Ypsilanti sentinel. [volume] (Ypsilanti, Washtenaw Co., Mich.) 1843-1900, 1848-01-26
From The National intelligenccr.
CONGRESS- AND THE WAR.

What will be the course that Congress will
consider it necessary or expedient to pursue IN
regard to the further prosecution of the war in
70 .sthe yitals" Of Mexico, has not been iudica-
ted BY any thing that has taken place in the five
weeks which have ELAPSED of the Sest ions of
Congress. We do not mention this matter of
surprise, much less OF complaint. A Congress
one-half Of which consists Of new Members,
does wisely in acting with delibera'ion upon a
question Of such magnitude as this, in which
not only the character of the country and its
own self-esteem, but possibly the destlnies OF
this nation for all time to come are involved.
The Bill reported in the Senate, at the IN
stance Of the Administration, TO add ten or elev-
en- thousand Regular troops to the ARMY
which is to be followed by bill to raise some
twenty thousand additional volunteers for dur
ing the warts under discussion on its third
reading in the Senate, and we suppose will pass
that body this week Its fate in the House Of
Representatives. is not so easily predicted. II
certainly will not pass without good deal OF
debate, and probably Of plain speaking on both
sides of the House. the palmer the better. We
should doubt its passage also until the object
for which those troops are to be raised Is bet
ter defined than it has yet been; nor until some
limit be Il to the vast enterprise Of coDquering
and aannexing' all Mexico, sodistinsly projec-
ted in the annual Message of the President.
There is matter of much more consequence
70 the efficiency, and even to the subsistence,
Of our Army in Mexico, than this adding ten
additional regiments to it; especially as we see
that, so far from wanting three or four humid
red additional Commissioned Officers in Mexi-
co. great number of those attached to the ex-
listing Military Establishment are considered go
little necessary there as to be returning home
In considerable numbers by every vessel which
arrives at New Orleans from the Mexican wa
ters. We refer, of course, to the making the
earliest possible provision for the Ways and
Means for paying the expenses of thewar from
now until the end of this fiscal year. (30th Of
June next. The making of this provision has
properly nothing to do with the merits of the
war. Great part Of the expense which it is
to meet has been already incurred, and the
rest of it (and more too) is required by existing
laws for the pay, support, aud transportation
of the Amy.
We do not agree with our friends in Ohio
<whose Resolutions we published in Saturdays
paperj to the literal extent Of the last of those
]. Resolutions, which protests against any oppro-
priation of money for the war: though we do
concur entirely in the spirit OF their resolutions
taken together, that all appropriations Of money
for the safety and proper supply of the Army
should be made, until it is recalled, OF its ope-
rations suspended by the National Authorities.
1t may be proper also to suggest to onr
friends in Ohio, or elsewhere, that Of the cir
cumstances attending the very perpleaing DO
sition in which the President has contTiyed TO
place the country by marching SO large snarmy
into the territories of anotherNatian, is, that it
would require nearly as much money, for The
expenses of the current year, to retire orr for
ces from Mexico, should that course be deter
mined upon, as to maintain them where they
are. # an order were to be issued tomorrow
to withdrw the army, the expense of getting it
home and dsbanding the redundant forces would
be as great for the year to come as if it rem
NAMED in the field in active service.
Where the vast amount OF money-say hun
dred million doIlars-that will be required fo-
the fiscal year beginning on the lst of July, is
to come from, passes our comprehension. That
is thing for Congress and the President to
think of. The first rational step towards rails
ing it, would be TO lay additional taxes sufficient
to pay the interest. and constitute sinking
fund for the redemption of the principal; for
which purpose ten millions of dollars of nett
annual revenue would not be more than enough.