The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1848-08-23

hkely % surr<ed. sd hsnee i was deser
nias1 - ernssr@ him ~ f0rma Toas a.
rrRgress. HsFe. no. Ehs conspiraioFs
fAilel: . fsfssns Senale stood n iheir
wsy. asd Tor The lhird Tine babe tiem
bsrk- How this vas undertaken vii
ptrsraily be seen.
On The 30ih ~ lanBary. 1871, the fol'
loWiRg Joint resnIulinn 81 iiiqHks. iRlEo-
aaceda an he prescribing 6ay. hy Mr.. 'orAe.
81 Tennessee. sas under consideration IN
tie House II Representative:
- Rssalrsa uHzsfus4slg. ly 20 Seacfe SD
Hsase ~ R.Ersssrl. siiusx n Esr LATED Sefs sf
Anrins n coagTfss asssrsiied. 'fhat tlas thanks
of Congress are Due. and sEr hereby rendered. 10
Maisr Gsrsrzl Zashsry rss lor. and. through him.
10 he hraye oisiscss ard soaiers 18Th Il lhs r.
xulsr army aas5 y0sunieers, unier his Command.
a. their courage. skill. fOriiinds, and god con-
dat in storlning the civ Of Monterey. deiendsl.
- 4 VS.. b. : fsrce more than aoulie their num-
ses. and protected b he strongest 0EiihcailOns,
which resulted in q most hFiiiisai victory 10 our
army, and refaclrj inpsFiskatle honor upon our
aEmA
.Rsssgrsf. Thst he President he 70 nesied 10
r.a.e Is y ssTusk gold medal. with devices sm-
hsmaliral Il this splendid achievement. 10 he pre-
s<nse1 70 Zen. Taylor. - . testimony ri the high
sense enieaainel By Congress of hiss jnlieiOns
All distinguished sonluss ca that memorable &C.
rasion-
ResorcS. Tia, The President Of the United
States be requested to cause the foregoing Eesolu-
ton. 70 he communicated 10 Gen. Taylor. aud,
through ham. 10 the army under his command"
-Goag. GL5e. ID session s9fh Cong. p. s93.
This resolution was nnexceplianahle,
and opposition 70 lis passage came as un-
e1pecied as il vas uulusiifahle. II hap
peDed. however. that partisan violence was
haser than u was accredited; aud while
there was one man so stepped in preiu.
dire a. 10 offer. there were more ilan u
hundred 10 vote fnT The amendment, io
which We are ahoni To refer. That amend
ment was the handiwoTk ol Mr.. Jacob
Thompson. Of Mississippi. in these words:
PraiieJ. That nothing herein contained
shall be construed info an appreciation Of TIE
trrms Of ne capitalization n Eonfyss."-cOng.
Gl0be. "a sessiOa s9tA Cong. p. 295.
Thus The resolution, as amended. was
. resolution Of crnsure. and not Of thanks
An Insult. and no, compliment.
On the 81 Of February Tie resolution
was taken up in the Senate. when Mr..
SpeighI moved 10 strike out the prorisa.
4 debate ensued, which. If characterized,
as il certainly was. BY The honorable feel
ing and sense of justice Of some. yet more
fully developed the deep-rooted hostility
Of The dominan, party towards Gen. Tay-
Tor, "the rival and opponent" as Mr..
Brinkerhof would have il, of the Presi-
den! HIS conduct was. nevertheless,
ably sustained, and The capilulaiion de-
Tended mainly on the ground Of lis kuma--
nifty. The speech Of Mr.. John NJ. Clay
lon was so beautiful in itself. and so per-
iineni tn The OCCASION, that brief extract
is altogether appropriate here; especially
as Mr.. Baghy uttered the airociogs senli-
mem. that :. we had nothing 10 do with
the blood Of foreign women and children,
and that il was no concern Of ours hoU
much Of Il gds shed!" miles Register.
vol. III, page s57.) Mir. Clayton used
this language: !
Neither Gen. TAYLOR, nor any other General
that ever lived, could control an enrascj and I'M
bridled soldiery IN the storming Of sacked city.
Al human experience proves that in such a time
Of blood. pillage aud confagraticn inevitably at
tend the fate Of city thus taken; both parties
are alike disgraced and dishonored BY the accu-
ulaied horrors Of the scene. say, therefore, that
from the bottom OF nv soul, / thank the brave,
generous, and merciful commander Of the Ameri-
can troops. thank him, sir, not only for bis gal
lantry and skill. his courage and hrayery-but,
eminently, and above all other considerations, as
an American Senator, thank him for his huma-
uity! I honor him because he thought OF, and
spared, feeble and unoffending woman, in that
hour Of her utmost peril. | honor him because he
spared lettering age and helpless infancy; and
glory that an American General has shown him
self thus alive % the hest feelings of the human
heart Gong. Globe, "a ssss;On 29th Congress,
pgge 3I7.
The vote on The adoption OF Mr..
Spfighi's motion 10 strike out the provi-
80 resulted as follows:
sYeas-Messrs. Archer, Badger. Benton, Berri-
"a, Butler. Calhoun. Chalmers, Ciey. Thomas
Clayton. John VI. Clayton. Corwin, Critienden,
Davis. Dayton. Evans, Fairfield, Greene. Hous-
ton, Huntington, Jarnagin, johnson of Maryland,
johnson Of Louisiana. Mangun, Miller, More
head. Pearce, Rusk, Simmons. Soule, Speight,
Uphan, Webster, and WoodbTidge-33.
Nays--Messrs. Allen. Ashley, Atchison, Ath-
srioa. Bagby. Rreese. Bright, CASS, Dix, Han
negan, Niles. Sewer. Sturgeon, Turney. and W.
lse-l5.-c Cong. Giobe, I'd session 2sA Cong.
page 3ls.
substitute for The resolution was then
moved By Mr.. Webster. II was:
That he thank. Of Congress are due, and
are hereby rendered. to Major General Zachary
Taylor, his officers and men, for the fortitude,
skill, enterprise, and courage which distinguished
the late brilliant military operations upon the Rio
Grande."
II was adopted by the following vote
feas-Messrs. Archer, Badger. Berrien, But
Ter, Calhoun, Ciley, John NJ. Clayton, Thomas
Clayton. Cotwin, Crittenden, DAVIS, Dayton,
Evans, Greene, Huntington. Jarnagin, Johnson
Of Maryland, Johnson of Louisiana. Mangnm,
Miller. Morehead, Pearce, Simmons, Upham,
w -hster. and Woodbridge-26.
Nays-Messrs. Allen, Ashley. Atchison, Ath- |
erfon. Baghy. Benton RFeese p,;ah, rAGS /.