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FEBRUARY 16, 284:7,
Vol. 5. No. L.
WORDS OF CHEER.
Jc firm and he faithful,
Desert not tlie right ;
Tiie brave become bolder,
The darker the night !
Then up and be doing,
Though cowards may fail,
Thv duty pursuing,
Dare all and prevail !
If scorn be thy portion,
If haired and loss,
If snipes, and if prison,
Remember the Dross !
God watches above ihec,
And He will requite
.Sooner leave those who love thee,
Than God and the right!
T WEXTY-XIXTH COXCKKSS.
SECOND SESSION.
SENATE.
Wednesday, February 3, 1817.
"THANKS TO GEN. TAYLOR.
After a few remarks from Messrs.
SPEIGHT and EVAN'S in relation to
the private calender
The joict resolution or the Senate gi-
.! .1 i r f - .
ving tlie tnants oi . congress iu vn:.i.
Taylor and the army for their gallantry
at Monterey came up; when
Air. ATIIRRTON moved that it be
referred to the Committee on Military
Affairs.
Mr. CRITTENDEN hoped that
course would not be pursued. He thought
it better to lar this resolution on the table
for the present, and take up the resolu
tion from the House; which suggestion
Laving been adopted
The House resolution was taken up,
end having been read, as follows:
Resolved, unanimously, by the Senate
s:id House of Representatives of the
United States in Congress assembled,
That the thanks of Congiess are due, and
are hereby presented to Major General
Zachary Taylor, and through him to tlie
brave officers and soldiers, both of the
regular armv and of the volunteers under
his command, for their courage, skill, for
titude, and good conduct in storming the
city of Monterey, defended as it was by
a force more linn double their number,
and protected by the strongest fortifica
tions, which resulted in a most brilliant
victory to our army, and reflected imper
ishable honor upon our arms, engaged as
it was and still is in a war commenced
and forced upon us by Mexico, and con
tinued by us in defence of the honor and
vindication, of the just rights of the Uni
ted St3tes, assailed as both had been by
repeated and flagrant acts, on the part of
Mexico, of insult, outrages, and finally of
invasion of one of the States of this
Union. Provided, That noihir.g herein
contained shall be construed into an ap
probation of the terms of the capitulation
of Monterey.
Resolved, That the President be re
quested lo cause to be struck a gold medal
with devices emblematical of this splen
did achievement, and presented to General
Taylor, as a testimony of the high sense
entertained by Congress (or his judicious
and distinguished conduct on that memo
rable occasion.
Resolved, That the President of the
United States be requested to cause the
foregoing resolutions to be communicated
to General Taylor, and through him to
the army under his command.
' Mr. SPEIGHT moved lo amend the
resolution by striking out the proviso.
lie would state, lie said, in very few
words, his reason for making this motion.
He was not one of those who were at
any time forward in returning thanks to
any man for doing his duty; but, when
he did so, he was not willing to present
thanks with one hand and a censure with j
the other. If that part of the resolution !
fc'iouid be retained, he would be obliged
to vote ajrainst the resolution itself. He
was not at present prepared to determine
for he was not a military man nor
Lad he the facts before him to enable him
to determine, whether Gen. Taylor did
his duty in regard to that affair or not;
hut, if thanks were to be voted to him,
they should be voted in tlie usual manner,
and net accompanied by any tiling that
would imply a reflection upon his con
duct. Mr. ATCHISON said, if it were in
order, he would move t.i lay this resolu
tion on the table, to be taken up when the
resolution offered by the Senator from
Tennessee came up ;rain, so that they
might both be referred to the Committee
on Military Affairs.
This motion was, upon a division, ricg-
atived ayes 21, nos
On Mr. Speiuiit's motion the yeas aud
luivs were ordered.
Mr. SEVIER held that there was no other way. It was enough that a victory
censure expressed in the proviso. It j had been gained, no matter what the order
was calculated merely lo prevent a con- of battta might be, whether gained by
elusion that inght be drawn if that pro- jibe superior exertions of the centre, or of
viso were not attached; o prevent the j the left wing, or of the right wins. Gen.
conclusion that Congress, in adopting the j Taylor had done all that, was expected of
resolution, approbated the armistice that j him. .He had evince J all the skill of an
was made at Monterey. It was not ecu- .accomplished general, "and -Jl thecourae
Hiring Gen. Taylor at ;!!. It was mere- and valor of a .perfect soldier. Then
ly leaving the question frer; so that those , why examine the matter with so critical
wuowere disposed to vote ' thanks could an eye to endeavor to find something
i;) m without expressing any opinion in ; which ; would diminish the glory of his
r-g.ird to the c;-p;t!!?!--u. lie considered achievements to find out some little cir
ti.kt those who rfjrd the arruhtice as celiac?, and to grp at it in order to
ill-advised and wrong, ought not to be
drawn in to express their approbation of
that which they could not sanction.
Mr. JARXAGIN remarked that there
was not a solitary word in the resolution
about an armistice.
Mr. SEVIER. There is about capitu
lation. The resolution was again read by the
Secretary.
Mr. JARNAGIN repeated that in the
body of the resolution there was not a
word about an armistice or capitulation.
He perceived, however, that it was em
braced in an amendment which had been
inserted by way of proviso, and that pro
viso clearly implied a censure upon Gen.
Taylor which he could not consent to
sanction.
Mr. SEVIER said he had no desire to
censure Gen. Tavlor. lie knew him to
be a gallant officer, who had fought bravc-
' lv for his country. All that he desired
i was to avoid giving a vole approving of!
! the capitulation to which he (Gen. I.)
j had consented.
Mr. JOHNSON, of Louisiana, S3id
: that he considered the proviso an implied
! censure, and if it were retained in the
resolution, he could not vote for the reso-
.
jmion itself.
j Mr. J. M. CLAYTON desired that
! the Senator from Arkansas, as he had said
that he disapproved of the armistice, and
that he considered it objectionable, would
tell them the reasons for his disapproval.
Mr. SEVIER said it was not his pur
pose to be drawn into a discussion upon
this matter with the Senator from Dela
ware, lie was no military man, but he
had a right to an opinion nevertheless;
and he had merely expressed that opin
ion, without any intention, upon an occa
sion like this, of entering into any. dis
cussion at all upon the subject. .
Mr. ARCHER said he wished to su
peradd to the inquiry put by the Senator
from Delaware one other inquiry. He
desired lo know why the Senator was for
connecting the subject of the capitulation
with the resolution of thanks?
Mr. SEVIER said he would tell the
Senator in one word, if he would allow
him; that he found, upon the last reading
of tlie resolution, that it was not contain
ed in it, and therefore he had ceased to
say any thing about it.
"Mr. CRITTENDEN said that it
seemed to him, from the character of this
resolution, that there was a kind of feel
ing existing against Gen. Taylor, arising
no doubt from that sort of party spirit
which interfused itself through every
thing, and with which all persons were
more or less imbued. A matter of this
sort, he thought, ought to be treated irres
pective of parly. Gen. Taylor, as the
leader of the forces of the country, had
nothing to do with parly. He was above
all party. He sought for no party ap
probation. He desired the approbation
of his country. He apprehended that, if
it were known how Utile Gen. Taylor
busied himself about politics, parties, or
political operations how exclusively de
voted he was to the service of the coun
trythe knowledge of that fact would
shield him from every unkind suspicion
on the part of any honorable member of
that body. Gen. Taylor was far from
being a political partisan, much less was
he actuated by that sort of spirit which
seemed to give complexion lo this reso
lution. The whole country had received
the intelligence of the surprising achieve
ments of our little army under the gallant
leading of Gen. Taylor with satisfaction
mingled with surprise at the singular suc
cess which had attended those operations.
Conducted, as thev were, under circum
stances of extreme difficulty and embar-
rassment, he believed they were not sur
passed by any thing of the kind that had
ever occurred in the history of the world.
And now, when the councils of the conn
try were called upon to express the pub
lie gratitude, called forth by those great
achievements, why should they give way
to that sort of spirit which would prompt
them to look for some circumstance that
would dim the glory of. the achievements,
and to qualify thcir expression of appro
bation in such a manner as to make it
doubtful in the construction and the opin
ion of the world, whether they did not in
tend to dim the lustre of his renown, and j
to drug the very cup which they were
holding to his lips. He was sure such
was not the feeling of his honorable friend
opposite he was certain that he was ac
ting with perfect condor; but he would
J humbly submit to him that he had taken
j too much of a party view, ;md therefore
:ui erroneous one. It was not 'usual to
j stop to inquire, after a great victory had
i been won, whether the action could have
j been better foujrht if managed in some
convey a sentiment of disapproval? He ;
did not speak of the motives of gentle
men. He spoke of the resolution and of
the interpretation which would be put up
on it by the world. It would bear upon
its face evidence that they did not approve 1
of the armistice. And pray what did ;
they know about that armistice which
would enable them to determine whether
it should be a subject of approval or oth
erwise? Some gentlemen whom he had
heard converse upon this subject, not in
Congress but out of it, seemed to enter
tain the expectation that Gen. Taylor,
with his slender forces, exhausted by a
three days' battle, should have rushed
upon thousands of their intrenched ad
versaries, and have forced them to an un
conditional surrender. Would any of
those who cavilled here have done so?
Gen. Taylor had but about 5,000 disposa
ble troops at the end of the battle, and it
was expected that those brave fellows, ex
hausted with three days' fighting, would
have rushed, bayonet in hand, upon the
enemy, 9.000 in number, strongly forti
fied as they were, and have made them
prisoners. It was an easy matter to tajk
of these things at their ri resides, but he
would venture to say that the opinions of
those who were upon the spot the opin
ions of such men as Worth, Davis, and
Henderson, as well as of Gen. Taylor
himself were worth more than any
judgment that might be formed by those
who were not connected with the battle,
and had no participation in it? In regard
to the armistice, what could have been
done more than had been done if the ar
mistice had not been agreed upon? After
such a victory and such a battle, the army
could have done nothing for two months
at least, whilst the armistice would have
the effect of paralyzing the enemy, if it
were faithfully observed during the time
of it? continuance. The very fact of as
senting to an armistice, on the part of
Gen. Taylor, proved him to be a man of
sound judgment as well as of humane
feeling. The armistice afforded him time
for obtaining supplies, and restoring the
vigor of his own little army, while it af
forded to the women and children of tha
belcagercd city time to escape the horrors
which would attend the sacking of a town
by a triumphant soldiery. There was
nothing to find fault about. What would
their army have done if no armistice had
been agreed upon? They required time.
Military men were the best judges of this
matter: they who stand upon the point of
honor, who were trained in that senti
ment, who lived and died for honor, and
who appreciated above all things honor
that was conferred upon them by their
country. What would they think of this
obliterated compliment? This uncertain
mark of approbation? How would such a
hesitating compliment be received by the
armv after winning such a battle as that?
How would it be thought of when it was
perceived that Senators here were endea
voring to qualify the matter so as to go
against Gen. Taylor or in his favor accor
ding as the tide of war or the tide of poli
tics might turn? When they perceived
them taking a sort of neutral betwixt and
between position, ready to take shelter
under the armistice and to vote approval
and disapproval at the same time? How
was the army likely to receive this thing,
which they intended, not only as a re
ward for past good conduct, but as an in
centive to further achievement and further
victories? Would it be so? The next time
thev fought; -the next time thev accom
plished a brilliant achievement, what
thanks would they have to expect? If an
expression of approbation was to be of
any worth or of any value at all, it must
come entirely free and unrestrained. It
must come to them as freely as the rain
fills from heaven. If they attempted to
qualify the matter, they would destroy
the compliment. It-would turn that
which they intended as a compliment to
very dust and ashes. 11c hoped the pro
position of the Senator from Mississippi
to amend the resolution would be adopted.
Mr. SEVIER said that the Senator
from Kentucky did . him no more than
justice when he said that he would be the
last man to cast a censure upon Gen. Tay
lor. .He had known that officer perso
nally, and, as the honorable Senator had
remarked, there was not a braver or bet
ter officer in" the army. He had hoped
to escape this debate, but it would . be
proper for him to make a short reply to
what had been said. The Senator from
Kentucky had said that all the military
men at Monterey were in favor of this
capitulation, and he had mentioned the
names of some of those officers, among
whom was General Henderson. Now
he had some feint recollection of having
seen in the public papers a letter from
Gen. H. on this subject, in which that
officer stated that the capitulation was
made by order of Gen. Taylor, and that
he (Gen. Henderson) and, he believed,
also Gen. Worth were opposed to it.
And, besides this, all the facts had been
repdrted to the Government here; and
this capsulation this armistice had un
, ! it i
r tiergone review anu nau occn msanproveu
of. This was notorious to the whole
country. Such had been the decision in
regard to this capitulation and this armis
tice when the subject was laid before the
pmpcr authorities in this: place. - They
were disapproved of, and he had been un
der the impression that this disapproval
was embodied in this resolution until he
heard it read the last time; but, as it was
not, he did not know that he should have
any great objection to the proviso being
stricken out.
How had it been in respect to another
military man when it was attempted to
pass a little bill returning to him a thou
sand dollars which had been taken from
him? They found every Whig Senator
endeavoring to attach to that bill a provi
so equally objectionable with the present.
This showed that Senators could change
with circumstances. He was not dis
posed to say a word in relation to the ar
mistice. His only object was to leave it
an open question. Was it asking too
much, when passing this vote of thanks,
thai they should be permitted to leave
this point an open question, especially as
this capitulation and armistice had been
reported to the Department; and, whether
rightfully or not, disapproved of?
Mr. JOHNSON, of Maryland. Does
the Senator say that the capitulation was
disapproved of?
Mr. SEVIER said he so understood.
Mr. EVANS. There is no evidence
of it.
Mr. SEVIER said he had no docu
ments on the subject in his possession;
but he had been informed that it was dis
approved of.
Mr. JOHN M. CLAYTON said that
the Senator from Arkansas seemed now
to be reconciled to striking out the provi
so. Rut he regretted very much that the
honorable Senator, in the course of his
remarks, had thought proper, upon an
occasion like this, when they were about
to pass a vote of thanks to the comman
der of our army, to talk of this side and
the other side of the chamber, as if there
were or could be diflVrcnt sides among
them in regard to this matter. He trust
ed and believed that gentlemen on the op
posite side of the chamber were just as
ready to return thanks to tlie gallant sol
diers of our army as they were upon this
side. The honorable Senator-, he thought,
wji mistaken entirely when he said that
the Department had disapproved of the
capitulation. They disapproved of the
armistice, and directed General Taylor to
terminate it, and he did so in pursuance of
the order of the Department. But he
believed that it made at last a difference of
only about four days; for only about four
days remained of the armistice that had
been agreed upon at the time the notice
of its termination was given in obedience
to the Executive order. No injury, then,
was done by the armistice; and as to the
capitulation, he had never heard before
that the Department had disapproved of it.
Mr. SEVIER said he had the impres
sion on his mind, and that impression
was confirmed by General Taylor's let
ter, that the capitulation was embraced in
the disapproval, as well as the armistice.
Mr. J. M. CLAYTON said he did not
so understand General Taylor's letter.
He understood from it that direction had
been given by the Government lo termi
nate the armistice; but he did not under
stand that the capitulation had been dis
approved of.
He would be very sorry that such a
proviso as was annexed to this resolution
in the other House should be retained, on
account of its moral effect, not only upon
the country but upon the army. W hat
would be the inference from retaining
such a proviso? What was there wrong
in the capitulation? After three davs hard
fighting, when much blood had been shed,
the general of the opposite army asked
for an interview with the commanding
general of our army; and in that inter
view, in order to save the needless effu
sion of blood, it was agreed that the city
should bo surrendered, and that the offi
cer! of the opposite army should be per
mitted to march out with their side arms.
What would gentlemen have had Gen.
Taylor to do under such circumstances,
reduced as his forces were, with perhapj
not more than 5,000 men lit for service?
Would they have had him attack an army
of twice their number, strongly entrench
ed, and attempt to drive them from their
fortifications and make prisoners of them?
And for what? What could he have
done with them after had been made
prisoners? General Taylor was badly
supplied with provisions; he could not
have fed them for ten days; he could not
have retained them as prisoners of war.
They could have liberated themselves at
any time. With these facts staring them
in the face, he repeated the question,
what would gentlemen have had General
Taylor to do? Would they have had him
storm the fortifications, regardless of the
lives of his own soldiers? And for what
purpose? For the purpose of gaining ad
ditional glory and honor for having slain
so many hundred Mexicans in battle?
Were they to have no regard for the loss
which our army must sustain in storming
their fortifications, when the enemy had
every advantage against us? Would gen
tlemen have had it that Gen. Taylor
should have stormed and sacked the town?
Were they acquainted with the conse
quences attending upon the sacking of a
city, and of letting loose a soldiery har
dened by warfare, hard of heart, with
Woody; hinds to ra order . and to piUa
the inhabitants? Gen. Taylor told them
that he had a regard for the safety of the
women and children, who would inevita
bly have been sacrificed. Looking back
upon these tilings, lie honored Gen. Tay
lor as much for the terms of the capitula
tion as for the bravery be had displayed
in battle. He gloried that an American
general had shown himself thus humane.
If they adopted such a proviso, what
would be its moral efiect upon the army?
The soldiers would understand from it
that humanity was not considered by
Congress to be a virtue; and when the
next battle was faugh' when the next
town was taken they would suppose
that they were expected to come red with
the slaughter of the innocent lives within
that town; that they were to sack, and
pillage, and destroy to revel in carnage
and in blood. He was not willing to
teach them any such lesson. He would
have no hand in it; and he repeated, that
he honored the gallant general as much
for his humanity as for his bravery.
General Taylor now stood probably in
such a position before the country as that
no such side blow could affect his repu
tation. He had no idea that if the pro
viso were retained in the resolution that
he would on that account stand the less
firm in the affections of the American
People. He had attained that position
by his bravery, not merely in this battle,
but throughout the whole campaign, and
especially in those glorious engagement
at Resaca de la Palm a and at Palo Alto.
He believed that no side blow like this
could do him injury. It would be moro
likely to arouse the popular feeling in his
favor. He was now the military hero:
he was the proud soldier on whose breast
fame hud placed the inscription, "This is
a man worthy of his country's highest
honor." '
Mr. BUTLER said he could not bs
mistaken in thinking that a resolution of
thanks of this kind should not be mingled
with any foreign matter: and with this
view, he entirely concurred in the motion
that the proviso should be stricken out.
A vote of thenks ehould have no qualifi
cations or reservation attached to it. He
agreed with the Senator from Mississippi
when he said that he had no idea of hold
ing out with one hand a mark of appro
bation, grateful to the soldier's heart, and
with the other a mark of disapprobation
towards a blundering general. He did
not know that this reservation went so far
as this; but, if there were a reservation at
all, he would be compelled to vote against
tlie resolution. But he would go further;
when they had it in their power in some
measure bv their acts to control the future
history of the country, justice seemed to
require that thev should do nothing that
would pcrvrrt the opinion of posterity;
;;nd above all, that they should not form
or express a judgment that would be
hereafter reversed. Now, it was said
that it was not intended to convey a cen
sure upon General Taylor. But, to a
man of sensibility, though the dagger
migh' be wteathed with flowers, its point
would still be felt. He was not himself
prepared as one of this tribunal, to consent
lo pass a judgment upon the conduct of
General Taylor at this time; neither was
he prepared to sustain the view of those
who thought that he was censurable for
having agreed to the armistice. They
ought to come to no decision upon that
matter; it ought to be left free and open
for future reflection, assisted by the pro
per means of information. And, above
all, he would say, (as he should vote dif
ferently perhaps from those around him,)
in regard to Gen. Taylor, the breath of
party should not be blown upon hisrcpu-
talion; for, like some of the inflammable
fnscs, it would but make the flame burn
with the greater brilliancy.
Mr. BAG BY remarked that he should
not have said a word on this subject, but,
inasmuch as the capitulation at Monterey
had been made the subject of debate, and
inasmuch as he understood that this reso- i
lution of thanks embraced a reservation
in regard to that subject, he wished to
state, once for all, that from all he had
seen and heard in relation to it, he disap
proved, out and out, of the terms of that
capitulatior. He disapproved of it, not
only because he believed it improper, in
so far as related to tha army and the
Government of the United States, but he
disapproved of it more strongly in view
of that which an honorable Senator on
the other side seemed to value so highly;
ha meant the evidence, as that honorable
Senator contended, which General Tavlor
had given of h;s great humanity. He
differed with that honorable Senator in
toto. If the battle of Monterey had
been the last battle to bo fought m M exico,
the views of the honorable Senator might
be correct. But, as the war was not to
be then terminated, did the Senator not
see that further battles wouid grow out of
that capitulation?
And there was another peculiarity. He
did not know of any other in.-tmcc in
which a defeated army had been permit
ted to prescribe the terms of capitulation.
It was the first time, h? believed, in the
history of nations, or in the history of
warfare, that a conquered army had been
pcrmittrd to prescribe terms of capim'a
tion. What had bem the consequence
'resulting to'Mcr.ico cr.d the United otu-
tes from that capitulation? What was it
that constituted the Mexican army at this
day? The very troops who had been
permitted thus to retire. What did they
gain by the victory? It was said that a
monstrous effusion of blood had been
saved. It was preventing an effusion of
blood at one time to occasion a greater
effusion hereafter. But this capitulation
had beenn passed upon by the Govern
ment; and were they, for 'the mere pur
pose of paying an empty compliment, to
put themselves in direct conflict with tho
Government? He considered the proviso
os one of the soundest aud most essential
features of the rcso'ution. The Senator
from Delaware, in endeavoring to avert
what he called a side-blow aimed at Gen.
Taylor, was inflicting a side-blow in
another direction. If the proviso con
veyed a censure upon Gen. Taylor, what
would the striking it out do in reference
to the Government ? Gen. Taylor en
tered into a capitulation; the Government
disapproved of it. Believinr, Zs he did.
that ilie capitulation was unfortunate in
its conception and most unfortunate in its
results, he would vote cheerfully against
the motion to strike out the proviso.
Mr. WEBSTER said thai he regretted
exceedingly that when they were about
icuder a tribute of rrspcel to a military
man abroad, any thing should occur, or
any thing be proposed to be connected
with it which would break the entire u
nanimity of Congress. To be valuable,
the tribute of respect must be unanimous
ly bestowed. It must appear to flow
from a general sense of what was due to
the occasion and to the officer: and al
ways, so far as he knew, or as he remem
bered the history of the Government, ho
believed the thanks of Congress, when,
tend ered at all to a military man, were
tendered by a distinct proposition, free
and clear from all other considerations
whatever. Propriety and the graceful
ness belonging to the occasion required
that they should be tendered. He held
in his hand a resolution which passed
this body last year. It was in thess
words:
"That the thanks of Congress arc due
and are hereby tendered to MajopGencral
Zachary Taylor, his officers and men, for
the fortitude, skill, enterprise, and courage
which distinguished ihe late brilliant mili
tary operations on the Rio Grande."
He proposed to frame a resolution in
these very words, and to adapt it, so aj
to make it a real substantial tribute of re
spect to General Taylor and the army
under h:3 command. And he had only
further to say, that he could vote for no
resolution, in the present state of things,
which contained any sting1 towaras Gen.
Taylor, or any censure upon his conduct
in any respec?, or which implied any
doubt or hesitation. He desired to leave
out every Uing of that nature: and he did
not suppose that gentlemen could have
contemplated the tender of the t.'iank3 of
Congress to Gen. Taylor in a manner to
be acceptable to him that is, in a man
ner expressive of the unanimous consent
of Congress with such provisions as
were inserted here by wav of preamble
or dissertation upon the Mexican war.
He would vote for nothing which in any
shape tended to bring Li question the
course pursued in the conduct of that
war; and if he should withhold his vote,
as he would most assuredly do, from the
resolution in its present form, there was
not a soldier in the army, who could read,
who would not understand the reason
why he withheld it. When th?y were
about to do "an act of gratitude when
they were about to units in grateful hom
age to valor was it generous, was it
manly, to set traps, by way of preamble,
to screw out of gentlemen an expression
of views which, perhaps they did not
entertain; and, if they did, which, per
haps, they did not think proper, on thi3
occasion, lo express.1 Why should they
not act with the generosity which became
them? Why should they not give to
Gen. Taylor and our brave little army
this tribute of approbation in the ordinary
way in which the thanks of Congress
were always expressed? "Why should
they couple with it any thing that migh:
in any degree produce reluctance in ny
one who was to vote for it, or in any
; degree mitigate the sense of gratiiicatiaa
i with which tho3e in whose hono it wa
! passed ought to receive it? He wr.e very
i clear that this should be an unembarrns
! sed voe of thanks such as it was honoT
: able to Congress to give, an.l honorable
lor ihe army to receive; and if he emild
; not go: the resolution srparate and dix
j tinct", he would bi under the necessity of
I voting against it.
! Mr. CALHOUN said he should ro!?
: for striking out this proviso; and he
,' would briefly state the grounds upon
which he would so vote. He would do
so, in ihe first place, upon tho groun.l
I which hid been slateJ bv his honorable
i col'eague, as n mcie matter of tnste and
I ropriety; and; m addition li that, z&
, woaid votf for striking it nut because I-n
: considered that a vols of thrives, v;ica
! a-comp'inied by thrj slijhtest c.j.
was cnir.-ly rancefe.!. IL xv.nld vols
for striking it cut because, to mind.
there w:.s a j-slp.ilne co..trTu -iion fe
t'Aten g;ving a vote cf tinuU "and a
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