HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
{"newspaper_name": "The Columbian fountain.", "edition": "01", "page": "p3", "byline": ""}
{"character_count": 1244, "word_count": 223, "ccnet_language_score": [0.9779999852180481], "ccnet_perplexity": [730.4000244140625], "fasttext_language": ["en"]}
The bill for the support of the West Point
Academy was read a third time, and passed.


The bill TO pay the army was taken up IN
committee of the whole.


Mr.. Thurman of Ohio, replied particularly
to his colleague, Mr.. De!ano, who addressed
the House yesterday. He endeavored TO show
that such sentiments as Mr.. Delano expressed
were similar to those indu ged by the Federal
lists during the last war with Great Britain.


Mr.. Sims ofMissouri, contended that the on
ly thing for US TO know was, that war exist
ed with Mexico, and that it should be prosecu-
led even 10 the capitol itself.


Mr.. c. Davis charged the President with
wsging war without the authority of Congress.
whish only has the power 10 declare war, and
denied that we had right to the soil as far az
the Rio Grande.


Mr. Hudson Zone Of the fourteen who voted
against the war billy justified his course-he
believed that the preamble did not contain the
truth, and beside our title was not good to ths
country as far as the Rio Grande. We were
the oppressors.


Mr. Jones of Georgia, answered Mes:rs. G.
Davis and Hudson.


The committee rose, and the House concur
red in the Senate amendments to the Forlifca-
ton bill.


AT halEpast three O'Clock the House ad-
iourned.