The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-02-06

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her sons Of tie necessity Of offering pledges for her
Il was Mississippi dragons, led by her gallant
Hinds, that received from the commanding general
the high commendation of having been the admlra-
ton OF one army and the wonder Of the other.
IL Is as the representative Of hgh-splriIed and
patriotic people that 1 ann called on to resist this
war elanor. My constituents need no such excite
ments to prepare their hearts for all that patriotism
demands. Whenever the honor Of the country de-
mands redress, whenever its territory is invaded,
II then IL shall be sought TO numidae by the merry
cross of ST. GeoRe--if then we are threatened with
the unfolding of English banners, If we resent or
resstom the gulf shore 10 the banks Of that great
nyer--throughout the length and breadth, Missls-
sippi will come And whethef the question be
one Of northern southern, OF eastern or western
aggression, We will not stop TO count the cost, but
as becomes the descendants OF those who, In the
war Of the revolution, engaged in unequal strife TO
aid brethren Of the North in redresslng their In
juries.
Sir, we are the exposed portion Of the Union,
and nothing has been done by this government ade-
quae to our protection. Yet, sir, in the language
Of patriotic governor on a recent occasion, II
'war comes, though II bring blight and desolaon,
yet we are ready for the crisis" We despise
malisn predictions, such rs the member from Ohio,
who spoke early in these debates made, and turn
to such sentiments as those of another member from
that State, the gentleman In these recog-
missed the feelings Of our western brethren, who we
doubt not, whenever the demand shall exist, will
! give proof such valor on former occasions they
have shown; and if our plains should be invaded
they will come down to the foe like a stream from
l the rock.
Sir, when ignorance and fanatic hatred assail our
domestic institutions, we try TO forgive them for
sake Of the righteous among the wicked-ouT natural
allies, the democracy Of the North. We turn
from present hostility TO former frendship-from re-
cent detection, to the time when Massachu sets
and Virginia, the stronger brothers Of our family,
stood foremost and united TO defend our coumon
rights. From sire TO son has descended the love of
our Union in our hearts, as in history min
gled the names Of Concord and Camden, of York
town and Saratoga, of Moultre and Plettsburg, of
Chippewa and Erie, of Bowyer and Guilford, and
New Orleans and Bunker Hill. Grouped together,
they form monument to the common glory of our
common country And where is the southern man who
would wish that monument were less by one Of the
northern names that constitute the massI Who stand
ing on the ground made sacred by the blood Of War
rem, could allow sectional feeling to curb his enthu-
siasm as he looked upon that obelisk which rises
monument 10 freedoms and his country's triumph,
and stands a type Of the time, the men, and the
event that II commentaries built Of material that
moclis the waves Of Time, without niche mould
ing tor parasite or creeping thing to rest on, and
pointing like finger to the sky to ruise mans
thoughts 10 phlanlhroplc and noble deeds.
The above is but hasty and imperfect sketch OF
Mr.. DANs's remarks, which will be presented in u
more complete form hereafter.l
Mr.. GEO. S. HOUSTON said he should have
omitted participation in this debate at present, had
it been for the peculiar circumstances which sur
rounded him as one of the representatives OF Ala
bama. lie knew that similar apologies were used
by very many gentlemen, and might not generally
meet full credence but he repeated that he felt il
due alike to himself and 10 his constituents give
some of tbs reasons which would justify and direct
| his vote upon this occasion.
He did not intend at all TO contribute, il he could
help it, TO any effort that seemed to acme extent
have been made in this House to make this Sec
tiona! or a party question. And while he disap-
proved OF the remarks originally made 10y the gen.
| tleman from New York, Mr.. KISG,l in the same
spirit Of frankness, he meant TO express his Gsap-
probation Of the remarks in reply thereto OF the
honorable gentleman from South Carolina MIR.
| RBETr,l and his own colleague Mr.. YAscEI.
| This was question-and he wished TO see it so
trea,ed-which scared above all party and all Sec
| tonal consider ations And il as,onished him that
gentlemen from the West should have treated it at
all in this manner He considered that this and the
| Texas question were both national questions, af-
| fecting equally all portions Of the country.
He had heard good deal said about a war party
and peace party, but that all stuff. He did
not believe there was a war party and peace par
ty in this House. True, the course of some gentle
men in this House might result in war, and the
course of others might be better calculated to pre-
serve peace; yet that they had in view to produce
war, he did not believe there was such party in
| this House.
| A good deal had been said about reading out of
| the democratic church members of the democratic
party. They all, ifthey honest in their pro-
| LESSONS, stood on the same broad basis he occup-
ed, and they had the same righ, to read him out
| And he condemned the remarks Of the gentleman
from Tennessee, Mr.. JOHNSON if they were cor
rectly understood by the honorable gentleman from
Virginia, Mr. BArLr,l who attempted, was
| charged upon the gentleman, to interfere between
the representatives from Virginia and their constit.
uents But he believed the gentleman misun-
| derstood IN such a construction. Mr.. II. claimed
that all should exercise their judgments on every
| question which came up for consideration and de-
cision. He knew that sort of spirit of i'll fee ling
| prevails at times among the members of the DEM
ocratic party, as well the wing party and he
| knew that on another very important question,
which was settled at the last session of Congress-
there was some disposition on the part of certain
gentlemen to read out other members Of the demo-
cratic party, because their opinions differed. While
| he condemned-while he disapproved totally entire
ly-he course of their friends who did not stand with
them upon the Texas question, he did not consider
1t his province, nor was bis desire, to interfere be-
| tween them and their constituents. And he took
the same position IN reference TO this question. He
did not pretend to make this question of notice the
dividing line OF democracy and whigery. He must
say this, however, in reference to the remarks of
one gentleman from Tennessee, Mr. GENTRY,
who condemned the feeling that seemed to exhibit
itself in some parts Of this House, calculated to ex-
cite party feelings on this question And what
course did the gentleman himself pursue' Why,
he was the first member who had made it boldly,
avowedly, an administration and an anti.admifis-
ration questionable first who had characterized
an administration measure, and had come up in OPP
position TO it and made his attacks upon it because
| II was an administration measure.
Another gentleman Mr. CocKE] had commented
the course of the present governor of Tennessee
the last session Of Congress- and had quoted thai,
gentleman's opinion, embodied in his report as
| cha pf he itfpeo hat
was purely an executive question, in which Con-
gress had no right to interfere. But he regretted
that that honorable member not now in his seat,
as he wished to call his attention the fact that he
had omitted to read paragraph in that report, (of
A. V. Brown,) Immediately succeeding that which
he had read, and which materially changed the
view which the gentleman represented him as having
taken.
Mr.. H read the paragraph referred to, in which
he said the then chairman of the Committee on Ter
.