Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1846-11-13


third party, this Liberty party, do alllhcy could
| To bring AZ about
| To return To the New. York election. Mr.
| webster contcnled that what had brought A l..
bout sh- changes thcrc, was general ,lissstis-
iacuon with and want at confidence in the
genenl government, under It's present admin
isir 'iun. The change had been wrought, nv
CONSIDERABLE and reflective men. not o. indi-
vidim :, hat in inaS~-s aud in iroon- voiin.
ior the Wing candidates; they hal taken the
Wing ground a. the mos, eileci,nl mode ol
showing heir diSapprobaiion of the war. and
The tsrii ol 1916, aud had given up their all
hes'on to tiird parties, aud had bccome WHY'S
o"t aud out. lie Thought that this was the
proper mode oi acting, aud that IL the oppos
non tu The present administrative acted tenn
perately sui discweIly il would hold all i,
had gained. and acquire new strength.
NE alluded To the sub treasury, as one OF
The measures OF the present administration,
tae benefits OF which are not yet fully devel.
oped, snd Thought that the evils OF IN. tariff
oi lSl6, and ol the Mexican war. are at pres
emit the most apparent to the public.
AT the sllusion Ia the Mexican war. some
Que ln the north gallery cried Uui-
WHO voted Tor itl'
As soon as the excitement caused nv this
interruption subsidized. MIR Webster e1clai,n
CT, with one at his peculiar smiles. aud in
very impressive manner
zoos not roted for BY any body The
"resadeHt nude d--uitkow any uote az all 2'
Again there was cheering. aud a. soon M
he could be- b,aul he proceeded ,o s,y lila,
the war Was Presidential war. 90, up con.
t'ary to the express provisions ol the tons,i
tuition. The first that was heard OF il was
lrum The assertion of the President thai The
warcNiste'L Texas h al become a part of the
\ 4 States, and the boundary that had been
Cloiinrd up to that time was the river Neuc.s
AT beyond that was actually in possession of
Mexico, had nev'Teven been claimed by Tex
as. Bat ihc Pr siden, had. by a great viola.
lion OF duty, ordered The United States arm =
to push forward beyond IL. AMI i'm 80 d,ing
he bud committed Whit Mr. Webster consid. |
cred a. an Improbable offence. The Pr,,i- |
dent had II la his power to do such thin,
Out had nhnght to 10 IL. By the cnns,iru
ton hr was authorized 10 regpl invasion. hut
he wss not authorized to go beyond the terr; |
Tory amt invade anotlirr country. Thi, WAS 1
the deep foundation ot all opposition to this I
wMar-thalit was illegal great violation of |
duty.
Mr. Webster sill that he had very little or
no respect ior the government OF Mexico. -
Tic considered The MeSicsns the worst GOV
eh'ed people in The world They wer. the
prey 10 mlhtary chicitains, such rs Psredes
aud Santa Anna. who were MOI The P,cs;J.n,.
OF Tree people. H. alluded lo tho ;,s,
claims which the United States have sr,;n.t
mat country aud lac said that there WAS l;ul,.
oouot mat Mexico was wrongly iniurinr IA r
own Character In not allowing aud settling
llosa claims, and he would not eNcu~., h.,
ltc siii That like all the states that had crown
up ant had been iomcd out of the oil Sp,n.
sh monaTchcsl possessions, her government,
had proved miserable failure But tli, Ij :
not discharge us from duty. All we know !, /
na' IL exists as separate country contiguous
10 our own. What, he asked, are we Ia do Z
WIN n'f' when she - conquered Are we
- '"dIe her one vast territory Are We Ia
inneA her TO this county These arc oues. \
ions which will be put at the next session {
II Congress. The people of the United {
states are not IN the habit of calculating I
WIEN rights 20 b. asserted. what will b. The
'Apense, but On an occasion OF this Kind they n
N!li be very apt to ask what the speculation /.
viii cost.
Mr.. Webster sid thu, h, had been AZ som. :
trouble to- ascertain from correct sources th.
hPenses OF the war, and he read papcr ON
when was written d statement OF the Tesour.
es and the expenditures of the government
90 ihe last h'e months. 10y which IL appearrd e
va, tue expenses were about sixty millions of i,
iollsrs per year, or double the resources. with.
'ut taking into account the ontsisndino :
lam. Aud this imm.ns, debt must l,s met. !
IL asked how and showed that by tl,e oprr- |
'hon OF the Sub-ircssnry, a government mea-
'ufr' tne treasury Will be- cTanpcd aud ihe :
treasurer viii %. ia a situation of great dis
tcss. The operation OF the new law will
law all the specie ont OF circulation. aud
leave noihing tor the public use lie sid
mat by The oid mode OF doing business, allow
lhs the SECRETARY OF the Treasury TO draw his
money wheu Toe wanted IL, there would have
been less trouble bat now, wi hen the admins
ua''"h y not remarkably strong in the conf
dence OF The people, the government has clog
gel iisrli. lie likened Die government under
the sub-tfessury law, toa farmer with weak
team, attempting TO dive up hill & putting
block before each wheel oi his agon; the more
lac whip we'd up aud cried Ego" there was no
go 10 Il; the lougrT the administration opcT-
S'es under this sub-tfeasury law; the longer il
will strain itself
lie alluded again 10 the New York election.
AMI said that the Mexican war. and the ianif
oi 1916 had brought about the recent chang
lie also alluded TO the Two surprises winch
had been sprung upon the people Ofthe United
States. The first was the nomination Of the
heretofore unknown Mr.. Polk al the Balii.
/ moic Convention, aud the second was the
Mexican war The FIRST carried 10 consum.
malion 10y party allegiance, aud the other has
not ye, concluded. Who ever expected the
later
Mr.. Webster ullnled TO the declaration
ihai war existed ia Mexico which was mode
on the Ith OF May last, as a surprise to him
snd Ia veDboly. IL happened In b. absen,
+ from Washington at tbr imc-The bill an.
pfppraiing supplies to army was voted lor
by oil bat fourteen ot on house. and ell but
two ui the other in Congress. bot ID was voted
lnf by tle Whfg. after an fy,,y,...si,,, -, a. -
dissent to IT, preamble, solely on ihc ground
That 10 Was mrasure to sustain the army.
u was not iIr the Wings who voted f,r IL Ia
withhold those supplies becsuse ihr army hal
no bu'incss there. but twas act at patfiot i,m
I 'urain tlicm aud letthe bl une ofthe war rest
On ile shoulders Oi those who created IL.
! He said that h. had never hcsnl the pstroi,-
lem Of any Wing who voted Tor the Tin called
in question "a Washington and be- expressed