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Contains a good assortment of Goods recently pnrcliased, and Cheap.
THE subserilger would call the llll'0l‘.l.l0l1'Of pt:
although he would not so far impose upon the. good sense of t.l1is community, as to boast of its
being the “Largysl. and Richest, the Best and Clzcapc-st,” to be found in this extensive and en
terprising world, yet he does believe, that in every point of -nzczrit, it will bear a favorable coin-
GOODS; plain and twilled GINGHAMS ; Mus-
lin, Rep’d, and Cashmere IYLAINES ; plaid, plain, and fig‘d, cotton and silk warp ALPACAS;
BOMBAZJNES ; French and German MERINOES; plaid Cloalriizgs ; Prints to suit all fun
cies ; Brocha, Printed Cashmere, heavy Damask, and common winter SI-IA\VLS; I-Iosiery;
an extensive assortment Kid G-loves; cotton, silk and merino do; fine Swiss, Book, Jackonet,
parison with his neighbors.
’1"’1
are invited to an examination ofhis DRESS
and check Jlfzcslizis; Fringes, Gimps and Buttons
Table Linens; superior
brown Muslins, <5-zc. ézc. &c.
JCEQTEE3
XVILL oblige by taking a look at his Collars, Bosoms, Stocks, Cravats, Scarfs, Silk and Cam-
bric H’DI&’FS; Gloves, Socks, Jeans, Tweeds, Siittinets, Cassimeres, Beaver, Pilot, ‘and
BROAD CLOTHS ; Traveling Bags, Umbrellas and CAPS.
All the above Goods and many more, will be sold at the lowest market prices for Cash, or
short credit to prompt customers.
Frequent additions of fashionable Goods are made to the above Stock.
For sale cheap, handsome OILCLOTHS, CARPETS, and RUGS.
Vifainlted Innnnediately.
5,000 prs wool socks and stockings.
Mammotll Sign WA R D’S
Norwalk, Nov. 20, 1846.
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NORWALK,(H1‘WEDNESDAY,JANUARY 21 out
Hat Velvcts, S-atins, Silks, ai.d Ribbons, Flannels, bleached and
Vi
iddlii ST. fiflhwdllf,
rchnsers to the pleasing t‘ar2'ct-_i/ of his stock, and
for Dress 7.l)‘l')I2'I)lll7__g'S ; beautiful Table Spreads;
10,000 lbs. white and mix’d Yarn, at the
UBLIC Attention is invited to the large an(l
elegantassortment of Harnesses, Saddles,
Bridles, \Vhips, Trunks, &c. to be found at the
establishment of the subscriber, enibrncing, as it
does every variety of article and style of manu-
facture. Among the lot are several sets of
double Harnesses, which are worthy the atten-
tion of those. fititng out pleasure equipages.—
There are also several very light and airy single
harnesses, designed forneatuess but manufactur-
ed ofthe best materials, and embracing the double
merit of security and tastefulness. Every article
needed in the line, may he found here, of the
best quality, and on very moderate terms. Re-
pairing as usual. ,\VM. B. SWAN.
Norwalk, July 29, 1846. 18
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THE undersigzieal \vti=..'lil__respectfully inform
his frienrls that he has on hand a few choice
Eiio;‘.~;«'-as 65: C1!i'?a'i2lt,‘.__-‘,'£‘..*.-' which he will let. on
very reasoi';a!;ie terms. -le intends to keep,
none Liutthc best kind of ilOl'S:}.~§, and liavlngig p;ir- ,
cliase-.l 2'. i"-rixiher of .\"ew C7:=.:.::igcs;1ziz_l Hm-_qe5-j
so; off; ‘ '5='.l gs‘-zitcel sfylc."-‘. he we‘-sildj
, . ii ..';..;t '
little 5.4 ricrto ziios-.2 t;s:::ii'l_v kept in :1 cmniiion
live-.r_v stiilile to ;;':'.'e him a call.
3‘»’i'.~‘;.RCUS BRUEEI.
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the store formerly occu- ;
pied by Mallory & Banks, l
but more recently by
Scribner and Riley ;
where he intends to car-
ry on the tailoring busi-
ness in all its various
:' - ’ r— . C . branches; he would ten-
der to them his thanks for the patronage here-
tofore received and hopes by careful and unre-
mitting attention to business, to secure from
them a liberal support. He will assure those
who may favor him with a call that his work will
be done inla manner that will give entire satis-
faction. Garments will be furnished at as low
prices and on as reasonable terms as at any other
an establisimieiit. :i E ‘
‘and c-pt-i.-i:ili_'~.‘ with feiiiah-.-’-—:in(l a st:-tidy. t:tiin'.et'-
*npI.eil use of tiieui. in strict ciiiifoniiily with the di-
'!",‘t‘lEt)ll.< \\'lil \‘er_v .-oon i‘i-sn,Irc tln-. or_t;ans of the
:_=1\:ll|1|.(‘ll to ilil‘li' tlilillfill tone and acti..n. and regu-
§;~.!i: the lio'.\.'cl.-'. zzinl ruizoviiie the’: whole .<y.~=lr.-I11
« ..i';c l.'1:’.l he has taken i "
similar establishment in Norwalk.
Norwalk. Sept. 1, 1846. 40
Opposition to Imposition!
Old Line and No llumbug!
Old “Rough and Ready” in theficltl.’ .’
TIIE subscriber offers to the
public at large, ladies’ and gen-
i T tlemens’ SLIPPERS, at reduc-
ed prices; also, ladies’ Buskins;
also Gaiters of all kinds, which he will sell at
wholesale or retail. Those wanting the above
articles will do well to call before purchasing
elsewhere. Come one, come all and behold the
reduced prices.
AARON S. BENEDICT & CO.
A. S. B. would inforui his old friends to not
forget the old stand.
Norwalk, Nov. 20th, 1846.
CIIEAPI ' '
ENRY Handes has just received his stock
of Fall and \Vinter work, which is unusu-
ally large, superior and cheap. Men’s Boots,
Shoes and Brogans, and womens and childrens
shoes comprise the leading articles of his assort-
ment. -
India Rubbers.—-A fine assortment of various
sized India Rubbers suitable for men, women
and misses. Those who call first will stand the
best chance. They will be found as cheap as
they are Iuperior. Oct. 5, 1846..
47
new CROCKERY
AT -PECK’S BRANCH STORE.
UST Received a large and splendid assort-
,J meat which \‘Vlll be sold cheap for Cash.
.Oct. 13, 1846.
LOCUST POSTS.
SMALL lot of Long Island Locust suita-
ble for Fence Posts. ‘For sale by ’
' ' i "7 T. & J‘. R.'P1:cx.
BLACK S1‘?IE'i‘H’S COAL
at the Stomn Boat Landing
SOUTH NOR\VALK.
W L. &. J. R. PECK will be discharging
a this week a cargo of Superior Black-
s1nit.h’s Coal; those in want of the above Coal
will do well to call and examine the same.
rE\ I-IE subscriber keeps constantly on hand,an
assortment of Sl1aker‘s herbs and prepar-
ations, viz: Sage, Summer Savory, Digitalis,
Fennel and Mast'er\vort Seed, Thyme, Ex’t.
Dandalion, Cicuta, Belladonna, Gurtian, dcc.
Canary and Hemp Seed, for sale by
J. A. XVEED.
10
BUSHS” Turks Island Salt, for sale
cheap by Gian. '\V. SMITH.
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THE AMERICAN IMPROVED
Hiygeian Veg. table Ttfiezlicinic.
Tll ESl5_ Pills are one of the best Medical Coin-
pounds in use at the present da_v. As a common
linnily pliy.-tic, lot‘ adiniiiistraion in all temporary
(:o:npl:nuts of the h‘i()UIt|Cll and l)o\'.'els, ll(.‘{1(l-l.l(.'l1€,
colil.-, the. they may be fully depended upon, and a
prompt use of lien: on the first appi:ai'nncc of indis-
,~o_-ition will niv:ni:il;il;, .-‘ave much .-.ii:kiie.-'.<. They
are pcculi::i'l_v adapted to all cases of weakness and
' ' iii:_x.-——auy rleriiiigeiiu-tit of the system.
gt:i'n:;‘ul lli
'.i'in:ri- is no i’ll$E,‘v().-'llilli'| to git-'i2. e_\:ti'av:igaiit cotn- '
!.‘:i,'ll‘.l1‘.llt‘»l:.'~‘()l. llik‘ltl. What is here .~‘t:1tctl. is the re-
sult of actual i-xpcrieni-e with them. and that through
(1 pi;riiitl iifl'iiic.:ii _ve:u'.-*. lt is not snppo.-i_~d. or pre-
l(:’l:?lt‘Ll.ilii‘.l tlu.-y will l‘.'li.~'t,* the llt'?l(l! in-itln'r are
!in.-_',' ill-.-igiil-ll to he Ii.-‘oil :i.-‘ we use our foot-l! Such
l> not the tint: piirposc of tin--iliciiic. Its only op-
pru;~.:'i itc oilit--.1 is to a.-2-‘i.-"t nature in rt-.-'toriii,g the
"t,¥jH.'l' llllltf and action. when unavoid-
'i -il’lli ill C1
:-.lil\-', or eliri i (‘i'.l't'lt‘:-'.*'.fl(-‘.<.~‘ or (~§X(:«‘.~‘.'~‘. it lieconies -
(lt'i:2lllgt!i‘l. f‘-.2.iii;.' are catch-.-.~= and hr-nr-e lH“t‘(.l this
and. And the mo.-:'. caziefial are liahli- to iri‘e;;ul:ii'ities
of the system it is needless alnio.-‘t to say, that a
prompt use of safe and effective renw.dies,onli e
first appearance of illness. is the part of Wis S _
K? Such a tllcdicine the Proprietor knows these
Pflls to be. And he is certain that in forty nine ca-
.-es out ol'fift_v, where a fair trial is made according to
the tlirections,tliey will be used again as a standard
incdicine. He has never known an instance, where
they have been thus used, in which they have not
met with unqualified approval !_
Numerous testimonials may be seen at the general
Ofli; e of sale, and references will be given to sub-
stantial living witnesses of their valuable curative
noperties.
stimulant and purgativc. pnrif_ving the blood, and
producing a healthy action through the entire sys-
tem; are a valuable Anti Billions Medicine. and
eminently useful in all lingering complaints—lVeak-
ness, General Debility, Dyspepsy. Pulinonary Af-
fection.»-, Liver Complaints, Rlieurnatic and ‘Spas-
modic Affections. Female Complaints, Palpitations.
Noftzntily, after afair trz'al,w2'.ll bewitho2ttth.em.
They are put up in FIFTY CENT do DOLLAR
The Pills are purely vegetable, are of two kinds. _
POETRY.
From the Journal of Commerce.
THE GOSPEL ECHO.
True faith, producing love to God in man,
Say, Echo, is not this the Gospel plan '!
Echo—The Gospel plan!
Must my faith in J esus constant show,
By doing good to all, both friend and fee ‘!
Echo—Bot.h friend and foe!
VVhen men conspire to hate and treat. me ill
Must I return them good, and love them still !
Echo-—Love them still !
Ifthey my failings causelessly reveal,
Must. I their faults as carefully conceal ?
Echo—As carefully conceal !
But if my name and character they tear,
And cruel malice. too, too plain appear;
And when I sorrow and affliction know,
They smile, and add unto my cup ofwoe,
Say, Echo, say, in such peculiar case,
Must I continue still to love and bless’!
Echo-—Still to love and bless !
\Vliy, Echo, how is that ? tliou’rt sure a dove;
Thy voice will leave me nothing else butlove!
Echo—Nothing else but love!
' Amen, with all my heart, then be it so;
And now to practice I’ll directly go.
Echo—Direci|y go!
This path be mine, and let who will reject,
My gracious God me surely will protect!
Echo——Surely will protect !
Hcuceforth on Him, I’ll cast my every care,
And friends and foes embrace them all in
prayer.
Eeho—Embrace them all in prayer.
RIDGEFIELD, Nov. 28, 1846.
Jllr. Rcc(l—The following is copied from an
old edition of VVatt’s works, i;erl)alim, with the
exception of two words which seemed to require
alteration. By inserting it in your paper you
oblige several subscribers, and doubtless gratify
many readers.
FEVV HAPPY MATCHES. -
Say, mighty love, and teach my song,
To whom thy sweetest joys belong,
’ And who the happy pairs
\Vhen yielding hearts, and joining hands,
Find blessings twisted with their hands,
To soften all their cares.
Not the wild herd of nymphs and swains
That thoughtless fly into thy chains,
As custom leads the way :
If there be bliss without design,
Ivies and oaks may grow and twine,
And be as blest as they. '
Not. sordid souls of earthly mould
\Vho drawn by kindred charms of gold
To dull embraces move ;
So two rich mountains of Peru
May rush to wealthy marriage too,
And make a world of love.
Not the mad tribes that hell inspires
VV ith wanton flames; those raging fires
The purer bliss destroy ;
On E£7za’s top let furies wed.
And sheets oflightniug dress the bed
T ’improve the burning joy.
Not the dull pairs whose marble forms
None of the melting passion warms,
Can mingle hearts and hands:
Logs of green wood that quenchthe coals
Are married just like Sluic’s souls,
\Vith osiers for their hands.
Not minds of melancholy strain,
Still silent, or that still complain,
Can the dear bondage bless:
As well may heav’nly concerts spring
From two old lutes with ne'er a string,
Or none besides the bass.
Nor can the soft iuchantrnents hold
Two jarring souls of angry mould,
The rugged and the keen;
Samp.son’s young foxes might as well
In bands ofcheerful wedlock dwell,
VVith firebrands ty’d between.
Nor let the cruel fetters bind
A gentle to a savage mind;
For love abhors the sight:
Loose the fierce tiger from the deer
For native rage and native fear,
Rise and forbid delight.
Two kindred souls alone must meet;
’Tis friendship makes the bondage sweet,
And feeds their mutual loves:
Bright Venus on her rolling throne
Is drawn by gentlest birds alone,
And Cupids yokes the doves.
August, 1701.
MISCELLANY.
packages, each having a phamphlet embracing a
valuable Treatise on Disease, with full directions for
use. The Dollar packages are the cheapest to the
purchaser. '
As you value _HealtI—Try Them!
, "‘ " From a personal knowledge of, and use
of the above Medicine in my famil_v.for about 15
years.Icun commend it in the most unqualified
uianner. P. PRICE.
Sold by NOAH S. BAILEY, west side the
Bridge, Norwalk. Conn. 48
NEVV FALL AND WINTER GOODS!
AT C0llIS'l‘0CIi Gt IlALL’S
Cheaper than ever!
AVIN G been induced to purchase largely,
_ both of staple a.nd fancy DRY GOODS,
from the extraordinary low prices that have
ruled in the great “Commercial Emporium"
for the past few days, we are now prepared to
exhibit to the public a beautiful assortment of
Rich 6: Fashionable Fancy Goods
suitable for the season, an
OFFER BARGAINS .
in all kinds of Goods to Cash Purchasers.
We feel it altogether unnecessary to enumerate
articles, but simply say, that the reputation this
establishment has honestly earned, not only by
selling chca , but in keeping a large and well
selccte stock, shall be fully sustained.
Those who favor us with an early call, will
have the satisfaction of selecting from an assort-
ment unrivaled in extent and variety, and at pri-
ces which we pledge ourselves shall prove sat-
isfactory to the _ closest C'a_sh Buyers.
We would especially invite an inspection of our
stock of MILLIN_ERY GOODS, as it is quite
. largo,"and a branch of the trade to which we
pay particular attention.
iQ9*i'.13‘f.6.’
New Canaan, Oct. 13,1846_.
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Thoughts, Feelings and Fancies.
From the American Review. I
Those long, awkward, and embarrassing
‘pauses in conversation, which occur so
frequently at evening parties composed of
both sexes, are produced by causes as
amusing as the effects they give rise to
are painful. The greater portion of the
company remain silentfor the very good
reason that they h ve nothing to say; oth-
ers are vain enough to imagine they have
some reputation for intelligence, and are
ed; while a few shrewdly suspect them-
selves of being fools, and are afraid to open
their lips for fear it should be discovered.
The bashfulreader will agree with me that
these pauses are hard to be borne, particu-
lnrly where. they are continued through
many minutes,and the stillness is so intense
guish the ticking of his watch, or catch
through the closed shutters the confused
hum of the many toned noises ofthe street.
and mental disquietude, are those who are
in possession of that so considered panacea
for all ills-—opnlence. The fault is in
‘\_._“'. .," *-
afraid to speak lest it should be endanger-'
that he can hear himself breathe, distin-'
The persons who sniffer most from ennui
{soul or mind demands to enjoy other lux-
uries than those furnished to the animal
;frame—thc luxuries of thought, of exer-
tion, of beneficial activity.
When an unfortunate finds himself de-
scending the inclined plane of adverse
fortune, he ought, with all practicable
speed, to cut all his acquaintance—as he
‘may there‘ y save himselfthe mortification
of being cut by them.
Mutation is everywhere, in everything,
in ourselves, in the world around us.
_Notbing is immutable but Truth, and we
jbeli:-ve that it is God’s will that Truth shall
'vindicate itself by the aid of its friend
‘Time.
l How our long cherished hopes of estab-
lisliiug a name among men——those iudfina-
gble longings that have accompanied us in
'=so many noiseless hours, and goaded us on
~,to exertion through so many nights of
lobscure toil, when the \vearied frame and
fjaded spirit would gladly see». the oblivion
of sleep-—sicken within us, as we survey,
in some hour given to listless reverie, the
crowded shelves of a spacious library.
We thought we had read rrnich ; but how
little of what is herel And did all these
xvriters strive for fame’! Yes, all of them.
Most oftliem were read and amired in their
early day, and pronounced immortal.—
Vain author! lying critic! If the world’s
years, what a long caravan of writers we
shall have. journeying on, carryin_g'_ their
wares to the same market—oblivion.-—
VI-"liat prices are paid for them among the
Shades, is not easily -deterniited.
It is as disagreeable to a prodigal to keep
an account of his expenses, as it is to a
sinner to examine his conscience-—tlie
deeper they search, the worse they find
themselves.
.Mutton.—\Ve mean to r'.~'peal a thousand
times, or at least till what we say has some
effect upon our own countrymen, that a
pound of lean, tender, juicy mutton can be
produced for half the cost of the same
quantity of fat pork; that is infinitely
healthier food, especially in the summer
season; and that those who eat it become
more muscular, and can do more work
with greater ease to themselves, than those
who eat fat pork. VVe know nothing
more delicious than smoked mutton hams
ofthe Southdown breed of sheep; venison
itself is not superior.—.flme.=z'can .t7g7'icul-
/uri. t.
Speech of Mr. Baker,
In the Irlouse of Represntatlves,
ON THE XVAR.
Mr. B. went on to sa ', that it was not
without the most profound. astonishment
he had observed the course of the present
debate as it had thus far proceeded. He
was very sure that it was not imagined, and
would scarce be believed, by his gallant
companions in Mexico, and in this, the
the third week of the session, the Ameri-
can Congress were in grave debate on the
subject of mobs in Ohio, and by what nu-
merical majorities certain individuals had
been chosen to the next Congress.
The men who had fought at Palo Alto,
at Resaca and at Montery, had not expec-
ted this. The men who (by whose fault
he would not pretend to say, or whether
by the fault of any one) endured on the
ban -.s of the Rio Grande all that fierce dis-
ease, aggravated by the want of even the
necessaries, whether of war or of mere
subsistence halfclothed, hardly fed, were
loo-ing from Matamoras, with all the ear-
nestness of their souls, for the moment of
advance; whose eyes were looking alter-
nately forwnrd to the foe, and backward
for aid, support and encouragement from
Congress and their friends at home; these
men certainly had not anticipated such a
spectacle on that floor as Mr. B. had the
pain to see, and must suffer the still great-
er pain of declaring to them.
It was not his purpose to engage for a
moment in any thing like political or party
controversy-—his object was to urge the
members of the House, viithout regard to
party distinctions or differences, to act im-
mediately—-to act efficiently-to act at
once——lo act. now—in behalfof the gallant
army now toiling, bleed rig, suffering in a
foreign land.
In the first place, he would say that the
army in Mexico needed more men and
more money; and they needed it now with-
out delay. He had been informed that the
entire force now in the field, including
Taylor’s column, l3utler’s division, Wool's
column, and Patterson's division, was not
iovor 1 l,500 men, excluding perhaps Gate’:
artillery battalion and two other regiments
might have arrived by this time at Tam-
ico. .
With this amount of force there was an
"area of country to be covered which it. was
difficult to describe. Commencing at
Monterey, it extended to Snltillo, Monte-
'moreloz, Matamoras, Cnmargo Coahuila,
and through Victoria to Tampico itself,
and as much further as we might be able
to penetrate. Of this number it would
lrequire at least 3000 to garrison Saltillo
‘and Monterey, and thus to hold the ad-
vance we had already made in that direc-
tion, exclusive of Chihuahua, Santa Fe, and
Calforniu; and besides what would be nee‘-
their making it their sole resource. The entity to garrison the various other posts
intellect has its cravings, and the heart we find established, whether for peaceful
has its ct-avings—cravings which cannot or military purpose.
be satisfied with more eating and ‘drinking. A
A manic notalljbody, He is commonly the army‘ approach -the city of, M_e'_:§,i’99
supposed to burn a soul or‘ mind, which either by tho-way of Fort St. Juun,,7or by
He would pjesc
upon the House the question whether} let. .
disinction is postponed for some thousand.
now recruiting, and some troops which;
cover the country we had, with ten, twelve
advance to the consummhtion of the war.
He expressed the opinion, not without
great diffidence: but he must say be
doubted whether it was possible, with that
amount of the very best soldiers America
ever sent into the field (and bettter troops,
braver, more unflinching, more patient,
people. Let it be re-collected that this
lltlle army of fifteen thousand men was to
be scattered over an area of country ex-
tending I.ve hundred miles from East to
VVest, and about four hundred from North
to South, where all the means of commu-
nication were uncertain, and filled with a
hostile population. How could such a
number of soldiers, even the best disci
plined and the most sktlful and experienc-
ed, divided into two or -three columns,
seperately operating, be expected to ad-
vance, and have it marked,as it has thus far
been, only with glory and honor.
All parties and all classes of people
among us were agreed that, if we made
war at all, it ought to be sudden, vigorous
and biief. The army did advance accor-
dingly, and we had gained, in a brief space
of time, three great battles. Vife had ad-
vanced, it was true, some three hundred
miles into the Mexican territory. Yet we
had scarcely, to any perceptible extent,
weakened the country or crippled its re-
sources. On the contrary, it was a matter
of no little doubt——and M r. B. was one
who greatly doubted—whetl'ier Mexico
was not stronger this day than she had
ever been—more united, more nationalized
—more concentrated in one public opinion
and feeling, looking more unitedly toward
a single leader—more heroic, he was about
to say——and he would say more heroic, for
it was always heroic in any people to put_
forth effort in defence of their country.
From this state of things, ifit did indeed
exist, Congress ought to derive only a
deeper and more impressive sense of its
duty in relation to this war, and its duty
now. It was on this point that he now
wished to be heard, and it was in rel..tion
to this alone that he had brought himself
to consent to open his lips at all.
er to compel a peace. even should we at-
tempt to dictate its terms in the palaces
oflllexico itself. But of one thing he felt
very sure; and that was, that nothing we
conqoertliem. They felt, and always had,
that the territory we had overrun, the cit-
ies we had stormed, the towns we had
seized upon, constituted but comparatively
an unimportant part of their country, and
were-in no wise the seat of their pouer.
VVitli the exception that we had blockaded
their ports, and even this blockade, had
been much more earnestly talked about
than rigidly enforced,) weliad done noth-
ing as yet which had seriously crippled
the resources of Mexico at all. By :1 ca-
pittilation, which Mr. B. was understood to
say he considered to have been both just
and wise, the Mexican army had retired
from Montcrey with almost all their arms
and munitions of war. What they had left
behindthem consisted chiefly ofthat which
they could furnish -the most. Mr. B. re-
ferred to this mainly with a view of im-
pressing on the House the fact that we had
as yet done nothing which enabled us to
conquer a peace.
Mr. B. said he understood, and be pre-
sinned it was correct, that the President
had called for ten additional regiments.
Was it so’! (Voice: ‘Yes he has.’) But
suppose all the regiments ordered should
:be forthwith filled up, and all should match;
and supposing (what was not. always the
‘case in volunteer regiments) there was no
‘men of straw, when would they get there!
.And when they did arrive, how many men
,would they be able to concentrate to be
added to those who were to make the ad-
vance to the city of Mexico, whetlier they
went by the southern route, by way of Vera
Cruz, or the other, by the way of San Luis
Potosi'! Mr. B. said he understood from
authority on which he believed he might
relv,thatSanta Anna had at this time abfwt
25,000 men, well drilled, and in a high
:state of military preparation. The clergy,
'the land holders, the men of the old revo-
lution, and above all, the Mexican women,
seemed kindled into a high state of patri-
otic enthusiasm, and burning to meet and
repel the invaders.
fhen there was another thing which
ought. to be well considered. VI-lhatever
theiadvance of our forces it was to be made
during this coming winter: the reasons
must be obvious. Less than six months
' ago Congress had sent into the field as many
as twenty'six regiments of volunteers, all
burning with the most exalted hopes, and
ready to peril their all, health, reputation,
life itself not" in a defensive, but in an in-
vasive war; a war not undertaken to de-
fend their own homes and firesides, but for
the glory of the American name and arms-
—Alas! how many of these fine young
men, who had never seen a battle. "CV"
had cast their stein glance on the counte-
nance of an enemy. Were "OW $le°P‘“_g
their last sleep on the banks of the Rio
Grande! Once their heat-fs heaved high
with a soldiers fondest hopes; proud and
light‘ had been their measured footseps as
tbeyimarched in all their buoyancy of
*yo,igili,f;_a.|_.a.i.Ix,i_t>.iti¢_*Il-
;1:_m_,;,~b¢s;nes of nearly t\volt.houisand7young_
‘m§i“i,..iri‘v',‘\‘v‘liose vem‘s.flowed some of . the
best bloodfof this couzitry,wer¢ now rest-
had effected thus far was in itself to corn,
vince the Mexicans that we were able to‘
ladvance.
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that of San Luis Potosi, it was possible to , ing in the mould on the banks of the Rio
:Grande, who had never seen the face ofani
or fourteen thousand men and push our_euemy, and who had never had the Oppor-
,5tunity.of striking one manly blow in behalf
‘of their country and their race. It \\ as
quite impossible to appreciate fully the dif-
Iliculties of a campaign; esfeci-ally was
‘this impossible to those who sat at ease,
ffar from danger and alarms, iti the securi-
'ty of home. They could imagine little of
more persevering, never was sent from the horrors-of a campaigninan eneniws
any country,) to conqcer eight millionsgof counti-y——a '(‘0untry '
I almost unknoivn,
‘with a sickly climate, and in an unprepar-’
edjcondition. The l'0glli'iCl1f\\'lll'l uliich
,Mr. B. served had gone to the field with
[820 tnen, you"g, hearty, gallant, ambitious,
‘adventurous and hold; of these at least
,50O were young men who came from
homes of their own, acquired by their per-
,sonal labor and economy, or from the do-
mestic circles of their parents’ dwellings,
who lived in the same independence.-—-
.Seven hundred of them could, with case,
have earned three times what the Govern-
ment promised them as pay.
Out of these 820 men, nearly 100 now
slept on the banks of that doleful river,
while 203 had returned mere skeletons and
shadows, to find in the bosoms of their
friends and embraces of their anxious fam-
ilies that repose and renovation which
their sliatteied frames and dejected spirits
so greatly needed. The same:was true of
the .otl:er iegimeuts. 'l hey had fall_-n
victims to the diseases incident to the cli-
mate, to the waters, to the change of food,
and to a lnintlred other tliingzs which com-
bined to depress and disliearten the devo-
ted men who had fondly sought glory on
the fields of their country’s cause.
As a representative of the people, (and
he spoke not now. as an oflicui-,) he would
say that it was cold-blooded cruelty to
desire again to expose these men to a sum-
mer’s campaign, when by zeal and eiicrgv
manifested now, the war might be endic-id
before next April. .
If the war could be ended now, wliv
should we liesitatel Vvllfll. would be
gained by delay’! \Vas there ever to be
a peace’! \Vere we ever to obtain peace
on honorable terms! Vi/as it to be by ad-
'vancirig or receding? Were we to go for-
ward or to retire ‘! lu God's name, if we
were to dictate a peace to the enemy, why
Mr. B. said he should notta'« e upon him ,could we not as well do it by next Decem-
to predict whether it would be in our pow-A
b~.~i-T. \Vould it cost any more to send
30,000 men now than to send the same
number next season to wither and waste
away beneath the scorching beams of a
Mexian sun? No. He asked them-—witli
all the earnestness of his nature he asked
it —on whatever else gentlemen here might
differ-—wliether they chose to blame the
Whigs for refusing to support the war, or
blame the Democrats for beginning the
war without necessity, (and he should not
engage in any discussion on that point.)
he asked the House, in the name of those
who had suffered, of those who had fought,
and were yet eager and willing to fight
the battles of their country, to send them
aid—to send them comfort—subsistance—-
snpplies—-munitions of war.
He besouglit gentlemen to let our brave
army take the advance and keep it, till
they should obtain their hearts‘ desire, by
spreading the nation’s banners over the
city of Mexico. Either the army (if well
supported) could do this before April next,
or the war promised to be interminable.
For himself, he was not one of those who
deemed it an easy task to conquer a nation.
Mexico was said to have a population of
eight millions, sparsely spread over a
country more difficult to be invaded and
more easily defended than any other he
knew of in the world. The climat_e——tlie
very elements fought for them. ‘Even the
sterility oftheir soil wasin itselfa defence.
Au invading army found no subsistence.
The habits of their population~—tlie train-
ing ofthe Mexican from his youth, enabled
them to endure what no people not so
trained ever could undergo. ‘A Mexicali
soldier would live and grow fat where an
American soldier would starve to death.
Their horses wanted no food, while every
barrel of cats which our horses required
must be brought at least, 52,000 miles.
M1-. B. went on to say that the national
feeling ofthe Mexiczuis was beginning to
Lindle, and would soon burn with an intense
flame. He was free to confess that he felt
somewhat doubtful as to the result, provi-
ded their stroug country was defended as
it might be defended, unless an adequate
amount of men, with full supplies and mu-
lnitious of war, should speedily be sent into
the field to reinforce our brave army.
l\’Ii'. B. said that, independently of rais-
,ing more volunteers at home, the regular
,army in the field, as well as the volunteer
force, desired not only but deserved, (ab 3
ffar more (lid they deserve than ‘desire,)
‘but they both desired and deserved more
,of support, aid and comfort than they yet
had received at their country’s hands.—
§He had heard, and believed it was true,
ltliat the oth=r branch of the Legislature
Iliad received favorably a pi-opositiou to al-
‘low the army three months extra pay in
He hoped this would be done.
It would be preferable to them, and as he
believed, far more useful and necessary
for them, to receive this allowance now
than to receive the same or even more
prospectively, in any shape whatever. ,
The volunteer-regiments-.-—many of them
at letist, he believed most of them had not
received any pay for six months. This
hadbeen the case with the Illinois regi-
ment. When at. last they did get‘ their
pay a, private received ‘seven dollars a
month and was compelled to payfor arti-
clcs indispensable to him ttl1o_most‘e,xhor-
bitantpriccs. ‘He had seen the brave youth,
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