Weekly national intelligencer., 1848-05-06
CONGRESSIONAL.
PROPOSED OCCUPATION OF, YUcATAN
IN sENATE-THuRspAY, NAY A.


An act d enable the President Of the United States ak
Temporary military occupation Of Yucatan"
Mr H. asked 10 have the bill read second time then,
with view to immediate action, but that II might be mad
the special order for Tomorrow, at one O'clock.
There beng dissenting voice, the b! was read as fol
lows
AN ACT 10 enable the President of the United States taxi
temporary military occupation oi lGcdaa
Section l. BE Il enacted, Sc That the President OF The
Uaed be and he is hereby authorized 70 take tempo
rary military occupation of luesan and 10 employ the
and navy the United States 70 assist the people Of iueatai
n repelly The ncursioHs Of the Indian SIyages
running and devastating that country
See ?. Ind BE- IL further enacted That the President b,
and he hereby authorized and empowered trnis on sef
terms and conditions as he may deem proper to the white popu
aun OF lucatau, such arms ammunition, ordnance aud oe
military they may need, 10 enable them 70 resist an'
reps the Indian holies waged against the and 10
store peace and security 10 their country.
Sec s. 4nd BE- Il friier eaactea That the President b,
and he hereby authorized and empowered 10 accept The
Of equal number Of youneer troops 70 supply the
place OF such may be Withdrawn from their present duty
by virtue OF this act provided their services shall be
qred the be raised tor service during the war witt
Mexico agreeaby % the provisions OF the acts OF May Is
1916, and March 5, lSH.
protracted debate ensued which lasted TO late hour
dscusve in its whole range and At times altogether persona
aud political in its character.
M CALHOUN urged the adoption OF later day 10
the consideration Of subject grave and solemn as the on
involved in the bill and he would name MONDAY as the earliest
period
Mr. HANNEGAN was never disposed to press immature
" grave matters the consideration Of the body but 10 hi
case he eontended that with effect the action must be
prompt An hour serious considerations and day or
week might involve in ruin aud destruction every white IN
haban in Yucalan He presumed that every Senator had
finally made up his mind the vote he would give the
message and documents had all been before them, ANA
on this that he had asked 50 early day for The con-
sderaion Of the subject
Mr. CALHOUN ntimaed tha, he had BY letters that
the Executive had taken time for consideration, and that
the Senate nigh, at least be allowed until Monday.
Mr.. HANNEGAN insisted there was no time Tor delay
If tie Senate serious IN lis desire to relieve lie had
seen letters from naval officers that station giving the most
firhul description Of OF desolaon which the
poor Yucaanese subjected and quoted the letter Of 1t
Murray Mason which stated that the beach was literally
backened with the number Of and children Peshing
from hunger who had been driven the coast to say nothing
Of the thousands OF Others who were expecting the attacks OF
the sayage who in their mode Of warfare spared neither
sex nor age.
Mr. CAss insisted that this was Of the where
the maxim applied g that 10 be well done, 1t must be done
quickly " that Providence bad placed the great head OF OIL
the republics this continent and that II was duty We
owed 10 humanity TO protect the Yucatanese.
Mr.. FO0TE addressed the Senate at some considerable
length expressing his great surprise that there should be found
any desire 10 pIccrasnae and least Of all did he look for
from the distinguished Senator from souta Carolina, i
CALaoUS.) When the Presidents message received on
Saturday last that Senator was apt enough 10 censuTc The
President he prepared that occasion to take tae
tail al the first hop" Now, however, be not ready
Mr. had said the time that the Senator remarks should
have been answered. and that would prove detrimental
this measure for them 60 forth without reply indeed be
believed that already such had been the fact M insist
cd that Mr CALHOUN responsible for the war with Mex
CO, and the present Administration grew out o the
annexation Of Texas That be called BY the preceding
Administration the rescue, and unanimously
tanned by the Wings He did come, saw, and conquered
and conducted the Texas annexation % It's conclusion H
had far acted boldly and caTey, and that act h'
glory Of his life. Mr.. F. twittel Mr.. ChLHoUs about Ger
tain charges that had been made Of his having been the cd
Of National Bank, the protective sys'em and IT,
father OF the system of internal Improvement and nsse
that Mr.. G. should have indused IN any remarks agans
var he responsible n author for al The live
that had been lost and every dollars expense taa: had
the nation.
Mr.. CALHOUN insisted that delay was necessary thl
the subject Of compexity and difficulty 10 every
pect in which could be viewed and that the Senate ough
to proceed with caution. He admitted that ther
wretched Of things in Yucatan, but the Execu
tive had, appears, been in hurry fthese document
had been before that branch from the 7h March TIL the pre-
sent, surely they might be allowed till Monday 10 make vi
their minds grave and momentous a matter. Mr.
insisted that he had given TO the present Administration
full and cordial support his conscience would admit b
had defended where he conceived right, and CONDEMNED
where in his opinion wrong. He denied that the
nexaion Of Texas the immediate Of war; and in
sisted that il might have been avoided with discre
ton nay he would go further and say that il required mis-
management indeed he might add that required ingenuity
10 Hehsd said that the Administration intend
ed war; and had never believed tha, il had intend
ed, but his opinion from the beginning tina, the
pursued would lead war; and he had felt il his duty tel
the President
Mr. HALE spoke also some length expressive Of tn
pleasure that this debate had given him because had shown
that the had grown Of the Texas for h
interests Of the South When he had discussed this ulc
before the people Of New Hampshire and insisted that il
for the extension Of slavery, be had been denounced
fanatic and ncendiary. Now had heard from fano
tics incendares, but from Of the faithful Of II
sachem Of the tribe that this bad grown ou Of the
nexaon Of Texas for the interests Of the South. Mr..
glanced the policy recommended by Mr. Monroe IN his
sage Of 1923 relative foreign interference this connen
and declared that il never could be adopted
this Government for the moment IT was Washington IN
mortal advice to his counirymen would be departed from, ar
all would be chaos and he doubted whether, at this momen
there could be found committee in either branch Of Congrc
that would carry such Quixo,c notions. He cauon'
Senators against the indulgence Of false humanity, and begg
them to cling TO an enlightened and just humanity, worth
the fathers OF the republic He alluded 20 the fact oil our ha
ingust made treaty with Mexico, and asked what sort Of
position we should be in, IT, after that treaty bad been rae
We should be Withdrawing forces from portion Of Mex
co, and prompted BY dictates Of humanity should be inya
ing another he thought that in itself serious aspect Of u
case.
Mr.. WESTCoTT made point Of order al this stage
the discussion, the ground that the speakers did not COZ
fine themselves to the subject Immediately before them
Mr. FOOTE expressed the hope that the Senator might
allowed to proceed.
Mr.. WEsTCoTT did not make the point Of order pc
sonal matter By any he induced 10 do il from
range the debate bad taken.
The CHAIR gave the opinion that although the debate h
taken wide range, and had been rather dscurve in its ch
race still had been deemed out Of order by the Cha
in the strictest Of the term.
Mr. HALE then concluded, and Mcssrs. CAsS and Cal
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