The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-12-11
A s.sre, Worth Knowing.

GENTLEMEN: You have again assembled, and will have
heard what the President has had TO say before this
reaches YOU, and your own transactions will soon be
spread before the nation, well as the world am
that one Of you would like to be suspected OF
being unfrendly 10 your country, especially at the pres
ent time. What have TO tell you is a secret OF
vast importance; il is that you, and not the President,
responsible TO the people for the present war with
Mexico and the manner in which II Is to be hereafter
conducted Will OF you shrink from your response
bly, refuse to sustain the honor glory OF your
country and, like Adam, who told his Creator ~
AFRAID, because lrdS naked, and hid myself" and
euse yourselves by saying, "Ihe roman tchom thou
gaVet 10 be Uih me, she GAGE me Of the tree and dd
out like men, and acknowledge that you voted for the
war; and provided for the and money 10 carry
because your ellowczens had been murdered and rob
bed OF millions for twenty years past and that such was
your duty young sister, bone OF your bone and flesh
OF your hesh who had taken shelter IN your arms from
military despotsm which had shot down and murder
ed hundreds oil deienceess prisoners, with Colonel Fan.
ming, at the Alamo Had not Texas much cause and
right to declare her Independence you had and
Mexico herself had done Surely no impartial man can
deny this, when such examples have been sanctioned by
the patriots OF revolution. Surely you will not
attempt TO hide yourselves from intelligent people
who will call you to streI account Tor saying as Mr.
when all the world knows that you recognised, and
sanctioned and declared yourselves, and bound
sustain il, or disgrace yourselves and the country
Who among you will dare TO say that the President
has not noby discharged has duty As in less than -four
months after declared, two immense provinces OF
ncalculabe value to the United States have been
quered, and their Independence secured by which the
commerce of the whole eastern hemisphere has been
opened To the enterprise OF our citizens and religious and
civil liberty extended their banners to the Pacific
less YOU surrender the whole back again to a cruel
and relentless military despotism Do the ederasts de-
sire To this state OF things or any other miserable
faction wish It, IN order TO graty party spirit at the
expense of the honor of the country! hope not II has
been the fashion Of late years for many members OF Con-
gress to charge their OVn acts upon the President and his
cabinet They will vote for the most eXtravagant appro
pnations and every measure 10 embaraSs the govern
ment and when they return home, all is charged the
not know and see what they do' Mr. Webster, in the
east, after rOng for the rdr, goes home, and, in the
presence OF his Yankee scrbes denounces the President
and the unjust upon which he dared not risk him
self he did to disgrace his country 1Sl2 while Mr.
Clay, in the west to his subserven femlnnes, goes
far to say that the unnecessary, and that
could have had peace with the world If the President
had not acted rashy. Now, gentlemen if there be any
of you who disposed to be grumbers what would
either of you have done If you had been PRESIDENT Stand
forth and tell us, upon the honor OF true patriots Would
you have given Texas to the tender meces OF Paroles
and Ampudla-the latter OF whom sacrificed the brave
Tanning and the other prisoners and the FIRST rampant to
reconquer and drive every American out OF Texas Mr.
Webster might, probably, take this course but Mr. Clay
would not agree any such thing And here you differ
and, of course would quarrel at the outset. Well would
either of you have ordered General Taylor halt Cor
pus Christi, until Arlsa had seen his time TO drive
him back to the Sabine or one half his army would have
have disgraced the American name Or would either Of
you have given up the five six millions which Mexico
owed oour citizens and part OF which she had admitted
!
era Taylor did not march TO the Rio Gande until Mexico
had refused to negotiate and nsulted government in
the person of Mr. Slidel And Arista informed
that he did not intend to make the boundary
until the two governments could negotae All this is
true Arisa the Rio Grande murders Colonel
Cross, and attacks General Taylor in his camp while two
thirds of his forces absent Now gentlemen fede-
rasts what will you do' Ask pardon of General Paroles
No. four fths Of you vote for the war; all patriots
ought to have DONE and thus sustained the honor of
country But of your distant leaders the
east and west talk about the injustice of the war-the
treasury emptysome OF our brave soldiers have fall
en-you cannot borrow money! They saying and
doing everything to embarass the administration and
bring defeat and disgrace upon your country; yet Gen
Taylor will fight and whip the Mexicans every battle All!
but Gen Taylor wing, and, OF course all this honor
is ours Yes, the general Is true tohtg, one OF
your '7G wings which is far above modern uhig-
in S and in truth d as the north f pole distant from
not abuse their government and defend our enemies,
the National Inteigencer does. No, it was different
class OF people who did that, who much Of
as black Erebus. Can the wings, by thus acting,
expect to ride into power If they do, advise them to
| read what Solomon says of broken tooth and foot
out Of joint Instead Of reaching to power they will be
found in company with Dives, and an impossible gulf in
their road.
But will again ask you, what would you do if you
had the power Would you altogether give up Cafor
MIA and New Mexico, which the brave Colonel Fremont
and General Kearny have emancpated from misrue and
anarchy, and order them all home, and give Mexico
receipt in full for all demands Yes, of the fedeass
would do this! and perhaps, kiss Santa Annals big toe
Dy way OF showing their PATRIOTISM !! MS remark
not intended to apply to any member of Congress, be-
cause could not be brought to entertain degrading
opinion of any of them intend to apply it to your grum
bling fault-fnders and west, who sit their
chairs and know about what ought to be done than
General Taylor or General Kearny, who have had all
the work to do. Now gentlemen members of Congress-
will say word to all of you | will take it
for granted that you all patriots, and that you only
differ to the mode of carrying this If So then
your quarres, and read the history of ancient
Greece, and you will find many warnings for your coun-
try Greece united drove back Xerxes, with his million of
mercenares When divided, and torn by faction, Philip
OF Macedon destroyed their Liberties. The President and
his cabinet have without doubt ably planned this war;
and Generals Taylor and kearny have promptly and
ably carried it out The first has been sent to cut off all
aid from of their provinces which worth having
to us the balance of Mexico neither want would
have, if she to ask admission into our Union We
could govern the race and government do not
wish to conquer any of Mexico except obtain such
peace will prevent her from doing any more mis-
chief This every true American desires and have
doubt that destiny, under Almighty power will ex-
tend civil and religious liberty California and part of
New Mexico. Then it is your duty to stand by your
government, vote men and money enough to make sure
work Our operations must take different directions.
General Taylor Is far enough for the present. until
blow is made the coast and if the federalsts in
tend to be what they profess, prove it by your works
and do not stand ready claim all the honors while
OF YOU forging curses which will fall on your own
heads. AN AMERICAN
KENTUCKY, December 7, 1916.
UNION.