, 1844-10-12

pail VI 4ltNiC's SULil ti'ItI'II'NN.
hy men or money. would unite
all patriot hearts IN disrrgHrdlng
NI-xiro aud taking part with Texas.
Another case was il Mexico should
establish a new line "f boundary with
tie United States, leaving Texas on
u side. This WIS a metaphysical
distinction. hut II WAS .aken BY tho
presen, ad rIRiStr9tIon, and n mlnrS
tar was now Sent ia negotiate for 1t.
Mr.. Shannon was now Oh is way to
Mexico to ErgniIate fnr this line As
promised in Mr.. Caihoun's letter last
spring. and 1t was then Understand at
Washington that from five ~ G
millions of dollars would be offered
Mexico lnr the new line. He. Nr.
B would not object to the amount
of money gwen for the line and il
il was obtained. there was an end Of
skiing The assent of Mexico. 4 third
case j winch assent was necessary
would he on the issue of the impend
ing invasion. That invasion. wheth-
rr made or not, would bring The ques-
ton to n successful end. lGROt made
ii would be an acknowledgment that
the wal was al an end! Ii |, was
made, il would find another San j =
Cinin. and would be ended forever by
the dclrat and destruction of the IT,
vadinI tr""r>.
Mr.. B. sail he cause VI his till
was generally incorrectly quoted. rs
making he assent 81 Mcx'co IN IN.
dr.p,nS Sc TT limina'v /" aHurx-
itinn. l. was not 50. The bill W.,
IN the a~,rcruarive; and only provided
5. for "frring 20 nccotiate with MeXIc"
: and cndeav"ring to obtain Ter ns>en'
before 'aking a Ste which was va
with that power. War ~"yiS'r'
between Nevlc" nj T"vo-. Tt.@rt
was fo di<rrt~ a'~'ri 'ha' ~ It u'''
J s.ut. For IL" |. = 20 Y
y. row vuS - rur
was H. 3D.. he "a e '.. p.
was not ready without an effort 4
: prevent it. A war which killed con-
. mercc. altho' it might not Kill man,
. men. would lie IN Improbable wa
f ~ the United StateS. A var vii
Mexico would br h-hly Err'' fla" e
: Our silver came from that country
+. that supply would be stopped. Til
, US. commerce with all o~lhernatIon
g would be proved upon by the prlva
> lcers of the whole world. under III
= Mexican fsc. 1t would be cmphat
d callv Il war upon the commerce
i the United States-lts whole con
= merce m every Saa--and he wnul
y not expose his country To such Il wa
p without neccSsitv. and without FIR:
. attempting ~ coGcIinle Mexico.
= Such WAS his hiii.
Nr +. sand . had served t'e St1r
# in hnrl"av with tI- "a >riturnr> e
d a quarter # . ccnrurv. and meanc
to cut in h. monv. Ne should n,
y terminate lis prliYirai lite hv a qua
; rel with his old friends. He shout
= withdraw before the election If the
~ should be anv d~i<sen>iou about him
% If elected he sIioa'd conform to l.
va wishes oi his constituents ar resi-
II his place. lIe would never hold h
= place ~ hour in violation "i the
!, viii: he would conform To 1t N an
m case in which ii was possible, and +
- sicn his place when lie could not CO
n torn. On this latter point. Mr..
d was more explicit III" next dav.
answer to an enquiry from Cot. u
NJ vieS. and referred 10 the c"ncIudir
ne paragraph OF his speech against II
l. Texas treaty. as entertaining his Sc
81 timents on the subject. The toIlo'
he ING is the paragraph:
H. '.ln my own State the sent'me.
in of the people, ] am well ASSURED.
of almost unanimous in favor of grtIl
ar back the country lost by the trea
OF 1919. do not know that TIL
is. are IN favor of getting it IN The teri
no which this treaty involves. II III
he were. and | knew il. | should resi-
he nv place: 70: | could neither viola
IS. their known wishes in voting agar
of it. nor violate nv own sense "t c
n, stitutionaI and moral duty IN v"tI
it: for it. Twenty four years | have
es. in this chamber, and have had I
"a qualification. all the lime. and espe
. allv on many trying occasions, VIII
voted on NV " CONVICTIONS,
DIN Give satisfaction to nay constituen
an. If il should be otherwise now,
,at would be a source of deep reGret
ties me: but. with nv opinions oi I
a. treaty. it is impossible for me to 81
en- port 1t: and II the alternative shn'
tie he the -~xtinctinn of nav pn'itiral j
I'VE | should have to emha, it
ma Col. 3. having rsr.,.d. .'' H
re- STEPHEN A. EOTGIt~| II