TO fight. suppose the has five hundred
one instance perhaps there not half that number Mexico
notorious that the government Of Mexico is on our side
1t is instrument by which hope to establish such
understand the matter the government of Mexico owes
oa e and a nSa eng at po' @ of
somehow another and distant period there may be
millions or some other Of our millions What do we propose
to do then with those ~ regiments that we design to pour
into the vital pat Of Mexico What we propose to do
adopt this proposition is full iengfen a egneRes Of
nd M pube we ae
on the verge of safe and honorable Every
confirmed hopes of peace He gathers from the admins
aton and every OF the administration from Dan 10
Beersheba and yet the warike operaon-the mourning of
additional expeneshe imposition of new charges upon the
treasury, are pressed here if peace not in all
thoughts at least not in any of our expectations
Now sir, propose to hold plain talk today and
matters the main object of these bills patronage-oce
the qualification OF friends This very measure for ten ad
ones and subatens and not them only, for whom have
some respect bn then there comes paymasteconactors-
down to suffers Ct I'd omae-neope who handle the
public money without facing the foe; and all, the
true descendants if not the true representatives of Corporal
Nym, who said
" For shall sut!sr be y
INTO the camp, and profits will acerue!"
Sir hope without disrespect those applicants and asp
rants and those patriots, of them patriots ready to
g h nd ns Ge mot ns to n evil
according to their rank and station and menthat they
genial and the season advances they will on the whole,
Ind their interest TO place themselves one OF these mid
empoyment They have my good wishes that, bidding
the President house ley may reach their homes good
health themseves and find their families all very happy to
But, sir, pa1o n'ejora eanamns The war was waged
portion Of the United States of Mexican territory, and
with such population might be found resident therein
new States am against the acquisition OF territory TO
Ann 10 RSt ma'e sn or
before constituents at home. 1t is with matter
OF finn Interchangeable purpose to yield TO force
circumstances that have occurred that may consider
asked to-day whether for the sake OF peace will take
treaty that brings two States into this Union on lis
every the United States to understand that be my
and my HG L have said the e southern
locality would the of the western the northern
and the end here and everywhere proposition
add any foreign territory the south west, north or
and held together under the Constitution. do not want the
colonies of England the north little desire the Mex
all with equal resolution and therefore say that if the
question IS put to today whether will take peace IN
the present state OF the coun-dlstressed as 1t ls-n the
eNigency of this odous isin circumstances so
cys s to comnny ana So disturbing oi to the Du
us-l still, that if the question be put to whether
Why9 Because sir there is no necessity Of being driven
INTO The dilemma IN Judgment. Other gentlemen may
mean 10 make clean brea for myself and protest
a see no waeyeT to bee s,s ha and we s
peace without territory as with It The thngf are seRaa-
leo does wish US take her territory that she may
our money Far from She Yields her aenif
yield it, it the result of force and there not
here that does not know it Let me say sir that if this
likely to be because those who under protection pre-
Mexican people to to this cession of territory The
thing m% likely to break up what Is now expected to take
Mexican territory They would prefer to keep their TERRITORY
and that we should keep money; we resolve TO keep
shall see pretend to no powers OF prediction do not
know what may apRen The times are nL of s ,;g
has gone to Mexico shall fail be ratified will be because
people to cede Their territories, or any portion OF them De
have said that would rather no peace for the present
han to have peace that brings territories for States
and the reason believe peace just as soon
tt' more Honorable 10 u.s. the great republic Of the
western world. hear gentlemen that we must nave
ternory,-that the people demand It, deny at
least proof of hatever do not doubt that there
individuals here and there. OF en'eprlSlng chaacef
disposed emigration who know nothing about New
heXico but that far off and nothing OF California bu
hat still further oil who tired OF the dull pursuits OF
agriculture and civil life dare say that there are hundreds
thousands of snCh persons who might wish Tor territory
in which to seek their fortunes Whatever Is arac
tive such minds. They feel the spirit OF bonIeTe ana
that IS take be pretty toeraby content with MS CON
tou till omeboy passes beyond him and then his dsPo
,on take up his traps and beyond him Yho mas
passed himself and down farther off irresistible pas
sion At least that and sagaclous observer OF
human manners Chateaubriand when he travelled IN this
country 1871 But say, that do not IND any
nor that there exists anywhere, considerable Respectable
number who think that want more territory ana
such territory There twenty four OF us last year VINO vo
the of the Tor the acqusoh OF Ter
ory on the ground that did not want t-souhe men
and northern | believe there Were southern gentlemen
concurred that vote, and who onnd even
hat might be supposed TO be the local feeng and
able to sustain themselves upon the ground OF the
wisdom of the general policy of seeking for territory and
v the acquisition of territory, bring into politics
tain embarrassing and emboiBg questions do not learn
that they suffered by the advocacy OF such sentiments IA
her believe that they umphed in them and believe that
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