The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-01-12

the Uricn Mems Richie and Hsiss to the Aocr Of the
Senate, waa egrsed to-
THE cessIoN OF ALrxANpRIA TO VIRGINIA.
Mr. HuSrEn, of Virginia. gave notice that he would
ut early day, introduce bill repeal the act oeding
the town Of Alexandria to the State Of Virginia.
MEXICAN RESOLUTIONS.
MIR Dickinson, Of New York. gave notice that he
should ask leave to take his Mexican resolutions du
ring the morning hour to morrow to allow him to make
necessary explanations.
REGIMENT
After the transaction Of unirnportant business
the Senate resumed the consideration Of the special or
der of the day being the bill for raising the additional
regiments to serve in the war against Mexico.
THE TEN REGIMENT
At O'clock the special order of the day taken
up.
Mr RsvEspY JOHNSON, Of Maryland, resumed from
yesterday-He had said all that he proposed to say
upon the proposition he had called the attention
OF the Senate to yesterday. This morning he would
would speak as to the conduct Of this war; under
the Of President Of the United States
The was recognised on the 18th May, 1916, and
in January ls4s and peace is far of
it was in May, 1916 The whole power OF the United
States had been put in force victory had the
American every where and there is peace yet
He tho ,ght this owing to the Of vgor in the
prosecution of the We had ostensibie vigor
hprt VI oIgahc ViSorb uut uothinB uore ne wac uOt
disposed to charge any thing that lie could not sustain
lie believed the President had been deluding himself
with the idea that peace could be obtained without
the waste Of and money and the efusion of blood
that has ensusd He said yesterday that the march to
the Rio Graude was the immediate cause of the war;
to-day he would say that the mode of that march
the Of the IT, instead of making that march
with small but gallant band he had gone with force
Of 5000 men, not drop Of blood would have been
shed; not SINCE Mexican would have dared to GROSS
the Rio Grande Since then, the same deusion has
been manifest for instead Of calling out the force Of
10000 men, authorised by Congress- May 1ath the War
Department had called them in driblst answered
applications for service that there enough In the
Geld to conquer peace. What has the American army
done! Nothing whatever but to gain goryby every ef
fort their What the history of the campaign
ofthe Rio Grande? Followed by the glory of
but owing to the small number Of the troops,
they Incapable Of following up any victory Look
at the Of Monterey there the gallant commander
with bis few nvincibe troops carried that strongly for
tiled town and in fact had not troops enough to hold
his prisoners Again. after this battle, he stripped
of the flower of his force, and they were hurried OH to
Vera Cruz, leaving millions of public property to be
guarded only by afew troops; who, however cspa
BILE Of doing any thing that could do Santa Anna
hearing of this brought into the field army the like
Of which Mexicn had never before been able to bring
together. He met by the gallant commander (Gs-
neral Taylor who fought and defeated him. performing
what may be called military miracle. Look again at
the campaign Of the past year General Scott Is
dered to Vera Cruz and there he IL met by force vast
y superior to his Every step from there to the
city of Mexico, he had been met by superior force,
and had been obliged to fight against Odds IT, the
contrary large and adequate force had been sent in
to the field, the city of Mexico would have been
taken without Shedding q drop Of blood There is
great responsibility for this resting some where.
1t has been said that the object Of this bill is to
bring into the field force that will prevent 6ght
TO this be had nothing to say; but 1t ought to
have been done before. What if the gallant army
Of the Rio Grande or that now In the Halls of
the MonteRumas, had been sacrificed! Upon whom
would the responsibility have rested' Upon the Presi
dem. He repeated that he believed that the fifty thou
sand authorised by the act of May had been called
out and sent Mexico there would have been Hght
after the battle Palo Alto He charged upon the Pre-
dept Of the United States that all the blood and trea
that had been expended owing to his errors
Every life that bad been lost owing to bis mistakes
In the conduct Of the war Every dollar of the millions
that had been expended, and Of the millions to be
pended, chargeabe to his He had said all
that he intended upon this point He alluded then to
the different pociss that had been urged-frst to with
draw the troops; second the defensive ne and third
until that enemy should for peace or these three
different for future action he preferred the
last but In saying that he preferred the last,
he did not wish to be misunderstood He preferred
the last If the object Of the be the viDdcaon Of
the national honor Of the United States. But
II the object Of this war be the humiliation Of
Mexico . nation, the forcble dismemberment
Of her territory, then he would not vote one
single dollar for It's future prosecution Mr..
SorN 1hf fhsx havn Ameri.
rights and honor vindicated, 30 As to secure us
hereafter from any further annoyances To withdraw
the troops believed would be act Of national dis
honor. To fall back upon defensive line would but bs
adopting the policy Of perpetual war. The only plan,
then, to prosecute the He thought the army
might be sustained in Mexico without the expenditure
Of o single dollar. The resources Of Mexico were
greater than generally supposed. The expenditures Of
the Mexican government were about twenty-one mil
lions year. to wit For tho army ten millions Of dol
lara for the civil list six millions and for interest
the public debt, five millions. This amount Of money
was raised from various sources. The annual product
Of the mines about twenty five millions which paid
inland transit duty of two and onehslf and three
per cent and export duty of one cent Another
source Of revenue the stamp tax Every transfer
Of property exceeding FIVE hundred dollars In value had
to be written upon stamped paper which costs in each
instance some six dollars Then there was the In
tsrnsl specified duty upon every thing which was
bought and sold [If We mistake not, Mr.. John
omitted the important source Of revenue Of
the tobacco monopoly From these three sources
Of revenue twenty-one millions would be
raised, suscent to support armies in Mexico. He
would take these revenues he would not seize upon
private property for that would be disgracefu barba-
rou., and a stain upon our national honor. He would
rather withdraw the troops at the object OF the
the dismemberment of Mexico, or her extinc-
ton. He net opposed to acquisition Of territory
but he opposed to acquiring 1t by force. Mr. John
next took UP the slavery question This was the