The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1848-02-26

Mr.. BELLS SrEEcH. "rAxE
cARE."-A Washington correspondent of the
Cincinnati Herald, says: "Mr Bell Of Tsnnas-
see. made one Of the sbIest speeches Of the SEES
sion. II was desultory, but able. There were
passages in il glowing with the highest slo-
quence. Had 1t been reported and published
Immediately, its impression upon the coun try
would have been marked" The Herald writer
adds:
SENATORS think themselves wise men. but in
some things they are very foolish. Every body
knows the difference between a speech and an
essay, always excepting u. s. Senator. Dr.
Houston, the accomplished reporter, catches and
puts on paper their speeches, as delivered, with
all the life and ease, and point Of extemporary
thought-but the orators must then revise, and
| refine, retrench, alter, aud add; sometimes re-
write entirely-and the RESULT is, neither fish,
flesh nor iowl-a something without the finish
or compactness Of an essay, without the fire
and grace Of speech-a thing "without form
and void"
OF the close Of Mr. Bells speech, which Is
declared "grand," he gives the following report:
"Alluding to the remark able fate which SEEM
ed TO hang over Mexico, h, introduced Cortez
upon the stage, with his fanatical band Of plum
deres. Having briefly, but powerfully, sketch
ed his perilous march and battles, his wonder-
full victories, his final triumph, over the Aztec
race by few bold, rapid touches, he traced
the steady descent Of Spanish power, till the
point of time, when the Piunderer was plumber
ed-when the Conqueror, who had overwhelm-
ed the Indian, was prostraied by a stronger than
he-when the American Eagle tapped its wings
over the Palace where Cortez had put his foot
on the neck Of Montezunla. He was not su-
perstitious, but he read l,sson in this history
and as il by a sudden thought, he carried his
audience back to the soaking Of Carthage
when, amid the horrors Of that event, while
Scipio was surveying the ruin in progress, the
wife of Asdrubal asceuded with her children to
the summit Of the temple. One by one, she
stabbed them to the heart, threw them from the
height, and then plunged headlong into the
abyss beneath Scipio wept-not for the wife
and children Of Asdrubal, not for the ruin of
Carthage,-but he read In the horrible tragedy
the doom Of the mothers and children Of Rome.
al see," said the Speaker, In low, thrilling
tone, sin the fate Of the descendants of Cortez,
the retribution that awaits my own country
men," and then, with most startling emphasis,
he suddenly exclaimed in a voice Of thunder,
"Back back in the name Of God Make the
best treaty you can-linger not day Flee,
flee from that country, as you would from u
city doomed 10 devourinK hre
"Without one word III ore, he sat down, but
the echoes of that terribl. warning rung in my
ears for hours afterwards. Now, / venture TO
say. he will, in his wrttea speech. convert that
stirring appeal, into some very chasts, very sub
dued, Senatorial take-car"
Presidents MEssAoE.--Mr Polk sent in
message, Feb. IL, containing information, called
for by resolution Of the Sc aate to whether any
taxes, or duties ON imports, have been "laid up
on goods and merchandise belonging to citizens
Of the U. States, exported by such citizens from
the U. States into Mexico, and II so, what is the
rate of such duties, what the amounts collected,
and by what authority of law they have been SO
laid and collected"
The message is Of considerable length. and
the President states that duties have been so
levied and collected, alike on American and
foreign vessels, to what amount it is not now
possible precisely tc ascertain.
He refers the Senate to his annual message
in which he informed Congress that orders had
been given to our military and naval command
ers in Mexic, to adopt tie policy, as far prae-
ticable, of levying military contributions upon
A
the enemy for the support Of our army-justi-
fees the order givsn-ald speaks Of the benefi-
sIal and happy results.
| NAVAL APraorRIArIoSs.-The navy appropri-
alton bill now before Congress, says the Balti-
more American, contemplates an expenditure
during the year ending on the 3Oth of June,
lS49, Of s., sos, 900. This is in addition to the
unexpended balleuces Of former appropriations
for the service. Add 10 this sum Sl2 500 900,
the amount asked for to supply the deficiencies
in the army appropriation s for the year ending
| on the 30th Of June next, ami S33, 0OO, 900 for
the support Of the army during the year ending
on the 30th Of June, 1S4s. and the aPpropri-
atoms asked for, for the army and navy, will
be seen to form an aggregate Of $56, 100000
Besides what has been mentioned above, q
bill has been reported for Notifications; million
for the qusrtermaster's department has already
been voted; FIVE or six millions will be required
for the civil list; more than a million and hall
fer pension, nearly two and half millions fol-
the interest on the public debt and Treasury
notes, &c.
So the amount to be appropriated this veal
will amount to about seventy millions.
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