The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-05-18

i WIN reference 10 the other gentlemen who voted
| against IL, he had nothing to say; but the decsn-
| ton OF the gentleman from Massachusetts (undsr-
| stood TO be MIR. HUDsOE) that the soil between the
| Rio Grande and the Nueees would DO polluted by
diSplacing Mexican jurisdiction with southern inst-
| tutions, showed him prepared for repetition Of
the acts of the Essex junto. IL was unPat'Otie
and unsusiSined by fact.
| Mr.. T. concluded by saying that the wings
were ready any gentlemen 10 vote all necessa-
ry supplies, and take all necessary 10 do
fend the country and repel invasion.
Mr.. CHAPMAN said he had desired at pre-
yious day to have obtained the floor to have replied
to the gentleman from Ohio, Mr.. DELAso,I and
| other gentlemen who had professed 20 be patriots
and lovers Of the country but who had heaped upon
The Executive Of the country trades Of abuse and
aspersion for his conduct in repellng the invaders Of
our soil and the enemies Of our country He should
now be able TO do little cooly perhaps than
# he had succeeded In obtaining the OF the chair
| man at that time.
lie satisfied The proceeded to ssy) that fed.
erasm is ever true TO its Instincts he satisfied
now If he never before, fthe truth Of the pro-
position formerly laid down by him, which had been
| so much msrepresented, and which so many
falsehoods calumnies, and aspersions had been NJ
tered and sent forth from this ba-that il rose by
the force-not Of knowledge (which is true) but by
the force OF that education which teaches 10 sat
sly himself with the empty pro ession Of patriotism
on his lips, without the first ray oft in his heart
that were trained TO be federasts and opposers
| Of democracy. Show him the man who loudly pro-
fessed patriotism while at the same time he stood
and proclaimed to the enemies Of the country thst
the Executive the commander-in-ehief OF the mill
tary and naval forces Of the country aggrossos
and he would show you man much traitor at
heart as that man who commits overt act Of lrca-
| son. That was patriotism which found It's origin
| in the Hartford convention; il not that genuine
love Of country which consists in what the seuts-
man from Massachusetts,, MIR. ApAxs,1 charged on
the gentleman from Illinois, Mr.. DoualAss,l as
| being Glow demagoguism." Yes, In the estimation
| Of that gentleman, every gentleman slow dem
agogue" who appeals 10 the patriotism Of the coun-
| try, who stands by the country IN the hour
OF peril, and insists upon maintaining the rights,
dignity, and honor Of the country, and abates
not his srdor in this cause, because forsooth t is
| at war with the aspirations Of the oais, who
only ride into power again by riding out the Exees-
i've Of the country. The education which he pro-
claimed made wings not knowledge; IL was preju-
dice and bigouy touching the rights and the inssi-
uons OF the country, that he protested against And
| when any gentleman charged him with declaring
that knowledge is at war with democracy, he ut
ers as gross a calumny as ever came from the ruler
| Of the regions bei0tc. Democracy not based
ignorance; but in knowledge, in truth in the love Of
equal privileges and rights, 10 the love Of country
Of It's honor and integrity, which is dametricaIy
opposed TO ancient federalism and to modern federal
Ism dressed in the garb Of modern whigery, which
| vas libel and a disgrace upon the country.
| 1t was objected that the Executive was aggres-
| sor and usurper upon Mexican soil and Mexican
rights when he sent the army Of the United States
| INTO the territory between the Nueces and the Rio
Del No.te; and the gentleman who had just taken
| his seat Mr.. looms was bursting with that kind
Of patriotism that prompted him when the country
lts rights and honor were at sake-to hazard oil for
the temporary political object Of riding down the
Executive. The gentleman should remember that
the Executive was placed on pinnacle to which he
could never aspire.
r.. - r IL.
which he wholly denied in fact--thst the country
between the Nueoes and the Rio Del Nore-as
| some gentlemen contended-was debatable territory,
still he submitted with reference the protection Of
our frontier, Of our Mexican border that IL the
duty Of the Executive to send our army to the far
thest point necessary to the protection Of own
rights, to the maintenance OF the unviolability Of
American soil, consistent with the undsputed rights
Of the Mexican government. The American army
having preoccupied this which claimed TO DO
disputabe soil, would it not be gross an outrage
upon American rights for the Mexlcans to attempS
to expel them by force it would be If there was
| no question about boundary He submitted this
| question to intelligent men, and the administration
on this we're content to abide the decision Of the
country. H-. .y--
| Mr.. C. secuted the idea that we should wait until
we ascertained whether the Mexican government
had declared before were to recognise III ex-
| istence He spoke Of the mpossbility OF ascer~
tanning what the Mexican government was. 1t was
a military despotsm, changing its dictatorship an
nually-to-day, constitutional congress convened,
tomorrow, military usurper dissoving that con-
gress, and declaring laws and constitution to the
Mexican people! But she "sister republic"
All! "sister republic!" Mexico republic II wasa
gross unprincipled despotism A "sistcr repubic!"
And yet worse than barbarian; regardless Of the
rights of other nations, waging banditti war upon
all who love and maintain free institutions. ire
public" forsooth! II seemed to have possessed H.
self of considerable sympathy on this floor; but
| whether 1t was on it's own account, or for making
political capital, by putting down the Executive,
was another question. The opposition would meet
with signal failure when they sought to put down
the Executive by such means The gentleman
from Massachusetts, charged them with being "low
demagogues. All Of them were thus to be de-
nounced who advocated boldly, fearlessly, equal
privileges in this country, and who were opposed
to the dunghill arisocracy which seeks to bolster
itself up and support itself on the toll of the honest
Industrious, laboring millions.
He alluded to the remarks Of Mr.. DELANo--to
whose charges upon the Executive he had listened
with what forbearanee he could and Mr. C. repeated
here, in his place, that the gentleman did say that
this was war against omnpotence." He was surs
of this, for he had listened to the gentleman with
view to reply to him. The gentleman's party, who
now made so great hue-and-cry against the admin
istraton for defending the country, and protecting
American soil, was ready to barter it away like
dross for political purposes. For the purpose Of
getting the vote of part of the Union, whose hos
tility they feared, they had lately brought into
power a man whom they knew to be hostile to the
principles of their party; and when he would not
turn round and contradict his whole past history,
and submit to dictatorship they denounced him
in most unsparing terms.
But was this disputed territoryi He would not
recapituate the facts and arguments already ad'
duced, but would refer to two, either of which be
considered conclusive. When Santa Ana, the head
Of this "sister republic"--this beautiful this par-
otto head-this lover Of equal rights--this gentle
man, whom we found in juxtapsston with certain
other gentlemen who sought to PROSTATE this admin
lstraton--when this lover of FREQ institutions ID
Mexico was the prisoner Of the Texan army,hs
was released condition that he and his army
should retire beyond the Rio Grande, she ne'trn
boundary Of Teras." Gentlemen easily found pro
text for abusing the administration. man might
iope his country bad as to be willing TO cut the
threats Of one-half Of the American citizens. 1t was
strange to what excuses patriotism would run
,Ihc nnnilnnaan from Oha The nd.