The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-01-01

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1t up now, and pressing 1t to termination
MT CALHOUN was on the spot. He contsnded that
sn S, policy . in the message II carried
PRESIDENT deprecates explicitly to wit the snnihila
sOG Of the R.puDs Of Mexico .gp.slsd ior
certain there not danger In the indicated
and were no. prudent and polite adopt some
Mr.. CLAYTON followed in an argument in favor of the
postponement Of the bill until the official documents
from the department laid upon the tables Of the
Mr. CAs in view Of the vast consequences dependent
upon the BILL could not assent to posponemsnt be-
yona Monday next. We all knew what the Secretary OF
War had recommended. All had read his report The
simple question now was, shall We reduce the army
Mr.. BERRIEN maintained that there were ample rea.
for the Of the BILL and that the
buttons Of Mr.. Calhoun and Mr. Dickinson ought ars to
be discussed 1t was the duty Of the senate to act for
themselves-not to bow to the dctson OF the
but to act for and to determine their own
Judgment what Is to be DONE Mr. Berrien continued at
some length In argument to show that from the posi-
ton and force Of the American armies in Mexico there
there was no immediate danger with 900 men in the
field He also, in reviewing the report the Secretary
recommendation for vigorous prosecution Of the WAR
50 far from obtaining peace might render ndispensa
Ole the and Of the whole the
hepuoc OF Mexico and its absorption into this Union
Mr. CAss replied that It would take several months to
get the to Mexico with the promptest
action upon the bill and contsnded that the policy Of the
war .ad better be argued upon practical than
an abstract proposition and that this was the very place
and the very time to discuss It.
MIR. ALLEN succeeded in an earnest demand for the
immediate Iteration OF the bill, and the reinforce
.s Of the army and the vigorous prosecution of the
war 1t was expected that some gentlemen would Cd.
pose the administration in its policy toward Mexico-t
would be TO their advantage to do this upon abstract
this opposition should be upon or upon
practical measures He commended for the practical
measures; and pleaded eloquenty for recruiting tho
Its recent courageous victories The question vas
whether should leave it In this condition or recruit
Mr.. Hale thought the Presdent's message was q
work Of some osre-with regard to the teachings
Of old Lindey Murray He taught that the perfect
tense referred only to past action but to the pre-
sent time The President says at has not been our
Hale argued that from other Of the
message the present object the destruction Mexico
was manifest His notions might be peculiar but Mr.
was continued in injustice, and that In further prose-
outon the Of the United States were great
we're 30 at this moment. The question was how long
snail we have to pursue wrong in order come
war to conquer peace He referred to an Old snas
Ian physician, whose system In all diseases bleeding
and warm water. and the result of which was always
the death OF his patients friend attempted to give
him his advice day, and the doctor said he would
listen to It, but that he had written book And so It
was with the President he had written book there
The difoulty We must sacrifice every thing to that
book Mr.. Hale thought the resolutions offered by Mr.
5 Ss m o. & take Of
Csrona ought to first because they put 1t upon
to declare how much territory intend to rob Mex
leo of-next the resolutions of the Senator from
New York would be in order, because they rofsr to
the question what we to do with this territory
these two questions would be in order II the war was
unjust however he would stop 1t at once II the Presi
osi b ~USa ten q. nov much money would take to
est road he would cheerfuy vote him the amount but
not one cent more-not one cent. Mr. Hale ready
now to act in defiance Of all the odium and opprobium
which might be heaped upon him. Let them come:
but If the is wrong let say So and not continue
sfukine the truth His mind was mads up AS to the
abstraction Of Mr. Calhoun, be regarded it practical
question Tbs message and the chairmsn on Military
prosecuted for indemnity and satisfaction.
Mr. CAss interposed It not indemnity and salts
fsStion ne would not be guilty Of tautology 1t was
Mr.. Hs.E-Indemnity and security 1t is all tn.
Senator l cannot understand what he means
Mr.. Cas- 1t |. not my fault (Laughtsr)
MT; HALE-lndemnity and security Whether the
explanation of the Senator, the experiment failure
Hsughtsr) Indemnity and security! Here endeth
Mr. Hale said that there deeper ,obect ct the bot
tom of this war; and that object the extension and
perpsustion Of slavery There, he commended, the
MIR. srvIER-whst is the question? To postpone the
bill till = Mondsy, or to take 1t up now
Mr. JOHNSON, Of Md appealed that the bill might be
postponed till Monday.
red taking up the bill now, the result was by
ayes and noes, 10 to 10, as follows
sdbu S G Abs Es q % 4s sss.o BfS
ISuxI. Esleh. Sturgeon. Tarney
NHYs~Ms,.r,. Badger, Baldwin Bell. Berien Butler.
johnson, Of Md Johnson Of La Mansum Phelps, Under.