Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1847-07-02
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THE VOTE OF g CENSURE AGAIN.
In our remarks last week, under the above
heading, in reply to a charge made by the
Chronicle against Gen. Mckay, accusing him
of voting to cen$ure Gen. Taylor, we stated
that Gen. Mckay, with 163 other members,
voted for the proviso; whereas, upon refer
ence again to the proceedings had on that oc-
Casion, we find that we mistook the VOTE
The error is an unlmportant one, as it does not
affect the force of our article; but, as we are
always DESTROYS of stating things as they are,
we take the first opportunity to make the cor
reCtion, and we do so under this head.
The question was on a motion to lay the
resolutions and amendment (he proviso) on
the table, and resulted, yeas 10, nays 164.-
The question was next on the adoption of the
amendment, and it was decided by vote OF
yeas 10 to 20 nays. Since our last publica-
lion, we have met with the following article
on this subject. Although it takes the same
view of the matter that we did last week, il
goes more fully into the case, and we there
fore place it before our readers, with the SIM
pie remark, that we hope, out of respect fol
the newspaper press, if nothing else, that oul
federal contemporaries will cease their croak.
ings on the subject They must be aware
that they are publishing what they know
to be false, when they tell their readers tina
the Democratic members of the House of Rep
resentatives, at the last session of Congress
voted 10 censure Gen. Taylor. They know
in their own hearts, that no member of the de
mocratic party desired any such thing. Blu
we will not detain the reader from the article
below =
THE voTE OF CENsURE" The following
article, says the Richmond Enquirer, so fully
expresses our own views, and by a concis'
and torcible summing up of facts so entrely
FeluteS the cilly slang in which the Wits
press has INDUCED, that we adopt it as ou
own. we take occasion to add a single re
mark that when the news of the capitulatior
of Monterey reached the United States man,
Wing papers 1--WE distinctly remember thu
Philadelphia United States GaZette) denonn
ced the capitulation as highly Improper. mis-
Chevous. They then thought that it was a
greed to, under the instructions, from Wash
ington. They instantly changed their tune
when this was shown not to be the case:
a. We scarcely take up Wing paper il
which there is not either covert insinuaton
or broad allegation, that Congress at its lat
session passed vote of censure upon Gen
Taylor. We have hitherto permitted thi
gross Perversion of truth to pass unheeded a
mong the thousand fctions that daily issu
from the same quarter, relying upon the bet
ter information of the public for its correc
ton. But the story>has been told so often
and reiterated with such an air of sincerity
that persons not IN the constant habit of refer
ring to the record may be led astray and in
duced to adopt the notion that it may hav,
some foundation in truth For the benefit O
any such of our readers as may have givel
ear to this delusion, we have to ask attention
10 simple statement of the facts upon whcl
the charge is founded
AT an early period in the late session O
congress resolution was introduced into tn
mouse OF Representatives proposing, first.