The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-12-24


civil jurisdiction these conquered provinces without
the sanction Of the national Legislature Before they could
establish Ciyl government or authorize anybody else 10
do it, they must the provinces their own terri
tory All the labor and eoguence OF the learned gentle
man thrown away. The President had disavowed
the very acts which his friends on the floor had ss
tanned. The last message was a funny one. He (Mr
~ had been personal admlrer OF General Jackson be-
he straightforward man. and looked danger in
the face But Mr. Polk lodged behind his secretaries
and the secretaries lodged behind their clerks and their
clerks lodged behind their nsignihcanee[ aughterl-
Their political nsgnieance II not the spirit Of
'Old Hickory" but of the Sage of Underwood" that
now presided IN the White House The President
lodged behind the Senate the Oregon question: and he
lodged behind the war on the tea and coffee tax and be-
hind Mr. Secretary Marcy the establishment OF civil
government in Mexico, and MIR Marcy lodged behind
General keamy and Commodore Stockton; and then the
President excused the latter by saying that the generals
had erred only through ian excess of political pa.
| trIosm." tLaughterl But how long did they in
tend TO carry on the war They said that the
longer they. carried on the war they would get
the more from Mexico, But did they mean to
charge nothing for the poor fellows who had been
slaughtered? How much would they change for
man. No Let them not submit that question to the
House but ask the widow and orphans 10 fix the amount
and then they would md that they had got crime enough
| against Mexico TO take her last acre. Somebody had
got to square up and foot the bill II the widows couh
not bring them TO account God would bring them TO &C
count and then they could not say that Mr. Marcy kept
the letter "a Taught But would they drive Mexico
Mexico, % her city, they should find enough OF good old
Castan blood 10 tell them "War TO the knifeh' Per
haps they would find even their priests dong their s-
Ger Total robes and taking part in the Perhaps they
would hnd their mothers and daughters casting their gold
and SILVER into the CWCibe. Or did they intend to stop
ana be content with one-ha or two-thIrds OF Mexico
u they dad, how were they 10 govern ~ The gentleman
from New York mir GoRDoNl undertook TO say that
civil government would be extended over il, and
then elmS the question OF slavery, The gentleman
SAID be ready TO meet it, lie CHR. r. was ready
also 10 meet Il. With Gods help, he would do his duty
then lie would tell them on that question there would
be no division lie wished that northern men had always
IgtDp ID nj thpiF
southern men had stood up. II they did she discussion
there, what would it avail The people would cease
to struggle. They would make their voice heard and
their power felt Jonathan hard to get into fight
but get him at it, and he would stay white heat
long time IA Taught lie then went on to denounce
the President having connived at the return of Santa
Anna. As 10 his future course he would would
Judge OF the measures the administration brought for
ward He gave no pledge except that he gave TO his
constituents, that he would do Just he pleased"
He not afraid to vote against the and speak
against IT,
Mr.. BOWLIN next addressed the committee He had
hoped that when their armies in the field
gentlemen would not have instituted inquiries about
nice questions OF International law II had been
matter OF much regret to him to witness that
debate from day 10 day There should be but sen-
mcnt now. Intestine controversy should certainly have
been avoided But II not most glorious to reflect
do there but dispute about the territories they had
While the discussion proceeding, the glory of that
war had established the national character the proud
est basis le for one, felt proud of the ACQUISITIONS that
had been made and he hoped he would be able to vim.
dcate those assaiel in consequence OF that triumph.
ant prosecution OF the wal He hal male OF the
opposite speeches, but those who hi preceded him had
ably answered almost all the points 10 which he had in
tended TO reply The gentleman from Tennessee [NIr
GENTRY assumed IN the outset of his speech, that he
was led TO speak to show that he not ashamed TO
speak. Why afraid to speak-why fancy that he or his
party assaed! The assault from his own par
~ The discussion brought by gentlemen on the
opposite side who mpeaChed the President for the con-
duct OF the II his (Mr. B.s) friends had turned
the tables on their opponents il the fortune OF
and the gentlemen opposite must make the best Of il,
and submit with what grace they could to the fate 1t
was dlhcut Tor gentlemen TO find proof for their
ton that there was no ground for the The
OF the had been fully presented Il was admitted
that Mexico owed the United States n debt But that
was treated with leyity and reference made to the
fact that some OF the States unable to meet their
obligations. Was that a reason why the nation should
submit to every species OF Outrage and wrong Mexico
acknowledged her indebtedness, and refused to pay But
tn true cause OF war was the annexation OF Texasan
act introduced IN that House by wing member. Texas
was as free and independent as Mexico They
thought proper 10 her. that the offence Mex
leo had more to do with that than she would have
had in of annexation OF the Canadas. AS to strik
ing the first blow, ii quite mmaterial. In
deed the party who, struck the first blow, was gen
fobearance of the United States had been abused
But il said that the United States troops
Mexican territory. They were disputed territory,
and either had the right place their armies
there But it the people who had resolved upon the
war, and the aacrity OF the volunteers of the
best possible evidences OF the popular appreciation of the
u
followed by the gentleman from Ohio Mr.. Roor,l en-
deayored to assai the President the Oregon question
That belonged TO the fifty four-forty But he (Alr
b. met the assumption of the first gentleman Mr. GEN
TRY, that the President acted with duplicty What were
the facts When Mr.. McLane went out did not he
carry out with him the Identical offer made the time OF
settlement? Certainly. Where, then, the duplicity?
The President mad uniformly declared that title
clear to - deg 40 mn and the attempt to assal him
was wholly unfounded in facts They were told again
and again that this of conquest He had
endeayored to show that the war was justia
Bile. Now, whether IT TO be of conquest
depended the galantry of their forces They hal to
advance upon the foe retreat If they advanced, it
said to be Presidents war, and he assailed for it.
Ii they rereaed the clamor would be raised What
would they have the army doi When the armies were
the Mexlcans, they be stayed by an artificial line
Certainly not The advance into Mexico Incl
dent OF The war; wholly independent of any real or ina
glned purpose IN the government of the United States
Had the army receded reTaned from pursuing and
furnishing the enemy they would have heard the univer
sal shout of disapprobation. But the President
said, had scheme OF territorial ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Why Because their had been successful! But
they told and again that they were establish
ing government in these provinces Now he called at
enhon OF gentlemen to the distinction between the pro-
CARNATIONS and the acts of the generals Had they
done single improper act? They found themselves
in possession OF terrtory-what were they to do
In the spirit OF humanity and civilization, they had
extended to those provinces the blessings of mild gov
ernment He alluded to the conduct OF the British mill
ary officers in the last Michigan, proof OF the
legality OF the procedure in establishing government in
the conquered Mexican territories All thai palla
tive exercise of military authority after conquest What
would gentlemen have donei The acquisition OF Ter.
ritory resulted from the gallany of their armies and