Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1846-05-21


The President according to his slrueiun Of the
sage, did not affirm thai We're In state nt lie
coold not Affirm III or II he did. he affirmed what, IN
the legal accepatlon at the term. rur. Shsl
would be the result n such cons,fucun2 That nur
iroops On The Rio del Nof,c could their pleasure IN
vol,o us IN stair al hat WIS The rurplu Of
the message Of the President 1t that certain STATE
oi lseis had reached his know e.c which made it
safy thai Congress should ihqunr what action WAS
cessafy TO be taken thetenpoe Did he position ol our
iteons the frontier necessarily place the | uiipd
States IN a state ei var Certainly mt. Suppose the
state of things be misuud rsoed suppose the action
the part oi the Mexican nuthuttcs 10 e justified by the
cllcun Sanees, could he said HAT Ilty IN
ot Maf} flghnne did ut ~ every ABSOLUTELY Guns
stult sia. Ut There had often been collisions
Which aid not amount IL war. The facts sting oniy
Authorized inquiry In whether the, should rmeecd
STATE al He hoped tie Which had htru
pursued other occasions. when The Chiltd Stats
were threatened with war could not be departed rnm
uoW, t,a The I'll renee would the first Instance he
made tie tunnltlce Foreign Relations. aud when
they had all the lnurman that was ner ssary would
be ne efensh IL decafe the country 10 he III STATE o
wal.
Ut BENIO SAID le apnrehendtd that there
twn vty distinct qacsuns presented To the consideration
OF lhe Nrnale ruching THIS nailer The ffestdrnt nn-
nonnr,d the fact oi tie nvasun OF tie United States
he Il en proposed Ia cary war against Mexico on
scar commensurate With HE neotss, al the orcasioh
pom the occurrence al an INVASION II was the duty o
the President under ihe Constitution, nj once. ny all the
M ans who the law placed IN his power. IL rcrc that
INVASION. 1cr'an acts Of Congress anIholia him 10
call ou The militia tr HAT purpose, the period oi lhe
service being mied 10 three nonls ard ms often nc
castor If tins hind had occurred had been deemed pm
per III nrder 10 procure The n- efficient itonps 10 peI-
MN th President accept the Of vouncels.-
The G,ucial commanding the banls Of HE Ro del
Nafte had htieofr Ia this case. accordance NTH
honly ,en HIM by the Precedent called Tor volunteers
Ihe inst lhtr, thtn his opulnr. which they had
a %
aud grenling hun the money ray those volunteers
rgnAu2e The cal Which he made lur thclr
illus tar II would be mil,aY question: question for
the oommlllec on Military Affairs. II, say whether they
VIII adj pit eight Thousand al Ihree times egi ihonsand
EUl II l'canc also qe'stlo Which concerned ON for
eign relations: aud. the Inst measure were adopted
about Which he arpthcrd,d here could be no dispute.
II being requisite 10 rtpel INVASION the first measure be-
lUg adopted there would then he time consider he
second question He wnuld suggest, therefore, that So
much ut The message related 10 repeng invasion
be ftl, ned 10 The Committee on Military Affairs. aud
mueh p II rs related % on ursien relations be referred
To III toumlttce an Foreign Affairs.
MI ALLEN observed that the suggestion ul the Sem
a;nr nm Missouri appeared Ia HIM 10 present the ques.
un III It's tue and natural aspect. The appropriations
Tor the defence oi tho country need not be delay ny
being connected with other questions groNI lug Of the
state ol facts.
Nj SEWER accepted the proposition Of the Senator
from Missouri MS a modification o, his motion
NJ. CASS ,l.elred Ia saw merely n sipoe word -
The message of the President was but manifesto OF the
difficulty EXISTING between this country and M,xicn
was very similar 10 messnoe which mas sen, To Cons
utcse h., M Madison lie let very much prslfed At
fc,rng the lauuunoe which had fallen from tbe heno,a
bic Senator from Delaware The Senator had spoken
like an American. lac was r,ndy TO meet tho emergency
The ptourd he aok was fair round for parIy man Il,
take, pnno for his country first and aeru ards To in
qulre by HON the mischief ms brongh about II was
a very fair subject Of inquiry ct U.s. (pursued Mr. {,
let US 90 Tor The defence of nu cunty first lei MS ADOPT
o nro,er measures fer repeur inv ason aud AS soon as
we have done that for one am prepared TO enter into
mn ,rouiry as ia "A bo is rohl and who is wrong a
roo ~ ,h IN. S.naio, ton, Nisss,inn coocur entire
y IN the MESSAGE AZ the President and rs far AZ my
yoice viii 90 10 ACCOMPLISH it, lis accommodation shall
he carried uul Aud musl be allowed Ia say further
land | use the WIND IN lis hest sense repe the cons
s,rurllon nut ppon il by the bonorable Senator from
Soutb 4 ,t1ioo I'm. ,annity may declare VA, hut i,
r,k,s IVA con,,r,es n declare mace snnpos. Mexco
declares wnr AGAINST Won are Won at neace} NJ, There
is ma n,,rmedIal, 81 ate between praes and war In
VII cb stare ar, We at pesrnl Can II be SAID thai, our
troons NAV drive III, Nl,,cans over the boundary and
Ihcn nol,lry saw God hye, unill YOU GENE back and
Then we shall he ready lI y,n apaln This | should
say WINS n sac of war Every pcutlcmau kuuws that
vitbls The last halrceniuty d, zcn wars have been
wand ar win. ont ol nels ef hostility or tLnl nature
The hnn,ahe S,nolnt from Suh (ntnlino snys " Q are
mai IN n state If bestlluy Now | nm not going o dis.
Lutte about ,be meant o of words but IA the gentleman
denies thai an n,aann is an act Of war differ with
+ hin, eu,,lv N,ro,, n l,triyn naon bl,ckades yout
pnrs: To he sure you are not invaded ON land but
Won MT in a STATE II bosiy-n Stale that lead. lepiii
malelv ia the cousronencps Of uat2 These are my
views say We are TOW IN a puslltnn TINT whether
we declare "a ar Or moi our acts must be acts of
! We are paced IN n sulemn condition l. s most i'm
porant crisis II we march forward with Grmness. de-