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AM.. We will cling to the Pillars of the Tempic of our Liberties, and tf2ll, we will Perish amidst the Ruins." VOLUME XII. 6 0 .. .. NO.7. EE4252ama0, 9 #EEab 24% V PUBLISitD EVERIt IEbNESbA%. BY W.3.. F. DURJSOE, EDITOR & PItOPItIETOR. NEW TERMS. Two Dor.LARs and FIF'T CE'TS, per antmit, - ifpaid in advance--$3 ifnot paid within six months from the date of subscription, and S9 if not paid before the expiration of the year. All subscriptions will be continned, unless otherwise ordered before the expira tion of the year ; but no paper will be dis continued until all arrearages are paid, un less at the option of the Publisher. Any person procuring five responsible Sub sciibers, shall receive the paper:for one -.year, gratis. StvEaTSEMNTS conspicuously inserted ati5 cents per square, (12 lines, or less,) for the firstinsertion, and 3'1 for each continuance. Those published monthly or quarterly, will be cligae' 91 per square. Advertisements not having the .,umber of insertions marked on them, will be contintin' until ordered out and charged accordingly. Communications, post paid, will 'r prompt ly and strictly attended to SPEECH OF MR. BUTLER, oF S. C. In the U. S. Senate, on the Three MiUion Bill. Mr. BUTLER said that he approached the discussinu of this subject with an em barrassment which he had in vain attemp ted to throw off; but he would nevertheless endeavor to redeem the pledge he had given yesterday, by confining his remarks within as na.row limits as practicable; for upon reflection, he was much more dispo sed to hear the remarks of others than to undertake to make any suggestions of his own. This war, continued Mr. B.) and the propositions which have been made for terminating it, have brought up sub jects for the consideration of this body which, view them in whatever aspect you may, are calculated to itnvolve us in the most perplexing difficulties. My own mind; sir, has not been relieved by any thing that has yet been proposed; and when 1 say this, I am sure it will be evi dent that any thing which 1 can- say can not be expected to remove the difliculties or relieve the apprehensions which exist in the minds of others. I ntil I hid de termined to make a few remarks in.rela tion to these matters, I had not fully rcali zed the magnitude of the subject~fs all its bearings, We are in the midst of a war. It has its horrors, its calamities, its haz a Lo ht;~ ati .f i - I woultri laze'rl#s and I:Ahiides in his or any other, bit wvhien I turn 'ib . another view of :tl su jee't, 1 am. myself aipalled. I wish sir, that I could look to peace for any relilf. We are engage i ii this war and at this "very moment, whilst burcoun trymen,bur friends, our kinired, are some of them tengaged in the perils of battle, and some of them subject to the hazards of goiug'there. amidst the storme which prevail upon a dangerous coast, instead of finding any relief from any of the-sugges ions which have been made here for ob taining an honorable and safe peace, I find no such prospect presenicd to one. If the admonitions we have heard'(and they have come from -imposing sources, from sour ces entitled to our respect) are to be re garded, peace with Mexico will bring with it notbirg but abiding strife at home; there will be more imminent peril in peace itselfthan there is danger in war, viewed in any form in which you choose.to regard it. (god grant that these perils may he averted! -It is an -occasion, sir which calls for union, which demands the exer cise ofjustice, wisdom, and 'mode'ration; which calls for a spirit ofcompromise from every quarter of this country. It is a~n occasion which requires--that all .these-in fluences should be united for the protec tion of the itnstitutions and the interests of thisecountry and yet whbat do we find ? ;).sconi mingling in our .councils; cabals andlparties arising and proclaiming that they are~ready to break down-the temple of our liberties unless the'termrs of a peace prescribed by the sugg~stions of fanaticism or ambition he acceded .sto. :Under threse circummtances, whether 1l look to war or peace, it is with scarcely an expectation that we shahl avoid ite perils to wvhich,1 have alluded, although 1 may be permit ted to indulge the hope that they may be averted. In a Republic like this, in the midst of the agitations of a free active, and progressive public opinion, we-must expect . to encounter sonme of the hazards which are incident to the stability of our glorious institutions. We must meet those haz ards, and withstand them as wte can. sWe must endeavor to lay asideo our animosi - ties, and unite with a firm determninatinn to support .those institutions which are guarautied to us by our constitution. Jus tice -to ourselves detnands t hat we should endeavor,,as .far as practicable, to mnain. tain i-iviolate the libei-ties .and pp.vileges whie'h underuur fdrm of government, we are entitled to gjoy, and not t.o .euffer a violation of them in atny fofrti whatever. I a-n here-I may say it without disguise and wyithout besti'ar ion-not as a par-ttian, but one wvho looks only to the hest interess of this widely oxtendled contry. I have nofavor to ask from pairty; no aspirations to gratify, so far as [know myself, beyond the performance of the duty which I owe to the country; and certainly, if it should be-ssupposed that I came here wvith any premediated aversioti to the Pre sident -of the United Stattes, it is a mis taken suppositionl. My only endeavor it to pursue a straigilforwvard course in thc n=f.rmanrea nf ,dv' dittv: antd in doinj that, I will do that justice to the present Administration % hich it is ontitled to claim and n~hen this war is denounced, as it has beetn. as llegal in its origin, unjust in its objects, and miechievous in its consequen ces, I must say this much for the Presi dent that although, as far as its immediate origin is concerned, he may have been instrumental in precipitating or hastening its inception, yet as far as its consequen ces are concerned, he cannot in my ap prehension, he held to be respons:hle The odium and the responsibility for this war should not be thrown upon him. I cannot undertake to specify precisely what were the remote or immediate causes of the war; but I know one thing-it has been recognised, sanctioned or if you please declared in the most solemn manner, by this Legislature; and if a majority of the Legislature cf tl1is nation' have adopted the war. it does seem to me to be no more than right and proper that the Legislature should share in all the responsibility at tached to it. I do not undertake to indi cate the causes of the war, because I think it would be but just, believing as I do that Mexico was in fault, to forbear from taunts fnd accrsations which can be of no avail. I feel tope force Of the admonition 'Beware of entr-e to a qt1rrel; but being in, Bear it that the opposer i.ay bewd3 of thee." Or again "Give thy thoughts no tongue, Nor any unproportion'd thought his. act." For, if we are in a war, I can see no good purpose that it is to be accomplished by advertising our enemies what shall be our ultimate determination in relation to it. I think it impolitic and unwise, and so far, therefore, as we can indicate our ul timaterpurposes, they are already clamor ously sounded in the hearing of Mexico herself. I think the President, thus far, has shown himself entitled to the indulgent consideration of this body. He was placed in difficult circumstances. He was called upon to occupy and hold the territory of Texas-a territory which had been ceded. under peculiar circunstances, without a definite boundary ; but the instruc'i"ns to tbePresident were obligatory upon him to take possession of it as the representa tive of the nation, and in taking such pos scsion he had to run all the hazards of olission with the enemy; un enemy which had disputed not only -rue right of the Re public fron which we claim the- title to cedesuch title, but disputed the title itself to any part of the territory. How was the President, under these .circumstances, to proceed' ? For I will endeavor to do him woe not he saTied that Government which was clhiring all the territory of Texas, or rather that people that were claiming it ; for, they had no responsible Goverument that could take cognizance of this matter. No matter, then, what po sition the .President had t.i;en, his -posi tion would have been disputed. Here we have the extraordinary circuinstance of one Republic making a grant of all her territory to another, and that other, on taking possession of the grant, finds itself involved in an unfortunate quarrel with another Government. But, as I have said, I do not wish to enter into the causes which produced the war, because, to do so, would only be unavailing, lut impol itic. 1 cannot see any good that is to be obtained by it. I am not disposed to go beyond the declaration that was made in the solemn form that I have stated that 'var existed. I do not care to go beyond that act of this legislature which puts into the hands of the President ten millions of dollars, and gave him fifty thousand troops; Mvich put into his hand the sword, and .irected him to use it. After all this, what re we to do ? And this brinj~s me to a cosideration~ of those suggestions which seem principally to be iuvd>ved itn the bill now upon your table. What does that bill propose ? For I intend to speak di rectly in reference to the inatter before you, and to pass by those things which have no legitimate bearing o the decis ion of this question. What is this mea sure ? Why it is a measure purportwg to be a proposition for obtaining a speedy, hotorable, and, I hope I may add, a safe peace. Now', looking at the question in one as pect, as it concerns our relations with a hostile Government, I would have very little diflicuhty in determining wvhat we ought to do; but viewing the tmatter in another aspect, viewing it as it regards its conseCIuoeces up)on our own domrstic in stitutions. it brings up the subject, it pre sents considerations of greater moment, the agitation of whiceb, beyond all others, will be attended with the greatest dillicuhm.v and danger. But tf this be a measure for peace, I would take the alternative pre sented by the honorable Secsator from Ma ruand. I n ould not have a peaee extor - ted from her under duress or at the point of the bayonet. It should be volntary, though I do not know that if a peace were extorted from Mexico, it would be a sub ject of historical reproach to us; but it would be an event much to be deplored if we were comtpelledl to march our army to the cit y of Mexico, and there, making them pass under the yoke, dictate a peace Ito a free people-I say it would ho unfor tuato, as far as regards it- stahility, for you would find tt difficult to procure a peace under submission to our arms upon which we could depend. They would for the time recognize our powver, bt can it be expected that a people having home attachments, a people professing to be identified with the soil upon which they live-can it be espected that such a peo ple wou k.eep a poe which was forced upon them; a peace which was unwilling ly extorted ? Sir, it would be no peace. It would tie a form of peace, and the form only; and would be observed no lon ger than the peplo of that country were disposed to observe it ; no 'longor 'thin when they discovered it could be broken with impunity. I am far from desiring any such result. Another thing I will say. Let the heroic young adventurers of this coutry once look upon the fair fields of Mexico, and it will be in vain to attempt to restrain them. It will be as vain as to attempt to restrain the young eagle from returning to the carnage upon which it has once feasted. If you ever undertake to dictate the terms of peace, you will find it impossible to do so without leaving upon the minds of that people an abiding mor tification from which nothing can relieve them short of renewed Iwarfare. I desire no such result. I have always looked upon patriotism as being somewhat con nected with the institutions of one's coun try. I have always considered that it had something to do with the pteservation of those institutions. I regard this love of country as one of the most heautiful senti ments that can animate the human breast. And I have always admired the spirit in which Bernadotte when called up.on, as aoe of the sovereigne allied with Napo lean in his campaign. t rise all his powers it the furtherauco of the plans contempla ed in that campaign, upon arriving at the :ondrz;s ol' France, refused to invade his jative sofi. Sir. I would not desire that tny people prot'esing to be a nation should ,ave their national cbaracter obliterated ; ad least of alt would I desire that that lct of obliteration should cotm' from a Re >utlic like ours, professing to act under Lreo institutions, and whose interest it is :o maintain and preserve simi r institu ions wherever they may exist. Id :his iew, therefore,-I -should regard it as a ;rent misfortune' that ive -shopld be com. elled to carry our military. operations so ar as by force of arms to extort from 11exico such a peace as the hearts of her nople would not willingly preserve. But take the other alternative. Sup )ose this proposition should be made in Mlains terms-to Mexico: We are engaged n a war;.you owe our citizens money which you have hitherto been. unable to ay, and it only -remained for us to appeal :o the sword.. We are now going 'o com pel you to satisfy our claim<. The M1-x can people, exhausted 'by this protracted aar,say they are still less able than be ore to satisfy those claims.: Very well. f the claims of our citizens, but, besides hat, we are willing to give iu ndvance bree miilions of dollari more, in iconside. ration that you code to us such territory f yours as n ill be of some advantage to us, without at all interfering with your own interests. Now, it is difficult to dis cuss a proposition of this kind ; for we are speaking of it as only one of the parties interested. I cannot say that Mexico will be disposed to cede to us any portion of her territory, but I am inclined to think that, if this money had been placed in the hands of the President last session, it would have done more towards securing a peace than al.that your army has effected. I would place it then in his hands ; not sir, for the purpose of bribery-not to be used for the purpose of corrupting the leaders of the Mexican army, as has been insinu ated, but for thelpurpose of paying, if they desire it, the expenses of their army. The President May say to the Government of Mexico, you shall have this money to pay your troops in consideration of some ter ritory that ,you are willing to spare. I be lieve this would have had more effect to wards procuring a peace than all the war operations that yott have carried on.-i fitmiy believe it. I am for having a spon taneous peace--a peace comitng from a free linople, wvithout coercion. Such a peace would be much more accordant with our own policy-a policy founded in wis: dom, for it would be more permaneout, I know that other suggestion, other'counsel, may be pursued, but I am inclined to thiuk that the dangerous consequences arising from those co-onsels may tnt be semn, may not be sufficiently apparent un til it is too late to avert them. ~Yes, I am inclined to-think that every day we prose cute this war these mischiefs will inctease. if peace had been concluded in a few months after the battles upon the Rio Grande of the 8th and 9th of May, at the time when you put at the disposal of the President lifty thrusand troop.. and ten million dollars, 1 do not doubt, I think there is no doubt on the minds of the peo ple,.that wve should have had peace, and a much more a-lvantageous peace than we shal l''e by - empting to subjugate Mex ico, by iking at the heart of their coun try. So) far, therefore, as that is concern ed. & would be very much averse to it ; I wold be wvilling to make thins experiment at all events for concluding a peace,-and I wvould do so with the hope that it will suc ceed. .But it may be asked, what territory dc you wvt ? Sir, I willsay; in the .sincer. ity of my heart, the less territory we re ceive the tbetter, in view of the restritionm which are likely to be attempted to bt imnpotsed upon atny acquisition of territory we may make, though if it were allower to fall tunder the Missouri compromise,I would rejoice at such acquisition. -1say this with no purpose or desire to agita4 the question which is threatening to pre sent itself in a most imposing form, an' abou t which resolutions are .coming to u couched in strong language from the Le ialunes of some of the Northern States declaring-i territory, nos only to Northern it but no territory lying below that have indicated, is to be .attaetfe country in which shall exist. thos as which the people of the South pi y. We are told that the people ent are not to antici pate id-sn fruits of our conquest of acquisiti- ' those fruits are to be like th ap 'scord, and serve only to create a 'd Idissention, and strife. Do you sup that those who have in herited unis he=' consttution rights and privileges wli .:they dearly prize, are to be told, inth .ost insiulting manner, that they are to b eprived of a .participation in thatwfiich .oybave deemed their in, alienable rig ;ilioht resenting the in jury thus "96 bt em ? Why,.)t is with them a-mat rinciple, of pride, and not of so-di erest. All the other ob jects of-life; .possession of wealth or.of power, wot, othing to me if I found I had to live. those who regarded me as an inferip :any point of view. Sir, I ask for; efti ence for no other purpose than toredj. those rights and privileges it which 9 niitided; and which, as far as I am capablashal.l egier be preserved. It is supposed tb ath intimidated into yield ing thethin~i Yet this is what is gravely pro pbsed. ifs-said i hat we are to ac quire no terti o at all without these-re strictions. is is the aiornolous position in which w haye' placed ourselves, or ralher in 'lich this -war has placed us. We have sludy expended fifty n.illions of dollars,' the boites of hundreds of our-citizeiaitie now bleaching in the sun in Ieitipq r: are -entomhed in 'its soil ; nay,.thousait s have perish -d. Peace is proposed, an dan indemnity, a. remustera tion is sou, _to be obtained 'fromtr Mlexi co; but vain sought. The only remun eration, be eily indemnity we shall have, will be theiremainder of our troops return ing'!o Us maimed and crippled, and asking us an in for their. wounds and for the suf' bich they have endured. Sir, can it. -seriously contemrjlaied that a propositio such as that to which I have alludell.isiond favor in this Senate? Ifit be, I" , before God, I would 'expend all the tio y, and subject myself to all the hazar have indicated, rather than see thefrit ityas it, is formed and as it eiists untder his federal constitution bro ken up While have every thing to induce usq to believe ron the facts which come crowding pi niae,.:his"ory df this counir - 'isociarion of' the old oughtioontn , rin ust and every iniig else to 'preserve it; yet if we are to inot have teruitnry without giving up our most valued privilege; if this be the only mode by which we can he permitted to obtaitt tedritory; ifthtis be the only mode .by which we can avert that agitation and disunion which is threataneil, I say that even that will avert it but for a short time; for when, 1 see resolutiaus coning to us in stronger and bolder terms. I have little of ultimately averting tie calamity. Sir. it cannot be averted by any such conces sion; hut when it-comes, I hope it will be found -thbt the Union is stronger than those who sport with it, who aim a deadly blow against it under party hanners. I think it will prove stronger. Wihat the Union of these States to be broken up ? It is getting stronger every day, as far as re gards toe original States. And why ? You'r intercourse is better regulated ; you have an easy and expeditious intercourse with the remotest parts;of the country ; the distance between Detroit -and New York is now reduced to almost notbing. While we are rebuked every day' for the 'continuance of this Union, (if I use terms which are not exactly proper I hope I shall he excused)-1 say, whilst we are rebuked every day for the continuance of theUnion by political aspirants-for it .amounts to that and nothing less-the cemening bonds of the Union are becoming stronger ihe allinticea triat 'are taking place every day reuder them firmer; atnd you will find in ton years from this time, that the grand children of the people of M~assachusetts will have esiablit~hed the mseves at thie South. And do you think it. .right that a painful issue of this kitnd should be raised, and that kindred blood should be shzed in the conte'st which mnust enisue ? Do yosi thinik that there will ho no disposition to consult the spirit and design with which these instisttutionls were furmed ? Are not the descendetnts of those illustrious men who gave us the cnstitution under which we live wvorth1y to- worship at 'the altar erected by their ancestorsi How is it, then, that we see 'resolutions like those from New-York,P~ennsylvaniia and Ohio aiming at the destruction of that harmony which should &lways prevail thtroughoul this Republic ? 'Yes sir, and by way ol illustration, let me bring to your -recollec tion of fact that is perfectly well knowo to you. The State ofVermont came into the Union after the' formation of the fede rat constitution.' -Noir suppose it-had beer proposed, or rathei-, suppose thtere hadl been a slaveholdinig population strong to dictate the terms of her.admissian-It dict ite a provision that no one'should bm& and within that -State, and en 'iy thi privileges of a citizen, unless he employe< slave labor, why it would have been re sented by the people-of Vermont; the wouhl have 'repudiated' the idea. Ant why ? Because it would be inconsisten with the institutions under wvhich Ver mont existedi as a Territory, biefore sh! entered the Union as-a State. Now, taki a still more -striking case. It-is knowi that all thie territory of the Mississipp frame, part which nerhamps ever existed or was ever perpetrated to the dishonor of a free people. corporation called the Ya zoo Company claiming to own aIpart'ol hat territory, endeavored to control its institutions. The indignation of tbe people of Georgia, on finding themselves des poiled of their rights, was aroused to such a pitch that the General Assembly of that State, in the presence of a concourse of people, drew fire from Heaven and burnt the record of the grant under which that company claimed. Theinterference with the institutious of our Government have always, and I believe will always, and I by whomsoever that interference may be attempted, bo'visited with the vengeance of Heaven. A contention arose betiveen the Company I have spoken of and the State of Georgia, which was not brought to an accommodation until this Govern ment iuterposed,notwithstanding tbe fraud and brought out the claims of both. What would have taken place if :the Federal Government had undertaken to prescribe similar terms, that slavery should not exist in that territory ? Do you think that the people of Georgia, or the people of the territory, 'vould have submitted ? Not a: all :And for this reason, that the Fed eral Government has no such autlhotiy according to the compact entered into at the adoption of the constitution. It would have been afraud if it had been attempted to be exercised and had the Federal Gov ernment not purchased the territory for -the purpose of remedying the mischief, it would have been one of the most stupen dous frauds that could have been perpe tated upon a free people. This Government had not the power to force upon the people of that Territory the adoption of institutions which'they were disinclined to adoit. And if they had hot the power then they have not now. And yet the Legislature of the State of New York comes here with a resolution such as never could have been con templated when the constitution was framed, declaring that if we acquire territory we ought to divide it out. Yes, sir. She has the decen cy to ask us to divide it out according to terms prescribed by her. Can it be expected that the people of the South will subhit to dictation like this? It is supposed that 'the people of Georgia .waild acqmeee in any such distation? I-s it supposed lthat the Congress of the United State.., has thepowerr.to Assiune sovereigfy aid to .liiitate'terms for the regulation of the inter nit affairs of a State I In my apprehension such is not a power belonging to Congress; such power was neither conferred upon-it, nor has it an organic power to control., the m ternal affhira of the States of this confederacy. It his the.right to make all rightful rules aid regulatiousin regard to tits species of proper. ty, but it has no right to appropriate it,, or to antiihilate .it. ulipose, -s:r, that. Congress. ritory into a State, and give erthe rig~.o, send men here not only to speak, butit~o vote. would they have the power to prescribe 'for that State who shall be eligible'to office-to say that no man unless he he aProtestant or anon slaveholder, shall enjoy any privdege' Within the State? Suppose that Congress should un dertake now, in view of the territory of Geor gin, and by the most stupendous fraud in rela tion to iay -eritory whatever, io say .that' a man going irito such Territory should rot be eligible to office nor entitled to franchise unless he were a nun-slaveholdei. Such a proposition would be per.ectly incompatible wah the pow. er of Congress. Congress has no such power. has no sovereign authority within a State ; and if it assume-s such power, it assumes a power which does not belong to it. I have been astonished at this assumption of power, for I hitve.,een it attempted to be assumed in foimer times. I say now that I would abide by the Missou ri compromise, because it has been acqumesceil in since the time it was fornied But that com promise ought to be held inviolate. Had Southern men, he asked, ever been found to violate anit engagenent?' [lad the South ever violated an engagement which she had formed? Never. On the contrary, (said Mr. B.) she abides by all her engagements with the utmost fidelity, arid she expects thaiothers will act in the same mnner. Whdrefore has New York forgotten what was dlue to phighted faith ~? Is she desirous of exhibiting herself linthe char acter of a violator of' a solemn compact i Mr. B. pzoe'eeded to argue at length the im propriety, as well as the injustice, of attaclhing any restriction, sucht as had beeni referred to any proposition for the acquisition of t irritory. lHe was of opinion that we had territory enough already. H e was fat from desiring, as a mat. ter of policy, to 6'ftain inre. lour there wvas one feature in the case which deserved to be considered, which was, that it would be ol great advantage to our mairitime interests te obtain one or mote ports upon the Pacific, And if a certain extent of-territory could be ac quired with the consent of Mexico, and with. out the restrictions which were sought to be imposed upon its acquisition, he would bei in favor of it. But as to wrestitng from Moxica her territory by force of arms, he was altogeth' er opposed to such a proceeding. Thie condi tion in which they were placed in regard t< this war wvas certainily somtewhat embarrassing if they were to abadon it, it would be consider ed a national dishonor; and if they were. t prosecute it with a view to-comopel Mextirge a yield to propositions of peace, they woAd G, themselves niecessardly in possessiOr1 of lai-g tetnitories, the- acquisition of whic', would b accompanied with those dire calamities which he had already allnd.ed. They wer somewhat like the shept'.erd who held t wolf bh- the tear-s; it w'as hazardous to boct him, arid still wore lanzardous to let him ge His own t~ourse wo.,dd be to take refou inth mode':aton, the .fir.mness, and the wjisdori Wicha he had full eonfidence would' be exhibi ed by Senators upon that floor in regard to a these subjects. Navigation oflhe llinois.-An edito in Illinois says :-In passing dlown ih llinois river in a little stern, wheel 'bor i Agatha, which craft drew about sixtee tinches of water, we were much amusedse -the novelty of 'the thing, when, in~a ppreaching Beardstown, the .engloe wa astopped and given a blick back,'' for th boat to waits aHoosier teani that- was for ding the stream to pass. It is on~ uncom mon occurrene. wearn nnow enld, for th captain of a dark :night, to wade'ihead with a lantern in hie' hnd, to poiin- out the channel I This saves the''aeissity of throwing the lead, the pilot sjpgin ont "knee deep," and all is safe. Correspondence of Charlesten Casrib. WasHrsNen Feb. 24. The difficulty between, Mr. Benjo:9 kd Mr.- Calhoun is of old' date-as far back as Mr. Calhoun's separation frome Gq'elI Jackson. The war has been= eintitred ever sidce, at least on tlie'pirt'of Mr. i. ton. Mr. Benton was particularly ye&I during the present sessio.n, with Mr. 9l. houn's opposition to the Lieutennt Gsa eralsbip. He considered that act as a, personal discourtesy. He commenced his preparations foir auack on Mr. Calhoun two 'weeks ago, and'sht'himself up for threedays; wlille he was thus. bupy, it' was every #bIb stated that M.. Benton'was teady to ife toish Mr.' Calhoun. This was the day assigned for the work. -- ' I - The Senate, Chamber and - ga ies were full. Mr. Ritchie wag in the' t and the whole-Cabinet was4n atiehd d on'thelloor: Mr. Bentia rse "vith gfieot pomp and parade, and begun. Every od Y listened, and I: will ventwne td say tht. every body was disappointed. Thers w&s nothing in the Senator's invective 'ior'ar gument or narration - that was calculated to gratify the malignity of Mr. Call.buti' oppopeuts, or excite the sympatby of his friends. Ilt was k double failure a did appointiient to Mr. Calhoun's friends and to his foes. -.-. Feb.25. The-civil and diplonatic *ppropdatish bill Was .hder conside'iatipa to day in'tho Senate, and a umberofimpjortant drieo mnents were inade to- it. ''I'hrobg'l''the ef houn, items were introduced for the Cis tom House and Naval Hospital at Nei Orleans and - Charleston.:-thzrry thqisaad dollars to begin with foe'aeUpl'pe. -!. An item wa'saddedof fiy thous id 'dol lars'to defray-the :expense .of. arsiew d - diplomatic intercourse with Mexicb, for the purpose oftermin?ling 16stilittfi.'"! It was explained that this "mondment was intended to enable the President to send a minister to, Mexico during the td cess of Congress, should. there le'any ne' cessity for it; The propositiop 'cones frba the Committee of Foroigo KAffiirs, and ii intended, no doubt, as.a substt me fortle three million' bill, and 'basd PI te- up. position/bat.it cai' ot pass tht bate; .1t is' be poked i Mir. Ban be should it vote for it it is certain thate it cannot'pass. r. feriton:asunes, i&ise spee'h tbat Mr.:Chlhoud will votb a ainst the three minlion 'bill, 'though Mr.. U. himselfstated that he reserved his opinion on tbt ydiot. It seems that'the Committee of Foreign Affairs assume i sa'. " . ' - Mr. Sevier offered.' a clause !providing for the payrr.eot.or Ab.000 dollars to the owners of the slaves captured btthe- U. S. brig Washington on board of the Armi stead,-which was agreed to.. Mr. Crittenden stated that' he had hot yet had time to prepare his inteodel bill for the relief of .Ireland, but he would ask. leave to.introduce it to-morrew. - Mr.' Calhoun' and Mr.' Webster 'fach gave'notice, that they would to-Morrow call up their respective resolutions' It is understood that Mr. Webster's resolutiony. having been first ofered, Mr. Calhodun will. offer his as a substitute. I sojpse' that Mr. Webstor will open the discussion. Mr. Webster's! resolutiotis ' are'directed, against the acquisition of territory, Ir.. Calhoun's are directed againsttrie assump-. tion, by the Northern Stat'es, to excludo-. slavery from the teri-itory' to be an'nezebl.. *The three million billtwa's' suigeetod,. to-day, to the batteiy of Mr. Da,-els. *M r. Davis in the course of las remarks said-that it wns admitted tibt'the annex-' ation of Texas was the er4nsd.of the war. Mr. Calhoun ' ose 'an~d said that he didg not; adnbit 'it.' it wa.) the occaain, not th4 causi of-the War. Mr. Davis r~~eognized 394 adopted the distinctio'n. That the anriexation of Tez as wasthe "occasion" of Ib wvar, is ow ing, a Mr. Caihou and others have shtu W , to ihe iajudicious counsels of t4pe .Present administration I ani very ..gladto,stste thai the ,Se:. are iz:a-day. passed a bill to pay N4.rs. Jjd son twenty five thousand dollar.1(o the r'canuscripts of the late ex-Prestlan Mad ison. . . , a . .The Lieutenant Gnrlwill. after all the oppositiop .tp ..it,.be appointed.- The. Huebspas.,ed a'bill. providing for the empjloymnei of~a . general officer, to be, in effect,-the 'Lieuteoan't General, the PreaW I dont's confidential comnmander-in-cief.i.. The Military -Organization Bill provides .for theqtpppint ment of two Major G3enerals -apd Mr. Benton will be one-and prob atbly Gen..Worth the other. The Com-a .mittee on ..Military Affairs reported adl I amnep~dment to this bill authoriaiog the. Prrsident to designate one of the Major generals to command the army, without r reference to the date- of -commission. -' , passed the House 112 to 87.. There ibilt t be, perhaps, some opposition in the Seud' , ate, as heretofore, but it isthought that the SSenate'will agree to the amendment'. 'Mr. Benton, if. the amendment should s prevail, will be immediately nomineted s ant confirmed as Major General; atid will be sent out to take the' comhmed. 4 .hap. in time to direct the operattoo-f p arainst Vera Cruz.