New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-11-15

state Of the weather 20 tie present condition o Il e
country. We were now, he said, engaged 10 a
bloody War that most desolating Of terrors, which
when associated With Pes;i ence and Famine, was
placed 10 the foremost rank Of human evils. Many
persons had compared the opponents Of the present
War with our next neehbors % those who had op-
posed the Wsr Of 1879 with Great Britain. lie oe-
MED that such n comp arison was Just IN i'i~ 'De
WsreAs one Of defence on oar part ron 'ns az
gressions Of England. IL was a w ar whose oDlects
were most ernphsticslly and upiy summed up "a
,he.e few words Free Ir0de and S0n0Ts hfghfs.
" .onOht 10 defend our sailors from being dragged
from our ships and being compelled to night against
Int, ,.i,h which we we're in smity we con ght
b. pre,erve our lights upon the high seas and Dot 70
sllor Great Britain 10 sweep us oil. That as
Wsr OF the People. They wiled it, and they were
in fs yor Of rs BENG carried on He spoke from
tual knowledge when be stated that Mr. Madison
vss personally opposed 10 the War. How would
the present War contrast with that For what
object was il declared
IL wa. created by the act Of Mr. Polk, ratified, it
is true by the act Of Congress. twas created 10
consequence Of the order q the President % Gen
Taylor 10 march upon the Rio Bravo to point op-
posite Mstsmoros. The President acted thus while
Congress was in session, without consulting that
body. When, however, supplies were DEMANDED
for our Army and its dangerous concitOn ststeo.
Congress voted for them. Wings and all voted
them supplies. La this act they did as ne would
have done they voted the necessary supplies
But they were wrong 10 vote beyond that and
never 90 help him God would he have done So
They were wrong IN voting for what they knew 70
be lie that the w or existed by the act OF Mexico
so great was his regard for truth that. sooner N
subscribe 70 such a fasehoOd, he would have lald
down life itself They had been warned when the
Annexation Of Texas was irst moved, that II they
took Texas they would have to take her War also
The assertion was booted at No such fears need
be entertained IL was said then the boundaries
could all be amicsby settled. What, however was
the feet Was not the present w ar consequence
Of a boundary dispute AT the very time =" men our
Army was ordered TO march on Matamoros 10 take
possession Of the disputed territory, Mr. Slide was
on his way 70 the City Of Mexico 10 enter into ne
potiations for the settlement Of the same disputed
question. Why not wait until MIR. Slldells mission
had been fulfilled 1t had been stated, over and
over again that the Wings were enemies OF
the country for speaking against the VIZ
that they deserted her. Was this the case =
Have not the Wings been prominent IN hight
ing on the bloody fields Of Mexico as their oppo-
nents Have they not spilled their blood as
freely War now exists but we have mace
no declaration OF the objects OF that w ar IT,
therefore, behoves Congress TO declare what
are the objects and upon what terms the war
with Mexico will cease. Ia Monsrcbles the
war making power is vested in the King IN this
country il rests with the People through their hep
resentatives in Congress This isdistnctly avowed
10 the Constitution. Ii is true the President has
the power Of making Treaties but they are all based
upon the acts or resolutions Of Congress He refer
red 10 certain resolutions Of Congress regarding Re
ciprocity In trade and upon which some ten or
dozen treaties have since been founded. H. there
fore on such comparatively unimportant subjects
rs Trade and Commerce. the President takes his
instructions from the People represented IN Con
fba nept val q n
pled 10 the prolongatOn of War II Congress re-
main silent will the President, when War Is once
declared say what its objects and when 1t shall
stop Then may you call the President by what
name you please. he is In effect ms powerful as
Cesar an Emperor King You give to one man
a power that the Constitution never contemplated.
Mr. CLAY continued TO dilate at considerable
length upon this topic. expressing bis conviction
that Congress should declare. at the coming Ses
sion what are the objects Of the War and what
should be the conditions Of Peace. II the Presi'
dent then remain opposed 70 Treaty upon the
terms prescribed there was way IN which even
lie could be reached and be made to feel that the
Peoples will governed-he meant by lmpeach-
ment
Mr.. Clay said he was opposed entirely to the an
nexation Of Mexican territory. Onehall already
Of our own territory was uuoccuped. Millions OF
acres of lands were in the market We did not
want more although some are DESTROYS OF extend
ing our limits from the Atlantic to the Pacific IT
Congress decided that II would be satisfied with
certain limits establishing what they consider the
proper boundaries of Texas, he did not believe the
President would refuse TO accede 10 their wishes
He MIR Pl was already half tired Of the War
and would doubtless be glad enough 10 adopt any
plan by which Peace would be restored.
As TO any difficulty which would occur IN set
Ting boundary line, he would be willing 10 IN
dertake in sixty hours TO secure its adjustment
The truth was Mr.. Polk imagined, when Matamo
.,w.,t Incl
has been the expectation after every battle, but
now even when we are in the Halls Of the Monte
zumas our object is as far from attainment as ever
He referred to the Spanish character as evinced
in their struggles for eight hundred years with the
Moors In Spain. He spoke of the absurdity OF ask
ing indemnity for our losses OF people who had
nothing 10 give us. As 10 annexation. he consid-
cred il would be little short OF madness to intro
duce Eight or Nine Millions of people, speaking a
different language and protesting different reli-
eion, among TO assist in governing our Republic.
Suppose, said he, they would not choose to send
delegates, can we appoint theml Would that be
carving out the principles Of our Constitution.
which declares that every citizen shall have a
voice in the government which he Is required to
support and obey
M. Clay declared himself strongly opposed 10
tie Extension Of .Sarery. He deplored its exist
ence, but Here the Telegraphic report is unintel.
hgible We understand its purport to be that Mr..
C. considered the fact OF the Constitutional exist
ence Di Slavery one which could not be denied nor
overlooked, nor could its immediate extinction be
expected. Nor must we shut our eyes to the fact
that IN the actual condition Of things exciting con
troversies. calculated to shake the pillars of the
Union must be expected to spring out OF any add
ton Of territory to this Republic. The report con-
tnues He considered the refusal to annex fsT
ther territory the best means of evadng the diff
culties aud avoiding the dangers that surround this
important and critical subject
Mr.. CLAY spoke two and hall hours, and the
foregoing is but 4 mesgre sketch from memory Of
the most important points in bis Speech. He al.
hered closely throughout to the principles set forth
in his Resolutions already given, which may be re-
garded AS an authentic summary Of his views and
positions When he had concluded the Resoh.
tons were submitted to the meeting, and adopted
with enthusiastic unanimty
We shall Of course give the Speech entire at the
earliest moment
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