Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1846-05-21
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,

NAshiNoroN May -
BeGrre the vote was taken 10 prhnt the .anry So
100000 aud $4,000 volunteers. Garnet DAVIS Of Ken
lucky made The following remarks.
The amendments having been gone through with The
bill was ordered IL be- engrossed ior hld reading and
read third tune and the question being. shall this bill
pass
Mr.. GARRETT l. DAVIS rose and said Mr. Spea.
kerr ask the luuso eAcuse me from voting o the pas
sage Of tins bill, aud will assign very briefly my
sona.
/ his in measure, directly and indirectly Of very
great importance aud yet oppolinf~iy, rot n single
moment. has been allowed any Wing oi this House 10
say one wofd upon IT, 81 tar as It can operate upon The
fate OF the gallant Oenetn aud his lutte army upon the
Del Nuite, there noHced Tor such unparalleled haAe
in urgnga ui lis character through this body
lie frontier three thousand mil,s distant IN the
exercise II dIsrTetnnfJ power vested hun by the
Executive, he has made reqnsltiun on the Governors
ui The neighborng States ur thousand ,ruoIs. At
this moment. the d'suny ut General Taylor and Iii,
gallant 1and Is sealed. aud duub not thai ere nov the
prompt succor which he Inns received from the States
conguonsio the theatre of his operations has gwen him
Ech tfct,h has braien back the enemy and that his
vclorlou. standard al this moment loals over Maaino-
ras Whatever 49, his fate now sealed and anything
may do " III be too late 10 influence. ~. There
could then be no valid Objection 10 give day 10 the
consideration Of this bill, and no persnn would desire
more. But the naughty aud dominating maturity will
allow this much.
But. Mr.. Speaker, have objection u the preamble
If the bill il rcies that exists between the Unllcd
STATES and Mexico, thai this began by Mexico
That informal war exist between the ,wU countries Is un
deniable; but that Mexico commenced 10 utterly untrue
and object In Inc preamble because IL s,ls forth bold
a ialsehood. am decld sio z Y in'hvo '.f The
preparation VI The money. and Of HE raising the forces
ur which The bill provides. For ~, sc pnrpuses ii i.
sufficient Tor that our c0unity is at war, be II lOrma
" uiurmal, whether began by Mexico our own Gov
srnmcn. required only 10 know that Our army is IL
danger and heller il be IN the territory 81 the United
States or Mexico, am ready 10 vote moa aud mons, e
10 the utmost resources ii The country nI The
II the war be wrongful, AT amore convenient season
would hud them npnnslble " no made IL. But prutes
sllennly against drng this measure with the untuun
5ed statement that Mexico began tins war. That posio,
is no; necessary to give his bill any p, ssibo Elect -
II could have been as we'll omitted and lad been re
eced doubt not the bill would receive the unaninil
vote OF The House. But that was moi the object OF il,
authors. Their purpose 10 make the Wings volt
against or force them to aid IN THROWN. a shelter ave
The Administration, by vong for bili Which urll
that his needless and unexpected wss conhehce(
by Mexco
Sr, II HE bill contained recitation upon that pom
IN truth and justice, should he that lhs was be-
gun by the President. The nveI Nurces is the ru'
western boundary of Texas The country between tina
stream and The Del Nofie is part of McKee,, aid ba
Puaei had ptoflo ard establishments 10 =. M1hih'
ago the President Of bis own " H. oYdrrs General iay
luI and his army take posi- al Corpus Christi, IN
west bank ut the Nueces, where they ren,antd until
considerable time after the beginning Of the
Congres In March last, nader the passive orders
The President he moves through The disputed cnuhii
upon HE Del Norie. Mexican authortss meet him a
several points Wllh he decaraiiuD that he has abe
ih., country ind VIII protests AGAINST ID. tgeressiu
lhty VAN him hat ufess ne fetits east u the Me-