The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-07-10

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The Baltimore resplutioas. Texas has been annex
cd, and Oregon divided. The members who were
most jealous in favor Of anaexing Texas imme-
| dlately, regardless Of consequences who ridiculed
the idea Of war YithM exieo,and defed Great Brit
ain and the world then, when Oregon was TO he pro-
teeted and England stood alone, were the first and
loudest DISCLAIMERS against 9hasty aoton--frst TO
proclaim the horrors Of war-lto magnify the power
and prowess Of Brliain--to decTy our own strength
| and TO prophecy defeat and Disgrace TO our arms
Mexico, il was said, dared not tight; il We bad war
with her It would be only paper war; her bullets
would be paper bullets They were bold as lioas then
and as timd as ambs behalf Of Oregon; the will Of
the people was set aside in the person OF Mr. Van Blu
| rem not because he was opposed 10 annexing Tex
as, but because he advised moderate and discreet
aet'on--beeause he proposed an amicable arrange
ment OF The war then existing between Mexico aud
|Texas-because he recommended that the consent
Of Mexico should be obtained, and that peace might
be preserved between the two countries. These
gentlemen denied that war did exist, or that any
war would grow out Of nnexation. The predic-
tens OF MIR. Van Buren, are more than realized.
The paper bullets" are turned 10 copper and iron
bullets the war is paper war but one Of deadly
strife. Mastery inactivity" reserved for Ore
con, while mastery activity exerted in the
of Texas But, SIR, war did in fact exist between
Texas and Mexico, as stated in the letter Of Mr..
on the floor Of the Senate by an honorable senator
from Texas, Mr. Housros. / allude to these
facts Tor the purpose of showing the inconsistency,
as well as the want Of foresight, Of these fiery
spirits IN times Of supposed security and tame spirits
IN tho face Of danger. Those members who were
for Immediate annexation, and who were in reality
the authors OF the war, now equally Jealous for
the reduction Of revenue, regardless of the
for the vigorous prosecution and speedy termina.
ton Of that war | believe they are pursuing mis-
taken policy. Until peace 10 restored our expenses
viii be large; our income ought TO be as large as
possible TO meet those expenses With the return
~ peace, lei us reduce the army and navy, and re-
model the tariff 10 reduce the revenue to the
diminished wants OF a peace establishment These,
sir, are my views, and although they may be erro.
neous, they are not unsafe. Ihave extended thrse
remarks much beyond what intended when | OBJ
| tained the door. will now turn my attention, for
few minutes TO a subject which | cannot con-
template without feelings of loathing and disgust.
! allude To the gentleman, Il beg pardon Of the
House for the misapplieation Of the term,) | mean
the member from Indiana, who said in his speech
that his people at home called him Billy Wick He
| ought 10 be gentleman, and out Of respect TO the
people who sent him here hope the committee will
| overlook my inadvertenee. This man, whose head
is swelled with pride and vanity and whose intel
lect Is obscured by egotism, impudence, assurance
and folly, wrote home to Indiana that he intended to
| whip in the democrats from Ohio, Pennsy wanna,
and New York. This letter has been published in
the papers in that State, and reached this city short
ly before that great feat destined to be eonsum-
am informed. He is going to whip in those three
| States. Ohio with her two millions, Pennsylvania
with her two and half millions, and New York
with her three millions Of peopethree States that
| nothing on Gods earth can whip-are to be whip
| ped by this braggart Who is he, and what Is he,
that he dares thus to proclaim his folly and igno-
| rancel A reptile that crawls upon the ground, and
ticks the dust from the heel Of the masters whom he
| serves, and who despise him. and will spum him
and spit upon him, when he has performed their
dirty work. He says he was "a wing himself
once but now he is better informed" How did he
obtain that informationl ! understand he run as a
wing candidate for Congress three times and was
| each time defeated That uniformed" him that
the wings could not send him to Congress, and he
| turned democrat, and is now here. He found the
right side to obtain the office, and this he calls being
"beter informed His constituents, he says,
"woud suspicion him if they should see him socia-
| BILE and familiar with the wings Of this house l"
His constituents know their man and his instincts
They have little confidence in his political integrity
This whipper-n has tried his hand at his new avo-
cation. In what manner did he perform his task'
The House will pardon me, il, in endeavorlng to
characterize his language and manner, am com
PEELED to descend to the use of language I'm
suited to this place and the dignity of this body
[ will not repeat here the vulgar and obscenn
language which he used He disgraced II g
| members of this House, his constituents, and, II
it were possible, which doubt, himself. His lam
guage was that of low groe shop pot-house brawl-
err. Ii was heard not only by the members of this
House, but by the ladies and gentlemen in the CALLER
les. He does not know his true avocation; in my
| country he would be elected as wbipper, not Of
men, but Of certain animal which ] shall not
| name. Sir, man may forget his own dignity and
| selfrespect; but man who can forget what is due
to the place and the occasion; who can forget the
character and the honor Of his constituents,
which are both in some degree confded to his keep
ing, must have vulgar and depraved mind. But,
sir, the manner Of this man was as contemplate
and as cownish as his language was low and
vulgar. He played the buffoon admirably, and nat
urally, for the amusement of the spectators, like
clown in the circus In alludng to Ohio, he says,
"they won't support the tariff because they can't get
a paymaster in the army, and a thousand-dollar
clerkship." He knows very well that the ground
taken by Mr.. BRNKERHovr against the bill was,
that it would not produce revenue, and because il
proposed to tax tea and coffee. He knows that this
was the position of all the democrats from Ohio.
The mputation is as base il is unjust to the
democrats Of Ohio Sir, shall leave Ohio to her
own defence; she needs no aid of mine. He tells us
that he called on the President and wanted to be
made brigadier general Yes, sir, he really want
ed to be a live brgadier The President, ne says
refused, because he was member of Congress.
Think you, sir, that was the true reason' Have
YOU heard him talk about keeping his "red eye
| on u.s." and his threats to "tell on us when
| he goes homer The President looked into that
| red eve, and examined that stolid countcnance,
make into a general. Who but ths vain egotst
would ever have thought him fit for a general to
command troops in active service' II ne had APP
oiled to the President to be made corporal, the
swer must have been the same. A general! That
| man to be converted into general Why, sir. he
is not as fit to make general ofas - 49,. Will
not some gentleman hsp me out with the compar-
ison3 Mr. Chairman, I am at fault. give it up.
| can think Of nothing that Twill venture to men
| ton here. He said he was "plain spoken man;
that children and fools speak the truth" Mr..
Chairman, he is no child. Children are not sent
here Age is the only constitutional qualification
required here / repeat he is no chiId-whatever
else he may be. l..
Now. SIR have done with this subject; and, if in
replying 1 said anything not warranted by. the
strict rules of proprety il is chargeable to the lnso-
| lence and impudence Of the member from Indiana
| I have done with him Mr. Chairman, intended
when rose to reply to some remarks of gentle
man from Virginia [Mr. BArLr] upon another sub
| iect. I will do so on some other occasion when
there is less anxiety for the floor, which now
! yield. -