The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-03-18
TEIlLsEIEIH CONGRESS,
FIRST SESSION.
Sennsc.


Senate.
WABHfHGroy, March I6, lS43.
Cold morning for March. The last three days have
been the hardest of thu Mr. Calhoun Is 20 speak
to-day and the galleries as usual when he has the dosr
are filed before the meeting OF the Senate. Quito
number OF ladies the door below tbs range OF sofas
outside the bar There is u charming young creature
gallery, that distinct, emphatic and delicious Anglo
Saxon face in the bIuo bonnet and the auburn cuts.
Mr. Webster looks very thin and pale He has suffered
much OF late, ia body ami mind.
During the morning hour. petitions, reports bills &c.
were presented read and referred and sundry reeou.
tiops were offered, which lie over till tomorrow.
BILL or DEFICIENCIES.
On motion OF Mr. ATHERroS, the House Dill for sup.
the last session for the current year. taken up.
Several amendments, proposed by Mr. ATTENTION, were
agreed to.
Mr.. BaEEsE moved to amend by inserting q clause
providing for the appointment Of eight additional clerks
to the General Land Office and in support of the
ton, two letters read, from the Commis-
soner Of the Land flee and from the Secretary Of
the Treasury. Agreed to.
The question then REQUIRED on the motion Of Mr..
BErroN TO change the appropriation In the bill from
sum equivalent for hs support fsll mni.srin 9TH
,r word. changing the appropriation for mission to
Mr. BENTON submitted few pointed remarks in sup
port OF his motion The minister might have other and
various duties oonded 10 him In the Papa States be-
sides the mere duties of n minister at Rome.
Mr. BADGER opposed the amendment Gu:
MERGE with the Papai States re- Qred minister to
promote it protect it 1t scarcely amounts to $780,
600 year We have three consuls In the Psps States
sunlCcnt 10 OF cVIumsrcal interests As
for tie recent political events at Rome there
thing to be gained either by ourselves by tbs people
Of Italy, In minister to Rome. The Pope of Rome was
the sutocrat thst he had always been he had not
surrendered single prerogative OF bis absolute autho
rtynot single feature of his supreme and absolute
power had been even changed to concession to the
people. The only thing in which he differed from
hi' predecessors wa, that he kinder master than
they had been The .aire;on, tllsn, ~ouiu in-piy
religious eubasy cthe head of the church Of Rome
His authority, even secular governor, church
authority lie was opposed to this proposition because
the people this country would regard it rela-
on iro between the government of the United
States and tho Sovereign Pontif OF Rome the people
would rsgsrd it as the establishment of different poll
cy toward the Catholic Church from everything which
has exstsd heretofore between this and s
this mison rs departure from that provision Of the
constitution which gives general liberty to all rsl'-
cipls of non Intervention to . great degree. He
thought that there was no political necessity for this
we'd from It, There had been political smello-
ratiops of the secular authority Of the Pops suf-
Gent 10 authorize this mission-there was no CON-
MERGE betw,e the United Satcs and the Roman States,
sufficient to Justify Theirs WAS, perhaps, domestic po
ltical object to be oopa,ed by this proceeding Tbore
some thousands Of Catholic voters in the United
States and their influence in general election Il not 10
be oisregarded But IN every view OF the suejct, no
Mister and TO CHARGE because II the appointment OF
either would ret be mischieyous, it promised
peEsang results ans appeared 10 MN, with the consus
which had in the Italian States, to be Unnecessary.
The ayes aud called upon MIR. Benton's
amendment to change the officer to Rome from charge
to fun mnister.
Mr. CRTrENDyN did not know Why full minister
should be appointed to Rome when Denmark Sweden,
the Netherlands and Austria, that great central
power OF Europe had nothing higher than Charge des
aEeir,s.
Mr. BKvrov did not have in view exclusively the csm-
meTce Of the Tiber in proposing his amendment. He
supposed the commerce OF the Tber OF Rome about
the same that Of our Tber (The little brook which
comes down by the raoad depot, and .mptes into tho
canal under Pennsylvania avenue, The Senator from
New YORK, ,ir CNr DixO who has been to Rome, says
that the commerce her Tbsr is rather larger than
the trade of our Tier Usughter) II WIS not In re-
gard entirely to that city which had go long proudly
stood at the head Of tho world and for many ages pact
the head of the Christian churchit was not confined
citybut bis proposition looked to all Italy-to the
whole boot, sirthe whole peninsula Incidentally
which we have very scanty dipionaso represent
taton, why, cir, We heve Charge at Naples and
from there weAkp over Rome to the Cis-Alpine dis
tsicts, at thcfoot of the Alps, where find another
at TURIN Here In great gep, cir, from the Gulf Of
Taren TO the foot Of the Alps. Ths whole Of Italy
embraces about twenty millions Of people They are
divided and subGiyde nto reyersl but We
general diplomatic representative among them. By
sending minister 10 Rome, we sba in some degree In
substancs not in form, supply the general deficiency
Italy itsef Such the considerations which in
ducsd Ar to propose minister to Rome OF the high
est rank
and that the bill Of ten regiments be taken up tOn no!
no NOD
the taken on the amendment proposed By ths
senstor rom Missouri
The bill was passed BY Informally, and the Senate took
The OIL! OF
bEotYFgrB
Mir C,LHoUN rose snd said lspeeeh given in tels-
graphic report Of proceedings
MIR JOHNSON, Of Georgia, had intended to speak upon
this bill; but the Senate desired to take ths vote
day he would chosriuly give way.
Mr CALHOUN hoped the bill would bs passed by.
Mr. BssRIEN suggested that tina senate pass thi5 bill
over TIL tomorrow and tsas they resume the consfsfs
lion Of the deficiency bill
Mr. CA,s desired TO crafty the Senator from Gsorgs
but we are only to have speech day this oi
eud then set 1t aside it will take long sine to get
through with IL.
Mir BsRRISN appealed for the consideration Of the de-
dciency iii
the bill Of ten regiments had been loog time before ths
Senate, and ~ highly important that 1t should De
disposed a without delay
Mr.. FoorE-i tuggest that the Senator from Georgia
proceed with his remarks.
MIR JOHNSON Of Georgia, then rose, ana proceeded 70
express unfegped embarrss.ment which he felt in
sizing the ssrGte aud hoped the Senate would par
don his ntrutiou, from ths fact that ne had arrived
here but few before the Senate became daily
cupied in executive business since which time this
wa, the first opportunity be had had Of expressing his
views lie would proceed to show that from the time OF
Inc sggessous OF Napoleon ia 1903 iuvarahs policy
toward Mexico had been protective, masnapimous aud
orbsaring and Tor which had received nothing but
base ingr&tude unworthy the most implacabe enemy.
Passing general review OF the relations betvee
tho UDted states and Mexico, anterior to .he Texas
transactions Mr. Johnson contended tbat the aterns-
tive sdoPed by Mexico la reference 10 Texas sgairss
Texas and against the United states was the sterna-
tive of He th.u recspitulsted tbs particulars
OF the negotiations, attempts az negotiations,
with Mexico the efforts Of onr government 70 avoid
war; and the determination OF Mexico 20 provoke war
al hazards lie shosed that Mexico was reponsbis for
war and Or the results Of the var. Tie argued thas
the annexation contiguous territories had never done
any harm but had always been OF adTantags 10 tns
country lie di dead the oDnrSAton OF Aexseci pus
gsr. pifsrfalflv not beloved