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lhe tTenato. o-'Tue.day the 16th. Mr. Ben.
? , ' remittee oo Military Affairs, re-
The provides thtt . lne regiments- rW
- CeDfy -authorized, may beorgattjted into brigade!
. '" ... divisionsno brigade to consist of leas than
tiro regiments, and no -division of lss than two
ybnaes ana me rresiaeni is amnonzea in ap
point with the advice and consent of tbe Senate,
, r the requisite number, of major generals aad brig-
, urtier generaisi woo are to oe oiscnargea imme
diately upon the close cf the war.
'i Thd President is author iied tto? accept, if . he
deems proper, theservices of sucn of the volun
, teers now. in Mexico, as shall, at the expiration
'fit their present term of service. Voluntarily en
, s. gage to serve during the wart andto organize
"them into companies, &c- and commission the
Officers thereof. vi . - . "I
- Tbe PresidentTa also authorised to aceept the
" Vervices of individual volunteers to fill up the
' tanks of the corps now in Mexico, and also to
the vacancies in the officers of the same by
'regular promotion, or by causing elections to be
k The lierr heretofore enjoyed by sutlers upon
the pay of the soldiers, and their right to receive
the same from the paymaster, is abolished.
Oo notion of Mr. Benton, the portion of the
1 President message of Saturday relative to tea
' and coffee, was referred to the Committee on
"Finance. .'-..
The three million bill was then taken up, and
Mr- Bidder" proceeded to address the Senate at
- considerable length. The first portion of his!
speech was devoted to the recent case of the
editor of the Union, and be charged that it was
1 be. policy adopted by the Administration and its
organ, .to denounce every statesman who might
hm oresumed to be in tbe way of the re-election
of Mr. Polk. . . ; .
MR. BADGER'S REMARKS.
Mr. Badge, said, that tha bill now -under consid-
eration proposed to make an appropriation for which,
aa he did.not feel himself prepared to vote, he tho't
it was prpper that he should assign to the Senate
' the reason which would covern him in the course
Jwhich, he felt " compelled to take upon the subject
now before them j and as it seemed to be tne gene
rally prevailing practice fbr Senators in the debate
ttpen this bill to give, as far as they deemed proper,
an expression of their views ia relation to the whole
. 'subject of the war, ne would rouow .ine example
which had thus been set him, and, according to the
- - '.v
phrase once fashionable, but now somewnat iaiiea
into disuse, define his position, in which he not only
differed from those gentlemen who cenrded the
other side of the chamber, but in some respects from
those upon his ewn side. There was. however, ano
ther subject which it seemed to him demanded a
preliminary examination. He was fully aware of
the responsibility which any member of that body
assumed, who undertook at the present day either to
vote or to speak against such measures as were press
ed upon the consideration of Congress by the Execu
tive Department of this Government; and he tho't
it would not be a waste of the time, of the Senate,
to draw their attention to what had forced itself upon
his mind as being a systematic effort on the part of
the Executive Government of the country, to con
trol the freedom of discussion and freedom of ac
tion in the halls of Congress ; freedom of discussion
and freedom of action in the Legislatures of the
several States of this Union; and still. further, to
reach forward a proposal for arresting all freedom
of speech, all discussion among the people of this
country, upon subjects relating to this war. He
proposed to produce for the consideration of the
Senate, some evidence that, whether he was right or
not in the conclusion to which he had come tn this
subject, it was, at all events, a conclusion founded
npon strong probable evidence, and that itprcsented
each an aspect of our affairs as should arrest the
attention of the American people, and cause them to
insist upon a strict and earnest inquiry, whether,
while the forms of their Government continued to
be the same as were handed down by our ancestors,
there" was not imminent danger that the spirit of
those institutions should be entirely transmuted,
and that we were no longer to stand before the civil
ized world as a people really and truly free, posses
sing here, and possessing everywhere, the right of
speech, the right of discussion, the right of considc
' ration in regard to the conduct of our rulers. He
had said that the conviction had been forced upon
his mind. It had been forced upon it, for it was
such a conviction as no American would desire to
have, because it presented one branch of that Gov
ernment which claimed his warmest affections in an
attitude hostile to the best interests o.f the country,
in a position of aggression upon the other depart
ments of the Government, and in a position mani
festing a desire to take from the people themselves
the first fundamental, indubitable right which be
longed to them, as the legitimate sovereigns of this
country the consideration of, and free expression
. of opinion in relation thereto, the measures of those
who, by their selection, had been appointed to con
duct the affairs of the Government
He had said that it appeared to him that this ac
tion on the part of the Executive was first directed
towards the - control - of freedom of discussion and
freedom of action in the halls of Congress.' Was
1 any proof necessary upon this subject ? It appear
ed to him that the proof was evident to every Sena
tor. Was there a measure introduced here, was
there a discussion that took place here, or that took
place in the other branch of Congress upon a meas
ure recommended to the two branches of Cooeress.
er to either of them, on the part of the Executive of
this country, that was not at once made the subject,
through the instrumentality of the Executive press
in this city, not of inquiry, not of argument, not of
discussion, out oi instant ana summary condemna
tion towards those who withheld from them their
upportl Had they not, during the whole of this
session, observed that ill under the operation of the
peculiar rules which existed in the other branch of
-the Legislature of this country, every measure that
:,waa desired by the Executive, passed that body al
; most without discussion end without consideration
it was immediately held up as an example which we
were told it would be wise for us to foilow ? It was
set long ago that they were told that if a dav or
two days were spent in the discussion of any meas
UTe,liowever important it might be, it was instantly
to be reported to the 1 people of this country that
Congress were not engaged in the discharge of their
proper duties ; were not engaged in the duties they
owed to the people who sent them here ; that they
were not engagea as mey (ugat to oe in passing
v-withont debate a measure proposed to them on the
partf- the Executive. If ot a day he thought he
inixLt say not a- day, certainly very few days, had
'passed during this session of Congress, in which one
-'or both branches of the supreme legislature of the
United States had not been exposed to remarks and
observations, which, to say the least of them, were
" not very becoming to the source whence' they pro
ceeded, aad were manifestly calculated (and he pre
sumed, therefore, dearly designed) to produce upon
this body and upon the other House of Congress, a
ready, prompt, unreasoning submission to every de
mand thai was made apon them by the President
"A very few months" had passed away since a dis
tinguished gentleman from his-own State, then oc
cBPjiag a seat upon this floor as a member of this
body, felt himself prohibited by high considerations
of public duty from voting for a particular measure
which the Administratioa of the country deemed
should be passed, and at the same time assigned the
considerations which iodueed him with strong re
luctance to separate himself from the party to which
ha belonged j and rather than vote for the measure,
resigned hi Beat and returned to that nrivatA lifiL
from whickhe had been withdrawntJ'fJ
the Legislature of hi. State. And U woullbTre-
edleotedthat he waa immediately, not ony
.Bounced for his resignation, not only held up i, JZ
creant to his party in failing to follow thit course
which, the party thought proper to pursue, but was
assailed by the most ruthless charges, Kd held no
'to the. people of hie State. and to the vVe country
? s a man so lost to all considerations-of Eoncr and
; decency as to have sold himself for a pecuniary re
pari Wdjs it not evident that ire were expected to
fl !- V .t : a ; -' '
stand coniura&Ily iiAhe.tftitudeif schooWwyi in
the preseneoof a sternpedagogue, expecting the re
ward of approbation for obedience, and in terror of
the rod If we did mot ton all occasions; rtgard his
judgment as paramount! There seemed to b lso
as he had said, a systematic attempt to prevent that
free discussion and that free action in the Legisla
tures of the different 8tates in this Union, "upon all
measures connected with the existing war.-'-'v
" He asked the attention of the Senate lor a mo
ment, to the manner in which the State Jhe
honor in part to represent; had been treated In rela
tion to its action upon the subject of the Mexican
war. He called the attention of the Senate ta an
extract from the .Union of the 25th P'"7
which, after referring to another stage of the busi
ness, the editor proceeded thus;
faut in the State of North Carolina, we find in
the message of its Federal Governor to its Federal
Legislature, denunciations of the war, and in the
Legislature itself, a j"eeoltttion . that the State of
North Carolina tvould sttjport tle Government in the
tear icitk Mexico, was in 1 the popular branch voted
do by a majority of four votes' In addition to
this, it has. in a preamble to a resolution fbr raising
money, denounced our own Government and taken
sides with the enemy." '
r ow, sir. continued Mr. B J ,1 need hardly say
that neither the Legislature nor the people of the
State of North Carolina, have been or will be found
associated with, the enemies of their country, or op
posed to the interests of the -country to, which tney
belong, and of. which they form as true, as loyal,
and as devoted a portion as can be represented by
any honorable gentleman upon this floor, whatsoever
part of tnis vast Union ne.may represent. JNow let
us examine what the editor of this paper says :
"In the State of North Carolina we find in the
message of its Federal Governor to its Federal Legis
lature denunciations of the war."
There are one or two other established phrases
which are sometimes employed to designate what is
meant by the term "Federal77 in this case, some
times the word "Tory" is used, and sometimes the
word "Federalist ? and it would seem, upon the
first glance, that the editor of this Government paper
cherishes an especial and vindictive hatred against
Federalism ; it would seem that reminiscences of the
olden time clustered so thickly around the heart of
that editor, that he could not think, ef one of those
who in former times were denominated Federalists,
without feelings of vindictive resentment. But at
the same time, we find that he is complacent towards
a large number of gentlemen who once belonged to
that class, but who are now associated with, himself;
for towards them not the slightest expression of dis
approbation was used.
It would seem, then, on the other hand, that there
is really no ill-feeling in the matter, and I really be
lieve there is not, but that these expressions are but
a sort of cant of party slang, which it is supposed will
stand in the place of reason, and influence the minds
of the community when there is nothing else by which
they can be influenced. " The Federal Governor of
North Carolina V WelL in the party sense of the
term, perhaps the gentleman who now governs that
State might have been a Federalist, but his age
does not reach back far enough : the probabil
ity is that, when the Federal party became extinct,
he was at school receiving the first rudiments of his
education. u The I ederal Legislature !'' My hon
orable colleague is much better acquainted with this
matter than I ; but, since reading this article, I hare
cast over in my mind, and 1 do net recollect a single
gentleman in that Legislature who ever belonged to
the Federal party. One gentleman I know welL and
I have known him for many years. He was one of
the very persons who voted for this preamble and re
solutions ; an old school Jeffersonian Democrat ; a
Democrat in the time of the war ; a Colonel, com
manding a Regiment in the regular army and time
of the war, and who never in his life had the small
est connexion with Federalism, except as regards
the ordinary intercouse with tne members of that
party. But, sir, what is it that they have done ?
In the first place, they have rejected a resolution in
the popular branch of the Legislature, by a majority
of four votes, which declared that they were ready
to support the Government in the war with Mexico.
No doubt, sir; but the editor does not find it conve
nient to inform the publio that this totally unneces
sary and absurd resolution, as it maybe called, was a
resolution introduce1 by the minority in that body,
for the purpose of clogging the action of the majori
ty in the passage of their measures. Now. sir, it will
probably be remarked as somewhat singular that, in
an article making.so gross a charge as that of taking
sides with the enemy, there is not one word as to
what was the subject of consideration, or what was
the preamble in virtue of the rejection of which they
had turned against their own country and taken
sides with the enemy.
Mr. B. here read the preamble to the resolutions
which were intended to appropriate a sum of money
for defraying the expenses of the regiment which
had been raised in the State of North Carolina, and
which was ready to depart for Mexico Tor the pur
pose offlupportmg this war.J
Among the Omeera of that regiment (Mr. B. pro
ceeded to say) would be found members of that very
Legislature, who voted in support of the very pre
amble and the very resolution making the appropri
ation, to give efficiency to the efforts of the Govern
ment in the support of the war.
Mr. B. proceeded to enlarge upon the point that
every thing that was done in a JJtate Legislature
which was not a simple, unreasoning acquiescence in
the demands of those who conducted the Executive
Government of this country, was immediately made
the subject of denunciation. He then proceeded to
establish his next position, that the course taken by
the organ of the Administration was intended, so far
as it could effect such an object, to extinguish all free
enquiry and expression of opinion among the people
at large. He quoted from tho Union of December
24, 1846. the following, which was, he thought, one
of the most singular documents which had ever ap
peared in the American Press :
UA War Register Tixixy Paoposmos. It
has been suggested that the cause of the country may
be promoted by the opening of a war regiment in ev
ery city, town, and village, for the purpose of pre
serving an authentic record of the Toryism which
may be displayed by individuals during the contin
uance of the present war. In this register it is pro
posed to record the names of such personages as make
as make themselves sealous in pleading the cause of
the enemy, and oppose the war into which the peo
ple and the Government of the United States have
been "forced by Mexican aggression, insult and rob
bery. Besides the names ef the individuals who pro
nounce against she justness of our cause, such senti
ments as are particularly odious should be placed on
the register. Where an individual expresses sym
pathy for the enemy, wishes the death of the Presi
dent, or the downfall of the National Administration,
as a punishment for having engaged in the war, the
ix-numem i me i ory snouid be registered in his
own language, as near as possible. All statements
intended for entry on the record, should be verified
by the name of the witness or contributor."
Now, in one aspect (Mr. B. continued) this prop
osition was supremely ridiculous; in another, it was
scarcely possible to command language to express
how odious it was. He was afraid, as far as he was
himself concerned, that there would be no necessity
for any one's going to the register and putting down
his name for the expression of such unpropitious
wishes in regard to this Administration. He was
ready to express here in his place that he was ex.
ceedingly anxious to see the downfall of the present
a t a a v v ... .
AominiBiraiion. ana ne went still rurther: he ho
ped to contribute somewhat, in his humble way to
that, object He would not confine himself to 'de
siring it, he would endeavor to promote its accom
plishment ; and, if he had no other reason for it
(though he had maoyj he would do it for the espe
cial reason which seemed to make the great enormi
ty of wishing, for its downfall as a punishment for
having engaged in this war, -
' 'Let the principle advanced by the organ of the
Government be carried out and he desired gentle
men here or elsewhere to tell him how the American
people) being once engaged in war, however unjust,
however disastrous, however wanton how was it pos
sible (he asked) that the American people covld ever
arrest.the progress of the war ? .Here Jt could not
be done, because we were commanded to follow the
bidding of the President' It could not ; be done by
action of the State Legislatures, because) if they set
themselves in opposition to the Executive will, the j
were taking sides with the enemy.-' - Nor coula it be
done by tko Tsbpl7,ai large ; for, if they were' to take
any step tending in that direction, they were placed
in the category, of the country's enemies, ; What
would follow from this? Why, of course, that the
President 'must be re-elected, because the people
were not to examine into his conduct and if they op
posed his re-election they became obnoxious to de
nunciation as Tories or Federalists. He maintain
ed that this was a regular and concerted system, on
the part of the Executive of this nation, not merely
because these things were put forward in a paper
brintedat the seat oLGoVernmentV notJmerely be
cause that paper enjoys the Executive patronage;
but because, as they all knew, the Editor of that, pa
per was brought herejwhen the present President of
the United States came into office, as his editor, and
has ever since enjoyed relations of intimacy with
himand professed to speak his sentiments with ade
gree of authority which, he thought he might safely
say, no former editor had undertaken to do in rela
tion to an former Exeeutfve. r It was very plain that
the relations between the President and the conduc
tor of this" paper were of a peculiar nature ; certain
Jt was that there were remarkable and strong, coin
cidences in tho course pursued by the editor of the
Union and the President of the United States, r
Mr. B after disposing of these preliminary mat
ter?, entered upon the subject of the existing war,
and proceeded to demonstrate that the war was com
menced by the Executive of the United States: He
referred to the message of the President, wherein
was a recital of the act of May 13, 1849, in which
tt was declared that this war had been brought upon
us by Mexico, and proceeded to observe that, not
withstanding this positive declaration, the President
himself seemed not very clear oa the subject or else
apprehended that those whom he was addressing
were not altogether convinced that the proposition
as declared was correct If he had had no misgivings
upon the subject, what would have been his course ?
Why, he would have stated distinctly, and in direct
terms, once for all, that Mexico had made war upon
us ; but it was a remarkable fact, and one which
struck him forcibly upon the reading of the message,
that there was scarcely a single portion of that mes
sage in which the President alluded to the war with
out adding that the war was commenced by Mexico.
He did not mean to impute to the President that lie
meant to assert that which he believed to be false ;
but what he meant to say Was, that if he were really
and fully satisfied of the truth of the proposition,
there was no necessity for so frequent a repetition of
it Such repetition oonld only spring, he thought,
either from a desire to strengthen one's own convic
tions or to remove the incredulity of others. Again,
if the President were satisfied of the fact, to what
purpose tended his long recital of the grievances and
wrongs which Mexico had inflicted upon us ? What
had they to do with the subject J If Mexico com
menced the war, on our part it could only be defen
sive, and any recital of reasons which should induce
us to go to war were altogether superfluous.
Mr. B. argued at very great length the proposition
that the war was not commenced by Mexico, but by
the Executive of the United States. He proceeded
to observe that, holding as he did that it was the
President of the United States who made the war,,
he did not concur with the sentiments that had been
expreseod by the Senator from Alabama, nor in the
sentiments expressed by the Senator from Ohio.
The Senator from Alabama, if he understood him
rightly, said that, if he entertained the .opinion in
regard to this war which had been expressed on this
side of the chamber, he would not vote a dollar nor a
man in support of it; and he thought bis honorable
friend on this side of the house, in the course of the
admirable speech which he delivered the other day,
made a very pointed allusion to his friends around
him who had given their votes for the support of the
war. He could not agree in the opinion expressed
by the Senator from Alabama. He could readily
eonccive that a war might be brought upon the coun
try an unjust as well as an unconstitutional war,
not being made bjthe war-making power, and yet
it might be his duty as a member of the Senate to
vote both men and money for the support of that w2r.
If the President of the United States was an heredi
tary sovereign ; if he held a crown in perpetuity,
which -was to descend to his country as the sovereign
of a realm, he could readily imagine that, having inT
volvcd the country in a war, either unjustly or oth
erwise, wc might be at liberty at once to s iy to him,
We will give you no supplies; defend your realm
as you best may. Bat he thanked God, whatever
he might be in prospect, the President was not now
the hereditary sovereign of this country.
The present Executive would continue to be the
head of the Government but for a short term, and
beyond that he would have no more connexion, with
the Government than any other citizen When he
did an act, therefore, by which the country was in
volved in war, by that act he involved others in a
war of which he did not himself share any portion of
the responsibility. It was tho war of the nation..
It was a war in which the people of the country
were directly interested ; and it was a war, there
fore, on which we were not at liberty to turn our
backs, and say, you have got us into a war, get out '
of it as you can. What was Congress' to do when
the gallant Taylor with his army was placed in a
position of peril ? What were we to do? Leave
our gallant troops in a hostile country to be over
powered, cut in pieces, annihilated, by way of pun
ishing the President of the United States for having
brought them into such straits. We had been ob
liged to recognise the existence of the war, not be
cause we did not understand tho wrong which had
been committed upon us by the exercise of usurped
power on the part of the President, but we felt the
wrong the deeper, because,, in consequence of its
commission, we were placed in a position in which
duty to our country obliged us to support the war.
He held, with the Senator from Georgia that
Congress bad a right to control every operation of
this war not to direct the army in the field, but as
the war-making power of the Government was vested
in Congress, Congress had a constitutional right to
declare with whom we should be at war, and for
what and to determine when the objects of the war
had been accomplished. Congress had a right to
ay to the President of the United States, The pur
poses for which we authorized this war are accom
plished ; there is no need of prosecuting an offensive
war any further. Congress had a right to give di
rections as to the end and purposes of the war ; and,
according to his humble judgment, it was the duty
of the President yield a respectful attention to
the advice of Congress, and to govern himself as
commander-in-chief of the army at the direction of
Congress.
He agreed also in tho opinion' expressed by the
honorable Senator from Ohio, that if the President
sought, in defiance of tho will of Congress, obsti
nately to prosecute the war and to use the public
forces for this purpose, Congress in such case he
held, had the right to exercise the only remaining
constitutional power of controlling the Executive by
withholding the supplies, because otherwise it would
follow that one branch of the Government would be
able to usurp the power belonging to another branch,
thereby placing that branch whose power it had u
surped under the necessity of absolute submission.
But lie had voted these snpplies for the war.
Why. ? Not because he thought the war was unne
cessary ; he thought it was unnecesary. Not be
cause it was commenced by Mexico; he believed it
was commenced by the President of the United
States. But he had voted the supplies because the
interests of his country were at stake in the actual
condition of things: because the remedy of withhol
ding the supplies, that ultima ratio which was never
to be appbed until all others failed in controlling
the too great extension' of Executive power, might
produce mischievous consequences; and therefore,
with great respect to the Senator from Ohio, he must
be permitted to say that when tht Senator thanked
God he had not voted any supplies for this war, he
had better reconsider the source of his -thanks, and
have voted the supplies which the necessities of the
case required, for the benefit of the country and for
the preservation of our gallant little array in the pe
rilous position in which they are placed, and who
were entirely guiltless in the matter, and have unn
ted with us in a solemn declaration of the purposes
for which the-suppliea were granted and the purpo
ses for which wj would not support the war. fl
It would then be time enough'lo consider if the
President should be so unwise as not to submit' to
the wishes oftCongress.r If aUuld go on upon his
own authority in cohtrolluithe war in such manner
as he pleased ; if he did this, he for one would be
found aide by side with ' the Senator from Ohio, -Not
because he would do it. willinglj. - God know
r he would do it rery unwillingly, but from the neces
sity of the case, he, would unite with the senator
from Ohio in refusing the supplies and he would
pnUt to the country, and to the civilised world, to
decide whether the disastrous consequences -which
must follow' from such .an unsupported ' war 'ought
not to be attributed! to. t he obstinate and arbitrary
conduct of the Executive, and not to any factious
spiril on the part of Congress. ."These were his gen
eral views in regard to the character of the war.
These were the reasons upon, which he had suppor
ted the war; these were the reasons on -Which he
should continue to vote the necessary supplies for
carrying on the war, until that state of things arriv
ed to which.he had averted, .when it would :.be see?
whether the President would obstinately persist in
prosecuting the war, from mistaken views of benefit
to the country, or from views of personal ambition ;
and then he should stand ready to record his vote
against surrending the authority of the. representa
tives of the people of the United States to direct the
purposes, and objects of a war sanctioned by them
,m the exercise of a power which the people of the
United States had Confided to us, and not to the Pre
sident. . . j i '
Mr. B. next averted to the change which came o
ver this-war in the course of the year which, had
elapsed since its commencement It was now plain
ly and clearly a war of conquest, although the Pre
sident in 'his message informed them that the war
was not commenced for the purpose of conquest ; that
It was not intended to be a war jof conquest He
did not pretend to impeach the sincerety of the Pre
sident in making this declaration, but according to
every notion which he had. on the subject -it was
clearly and unquestionably a war of conquest What
did the President say ? He told them that he was
going to prosecute the war until he had obtained an
ample indemnity, not only for the claims of our citi
zens against Mexico for spoliations, but also for the
expenses of the war. Now in what attitude did this
present itself? He supposed it would not be extra
vagant to asssume that the expenses of the war up to
this time would amount to fifty millions ; and if the
war were continued for another year, they . would
amount to cne hundred millions. But suppose fifty
millions to be the amount for which we were to be
indemnified. Mexico had a few years ago shown
herself either unable or unwilling to pay a very few
millions of dollars by way of indemnity to our citi
ixens. There was every reason to believe that she
resorted to forced loans and contributions for the
purpose of paying them without succeeding in dis
charging tne amount How, then,- was it to be ex
pected that she could pay fifty millions of dollars for
the expenses of the war? But the President was
going to say to Mexico, you must either pay me the
money or deliver a part of the territory ; 1 must have
satisfaction in money or in land. Was it not evident,
then, that the plan of the Administration, that the
end and object of the war was conquest? He had
shown, he thought, conclusively, that the war had
been commenced by the President and afterwards
sanctioned by Congress. Here, then, was a war,
commenced by us, in which we have expended fifty
millions of dollars ; and we say tb Mexico, We will
now settle this dispute if you will pay us in land for
the expenses we have incurred in prosecuting a war
which we have ourselves commenced.
Mr. Badger spoke for upwards of two hours.
When he had concluded, Mr. Chalmers obtained
the floor, and the Senate then went into Execu
tive session, and afterwards adjourned.
In the House of Representatives, Mr. Carroll,
from the Military Committe, reported back the
ioint resolutions of thanks to General Taylor, of.
ficers and men, and the amendment of the Sen
ate, with a recommendatiyn that the amendment
be agreed to. x
Mr. Thompson, of Mississippi, moved to amend
tbe resolution as amended, by directing the Pres
ident also to present gold medals, with suitable
emblems, to Generals Butler, Uenderson.Twiggs,
Worth, Quitman, and the nearest relative of
Gen. Hamer, and to express to the latter the
deep regret of Congress at the death of Gen. H.
After considerable debate, the amendment was
adopted, 131 to 21, and the amendment of the
Senate, thus amended, agreed ta
By an awkward error, the amendment of Mr.
Thompson cornea in after the first, instead of the
Becond resolution ; that is, after the sentence ex
pressing the regret of Congress for the death of
General Hamer; so that the resolution present
ing the thanks of Congress and a gold medal to
Gen. Taylor for the "splendid achievement" at
Monterey, follows immediately after the expres
sions of regret for the death of Gen. Hamer" :
making this last sentence the antecedent to the
"splendid achievement!" And this cannot now
be corrected until the Senate shall again act
upon the resolutions, as amended by the House.
Mr. Ficklin presented tbe resolutions of the
Illinois Legislature, in favor of an amendment to
the Constitution, so as to change tbe tenure by
which Judges of the United States hold their
offices. . .
The bill to regulate the mileage of members
was taken up, but without action thereon, the
House adjourned.
In the Senate, on the 17th, after the disposal
of numerous petitions the consideration' of the
naval appropriation bill was resumed
Among the amendments agreed to, was one
authorizing a number of additional Surgeons.
Pending the consideration of other amendments
the further consideration of the bill wad postpon
ed till to-morrow.
The three million bill was then taken up.
Mr. Colquit spoke at some length in. support of
the war and in vindication of the President.
Mr. Butler obtained the floor. for to-morrow.
The amendments of Ihe House to the pension
appropriation bill, were toncurrcd in.
The remainder of the day was devoted to pri
vate bills upon the calendar.
In the House of Representatives, the bill to re
gutate the mileage of members of Congress was
passed.
Mr. Haralson, from the military committee, re
ported a bill making provision for the appointment
of an additional number of general officers,, and
for other purposes referred to the committee of
the whole on the state of the Union.
Mr. McKay, from the committee of ways and
means, reported a bill to increase tbe revenue
derived from duties on imports, and to reduce the
price of the public lands, (in conformity with the
recommendation of the President's late message.)
which waa read by Ha title, and committed to he
committee of the whole oo the 6tate of the Union.
. Mr. McKay, from the committee of ways and
means, reported back the Senate's amendments
to the naval'pension bill, with a further amend
ment, limiting the pay of pensioned agents,. . Af
ter some remarks by Messrs. McKay, Garret Da
vis, Brodhead and Rath bun, the amendment waa
adopted, 07 to 51, and the amendments, as amend
ed, agreed ro, k ' .
Mr. Douglass offered a resolution to terminate
the.' debate on the bill to establish an additional
land office in Wisconsin, in five minutes after it
ahould be taken up in committee of the whole. '
Mr. Gentry moved to amend, by making it five
and a half minutes, and Mr: 'Douglass accepted
the modification r ' The House then took up the
bill, in committee of the whole, Mr. Hopkins, of
Virginia, in the chair, and -at the expiration of
the fite and a hal( minutes rose, and the vote ter
minating the'debate was reconsidered, the reso
lution amended so as tb read in one hour, a.
gain adopted, and the House again renewed ihe
consideration of the bill in committee of the whole.
The Wisconsin bill waa passed. ' : . "
The House then, in committee "of the whole
took op tbe new bill to establish the riew tefrito!
ry of J tasks, Mr. Reuben Chapman in the-chair,
and after some time spent in the consideration
thereof, the committee rose and reported the bill
to tlia Houee, with amendments one changing
the name from I tasks, to MinesotaV- TheamehcU
menu were agreed lb and the "bill, read a third
time and passed. , ,: -; :. .y y, . . .
jt- lLVSenate. on' the 18th, after the disposal
of report? from Committees, Mr,;Buth took the
floor upon; the three million bill, and made a high
Jy Interesting speech. f f i -
' MrB-said that this war had brought up qaes
trons which were eorrouoded with difficulties and
embarrasmenta. andtohia mifid.preaentedgloomy
forebodings. , He "wished; that lie; could look to
peace for relief But in all the propositions which
bad beer brought forward to secure s speedy and
honorable peace, tie could see; ho relief. Peace
would bring with it, an abiding strife, more fear
ful than war," if the declarations from bigb soir,
ces were,tr be carried 6utir. He hid no favor to
ask of the President, and no particular hostility
jo him, but he could not agree with those who
pronounced the war unjust.
The President, he said, had been placed in dif.
Hfnlt irrnmjrtanMMi. intakin? possession of Tex
as ; for no matter what portion of it bad been an
nexed, the taking,, possession, wouw nave neen
resisted by Mexico. . Though the President may
be particularly responsible for: the existence of
he war, Congress -had placed, the sword in his
hand, and it was useless now to go back" into the
causes in which the war originated, tc He prefer
red a peace voluntarily proffered to Mexico, to a
peace extorted froni her. The latter, would only
last so long as Mexico possessed not the power
to break it, and she would never forget her de
gmdationv He was in favor of making1 the ap
propriation, and thought it would have heen a wife
policy to grant the two millions at the last ses
sion, ; In regard to the question of slaver a he be
lieved if the designs of tbe North were permitted
they would end in disastrous consequences. He
would prefer acquiring no territory if it was to be
acquired at the expense of The Union.
Mr. Houston next took the floor, and indicated
his intention to address the Seriateto morrow.
, Mr Simmons then took the floor, and, after pro
ceeding for a few minutes, gave way to amotion
to postpone the bill until to-morrow, which was
agreed to. ' ' ' ' ".
The House oroceeded to the consideration of
territorial business. , . ..-
The bill to aid in the construction of certain
roads in the' territory of Wisconsin, was taken
up in committee of the whole, Mr. Rueben Chap
man in the chair. A debate ensued, and a great
number of amendments were proposed.' The bill
was finally reported to the House, with a recom
mendatipn that it do not pass, and was rejected
by yeas and nays, 53 to 102. '
WHIG MEETING.
A meeting of the Whigs of Bertie County," was
held in the Court House in Windsor, on the even
ing of Tuesday, of February County Court week.
Lewis Thompson, Esq., was called to tbe Chair,
and Patbicx H. Winston, appointed Secretary.
The object of the meeting was explained by
the Chairman. It was to appoint Delegates ta
some suitable place to nominate, a candidate to
represent the 9ih Congressional District, in the
next Congress of the United States.
Whereupon, it was on motion, unanimously
Resolved, That the chairman appoint twenty-eight
Delegates to a Convention, to be held in Gatesville,
on Monday of Gates Superior Court.
The following gentlemen were accordingly ap
pointed : R. 11. Cox, J. II. Hardy, Dr. II.' F
Williams, John P. Rascoe, William J. Cherry,
Jos. B. Cherry, Kitchen T. Pruden, Jas. Alien,
Sol. Cherry, L S. Webb, John R. Gilliam, R. O.
Britton, John W. Bond, W. P. Guriey, Win. T.
Sutton, C. W. Capebart, T. Redditt, Augustus
Holley, Jos. Leary, S. B. Spruill, Joseph H. Eth
ridge, Henderson Wilson, Ethertnn Wilewn. Dr.
Bernard West Mizell, Alfred EastOD, Kader
Biggs and W. S. Pruden.
On motion, also,
Resolved, That the Chairman and Secretary he
added to the list of delegates. -
Resolved, That the Chairman appoint a Commit
tee of three to correspond with the other Counties ,
of the District, to inform them of the proceedings of
this meeting, and to invite their concurrence. '
Messrs. Solomon Cherry, James Allen and P.
tl. Winston were-appointed said Committee
Resolved, That the proceedings of this meeting be
published, in the Whig papers of the District) and
in the Raleigh Register and Star.. ' -
The meeting was numerously attended, and
every one in high spirits. Bertie is preparing to
do even better than she has lately done in the
State elections.' ,
After a few well said and appropriate remarks
by S. B. Spruill, Esq. tbe meeting adjourned.
LEWIS THOMPSON, CAn.
P. II. Winston, Sec'ry.
THE YANCY COMPANY.
We learned some facts in regard to this Com
pany whilst they were here, which are of inter,
est. In the first place, be it remembered, that
Yancy is the county which sent that ranting Lo
cofoco, Fleming, (whom Mr. Rayner did not
think it worth while to skin more than once,) to
tbe late Legislature. Well, that being a Loco-
foco county, one might have expected to find a
majority at least of Locofocos in this gallant Com
pany who go to Mexico to fight in Mr. Polk's
war. ' But not so. All the officers, and all the i
non-commissioned officers but the 4th Corporal,
and from two-thirds to three-fourths ; of the pri- j
vates, are Whigs. ' Capt. Blalock was the whig
opponent of Fleming' for the Legislature.' One
who heard Fleming roar in the House of Com
mons against the' Mexican whigs," might have
fancied that he would! like no better fun than to
eat up the whole Meiican Republic, and wash
it down with something stronger than the Gulf
Stream. But where. ik this loud mouthed patri
ot 1 Snugly ensconcfed at Aome,'. whilst these
Mexican Whigs" aite enduring the privations
of a march of 250 roiled, and expect to face the
enemy's cannon.
It is a common remark of the Locofoco papers,
that two-thirds of the Klegimeut at leant belong
to that party. Is that trbe 1 We rather guess
not. There is the Orange company,; with oily
4 Locofocos Jn it: the Yancy company witlv a
bout three whigs to pnei Loco : the Cabarrus
company with a large raajbrity of Whigs, j v"1
To return to the, Yancy compariy. . There are
four Brothers in tbe compW of . whom Lieut;
Keith is one. Two-thirds W the whole number
are married men. FayeUeMle Observer, : -
, v.;
Mobk Gold. A gold mihe has been discov
ered a few miles from thi place, on the lands oi
Mr. Nathan Nu by, which; fpom every indication,
will far surpass that we noticed some days since:
By the politeness of; Mr. Koah Rush, we have
been favored with a peep aft a specimen" of the
pre ; and the" numerous tempting'' particles of
precious metal which we beheld with the eye
unassisted by a magnifying glass, almost induced
us to leave pur Sanctum,' and seek a fortune be
neath the surface of some of our barren hills. If
we had one bushel of pre like that which we saw,
we should certainly want no more. , Ve doubf
whether a more beautiful specimen can be exhib
iled .from any part of North Carolina.' The gold
is embeded in a very : bard rock of a darkish color.
The vein varies froia one and a half to two feet
in thickness. The lessees, we understand, are"
making, preparations for carrying oa their. opera
tions oo very extensive scsJe. ,,..-.:-;,.. H v
We should be very' willing -to eive 81.000 for
a bushel of ore as. rich aa.that whictv we had the
pleasure of ieeIng.'lCa7hib2pA-JiaId-'t'
. r - '- ' 2 .rif.ft.
; : x sons of 1 temperances
; There are in Philadelphia M ; divisions of .fV
Sons of Temperance, with 75l8fxnembers. - v.."
MTBXm AS PREACIIIttR
:.TV Kava been look incf"vr
jfrbtn the pen. of Maj Jack Downing Wkn
iniimaie wiiii ucu. cuu; ann wo ...
tshed to see how admirably adapted to the
tioDeSi his; views, are, rexpreseed more i
years ago, m reference to other men, and
quite different c ircumstances; Here for jn
is what the celebrated M ijor said on the
of fightingit js as true as preaching : Q w
; "To the matter of fighting, there is 'onp,..
I always keep my eyes on, and I found fi- V
Jackson of the same way of thinking, aD(j .'N
tp; dependlessort folks who say that
ready to shed tb Idsfdrop bt their blood ih
folks. whd are ready to shed ibt first dJL
a man eightdollars a 'da to make speVcfl
Congress,-with the right of free postal
hear -enough of last drop" roatteA JS &
onmoa tn camn intv then tha u ...
have to stand to the rack at eight dollars a mJ1
1 We give the following extract which
in the jxenia Torchlight. -It is called a V
soliloquy. We pub! ish if merely for its rarb '
with no intention to reflect on Mr. Polk,
from an officer of the army :. " 1
ui jPne night during ihe four days' rain I
standing sentinel half leg deep in water.' h
a night not easily" forgotten ; "such rW.
vii iu irii' ' smwss -vmj a 10 i UUiTIU
such roaring groans of , wind and rain.
remember to have heard." . It was as dark a
irecess in Green river cave. , About two o'clJ
ira the morning, I heard something 6j 1 Jr
lonsr in the water, and hailed. It nrovpH A1
Captain Salisbury; officer of the day, and LVm
WesVofficer of the Guard, going the rounds
After passing; me, the next sentinel but one tC
found engaged in loud and earnest convert
:.u u: t : u;.k j . HU(
wihi nmiocM, iii wuivu uc "pjicrtreu SO QUth in.
terested that be did not hear 'them approach
They hadibe curiosity to listen to his soWaC'
-Yes,".' mM-he,' when I voted for JamWi
Polk, had I known it would have led to this, tl
have seen hitn in hell, and Texas sunk first
after Wa'r was hrought on, 1 was ashamed taw
the Whigs do the fighting, and stay at homc-if
uv iBuiiuti ay iiieiu. , i was uungca to cooie f
consistency's sake ;.'but if I had you here thi
minute, James KP0lkv you"(here he ottered
an awful imprecation upon him) "I'd blow
through and he brought his musket to take
aim b if be would shoot sure enough. At that
moment ins. graoa ruunus maae a noise anJi
were nauea siermy wun - vv no comes there
44 James K.PolkV was the reply, " Advance, jag
con of a . , ;and -give the countersign,
111 blow your brains out!" The officers tcfld
the anecdote next day to the company .M
IXe V Jr. HOOPER, Preside
. of Wake Forest College, will delirer u I
Auuren ueiuro mo xounv ljadiM (l
Sedgwick Female Seminary, in this City, under fa
care of tbe Rev. J. J FixcHy 'on Saturday, the 27it J
01 mis raonin. ji ne exercises win iaxe place In Sit f
Baptist Church, and will commence at II e'ett,f
A. M. The public generally, and the friend avt
patrons of education particularly, are invited to attexl t
Raleigh, Feb. 171847. . 15 -
SEDliWJUK.
FEMALE ' SEMINARY.
RALEIG IT, I OI1TU CAROLOA i
' REY. J. J. FINCH, Pmxxcijal,
MISS C. BROWX, -
MlSd A. 8. TUCK, C Ts ach ebb.
fHE NEXT SESSION of this Institution vii
JL commence on the first of A pri) ensuing. The
couragement heretofore , received. has induced tin
Principal to employ ah additional Teacher, and
incur other expenses, which he hopes will he jusUW
by m till further increase of patronage; rr. The cen
of Instruction will be liberal, embracing all the bot
ches of an accomplished female education ; and pa-
nils who trn tlit-niiirh "ih1- nrMirihj Mnru ' will U
furnished at 'the cloae .wUh testimonials from ik
Teachers. - ' .. a -V v.; ; '
Pupils can enter at any. time, .but cannot be with
drawn till the end bf the wion without' perrnieaoa
from tbe Principal V oor will any1 deduction be audi
for abwence, except in cases of protracted sickana
, TERMS, PEE SESSION OF FIFE MTIfiS r
Board, washi n g, and f uel -SSp v ": 060 fll
PreparatoDepartinenV to 10 ,09
Classical arMl ientic.DepartmeBt, 12 to 15 1)0
'Mnlc ori Piano. V '!-'. S'N" 5fl OB
o ntGuiUrV' ' i - !0 WI
Ornamental braschesainting .Drawing, Ac 19 00
French Language, v " - ' : . 10 09
There will' be a vacation of one month at the ni
of each Session,durirg which pupils can remain with
out any extra charge. ?-?V'.t;tr .
Each boarding pupil tsexpecled to famith her
own sheets, towel, and napkins, which, with her ip
parel, roust be marked with her name m folt
For tbe benefit of persona at a distance, we mi
the following reference it Ke. Wm, Hooper, 1 L.
D., Rev; T. Meredith, Hon. Calvin Graves, Profei
sor J. B. White, J. C. Steveiisoa,' T. C. Garrison,
and D. 8, Sanders. EsqrVi , '
. Raleigh. Feb 17,. 1867 d . 15 ay
Dinwidflie Griffg,
' , " COJ3tB8IOStBMCB0I
m
AS TA KEN Uie House on Sycamore Street,
next to the West-hill Wareboose and verr con.
venient to, the other Ware-houses in Petersburg, sod
will receive on consignment, and sell on the usual
terms, COTTON, WHEAT, FLOUR, CORN, BA
CON, and TOBACCO ; and all other articles whka
may J offered, (except 8PJ.RITS.) . 1
Reasonable advances made on Consipmcats
1;TU;;iraBdv,.,..: ,
Grateful for the continued, and liberal, encourage
merit which was extended to him for 15 years as In
spector at West Hill Warehouse, he ia ow willing,
'and wishes to offer, every advantage and facility tkat
can be Obtained in Ptersbo rg or Richmond to hi
old and faithful friends, and ait others. Who may fa
vor him with their patronage. . He will receive fran
RaiJ Road, Basin, and by wagons, all produce sent W
him, and pay all charges, deducting tbe same wbea
Ihe produce is sold, r No dray age is charged on To
bacco sold ia Petersburg. All loose .tobacco sent to
him to sell will be strictly attended to. The Innpee
tors do not charge Commission Merchants but 50 eti
for Inspecting Tobacco consequently his charge dxi
not much exceed ihe- Inspectoral Persons wiahisg
him to salt weir loose tobacco, will please direct thf
wagons, to bis Store-house ; those who send him a
bacco in hogsheads can choose their, warehouse, and
he ill conform to their wishes as nearly as he ess.
N. Bi-J, shall keep constantly on band, Soger,
Coffee, Salt, Iron, Ploughs, (Jutting Koives, Cor
ahellers. Axes, Stoves for Factories snd Offices, To
bacco Screws and Flattening .Mills all of .
shall be sbM, to persons, sendinz me produce P
for them, at the lowest' cash 'price. '
! - ; ' -l ' jjj VyijjrjiB GRIGG.
Petersburg, Janvl847 V V'r: U I-
JITATE. OF, NO RTH JDA ROLIN ASr.f t
CS Cqvmtx ln Equity; January 4th, 1 ; .
- HarrisoirMWaegtC Waugh & Courtv
;k : :3w i kMl.ntf9.-siJti.j r- M'
Edward; and Henry Dobson, snd L HaehesVs
- " appearing that the'Defendants, Edward Dobsott
and Leander Hobes, are not resident of this Stat :
It is therefore ordered, that poblkation be 'made t
ix weeUln; the Kaleigh. Register, that thex appet'
and answer, pleed or demar, the Bill of Coatrplaiot,
filedin Office, of the Complainants, on the fifth Mon
day after the fourth Monday in February, If 47, l
thp Court House In ; the Town of Rockford elhei
wis, ihs lease will be heard ex parte andjtdgmett
yro eonfessi entered against
ered against them; m ' ?"!
KM
tj. GRAVES, C M B
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