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CONdRESSIONAL ,IEN 1E 6hMonda b 17, 48. - CREASE-OF THt.ARMY* TbeS te having N46 dhe.on disftenan'ti~thrd-Ntil e, Bill tfris fora liadtid tiite udaddi.: alljoiiiiro ce :!O upon ERsaead o akregmuents, or gankaod file;:in addid~~p2jetgia * ny ow existing,. ana~~i -~~(thWeGovernme nl4 gizgjji git m r9 1.4~ -V.w m . fe . . ~~tuiG~~ m m ioJ ejiai bueiit it a ti aut4 tai'he thients of regulars wi ed ui -tare'wifd be about iw hEi1Id idad eight hundrede oty'hir lytho usand men; and- a es dlffe' .areabout thirty thousan efi4e It is-thruesthat:of this numbeO'1 i hae iot ri W- in-the' field, or uiider tht nctual r'iimmand of o ers, moreitsl forifCi;e 'housand ; but it is suffiddn to say that tiP rsident of'the Uitd Steates, as c ammarder-in.chief of thi ar'nif of I19 cofederacy, has thr power to cill out .athis time-if we put th'e means in his poWer-to yaYthem-sixty'diousnad arm ed-men. Heinoiv asks that we-shoild add to this numnber te n regments, to be raised by enlistments; and; I suppose, byihother bill, t wenty thidttsand volun ~eer to b's placed .at hisieipusal'nak e mm all. ninety thousand mn-p. These,. tqgether wvith- the seametrand mariaes, wiich- are also -a poirtion of this armed idece,- would make, if thwy we(re- cailaed -.int, actualservice, one hiundred-thousanid 'History generally takese-stitceof the jliesiiloae jftzoniinent pointts n sttie pro-. sia'np~icy~ of natisnignfd' it nitnst 6jiiiYbe~ remairked in ifnrsine'sthat irgestarrmy:.'ver rtnedtd be con can rated upon one singte ohje'ct, by. the - pjl-~ic the Unied States of Amr-r ioagg~ygsan--9r~my for 'thedansionp.of her nifrest~neighibor,.-tindithiefonlv'other Re public-on the North Anw2fean continent. P~osterity, sir, ilil hiave* l~-o inquire why it was that the cotne if~i hii ted Stateis had thought :jir ib 6 fe fd.1ighest a ttribu te wlh;- peh@,da - Ii~x~erted for car rying ontawtar of-ij~ espriptiois. We are inideeil told4yilhe Rtisident, or those who speak- for ham ormhis:llot, that alihou'gh this- tnumber -of men maybe at his disposal-althouigh heinay call-them out under the nithotity ieristing laws-yet he is froilik~ely to h ~r wo-thairds o'f that iumber ac tlin .service. h. u'tigdeads mue to another question - which--14.mnbotmd to notice in passing i Why is:it. that the Exeertive,a as we are infornmed, canniote raise- tie- number of troops which by law hi anhority to iise,'for ciarrying on~'this'wnr 'in the F of Mexico ? Wirfi s it ? 'Does it r fo popular avorsi~n:6gainsten wing into such a se.rvice-as tiis ? If.it awm war for the defence- of onenown scn o yu eijeve-thiat five times that, tiv number could rot be called into requisi-- se tion I air,.ai tfievoie.ofthe Executive be of the .United States ten imes that nunm- in ber tvouid spring up, ready to defand the h national hnor and the soil' of this Re- Pt pubic And.I must here.make another mi redmarkif':all -parties in tiheUnited in States wae to concur to the justiee i and n propriety;o carrying on- this- wagr I. a would answerforntthat the President th could riat say that .it -was out. of his sy pow.er' to'raise the number of troops eli which the laws of the, couptry authorize foi him to raise. But, sir, the very fact that ca he is. unable to raise these troops by the ra means which have been put in his power, dis is, I think, -one of the.:omuens whichia sil wise ruler should regaid in administering th the trust-that is commiaed-to. him.- wi Before, sir I proceed.further to dis- th cuss this ill .; must be permit ted to ad- k vert' to sone of theItendencies of this -be wa n-a-in doing so1 -Ibeg leave to cli address myself particularly toeth pioo.- su sitions foi .Inendment-whichI havethad te the horjo -subit. I 6'.t propose lie byfthe amdiident to *ithhold from the U4 Presidnutli troops,- or suih number'of ka troops s ay be required, bt' I propose dii toraise theMi in a different manher. Aeid sa Ykiw thi1 sii likely to incur the cen- sig sre of tlios6 who'sustain the measures tei of-the Execiitive, and perhaps IlshaeIn Al counter, the. ctiticisms of -tlfose who, of speaking cz cadedra,. may find fault with.the measure whichi I'kdye suggest- I ed. Sir, I have-notbrought forward ny ou propositio. without consulting those 'who. Pi are ietter atquainted Avith- the subject di' - than Tam uiselfnor have.I br6ught-it un forivard for'the*parpose of thiarting'the tht :.neasuresof the' resiaent. B;t, sir, t)is Co .i .e',ilitre o airs whiciih alls ii Up.on eerpman feels an iterest in, sci theslfare of the -ipub lic to xpress Ah hiirselfifreey fiais, an upperdy. ~?9:~aI;'iiv.-r tat come-ai bfru.is 'h*gn i,rsht lim tht Ihave es iet ntotlie'1byrinth of a danger- a1 ouIsan-8 inntricable'policy, from which i3h we may fihd no clue for an honorable ac hd safe retreat.s There are those who look on the fair tw side of things always, and if the Presi- ge dent had recommended that we should ot put at-lbu disposil two' hundred thousand wi mnen,' I believe therg' are -those on this ye floor, and in the other 'branch of Con. yc re~ss, who would have voted for it, if on ia no 'other ground than that it came fromi th the 'Executive, who is responsible for ne this war. I believe they would have m voted for any number of men which the hie President miight have catted for, amnd for ot' ailt che 'schemies-the magnificent and bc splendid schemes to be carried into eve- co rationi by the I~xecutive-if that would wl require an army of two hundred thou- ef samnd men. Yes, sir, if we are to go on of with this enterpsmise of conquering and Bi subjugatiing the Republic of Mexico- su either with a viewv of absorbinig the ra wvhole of thait Republic, and makirag it a sia part of this conifereilerar~, or of miaking er her a dependant province-it would not ce b~e an extravagant preosition for the :a Presidenut to ask for'two hundred thou- of sand men to enable him to do it wvith -c security and saifety." There are those [ who, looking' -at objects in the distant pl horizon, somnetimnes niegleci to look at the .th clouds which hang above our heads, and se whichi are'readyto burst upon us. And se that is the case with sonie gentlemen on ci ibis otccasion, wvho,- 'while they, are in- re dulging' ihemnselves in splendid' visionsw of sevolutionizing Mexico, nad making th her a jart of this Republic, or making ei her in some degree dep~endant on us, are If neplecting to look at the dangers whichi sh surrourid our institutions. I therefore th .have initodu~ced 'this amendment, in ci soinonieasee; that I might have an op- in Iportiunity'ofexaninin g 'more pai-ticolhnly ti into the tendanicy of thieasures that th ai'eheafier to be pieposed. My amend- w ment-fer I mean to'. address myself at more particularly in .the first -instance si to thiat-gsmly so far'ias'to add to e( tiie differentreginentts-of the ar:my-the ni riflemnen, the infantry, 'the 'artillery, and ai the dlragoons-athouigh by -some tin- St goarded omission the dragoons seemi toc have been left out ; to ardd, I say; to bi each of these regiments three hundred o; 'men. By aidding thirty meno a'hbjne te of .the companies, it will give a iegiment v, on paper of thirteen hundred men; and i for this' .incres I only propose to add tj o subaltern 6fficers-and in*omngca. s none-attall--provided;Jioe'Eiherie five dficers to e ac1 mpan t a6d this ivay F .shall nHis se n y-vNe ridred ; rot so niiio be stsu e esident .has asked for. and tean tteerecomnimended. 0ut 1can raise this way seven thousand-five, hunfd m without the necessity for more-than rery few additional officers. I h e s recommendatioi i favor ofnY, atem-thatit will certainly be t ie *most icient mode of riising addilonal tIodps active service. I think his,pjosition no.veTy -well bo controvertedh-that , troops. infused.-. and-niingled with ciplined soldiers, a-re morereadily as ilated and rendered'efficient ;n'd all military nien will tell-yo6 o- They II be better officered to'oh, vjng )Se officers' 'lio ar experienced., Ow thie are those who e.*tiertain the lief that officers can be selected from ,il life, equal: in every. respe'ct, for : a war as this, to trained and eduda l.officers already-in the army. be ve, Mr. President, there neverwas'a ater heresy ; but if tihie truth were own and the testimony df offfiiesrs of ai; obtained,,wishoulilbe e ei1 isfied tharthose bittles whhave-so nahly illustrated tlie. American charac in.this -War, fron.the-battles of Pala to~and Resaca de-a Palma to thi Contrieras and Cfaurubusco, we vae attributed to the skill and ability ich wdre displayed by the 6fficerif r army. vho Were educatedit WNSt int. iko ther e sl e performed by tie.'vy teercorps -; buttihe truthis, that bothI ioldiers.anddfficers of the voaltqe, eps relied with an abiding confideicd all operations of the army uipnfti enee and skill of thoso".dre'cnL bopeatison3. Well' sir i in'sii fori e of 1i id,' -ou'Oputheni lnder just such jea jiot ocers f nntciml 'ifes t j ead!itaied and accso e ice oThi ' siodier hniielt waa a~~~ ~~ ore:ia~~i I~~~~~ llaU 1,t1. ssed.Goiigrese lissesonwitih 'iew to ascertain thedirue character of; s measure. And whaLWalihd-char ter of -that bill ? I do not mean to y that the President intonds-to ask for o m1jor generals and four brigaidier; nerals, and the lfull complement of ier officers, as on that. occasion ; but iether that be the case or noi, it is ry certain that under the bill, before u, there niust he'ten entire regiments ised ; and. for the purpose ofofficerig se regimvents,-you must have ten col Is, ten lieutenant colonels, -twenty ijors, one hundred captains, and three ndred lieutenants. Now, in point of cost, there is very great difference tween the two ; the one has the re mniendation-of bleing cheap.r, and, ien raised, the troops will be more icient. There cannot be a difference opinion on thiese two propositions. ct the objection on the plan [ have gested is, that the President cannot ise the number of troops that lie de :Cs in the mode wh-ch. I have suggest in other ivords, that it becomes -ne ssary, wheii ihe President wishes to: ise a body of troops, to appoint popular icers in the first place, -otherwise.he: nnot. get them.: That is the argument.: -have heard it- said, if-yo'u adopt this in the nien cannot be raised, -becamew Sofficers under wvhom -they. are, to rve are- already app)ointed. It does emn to me, sir, however, that the -men n be readily raised. I can see-no ason why they cannot. T -do notse iy men will not enlist without -having e exciterbment of a politicail moveinent' ery tine we call for addit-ional troops. this he the case, it is high time thatwe niuld examino into the true- -meritstof is war, rspecially ini regard-to- the taracter'of-the troops to be employed it. H [owever,sir, f'gve subnited ci amendment for whiat it is w~orth. If e tloops should be raised under it, they ill stand thtus: General Scott-now has his cornmnandiabout 31,000, [wo thon nd of wvhom areln garrison at Tamblii and Vcra Crutz. The remsainder are iw undeFliis imnmediafe. command in, d neair:he city of Mexiico. . I under anid, from n-nilitairy men who a're'e ntly from tbherb, that he has a fiNoeae e column of titventyithousanid to carry ioflensiveoperations. - I - do. not pre nd, of my own .lnowledge,- t6say, hat tho. nunmber df-diis available-force ;but, if seven-thousand be -added-to noshicli it is -said nre nonw nnder his cr e is 'tg izi I1SO( a'a~se ortionsaii rr en -i a Iyi Iionr Me are tiei 6dol u& sedeicfur Statli to d t~tioftfA:i Gsci e t e arixi .7 i.not St ders at e to be~~ato:..eq'or 1atd tI bj Wh 3 ilno ~sptp orde bfic is ess ato be ardied 's aa rke pg Sawe- sra - pli b prrwentas to bema Mg , e Scothas rebi4adto whih ill o troo mount to% saiied tiat hi e e Shats wbat sev _vta seen~~~ -ng t a isfy'm that the current sences is, carying. the mbasuresr s:aded eyen by the Ex -eeutivedi ihrtbeyond -his control. Sine, i i cu. loni of .thii suibject conee itiin.'ihii Iast foiing, .-A 13ea eMigoyed tr__ a d _e. bosn demonsatn f pnb lie..orip. hmiistaken. . I have ,heardjtp,i a:,' vwsed that this war is n)ott le 1 'd on.-merely -for the pur pos ofm ,peacer with M~exico un, der a satii y treaty,-but tt it is to ba- pros~cin with' the more obnoxious deiigh. oti kinE Mexico and bring Ing hrintaol 'equction, -theras an in depanden-ii ed or to be anrhxed as a prt ofo:ruCa!itprlal govo:imret. Sir, itisnotV tP disguised. When.my col Seague firstimone f thsu woulbet thetenencd'ihen mhease recomn de ythe-Pasi bendemn-tfiens of thb cPridntons~thisb finoran. I have n had te n aiwd that nthing wa s puer ofe mrgletenionfithe Pesicu dert a sencor aign-but .cannt im-t b3preovth'if gthe te obdoiguse dsigny-dsigrider Mhexcov ofd abi guepusndhjk.inHeh sraid-eand xI-be' aiv phe oiproest whevnhen sairt iht is.nt toi. iiipasWen mys jge leaxidei trr h'uer thatic old bue rten'haesc$ 1isow measureomwhat diferentehs foo makd Ihe ol doubtthey~i 's~eb .i-oreign, romdig noaer e i ndhsair habltt thin wonro fthr coIs e o h f nieasureich dethnsacr esg Th cannt wil-b pte toite w~bef.anytt neare dpeg'ie ow a d e e at~do the commencenambnt ofu thegmpa~egn whicl hidasd fieh rhieveiew o-alst ~hho sid were ifinteresdLni ho-adomplishment6fcoh deigsree iwil it.ke.tiv e I pr evper forethe tini~es fron dhtedign wasig nodei-dis .~o n-is inritt-circentrol thp~e se~fet of the esubewhch rbnlin he piiioss n hc efcti bee :Thersie wer wneny. forchode he noreait~yee omenlokem.at i ofithe acdsiamtfl ye whd enulnledthe aosrasasdlgiimilitajian,.oine alieyt int-idi~erend disompace. entlte deinsvilliedBIe tiep ni ety wneicr foret inhetinpwein at thopime wo e haniN~fin privtea cicea.Gre A-nde eptanxir nhrI-etine ht the bets .i.te frodQ ij s pio i tliouglieUr -was' oe,: tot Qnly oApodeut~ A41n boh kda''nfoitirrgeb Ies- 0iehm o ay yiii ieit- lf the i mot dffia otUh fl~~~~~~~~~ huino nyofih iswyU~ati a;.n9neimY,' d a hisleen Shid to ighti be scape os nmgfromi thoefleefsJ~ lh~Iie, sav himena(roa re destrijitronn'. eo' if liednot bh to pass heigt of Cier dro tecmi r. op hute desrQyed :moie ihan w41 have fainn b 4. swrd if the Mri cans. AndL wi wit rimbp onien Wsv a itii'-ha -einrafcotta Y e n overii-eent inld no ove eight tlousaznd he pas* tsi of Cer-o Bod4 H was thi uitutit ee1toro rts"E~o quences to hid piee efom thad easesDoothe-tse. iaeiIai 2tfa a etesiyfse i r~o iab un-eqAuat don t i u og - -h4l was egPi4~ Qs~~ uAS. s -M pregn~ of any' pos~aii~~mon.gect by- thel Mxican- O ertn. -Jgf ie dd b i ra I li cheesgow n 1 diiaie fod RU6.-d ambsZhic e." dso'n to we die dcahatwi exult V -T-1i iie-. 0 b~n~:dh1o~iei th e e.cijement incident a ~rh ~rhymgs hi R 0 sn u.iAdmrbterIy am e 0E LA, countryninani ejoic with'thiose W Survive-aad every onecan proit bthe history which willbe writoen of the ded -we must recollect that this 'history is written-upon tombstones-that.it will be found in the neglected graves of our sol diers, whose bones and blood-are now e.nriching a foreign soil-in the te.ars'of widows, in cries of orphans, and in sin tutory provisions for your naiied sol, -diers. These are the only fruits, as far .as we have. seen, of those splendid a chievemewts. Iive you a right to ex, pect any other.? Is.there a.prospect that there will be any other? 'I would there were. Tim Piesident tas told us that the only muio-h by which, we camn obtain a peace is by the entire' subjugation of the people of Mexic', so as to redIce thema to an unconditional submission. That is the only alternative lie presents. But why have we haid no0 peace? This is an imaportant questin, anid mnay be--an' swered by a combination of' :severail. causes, diff'erent in their chasracter but concurring in their. effect. The people with wahom we are at wasr are a peculiar and diflicult people to deali with ; having the pride of rep'ublicans they have not the intelligenice to understand libertyr the hereditary Enxpeience:.to protect ort -The v'ague feelii..of a blind and con ceited patriotismi deludes and dlistracts them. *Hence. their conminued but ill di rected i-esistance to oar invtading arniy,. and hience. hieir .rontinued -divisions a miong themselves..-- ' ' Tu~e army tinder Gn. Scott: was too small lor a tayk..of.such- rnmgditude as tvasq -imposed upon irdiv-thel dininia tion. Instea o'12,050-oc~ mie .iii~ili -havo- had 50 00 at least. tieli ad: ~been hiis own opin ton, unid such too was the opinion of anotheri generah~the lbrave and distinguishcd Gen. Gaines. Gen. Scott gave, a lumtinous plaii of operation; ~suggesting tha t the 50,000 thart were fw.st pult. at. t:e dlispIostd of the Presidant slrould ha~ve becen tramned at hionie and then sent in a bely unider the. direction of: skilful leade'ss. .Sucha a soggestion was not only . treated with indifference, but was denounced Its dilatory antd imbo cile, evincing the- want of the wild-en eigy which seemed to be demanded for the occhion. The- Administration- has already had the authority to use, at leas; 60,000n mn a.nrimyet in its views of economy, it preferred to save,n noey and sacrificojlife.. . But tirero .are oilier and..more prori irent rnnn why we ino.nn. .mnen s/ s. i'n eahWePaMil e aha tr~t 85 Ife0 - er:4 maehiet h . ..... MOM . lCdgftheex, B noin infpiboifiE wa-procUt e i\a .t hird6 somigh to comphynbf iis n farsi wa ed i the,.AC honral charma I ah%~m teeonp~ Fin. -oactIn'acigo dobas heora-ofthl iiita vie ao different parciestovr ht lhedgeast that woiuld e dpema ei exico in. any ngiaonora or only siource 7of br-ri fdakiieutw protract this -war.. I. th ink M Ar oue rigt to coN Mplain'oftdao-l term which we have been Mt of lMr. as- the prince opeciai)Ue rhen the te regiment bill uias idr discussion at the last hsessionghtc..a tt time honorab!e ci airnan f theoi d(clit tee on hForeign Reatls cacuantgn doutf a the organd of.e the. Adanma tion, dvbertised ite.. whole thatry berore, sir, the t ry a edcd. her ttrito ido inioni, was.ir d c <ubjection by our-arms, a biefsre e h ayrigdet of oe-Unit ove iI-t thne fuahr niidold us; diande i--f *Mco nio and neoiaioner Ganl nvotuderNw M an d allumst-agie tjjenty ced-g .m o t r. Cuxlco-again. His o Ch-rfr - esdnanat.a ;Us e asimehat rearkabne Q the t~~ime hasiose thatstey wCar lur teio oment o te iditend-Sauthatouy ofpropriato. Nheriatay o caief ir r1 ivi ajuprsoflationalverth uIs~~ eih'avo bijo in o'te thte ide tobe coqest.ie of doearl ne iir sea tetiohon,-nuonrs n t~~ uoete sud boeIa~ sti~b~i thatti insse enti no-ol !Iw31e hereboeis nqucriithatFe-ol (doiCionsinued upn ~huh i