The Arkansas banner., 1848-01-24
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 yAmuAAv 4rH. I MF. Bssese introduced bill to create the office Of surveyor general in the Territory Of Oregon, and to grsni pse-empiion rights to actual settlers. On motion of Mr. cass. a call was made on the Secretary of War for any despatehes received from the commanders Of our army In Mexico since the transmission of h.s annaal report.
 ! Mr. Butter submitted motion of inquiry as to the expedieney of giving authority to the President to promote officers of tho army into any of the new regiments abont 10 be raised without prejudice to their present commissions.
 l The Senate proceeded to the consideration of Mr. Cahouns resolution. on which he addressed the Se- nate somewhat more than an hour, jasiifying and explaining his original opposition to the war, and asserting that from the outset he had foresern the tremendous evils It must ol necessity infie, on our institutions. Unless the defensive line which he suggested should be adopted. these evils eonld not be avoided. There would then be leIi no alterna- tive hni 10 fall in with the recommendation of the President and carry on the war 10 is termination. He protested against the subjagation of Mexico, to be held as province, or the annexation of her as territory to be admitted into the States of inc Union As experiences had taught It would require the stani presence of standing army 'of forty thou sand men to lsep her in tranquility and Fubmis- sion; and. as States Of this Union. could never admit an Indian mixed blood population to an equal fly and association with our free whit, citizens. There was. in Iir. C.'s opinion, not the smallest chance to disentangle ourselves from the difficulty we were in. except to take defensive line--to take indemnity into our own hands. When the wor was declared. he would have proposed if tlme had oeen allowed, to limit our efforts to defence. He would now propose to fall back upon linc--he would not say what one. He would withdraw our troops from the centre of Mexico. We were now tied to dead corpse and he would get rid or it. Our true policy was equity. forbearanee, justice and magnanimiiy. We mus, await events We must avoid wars and conquest. This was not the first lime he had raised his voice against war. He had the satisfaction, standing alone. of opposing the proposition of Gen. Jackson to issue letters of reprisa against France. He warned gentlemen that. if they went on m this career of war and debt, they would seal the death warrant of the constitution. Free trade would be- como bat mere name High taxation of every kind woult be inevitable. All the cardinal princi- pies of the administration would be reversed, and we should have debt, high tariffs and paper money He appealed to his friends of the administration sde-for he considered them his friends--to retrace their steps, Retraction would confer on them the highest honor. He appealed to gentlemen on the other side, who were responsible for this war in some measuTe-not by voting to relieve Taylor, but by voting money to get territory which they did not intend 10 accept-to take different course, and to agree to defensive line. lie would remind gen. tlemen of that side that the public scnse-the gen erai voice of the country-caed for some territo- rial indemnity and it was idle to resist it. He should not now propose anything; but if he found that he would be supported, he would propose to instruct committee to consider what would be the best defensive line, and who would avail them selves of the opportunity, fortunately presented. of consulting officers of tho army then in that city, The resolutions were then, on motion of Mir. Sevier, laid on the table, with the assent of MT. Calhoun; and the Senate proceeded 10 the consideration of executive business.
 JAsUARy ,. 1 A bill to extend the time for locating military land warrants. was taken up and, on motion of Mir. i SEWER, was postponed. 1 On motion of Mir. Clayton the Committee on Printing was instructed to inquire why the docu- ments ordered 10 be printed at the beginning of the session had not yet been furnish d, aud when they would be printed.
 Tine bill authorizing the acceptance of %, coo ad ditionai volunteer up in its order but, on motion of Mir Cass, was laid on the table until the bill under discussion should be disposed of.
 The Senate then proceeded 10 consider the bill to increase the regular army.
 1 Mir. CIiltenden moved to amend the bill, by siri. king out the enacting clause, and inserting sub situte, giving the President authority to accept the services of 3oo0o volunteers, whenever in his opn lon, the exisencies of the service should require it. | Mir. Crittenden explained his object He thought the army in Mexico called fir no immediate in- cfeasc. With half the preseh Tt number all the vic tories have been achieved hitherto, and he thought there was strength enough there--which he estima- ted at ,0o0 men-to hold all the territory which had heen acquired. He asserted that, with the ad. dition of the number now asked, our army would amount 10 from 9o.0OO to GOO men. He went into some calculations in detail to prove this. 1 Mir. Cass corrected some errors in the statement | Mir. Jefferson Davis made an eloquent speech against the amendment. aud. after highly eulegising the volunteers as the best msn for the fight expres sed his conviction thai the high spirit which made them anconquerahle in fight, made them difficult of government in inaction. The question was then taken on the amenament which was rcjee'ed-yeas l9, nays 26--as icIlnws
 YEAs-Messrs. Badger. Baldwin, Bell, Benien. Clarke, Clsyton, Corwin, Criitenden, Dayton Greene. Hale, Mangum, Miller, Pesrce, Phelps, Sprnance, Underwood, Urhan, and Wehstei--lS NArs-Messrs Allen, ASHLEY, Atehison, Ath- l eTt' il. Bradbury, Breese, Biller. Cameron, Cass, DAvls, oi Mi; Dickinson, Dix, Douglass, Downs, Feich. Fooie. Hannegaa, Hunter, Johnson. of Md. Johnson. of La; Mason, Rask. SEWER, Sur. geon. Tufney and Westcott--s6.
 An amendment mnved by Mr n Iahnson a,,