The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-01-26

O'CLOCK
PRLsiDENT's MEssAcE-ASD so FORTH.
The House then resolved Itself into Committe Of the
Whole Oh the State of the Uuion-A1r. j. Il. Ingerso
In the chair resumed the consideration Of the
solutions to refer the Presidents annual the
appropriate comnitteeo
MIR BARnow of Tennessee, delivered his views Mr.
Polk, In bis opinion, inferior to all the Presidents
but one, who have sat in the White House When he
said this he meant dsrspect tohe President Of the
United States and his political friends What great
sets had he performed to ente him to that station
that he should exercise power Jackson exercised
in words whios should sink deep into the heart that We
should watch this power with great and jealousy
and never forgot that eternal vsilence !. the prc.
Of liberty. He had prepared q resolution which
be had intended to submit to the House, that the
wsr was unnecessary and might have been avoided
power. not granted to S2 by ss e nsa
stitution But he did not offer It, However, he
n r., s.s vote more willingly than he did 70.
was unnecessary and unconstitutonaly need by
the President He sloried In It, II he had been In Con-
and ten millions Of money, was introduced I'm May
lsie he would have given to it hi, supports bscause
aud the voice OF the COUNTRY rN was inpatient to-
sxtricate him. But now, when the towns, capital
and sespSrs OF Mexico are In on, pos,stsion,
asks Congress to increase the army, not to
ffty thousand men, but to seventy 1--WE or hundred
thousand men. Mr. Barrow was In favor Of giving ali
the that General Scott asks for IT, however the
force intended TO be used to and annex
the whole Of Mexico, to absorb swallow up he was
utterly unwilling to grant further supplies for suoh
purpose lie was perfectly willing to do anything to
main tain the glory and honor Of army In Its
position that peace may follow. He for volunteers
instead of regulars ~ additional forces be rased
because they easily raised and because the pa
tronage of the President would not be increasedarea
dy too large Look at the appointments Of the execu
tve-ffom Lieutenant General Benton, to the smallest
brgader general (for there some small ones and
there not single selected from tAe whg party
There was, II trus NEUTRAL but for neutral he
would not give fg for neutral leans to the side Of
power and among elk or seven hundred officers, not
fifty wings can be found who appointed to ofce-
There were many wings as democrats In the battle
feld and they both fought equally well If he (Mr
Barrow had been President he would have bushed fer
H.; especially Mr. Polk proclaimed himself not the
President of party but Of the whole American people
There have been such startling times as those
which staro In the face Ii has been openly pro.
claimed that must hold permanently the entire oouu-
try, with Its eight millions Of people, OF different
blood, color, and religion from our For his
part, he was opposed to the subjugation Mex
leo, and TO its dismemberment; he was opposed to
the acquisition of territory by violence or con.
quest II territory ia required he willing II
snail be obtained by tresty or negotiation. But to
another branch. Mir Polk selected a colonel and not
general, the hero Of Lundys Lane, to control the
movements OF the army He Colonel Tsylor) who wss
then slmost unknown, IL now a Distinguished
general, and In MIR. Bsrrov's humble opinion, was
bound to be the OF Dir Polk Moth ng which
the PRECEDENT can do Will prevent him. Here vas .