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

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to the question put read letter from oen Scott which
stated that II desired to 20 In and OCCUPY the State
capitals and put down the gueriss to take command
Of all revenues and keep the centrai in
constant motion alarm them he army would have
to be augmented 10 nifty thousand nen.
voIcx-what IL the date Of the letter, Mr.. Cas'
Mr.. CASH. have not got It; 1t some time In
September l&st.
Mr.. WEBSTER understood, then, that General Scott
had recommended augmentation Of the army Of fifty
thousand men.
Mr.. CASINO, sir the whole force mot the augmen-
tation.
MIR. CALHOUN asked where that letter was from
Mr.. CAss-Ths city of Mexico.
Mr.. BADGER requested to know VIII ut plan Gen. SCOTT
had recommended, which would requi all this force.
Mr. CAss said that the letter emb :aced project it
was not deemed politic to publish It, He thought he
had answered every thing that had any bearing upon
the direct question.
MIR. CRITTEsDEN proceeded to show that there
forty-fve thousand men in the Held that with
fsven thousand Ave hundred regulars and twelve thou
sand FIVE hundred volunteers necessary 10 ill the ranks
andave thousand sssmsn, there would be seventy
thousand men in Mexico, while with the ten thousand
of this bill of regulars and twenty hous and In the
luntssr there would be aggregate Of one hundred
thousand men, besides Transfers, Sc.
Mr. Cas- said he would have to make the same correc
ton in the gentmans estimate that he did the other
day the Adjutsnt Generals records and exhibited
that sickness garrison duty, dsch argos &c., the
force including the ten regiments, never could be
than about forty FIVE thousand effective bsyonets.
An amusing conversation followed between Mr. Clay
ton and Mr. Cass in relation to the date place. circum
stances and object Of General soot's letter. pending
which,
General CAss admitted that no recommendation for
the increase proposed had come from Cen Taylor
After which, Mr.. CLAYTON took up his argument and
commended that Gen. sootts accommodation based
upon supposition at least that the object Of the
was the subjugation and conquest Of Mexico Mr. Clay
denounced the idea Of taking Mexican territory by
force of arms The object, which had been openly dis
avowed by the President since openly declared to
be object OF the that s the acquisition Of ter
rtory by conquest He not willing to take
from Mexico by conquest, or by robbery Honesty was
the best policy. The character Of nation was more
valuable than land He would force Mexico to pay her
just obligation but to mako hsrdo anything more, mere
because had tho phyAcal power would be nothing
short of highway robbery MIR. Clayton had proceeded
to the merits Of his argument, whsn at his instance
On motion, the Senate adjourned.
Mr.. G. will conclude his argument to morrow.
House OF Representatives..
PRIVATE CLAIMS.
Several private bills were reported from the Committee
Claims, by Mr. Rockwell, of Connecticut Referred
to Committee of the Whole
Mr.. ROCKWELL, Of the same committee, reported re-
solution for the preparation of alphabetical list Of
private claims the fourteen tn to the twenty ninth
Congress- inclusive and to employ additional clerk
for that purpose.
Debate ensued between Messrs Franklin, Henley
ROCKWELL Houston Of Alabama, Pollock, Giddings,
Thompson of Miss, and Farron.
THE ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS rnEAsuRER's REPoRr-,
THE MEXICAN wAR-IMpEAcHMENT or THE PRESIDENT
URGED, ETC. ETC.
Pending a motion by Mr.. POLLOCK to re-commit, with
instructions motion Of Mr. VINroS the House went
into Committee of the Whole the st Of the Union
Mr. j. r. Ingerso in the Chair, the annual message
of the President
Mr.. STEWART, Of Pennsylvania, addressed the COM
mittee, in reply to Mr.. Mcclellan, reviewing and
demning the measures Of the administration generally
He called attention the Secretary Of the Treasury
report the calculations of receipts of for
ls47 Instead Of being ss,oOooO0 more the receipts
actually 81 900 less than they would have beea
under the tariff Of s42 He also pointed out numerous
other alleged in the Seoretarys calculation He
said he did no. blame the President he did not
derstand the subject
Mr. vENABLE followed in support of the doctrines Of
the late veto message denying the power of Congress to
make appropriations for internal improvements He
supported the war. If it unnecessarily and uncon
stitutionay commenced by the President, let the mso-
rity Of the House impeach him. He was in favor Of
taking New Mexico and California as indemnity, and
opposed to making peace until We had secured indemni
ty for the past and security for the future
Mr. ROCKWELL, Of Connecticut, examined briefly the
late veto message its many positions which he pro-
decided to show were unsustainsd by facts and preoe
dents
On motion Of Mr. POLLOCK, the committee rose, and
the House adjourned.
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