The Arkansas banner., 1848-04-04
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COL sRtIER,sRRErH,

Coz REAnDox: have rsaAarsfally Col Sesisr', speech delivered Ia the annf Of the uniset States tho ttA ot February. Ist. upn the ''sen regiment biR.7 have alse atssmpss&rish what means sl infornatioa possessed. to ussssgate tAe diEA-eal points diseasssd. and sis wise ordinary pleasure
 an saaAlsd to ssy that ths sess. dates snd state meat of principles relied sPssia the srgamsns are critically correct; and wAs<h rms the great excel fences sf any polisieal sgasss;. In connection with tAsss however, ths ssseA (shoogh \ long sas) is remarkable fer i,s esnkasation and Perpieuisy. This win he manifest to tk most careless observer upon rvading the ffsi partrsPh.-whieA is as fOl- lows
 elf the discussion with Aich we have heen hon- cred Ter the last two oE lhse weeks had been con kned to the merits of the b which proposes t. add ten seximshfs to oa! nl,isaTfssAelishnent iA Mex l Ico, m very certain that bhoald have taken no pait ia this deba.e. Ny inkpssienee, practically and in theo<y. in military akirs, would have been my apology for my silence. IL Is not my purpose t now 10 dwell st any lengih ton the merits of this bill shall vote for R, beeuse such measure has bssa asked of ss ey thefFoPsr constitutional authoriiies of cur coaasry, whom belongs the management of all wars; d beeanse is has beea favorably Fecommeaded by th experience and in- teliigens gentlemen ef the Military Committes. to whcm he invesaration of ,uel subject properly belongs. shah vote for t bevnass regard t as an essential measure to sben what we all profess 90 much to desEe-a spee4 and permanent peace a wise financial arrapgemest by which our treass- ry viii be relieved. 10 senshls extent, frrm the burdens whirh this wAx has thIswn upon is- For these general rsasonss avoiding all details, shall vote for the bill wish great Pisssare."
 l h these few words presented in . clear and i'm posing form, Col. s<vier gises the reasons which has induced him to mppsrtthe bill; and they are abandantiy sufficient. ne dOabt. to satisfy large majority of the Anerie@ people. that the 'ten re- ginent bill" shoaId beeone law Immediately; and thereby show the MexicsnAathorities. tha; the only hope they have fcf prosy<ity as . separate and in- dependent nation $ in tsa,y of peace. Since Col SevieT's argument, the Mxican President has sent our government treaty sgned by Ter commission CTS. This however ia nciast gronaa why the ''ten regiment bilI'' should 10 pass. The Mexican Con- curs have guaranse that 1t Is worth farthing This seems manifest whn we consider the charae- ter of the Mexican peoye-she want of stability ia the government, as vel as a total absence oE kdeli- [ ty in that republic and her leading men.
 The first thing to beione upon the assembling of the Mexiean COagreS. wiIl be the election of a President. Should the; reject the present, which is probable, new sdmisis,siion will be SOrmed, ard judging the future by sls past, all the acts of the psesen, administrsioa EeFdsted, rejected and con- demsed. In that evsAt, 4tivs Military operations upon our part viii be necessary, and as we vii not have sufficient force thss for thas purpose. ru- iaoas delay tn our ePertions will be the eonse- quence. The '.ten rvgirent bll' should therefore be passed without delay sand if the ratification nf the treaty be duly exeAnsed ii Sal Be, De neee@s- ary te raise a man eeamis<iou an ofheer, and no one will be injured by E operation These views however have been eOnPiedsusly set forth by Col. SevieF- This speech must have had thrilling ef feet Hpsa those who haaihe gcod fortune to hear is delivery as it win hae upon the whole country AsSie from the adm.rablargunent upon the bill, the defence Of the PresiAeE and his administration, il plaees them in I true igbt It places them upon an elevated point when the unparalleled energy that has been pat forth he observed and justly appre ciate.i. It demonstrates :cnciadvely. that the war has been brought tbOut by Sexico-,hat she had invaded our terItnr,. aa> shed the blood of cit Zens upon our own sosi, aid that was our duty 10 rcpel her. IL shows 10 ewry candid mind, that on our part the war was honohhe and that it had been prosecuted in a manEer to ecure the honor and in- terest of the eoantry-that ye had asked nothing bat what was clearly nght-and submitted to noth. ing that was wrong.r From the position occupied sy Col sesc. ia she sss=ie s chairman of the com matee on foreign reidiCns, feit certain hs would before the debate ci.sed gte bis views upon the ''ten regiment biii," ss vel as In defence of the President aud his administrator; and looked with deep interest b the pssaoR he would eeevpy in the discussion. Bsealse, wlat he says in relation to cur foreign affairs, nay in an eminent degree he considered official. The inereourse between the chairman of the comsiree oa fOfeign relation and inc President and his eabnet is necessarily so u,i- mate. that he must unaertani mnutsiy the relation of our government toward all other countries. and more particularly that of te republic of Mexico as al! eyes were ,srnsd ia ihs direction.
 regard this able effoTtof Col Sevier as fortu- nate for the country and br indiyiduals. For if there was anything lacking to concentrate the de- mocraey of the Union in tn support of the Presi- dent and bis unparalleled administration, it seems to me this speech is sufficient and have DO doubt, it will meet the hearty concurrence of vast major- fly of the American people. ri will to all "ntents and purposes" mset the viewsof the people of this State. well as create just pds in every One that we have Senator who has sTved us 90 long-so faithfully, and with such distinguished ability.
 Your readers will pardon ne pr recommending to them critical examination of lis speech assuring :hes= they ~iEl hs wiser eftes he sxsEaine,inn-
 FULTON.