Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1846-08-13


by snv peculiar ecninicn ~ eivpm.snce
o' ether corr'nmcri Of the time It was
hot called fot 70 trpsl invasion ior lhcn
none was of.tcl vas not called ht 10
rio'fc' opt own right, ot tho nehu o.
lrtA tor q cssaltrsdy 10 i've mos 'rll
e'''c ro'"ion ot'hN, pntpose fthrv ned
80 ptnif- Nou ~At NJ called ior 90 pfN
ieci any crS'n e. nv tlored STAR. upon
the RIO Grndc. iot ,httt wrre none there
cba'nsc any friend oi he Am,n,an
ton 10 The iuvcUie,uon anil TO point 90, II
he can a HNg ic Circumstance Which could
by ANY pnpbilry tender e,lhrr necessary
OF eipcj,cnl 10 send our troop, TO the RIO
Gfondr at thu, umo u was not called lct
by any cons idrfauons Of necessity OF oIpc
dicncy tot ~ the contrary. every dictate
Of wisdom and prudence md lusuto forbid
1T could answer no possible FOOD
cod bot on the contrary. u, direct icbdcn
cy yea, slr ~ incuhblr consequence, II
no' rs prom,dralod purpose, VAS to pro.
voko oollron md war Il accomplished
iha, end and 'hD country is n, war al
war by the act 81 tho administration
war eomm,nrcd without the AUTHORITY or
consent, OF without even tho knoNlcdsr Of
tongfct The elouc, OF the s,h and 9Th
OF May Which siguahEsd ihotuumph oi the
American aims uron the fields OF I'alo Al
to and the Rcsacn dc Ia Palma, bad ussn
before Congress know The country was NJ
war with a foreign nation. and before /, was
called upon to recognize ne existence but
the country Is a, war, and whether by ,hr
weakness OF witk,lncs the fully OF The
ma lncss NJ the administration, OF whether
by The authority OF Congress add in defence
OF our national ughs and our nat ion1l hon
or, hold uto be- equally our duty TO Apply,
IT need be-. al, the resources OF the country.
that It may be prosecuted with efficiency and
brought To speedy and successful ,cnni.
nation THIS is TO lees thr dictate OF pat.
riollsm than OF humanity. Whatever may
have been the acts Of the administration our
army must be protected and sustained
They were acting ~ obedience tothe orders
OF their suprrlors, md are not responsible
to the country Tor the consequences They
bad been ucrdIossly and wanlonly pushed
10 the point Of cllfcme peril hy our EI.
crulyc nuthouucsY but thanks TO God aud
their own volor they wero enabled to res.
cue lhcmsclvcs rom danger and their coun
try from disgrace However unluHly OF
unconsti,utonaIly n weak ora cotrup, al
mlnistrallon may involve tho country ina
war, our people aud our soil must be de-
Tended and projected We may defud our
soIdlcrs and our ci,izcns We may defend
our country, ITS INSTITUTIONS AMI ITS Liberties,
we may defend our nllsrs and our Grc.ides.
without defending the authors OF our cnlam.
uies When Tho Scrcd Temple is wrap
ped IN fumes all hands mus, come TO tho
rescue, though The torch Of tho laccnlinty
may have been applied by thc hand Of the
ponu'cS MlHlmns himself
Mr. Chairman am proud 10 say. that
IN the rec cnt victories upon tho llioGrandc,
my own state bore an honorable ana dsin.
gwsh"d part Among ,hr accomplished
and gall IA, Officers Of iha, lpio army. Var.
mon, points 10 and rgoecs in the names Of
her Scott and Hitchcock. and lvord. md
Bcnman, and Daniels, and Stevens, who
distinguished themselves, and did honor to
: lhcir profession and their country upon tho
field OF bptllc
Br, to proceed with tho message Tho
lf'sllrht again faY' 'MeNlCn had passed
tho boundary Of tho United S,i,r, h,d ,nya
dei our TERRITORY. and shcl American blood
upon the American soil" Sir. " nh what
ptoPrleiy and With what Dn.'irc to Truth can
II be sad that "MoNlco had passed the houn.
Diary Of the United Sla,cs and invaded our
tculory"i WHAT were the aci,as We were
informed Of them at the time this common.
cation was sent to W Ahet the Americans
4 III
None, after erecting a fort, pointing It's pun.
To the city of hlc,lmofas upon tho opposite
side, and within 100 yards Of 10 AFTER eihlb.
lung all this matial aud wsrlike display. A.
after the Mexican ri'iTens on the east side
Of the river had fed from this homes and
dwellings before The presence OF our adranc-
I lnf army, small detachment OF The Mex
can forces al MelamUtas crossed Tho fivef
some distance abugo for The purposes Of OBJ
sfTIallon, aud IecounOitn.g parry Of the
American army tell Ia with them aud an en-
gagcmcnl ebAued when resulted 10 the los.
Of thirteen Americans and many more MeI
: leans. Bat Mexico passed 30 boundary
which had been recognised As tho boundary
Of the luued States OF ~ Texas. che invs
ded 800 territory whi.h had been recognized
as our Territory or the Territory Of Teas she
passed The lines oil no lefutorY Of hich sine
was not 10 the sciual ughtlHl Occupation .
sho did nothing which - implied by The term
mrdfioH. The President might have sad
with more prppuely lLsl Ihe Nnned States
had passed the boundary 81 MEXICO and IN
raded her territory THIS territory had o..
ways been in her eTclo'lvr posscssion she
had her military force there; she had her ru.
, tom-bouse and collector there, she had her
resident CltIons there and those citIleus
wsro represented 90 tho MetIcan Conzress
They scsno~ lodged and owed allegiance tn
40 other government 10 say nothing how
ever, about lhs technical question Of tide 10
Z nc teUiory uppn The east bank Of the RIO
, Grsndo, q q enough 60 say that Il Wa, nn
or part, At lgss,, an open question a. an.
seuled question question ol dfspoto and
OF proposed negotiation We had nrysfL,so