Congressional

The bilí appropriating Twenty-three Mili ons of Dollars for the prosecution of tee war passed the House bv a Tote of 166 to 22. The nays were nll whigs, viz: Messrs. Abbott, Aslimun, Cranston, Culver, Delano, Giddings, Hale, S. D. Hubb3rd, Hudson, D. P. King, Lewis, McGaughey, Mcllvnine, Marsh, Ripley, J. Rockwell, Root, Severence, Truman Smith, Caleb B. Smith, Tilden, and White- 22. The prosecution of the war has been the prominent topic of debate in boih Houscü of Congress : and its discussion has of course token a wide range. The Oregon bill having gone to the Senate a committee of that body reported the bill with the antislavery cause striken out. It is thought by some that no Oregon bill will pass boih Houses this session. Just as well. In the mean time, the people of Oregon will learn how to govern themselves. A small portion of both Houses are opcnly in favor of some measures thnt will stop the war ; but the great majority are for prosecuting it, although how to do it successfully is a problem not easily solved. Mr. Schcnck, of Ohio, has ofiered resolutions requesting the President to withdraw the troops ihis side of the Rio Grande, to give an opportunity of negothting for peace. ( Mr. Cilley,the Liberty Senator from New Hampshire, proposed the fullowing : " Whpreas, a speerty and honorable penae with the Republic of Mexico is exceedingly desirnble ; and wherea-, "the constitution of the United Staies has made no provisión for our holding foreign territory, 6till less for incorporatiog foreign nations into our Union," therefore,Resolved, - That the President of the United Suites be requested lo order the army of the United JStates now in Mexico to sotne place in the United States "near the frontier of the Uvo countries." The quolation in the preamble is from JefTerson. His speech on this occasion is praised tn all the Liborty papers : but if the folíowing, which we find in the Liberator, be a true account of itr we can say it does not at all express the views of the Liberty men of ihe West. "Mr. Cilley gave briefly his views on this subject. His object, it seems, was notto abandon the war, but jatlier to prepare to arry it on tu a more discreel and efficiënt manner. It seemed, Mr. C. said, that we were in a war with Mexico. How we got into it, all know. The President recommended a prosecution of the war, in order to recover a peoce. We hadcomplied with his views, and were still no nearer to a peace than when it begon. The General in commnnd had told us that he could prosecute the war no longer in the direction in which it was begun. The Senator from Ohio (Mr. Allen,) had proposed t-wenty ihousand more troops. To do what ? To go to Mexico, and die of vomito! Withdraw the iroops within the írontier, organizo and drill them, and get ready to strike a blow for peace, at the next winter. This was not to be a short war. To prosecute it with success, we must have an army well drilled and disciplincd. Our forcea must be increased. It had bren too small, though consisting of brave troops. Our baitles had been atlended with victory, but the affair of Monterey may be considered as al most miraculous. The aitack was made with such a deliciency of munitions, &c, tlial the chances of viciory were against us. In his opinión, we must have an army offifty ihousand men, in order to do anything. It would be useless to send these troops, raw and undisciplined, to Mexico now ; for they would be inactive, and die of yellow fever. They might be raised, organized, and drilled. The officers wonted drilling ns well as the men. - They must learn how to take caro of themselves. The camp duiies must be learned. He did not agreo with General Cass, that it was unconstitutional to propojb to the Presidenta mode forconducting the war. If we disapprove of his mensures, it was proper to so inform him. It seemed that we had now pnssession of two-thirds of Mexico, including one-tenth of her populuiion. It would require a very large army to enable us to hold such an extont of territory. What should we do with it ? Annex it ? Bring it into ihe Union 1 The Senate never will agreetothat. Ttvo-thirds of the Senate can never be got to vote for the annexation of this territory, wheiher as slaveholding or non-slaveholding territory. To guard such an extent of foreign territory, wou!d cost an immense sum, and require a large forcé. He argued tha; the best coure was to bring all the troops together within our borders, drill and perfect them in discipline, and then, with an overwhelming force, perfectiy well equipped, strike upon the very heart of Mexico, instead of the frontiers. Such prepnrations wuuld sooner incline Mexico to make a peace, than to go on in the way we have done." Mr. Cilley was a Captain in the last war with England, and Jost an eye in the service. . n_ There isone easy way to stop tho War, were the majority disposed to do it. Jusi pass the Wilmot Proviso! Mr. Dargin, of Alabama, has already given notice that ihat would be an efiectual bar to further action. He said : " Say to the South, that they are only fighting to make FREE TERRITORY, that it is only for this ihat the brave rnen of Carolina, Georgia and Alabama, are perilling their livrs, and they wiil demand thesettlement of this questior now, preliminary to any further prosecution of the war." In the débale in the Senate, for appropriating 83,000,000 to enable the President to bring the war to " a speedy and honorable close," - Mr. Sevier made a few remarks in its support, stating that the committee had deemed it best lo exclude from it all extraneous, exciting, or sectional matter; that, aftera careful examination ofcertain official correspondence,submitted to them by the President, they had come to the conclusión that peace could be made with Mexico, and this appropriation would probably insure such a result ; ihat he was not authorised to state exactly what territory this Government would require, but he suposed no Senator would think they ought to get Ipss than New Mexico and California ; that, in making peace, the United States would expectto receive some indemnity for the expenses of the war, nlso the payment of claims held by our citizens upon Mexico, nnd that indemnity was expected in the shape of territory ; that the intelliger.ee possessed by the President gave them reason to believe that, upon a certain arlvance to be made to the Mexicans, to pay :he expénsese, they would bo willing lo cedo thnt portion of their terruory he had named. From these remarks, made authorativeT lv, says the Era.it seems that corrospondrence hos alieady taken place betwecn the President nnd either Santa Anna or the Government of Mexico; that our Government requires ihe payment of the expenses of the war, to some extent, and payment of the claims for inctemnity, nnd U wilHng to receive California and New Mexico asan equivalent; while, at the same time, it is willing to pny Mexico $3,000,000. to enable her to pny her avmy. A vofe of thtmks to Gen. Tayïpr liaving been introduced uto the House, to the displeasuro of the Democrats, thoy lacked on to it a full justificaron of the Me.ican Wnr, and a proviso that it should not be conMrufcd as opproving the capitulation of Monterey. With these ame nd men ts. the Whigs generally voted nay. In the Senate, the proviso respecting the cnpitulation was stricken out and the bilí was omended nnd pnssed. Mr. Allen, Senator frorn Ohio, is a famous War Democrut ; the following sketch from the Era tnay give our readers an idea of the man. "The Sennte is iruly a dcliberative body. Declamation is not in vogue there. The members, generally, are sub'dued in mnnner, and refrain cnrefully from boisterous tones. They deliver themselves with remarkable calmness and deliberation. But there nre exceptions, and, among these, none more remarkable than Mr. Allen. We are told, that in the debate on the Oregon question, he struck lus desk so fierccly and frequently as to abrade the skin of his hands; which, dripping wilh biood, gave occasion for the saying, that his was the first and only blood shed in the Oregon war. To-day, he was stuuning. His voice was still for war. He would give the President not only the 10,000 regulars' asked for, but muko provisión also for 10,000 volunteers, not asked for. He kr.ew the American heart, and he knew that members of the Senate, who were delaying, hnltmg, hesitoting, would be yet called lo a reckoring. He was for marching onwards, without stopping to garrison every petty town or village. - Never would there be penca till our arms were stacked in the halls of the Montezumas. This was the substance of his speech ; but he stormed Üke a northeaster. You would have imagined that he was addressing an immense crowd of his constituents,rather than a few gentlemen assembled to delibérate with all caln ness upon the aifairs of the republic. Be sidesjhis vehemence,it is easy to see,is not the ofTspring of real enthusiasm,it is all in the manncr, not in the heart. You are temptcd to think thathe relies more upon volume of voice than of ideas." Mr. Calhoun spolce on the $3,000,000, bill, explaining his views of the war; he would abandon ofFensive operations, establish a line along the Rio Grande to El Passo, due wesl striking the Gulfof California, near its head and ho'd this line, ncting altogether on the defensive : establish custom houses at porls now in our possession, levying moderate duties to meet all expenses of holding this line - say nbout 2,250,000 annually. One fort at the mouth of the Rio Grande, anolherat Comargo,and a lhird at El Pass)jOiily were required and five regiments could mainlain the lin. Ho would hold iho line tempo rnrily, subject to treaty of peace. This pnlicy would incline Mexico tq peace ; she would see we wero undertakTng only what we had strength to perform and not attempting to destroy the national existence. Out policy should bè to preserve her independence. There is a mysterious connection between her fnte and ours. He gave objections and stated difficulties in the prosecution of a wnr towards the capital of Mexico. The next day Gen. Cass replied, urging a vigorous proseculion of the war. The National Era has the following speculatior.s on the nntislavery questions pending in Congress : 14 The consideration of the Oregon territorial bill may be deferred by the Sennto till the House shnll have acted on the three million bill. If this pass without the obnoxious proviso, the anti-slavery clause will probably be restored to the former bill, and pass the Senate ; but if the House will not tolérate slavery in California, the Senate will not allow the exclusión of slavery from Oregon. If the Senate restore the anlislavery clause to the Oregon bill, the House may be persuaded to give the go-by to the proviso ; butif the Senate send back the Oregon bill to the House, with tho antislavery clause stricken out, most n.uredly the House will ndopt the provisoes. The three million bill, with the proviso, however, will not be nssonted to by the Senae."