The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1847-03-11
| NUMBER 23.

'eiTeu 10 tie message OF the President,
wherein was a recital Of the act Of Nav
l3, lel6, - which II vas declared thai
this wal had been brou il, upon US by Mex.
lco, and proceeded 10 obsette that. notwltb.
standing this positive declaration, The Pres.
ident himself seemed hot ve,y clear on tho
subject, or else unprecedented that thoss
whom he was addressing were not altogelh.
er Convinced thai the pr position as declar.
ed was correct. Il hc had had No tnsgty.
nss upon the subject, what would have
been his course Why, he woaid have
stated distinctly, aud IN direct terms, olce
tor aIl that Mexico had made war upon Us
but u wa' O remarkable fact and one v hich
struck him lofc,by upon lie reading OF tho
message, that lEete aa- scarcely stnae
portion Of tia, message 10 which the Pres.
Idenl alluded ~ the VAR llhout ujdng HAT
the war, was commenced b Mexico. He
did not mean to Itrulc 80 the President
that he meant 10 assert that which he be.
lieyed 10 be false; but ~h4t he meant to
SOY VAS, tina, il he were really and fully
satisfied OF the tteth of tic ptoFosttiuu,
there wa, 40 Necessity for SO frequent re-
petition q 1t. Steh repetition cou'd ouiy
-ptlng, he thought either from dcsrfe To
strengthen ones oAu eJnsl5tious or to re.
move the iDcfpdsnt OF others Again, II
the Pfes.d ID, we're satisfied Q! the fact, to
aha, purpose tended hs long recital oil tho
grievances aui wrongs winch Mexico had
uhclcd upoa o.. What bad they to do
elth the suliecti II Mexico commenced
The Na', on our par, It could only be delen
-iyc, and auy recital u reasons = hleh should
induce Us 10 30 ,o var were ai!og Their 81.
pcrAlous.
Mr. =. argued at very great length tho
proposition that the var was not eonuen.
ced by MEXICO, bu, hy the Executive Of Ito
United States, lie proceeded 10 observe
shat, holding a. he dad that It was the Pre-
-,deul Of the Iuicd siates @ho made tho
war, be did ual concur With the sentiments
hat had been expressed by the Senator
ron AablHa, nor 10 the sentiments ex-
pressed hy lie Senator from emo. Tho
Senator from Alabama, II he understood
ban rightly said lhAt, II he entertained tho
opinion % regard 10 tins rrr ~hlch had
been expressed on this side OF tie chamber,
he would 40, vote dollar nor a man IN sup
port Of It and be thought hrs homo able
trend on lhls side G. the house 10 the course
OF the admirable speech Which he tellvlt.
"a the other dtv, made a very pointed al
luscn to t,, friends around him who had
given their votes for the support Of the vat.
tie could no gree m The opinion express.
cI by the $ ualof from Aablma. Ito
could readily conserve that var night be
brought upon the country an unjust as
we'll as 90 UNCONSTITUTIONAL var, not being
ma ic By the ~ar.msklus power, and yet /,
might be hr, duty % a member Of the Sen
ole to vote J.la mea aud money FOR the Sup.
port If thut var. Il the President OF tho
a'ed States vas GA hereditary sovereign;
1t ~ lcll crown ia pefpelulty, which was
20 descend 10 liis country as The sovereign
or d realm be could readily imagine that
havrrg involved The country u q war, eth
er uWIsny or otherwise, We might be at
liberty at ouce to say to him, We Wlll give
you to supplies, defend your realm as ) on
best may Bot he thanked God, whatever
be might be 10 prospect, the President was
no, now the hereditary sovereign OF this
country.
The present Executive would continue TO
be The head Of the Government but for
short term, end beyond that be would hase
90 iorc couucxiuG With the Government
than any other citizen. When ho did an
act, therefore. by whi:h the country vas
Involved 10 war, by that act lie involved
Others 10 war OF which he did not HIN.
self share any portion Of the responsibility,
Ii va, the war Of the uatnn IL was a
war 10 which the people Of the country
were directly interested aud II vas war,
therefore, on which We we're not at liberty
to turn our backs, and say, you have got
US into Tar, &c, out OF 1t as you can.---
What was Congress 10 do when the gallant
lay lorStth his army was placed III posi-.
ton Of pcri7 What were We to do -
Leave our gallant troops 10 hostile coun.
try to be oyerpowefed, Gu, 10 pieces, anni-
baled, by way Of punlshlng the President
Of The United States FOR having brought.
thcm into such straits. We had been o.
biged 20 recognise the existence u' the war,
not because We did not understand tho
wrong which had been committed upon US
hy the exercise OF usufped power on 'he
part of the President, bat we felt the wrong
the deeper, because, IN consequence oil tie
commission, ~ we're placed Ia a Posl'ior
Ia which duty to our country obliged us TO
support tho var
Ne held. with the Senator ftom Georgia,
that Congress had rght 10 control every
oneration of this wat--uol TO direct the ar
INV IN the field, but us the Matchmaking pow
or OF tho Government was vested in Con.
ercss, Congress had Il constitutional tight
20 declare with whom We should be at wars
aud for what, aud to determine when the
oblccts Of the war had been accomplished
Congress had a righ, TO say to the Press.
dcu, Of the United States, The purposes
for which VIC authorized this war are &C
complshed there is no need OF ptoseeat-
Jog an offensive war any further. Congress
had right TO give directions as TO the end
aud purposes of the war; and, according
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