The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1848-05-18
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Office, giving nh account Of the number of
permits issued 10 soldiers under the FIori.
dn occupation Act.
The Bill proposing to pay Alabama the
interest due on money advanced 10 the
government, was considered, and laid over
| informally.
Mr.. Johnson Of Nd, offered . resolution
asking the President TO inform tho Senate
whether there are any officers in tho ser.
vice whose nominations have not hecn sub
mitted to the Senate. The resolution was
laid over.
The California claim Bill was then taken
up, on motion Of Mr.. Benton, md after
some discussion the amendment Of Mr.. Ma
son was rejected, and the Bill passed.
Tho Senate then went into Executive
session; md Nugent. tho correspondent u
the N. Y. Herald, was ordered to be dis.
charged from custody.
HousE-Privatc bills engaged the atten
ton 81 this body to-day.
The Senate on tho 20th was called 10
order a. II o'clock, when
MIR. lIANNEcAN moved that tho reading
Of tho Journal be dispensed with; which
was agreed 10.
message was received from the Presi-
dent ot the United States, in relation to
the lamentablc state of affairs il the prov
ince Of Yucatan. This message having
been rcnd--
MIR. CALHOUN rose 10 express his regret
that the Prcsidcn, should have taken other
than the higher grounds Of humanity. Il
was on such base, in his opinion, that the
message should alone have rested; and had
il been SO Mr.. G. would have been dispos.
cd to 60 fur, very Ear in aid Of such suggcs-
tons; but, if his car had not deceived him,
the message had rcaiIirmed the ground as-
snned by Mr.. Monroe in his message Of
1923, in relation to the non interference Of
European powers in the affairs of this con.
iincnt. II was, in short, assuming the
broad principle That we should be bound to
interference in al! cases, no matter at what
expense Of money or sacrifice Of human life,
when such interference occurred. Now,
where was all this to end, aud were the
people Of this country prepared for any
such crusade? lie conceived tho sucges.
ton ut this time unnecessary, and calcula-
ted to lead 10 dangerous results.
In the present condition Of Europe moth
ing was 10 he unprecedented from in,erfe-
renee on her part. She could no more
seize Iacatan and hold il than we could.
Who could eny at that moment what the
condition Of England would he, or indeed
was at tho moment he was speaking? lie
thought, uller tho experience Of the past,
they should be more guarded. Already
had the country been involved in cost Of
one hundred and twenty millions of dollars,
to shy nothing ofthc thousands Of lives sac.
riiiccd. lie asked why was Europe rolling
to md fro at this very hour, il il were moi
from wastefu! and reckless extravaganza?
lie glanced briefly ut the enormous in.
crcase of expenditure since the adminis.ra-
ton Of Mr.. Monroe, when the Government
was administered, exclusive of the public
debt, at n cost not much exceeding ten mil
lions 81 dollars. While no admitted his
Willingness TO respond TO feelings ofhuman-
ity, exposed rs the citizens of Yuca.an
were to determination by the acts Of hordes
Of lawlcss md ignorant snyages, he coahl
but lament that the President had seen fit
To indulge in any remarks concerning for.
cign interference. lie expressed the opin-
ion that the Yucatancsc had been partially
instrumental in bringing about the evils
they were suffering under. They had ex.
tended to these ignorant nnd illiterate
hordcs free participation in al! the priyi-
lcges enjoyed by themselves, treating them
ms equals; md what had been the result
Why, they had wheeled round and become
the murderers Of their bcncf actors; and 80
il would be ngnin, in all like cnses.
MIR. HANNEcaN expressed his deep regret
TINT any remarks should have fallen from
the Senator from South Carolina on this
subject, rs il was evident TO his mind that
he Ind entirely misunderstood the purport
Of the message. Had he seen the cores.
pondcncc on the subject, no would have
come 70 very different conclusions. Il was
his intention, Immediately after the read.
ing Of the document and it's reference 10
the Committee on Foreign Relations, 20
have moved for an immediate adjournment.
His reason was private one. A distin-
guishcd member Of their body was lying III,
rs was known TO all of them. He had Just
been there, and left him without hope OF re.
covcry, and under such circumsta noes, he
thought il was due TO propricty to have
made the motion. He moved that the
Senate adjourn.
Mr.. FoorE hoped the Senator from Indi.
ana would withdraw tho motion for mo-
mcnt. II was evident that the Senator
from South Carolina had misunderstood, To-
tally misunderstood, the message; and for
his remarks to 60 TO the world, ss ihcy
would dc, unanswered, might produce on
improper impression on the public mind.
Mr.. HANNEGAN observed that he felt %
much rs the Senator from Mississippi could