Weekly national intelligencer., 1848-07-15

Treasury Department had made call for additional clerks
whose salaries alone amounted much would pay reg
ment Of thousand men--to $4,000
Mr.. STEPHENS continued. Well, in addition 10 this
indemnity for the past barren country, which should
have to pay four times much for il worth be-
fore the war; what the security for the future OF which
the President spoke The glory OF He (Mr D.
told the Administration and the country that the President
laid claim TO that which did belong him. These glore
could never be snatched from the brows Of those gallant OH
GERS and men who had them These aurels appeained
TO those brave who had gone to in their country
causethey could be wrested from them by the Admin
ssuaon There gories which belonged to this war;
and there certain ngorous Deeds too of the Admins
uaon connected with it, There the glory of involving
his country in unconstitutional and unnecessary wal
glory which rested the brow OF the President The glory
OF eqgyocang 10 the country TO the objects OF the war
the glory Of entering odous if not reacherous in
tgue with Santa Anna by which he restored TO lead his
conDtymen 10 fight against gallant army the glory OF
not only Withholding troops from Gen. Taylor but Of strip
ping him OF his gallant men, of leaving him exposed TO the
overwhelming numbers Of Santa Annas army the glory Of
attempting 10 suppant the gallant general with leu
lanres enccled the Presidents iiusr
Gus brow The glory also of having ordered Mr. Marcy to
write that gnominous letter Gen. Taylor, charging him
with giving vasabe information the enemy, and threaten
ing him with Dismissal when he had borne ao gaanty
flag Pao Ao Resaca de Ia Palma and Monterey, and
in whose hands the flag Of his country had been soed
the glory Of having Gen. Pillow Mexico write his
praise the glory Of having brought home the gallant
Scott after his brilliant victories there be dhonored and dis
gaced in his countythese part Of the gloes
which eced the Pesdens brow But the glores OF
different sort which had been by officers and soldiers
by the gallant Twggs Shields Smith, Worth, Qutinan,
Davis Wool and many others by the brave and lamented
Hardin, Mckee, Clay, and Yell by the gallant dead well
as BY the gallant living BY the lusous Scott and Taylor
these gores which the Administration had power to
wrest from the brows Of those who had nobly them
But in that message the President ntmated that after
the last the Government had gone exrava
gances into wastcfu appropriations Of money for general
system Of internal Improvements, and that General Jackson
had arrested it. Now he intended nail that charge to the
counter Of the specimens of this spurious coin which
the President attempted palm off upon credulous and
fdng country He had intended to have done it at early
period Of the session. but he had then had the opportunity
contradict that We had published in Senate
document (No Az of the last session Of the last Congress-
The Of appropriations made by the General Govern
for internal improvements since 1905. He had abb
Of this document before him, and he would read it. and
let the country how far it that Mr.. Monroe and Mr..
Adams had gone into gigantic system Of internal improve
men which it had been reserved for General Jackson to
arrest. Here (sad Mr. s is the recapitulaon of the
expended in each four years from 1906 for internal
improvements taken from Senate Doc. I'd Sess. 2slh Cong
nara