The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-02-15

The question: recurring upon the adoption Of the
luton, the demand for the previous question sec
/ onded by affirmative 90, negative 50.
/ The question Shall the main question be put r.
/ being then stated.
Mr. GENTRY inquired what would be the effect OF a
The SPEAKER replied that would lay the resolution
The yeas and nays being again demanded and ordered
were taken, when the yeas were loi, nays 3d.
80 the main question was ordered to be put
The yeas and nays being demanded and ordered upon
the adoption Of the resolution were TAKEN win ihe ioi
lowing result: yeas 100, nays ST.
i PERSONAL EXPLANATION.
| Mr. MeLANE obtaining the floor, said that the
House, yesterday, by unanimous consent agreed 70 give
HIM an opportunity TO make personal explanation III
relation TO note appended to the printed speech OF an
honorable member from Indiana Being informed, how
ever at the me that the gentleman referred to was not
in his seat he withdrew his request ior PERMISSION and
now asked the House allow him to make the desired
explanation a., o..,.u.,;o, .u
Objection being made the explanation was not per
Mr. CROZIER addressed the committee The bill
was one of series OF important presented by
the President of the United States. had been said by
these questions without debate. He (Mr CO. had no
doubt that his colleague, in saying that spoke not only
his sentiments but those of the whole democratic
party. That party was opposed to the freedom of dis.
cussien. All the resolutions for stopping debate had
been pressed by the other side. He remarked upon
paragraph in the Presidents message stating that Con-
gress had sanctioned the war by passing certain acts with
singular unanimity. The President made three quota
lions from the preamble 10 the war BILL and stated that
there were but fourteen votes against in the House
and two in the Senate. There were sixty-seven votes
against the preamble. The gentleman from South Caro-
lima Mr. SIMs] had voted against the preamble. Though
IN favor OF prosecuting the war; and supporting the Pres
laraon that war existed by the act of Mexico.
Mr. SIMS here explained, that he voted against the
preamble not because he did not believe every word of
it, but because he had wished have the subjects pre-
fed hy he presi1ant his
divided, and referred to two committees part rea-
ting to war, to the Committee Foreign Affairs; and
the poron relative to supplies, to the Committee on Mil
Mr. CROZIER The gentleman then voted against
the preamble, declaring that war existed, upon a
sons OF some other gentlemen on the democratic side
who voted against that preamble. He himself voted
against the preamble, because it was untrue His
wings to vote for the war bill, if the preamble
true His colleague had asserted that there was
no necessity to pass the bill for the purpose merely
an abuse Of the power of the majority to force the bill
through the House without debate There was reason
why the debate on the Presidents message should not
read by the people hastily, and with little care
the Presidents message For that reason, it ought to be
here closely scrutinzed.
Mr. c. proceeded to remark upon the terms of peace
which the President offered to Mexico. There was mix
ing up in il OF propositions to buy territory with demand
for indemnity and security. But what were the terms
demanded Dy Inc PRESIDENT now lie mad along
Their Suppose the President could find government in
Mexico to make treaty, would bring about peace
Not during the present generation But the President
says that, other measures falling take the full
measure of indemnity into hands. He (Mr.
CO. considered this an acknowledgement that the object
OF the President was to absorb all Mexico, and to Keep
up the for the benefit of his party The con-
duct OF the President had shown that he did not desire
peace We assured at one time that we would
have peace in sixty days, passed the three million
bill But that bill aggravated the quarrel, and incensed
the Mexican people.
The next thing the President did was to send clerk
to Mexico to make treaty If his purpose had been to
known dplomatist, who would have commanded the
confidence of the Mexican government The fact showed
that the President had never been sincere in his decara
tons OF disposition to make peace To scunize this
message thoroughly would take all the time from this day
till the end OF the session He would mention only one
more point in 1.-THE tariff measure, which to force
Mexico to pay the expenses of the war. He went on to
argue that the burden of this tariff must necessarily fall
on officers, seamen and soldiers The order for
reundng duties to suffers was imperative as he went
to show from facts The tax to keep up the
laid upon the men who were fighting our battles
Mr.. c. passed to the consideration of the Presidents
reasons for Withholding the instructions given to Mr.
SIidell.
There good Mt the time TO keep those
instructions secret. The President had himself shown
for he had stated what was his utmaum offered through
Mr.. Tris The truth was, that the instructions would
convict the President himself OF misconduct in this
for that they withheld and not for the
reason that their publication would be detrimental to the
public interests.
He thought there was something in the position of this
House that gave it right TO this information But the
gentleman from South Carolina Mr. RHErr] had said
that if the House represented the people, did the Pres
dent also He Nr c. might deny the fact and say that
the President chosen by the intervention of electo-
raj colleges But, Independent of this, it might be said
that this House sprang more frequently from, and
more directly amenabe TO the people, than the Pres
dent The gentleman from South Carolina, himself, in
his printed speech, had remarked that this doctrine might
subject him TO the charge of being monachist. The
gentleman aware that his doctrine could not be
sustained The gentleman, though he said he was no
defender of the President of the United States was
always very restless and fdgety whenever the Pres
claimed to be republican; but if he did not now sit at
the oostool of power il not for the that he
did not support it. The genemans doctrine was the
offspring of fedealism and the ederalsts who had be-
come democrats had always been the most wide mouth
ed advocates OF power
Mr.. RHETT asked if the gentleman applied the term
"federast' to him?
Mr. CROKER. No I did not apply il personally
He did not accuse the gentleman of federalism. The
gentleman had himself said that he might be charged
with being monarchlst; which, as he understood it,
was different thing. Mr.. c. proceeded to comment on
the argument OF the gentleman from Missouri [Mr.
GREEN, i who had made elaborate and very respecta
BILE effort defence of the President and Of the He
bestowed few words the loan bill before the House.
He was in favor of the loan preference the issue of
treasury notes If the loan could not be got at per
cent he had already prepared proposition to increase
the of interest to per cent He had heretofore
voted against the issue of treasury notes. They would
flood the country like bank papers they would be used
government currency, and would sink below par;
they would constitute government bank and, there
fore, he should against the substitute offered by the
n from, North Car Mr. Mckay