The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-01-07
THE UNION. n

oi' ~ ali thasa troons are 10 ha ,.;s.i ,nd
vi ~; IN, ;ncnrrad
an n nsrssIv willing ~ meet every noss;b coon.
nc ~ casually or disease hui confess rsnoo, Tore
a. present any Contingency which will iustifv this
.sn an, ,ylJ;ng 10 authorize The pres;}sn, ~ call
nn whatever force he NAV require under snch contin
oencv as NAV hereafter occur: but wonld NOT anthoI
le that force TO be raised now am willing TO lodge in
he bands Of tho EysT,t;ve The mower 4 as eergenrv
demand Il n call ont IN ooo additional men for tba war
and / ,vonld have sncb force consist Of volunteers
New arc not volunteers az roodhave thew moi nroved
,bamseves az efficient as reguarsp Is not Rnena Vista
y hh, "a hurn;nr ay;dsnre nj their efic;ancv in Inc
Sia Thsv aav Re called out for The same ner;od If
service ana are entitled to discharge under the same
;, a ana ,hs difference in COSTS rrsat would
smhs,;,e them therefore for these ten regiments oi
nIars and wona accordingly give power to the Pres
dent 10 call ont the 30, 900 additional troops in case cir
s nee reou;re tho adonton of such p conrse In
NV rs, harais M NECESSITY for ANYTHING else than This
TO- toy be done
Gentlemen have appealed to the authority Of iniona
hare sir WHY are they. here reposing in WASHINGTON
aed iii rrts Of The country if it Is not that thew are sat
sed that the war has closed that no more battles are to
Ne , G sudence hv Tho bravery which ,bey have here
toore dspiayed that they would not leave the field of
their victories if they were not fully convinced that
no,h;og more remained to be done There IS not one
who does not believe that the war is at an end There
NAV be few skrmishes here and there, with parties Of
s ;l, hut 90 lar 40 armies are concerned that vii
har u e;can forces thew are never to he
agan in Mexico This is The opinion of every officer
have spoken with. and it is also nv opinion From all
| IN fact he WI
but 10 one inevitable concsionyz: that their armies
r boIen 70 neces thai the country is given over 10
the control of factions and that they can no longer make
had na;nst ma Yon ha now an army thare IF AZ oo0
Mon t3ax ara canahls Of going where thew nease and
staying where thew please in all the wide domains of
Mexico l. therefore can see no necessity for further
ncraas of force at even il il were the
nf Tho Whole connrv thai was contemplated bu when II
Is to limited assaults only TO which il is pro,osed TO CON
fine this war there appears still less necessity for such
increased proyson It IS with these views and with no
feelings Of capousness from no spirit Of OPPOSITION and
No d;snoson IN scan The merits or conduct of this
but SIMPLY taking it as is that have been induced to
oGsr tha amendment which have presented whilst
tha nronretv IF any additional force being now
JJd ~, omr araadv LARGE and ncreasnc armvin Meyico
Mr. CASS then rose, and remarked that he wished 10
ret ono or two errors into which the senator from
Enntuckw had fallen. and having shown from The re-
rns 81 the Adntant General That the number of men
nda, Ganoral Wal was omIv 7on and NOT 70 600 a
NJ CRfTTENbFN who nhserved that hc had fallen
into m in summing nm the forces under Gen
W W. IN m yy &C ,h;ch he raadIv admt,ad a reJnc
Mool U ~ th"a ,hnrsand mon was ~ he maJ
f on VI tha W care1ata nmmber which he had stated
NJ "a SS ns1nceadod Tho senator had taLap one M.
MT CAoS proceeaed ine seiS'or haI .a h one pr
S;a anu ,h H., h reroor seemed ~ h;nL that AN
20 aer MN nun anG t,n tho n non on
az hJ haa osd RI ali avner;ence showed tbey
INV ha, Sn az ~ stan rportngoi and Snan were f
gu ~ oe,s "Uo ~; h;ac, To arch ~ Tho can,ai Of
"o s and then 10 dnse the forces
county was ro us nn ns i order 70 hojJ h neonl
~ h;eron vas another and nuite n different Thine
n Mas Una anu fa ssras of victor t
riGan. =; ,hmselve m henorable to tbe National Char
jill, o., ,h'r ,nra now 70 hraaL ~, as MACS and 70
a thmn1os ;no noroms detacbments ese i would
h noss;hle ~ hod The Mexica neonc in obedience
70 Thv would he now eynosed r. nnnnlar tnmus and
ha - ho nv and st;II the mora tho
fr,hr ,bo,, ,vonld be comneed n march Resides +
;mnorfant thai the MEXICAN neone should he RON
vnced hv thn exhibition Of orr overwhemn9 force that
Resistance was nut of the ouesion What we wanted
vas to nrodmce moral effect mon the people of Meyco
to satisfy them of our strength and their weakness
and to avoid fighting battles by showing them that if
| fought. they would certainly be gained by us
was also important to note that the regiments now in
the field did not average more than eight hundred and
ftv men 10 each which was nearly three hundred short
of The epaI establishment This bill would not give
more than I. 500 men TO the army The calculation OF
the honorable senator was based on the legal establish
ment Now no legal establishment can be kept full
The reports of the Adiuant General show that there
must he deduction of more than one quarter leaving
the force on foot less than three ous of the legal es
Enlistment This is the result of experience It's not
probable therefore that the number of the regular army
IN Mexco can be much. Il at all increased but BY ras
ing new corps and establishing new recruiting rendez
vous
The honorable senator in all his calculations looks to
the numbers on the statute book-not to the numbers
on the returns The continually recurring casualties of
battle of climate. and of all the other circumstances
which make war hazardous are perpetual drain which
kaaps down the force far below the strength authorized bv
law
With respect to the cost the senator or himself must
be under misapprehensien The cost of repiment of
infantry was about S279 900 per annum. II WAS true
bounty lands. medical staff and ouartermasters staff
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