The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1847-02-24

conine yourself 70 attacks upon Benton sho,yn,,
! las allied himself with the wings on the Texas ora
Quo Jacksons letter on Texas, where he deno,n
those as traitors % the country who oppose m, !,
] Apply il to Benton Proclaim that Ben6n Inv t
Nh TYLER and his friends and driving them from d
il aiding the election of Mr.. Clay and charge i'm,
doing this defeat Mr. Polk, and Insure himself N.
cession in 1913; and claim that tuh justice be done
acts and motives Of John Tyler by the leaders Ham
these strings. Do propose the Union III i NY u
ness OF the democrats TO DO ms ana arrange II our
feet satisfaction quote here rom our leading friend
south. Such is the course which recommend, and "
you pursue not according to your real altachm
the administration, L
"Took for my leader of tomorrow as an indies,
and regard this letter of the strict and Inv
confidence of character"
make no comment this letter, nor read The \.
parts of il a time will come for that. Ii is an org
and will keep, and will prove itself | merely 3 |
paragraph now TO show with what justice the person
was in the Department OF State when these 900 NJ.
papers in its pay thus attacking the men Of n
now sets up for the character OF pacifcator!
tMr. CALHOUN. Does he intend to say that | !.
wrote such letter
Mr.. CALHOUN. never wrote such letter as N
Mr.. BENTON. / have not said SO.
Mr.. CALHOUN. | take this occasion to say m
never exercised the slightest influence that pap
never had the slightest connexon with IT, | never Z
a subscriber 10 ii, and very rarely read it,
! Mr.. BENTON. 1t was the work of one of the on !
OF the administration, not John Jones and the insro
was followed by three hundred newspapers in the Ia
|
! have now finished what | propose to say, At
time in relation TO the authorship of this war Co
myself 10 the official words and acts of the senator
rely upon them to show that he, and not Mr. Pc J.
the author OF this calamity But, while thus press
him as the author OF the war, do not believe that
was his object, but only incident to his object
that all his conduct in relation to the admission OF Il
refers itself to the periods OF our presidential elect
and to conneXion with those elections and eyu
his activity and inactivity on those occasions THU
May, 1886, when he was in such hot and violen,
| for immediate admission, the election OF that wear
impending, and Mr. Van Buren, the democratic candi
| and If the Texas question could then have been bn
up he might have been showed aside Just as easily
was afterwards in 1874 This explains his ac,iytH
1886 In 1910, the senator from South Carolina WI
sort of supporter OF Mr.. Van Buren,, and might
nothing was said about Texas at that election-da
Gus as was the least delay four years before: and
may explain the inactivity of 1870 The election Of
was coming on, and the senator from South Caro-
was on the turf HIMSELF and then the Texas 90
ton, with all its dangers and alarms, hrh
so accommodatlngly postponed themselves for 81
good years, suddenly woke up; and with an ACTIVITY
vigor proportioned to its long repose Instant admis
at all hazards, and at the expense of renewing hosl
between Mexico and Texas, and involving the Uni y
States in them, became inds pensable--necessary to
own savationA-a clear case of self-defence and !
commenced all those Vaccinations which ended in
overthrow of Mr.. Van Buren, and Mr. Clay for the u
dency and in producing the present war with Mex
but without making the senator President And this
explain his activity in 1914. Now, another PRESIDE
election is approaching and, if there is any truth
rule which interprets certain genemen's declaration
their contraries, he will be a candidate again;
this may explain the reason of the production Of
string of resolutions which the senator laid upon h
bic last week and upon which he has required u
vote instantly, as he did in the sudden Texas mover
of 1886, and with the magisteral look and att
The Texas slave question has gone blythe Flordas
question has gone by-there is no chance for it noJ
any of its old haunts: hence the necessity for new
MIA for it, and before we have got California And Il
all the senator's conduct IN relation to Texas, though
volving his country in war; may have had no other ~
ject than to govern presidential election.
Our northern friends have exceeded my hopes and =
pectations in getting themselves and the Union
through the Texas and slave questions, and are emit
to a little repose So far from that, they are
plunged into California slave question: long beo [
could arise Of itself, il ever The string Of resout
laid on the table by the senator from South Caron
to raise slave question on the borders OF =
Pacific, which, upon his own principles, cannot
occur, if ever He will not take the country
by sitting out the Mexicans on line OF occua
AT the same time he shows that he knows that Span =
blood is good at that game, and shows that they a4
out, and fought it out, for 500 years, against the Md
occupying, hall their country. By:-the-by, il was
700; but that is enough 100 years is object in SUD
matter The Spaniards held out TOO years against
Moors, holding half their country, and 300 against
OF the other half and, what is more material, whl
them DOtH out AT Inc emu OF the Time. MS Is q
chance for California on the senator's principles
five regiments would be whipped out in a fraction Of
tune; but no matter: men contend more violently o.
nothing than for something and if he can get up
lorna slave question now, IT will answer all the pu
OF reality, even II the question Should never as
point of fact.
The senator from South Carolina has been wrong
all this business from beginning to ending-wrons
1919, in giving away Texas--wrOng in 1896, in his
den and hot haste to get her back-wrong in all his
nations for bringing on the Texas question of Ism
wrong IN breaking up the amlstice and peace neg
tons between Mexico and Texas-wrong in seer )
sending the army and navy TO fight Mexico while T.
were at peace with her-wrong in secretly appointing
President of Texas president general of the army &
navy of the United States, with leave to fight d
against power with whom we were at peace-wron
writing to Mexico that he took Texas in view oil
possible consequences, meaning war-wrong in sec
offering Mexlco at the same time, ten millions OF dol
to hush up the which he had creaed--wrong nov q
refusing MIR. Polk three millions to aid in getting gu
the war which he made--wrong in throwing the b
of this war Of his own making upon the shoulders
Polk-Wrong IN his retreat and occupation line OF IN
icy-wrong in expelling old Father Richie from n
Senate, who wor ked SO hard Tor him during the III
string of resolutions which he has laid upon The ia
and in which, as Sylla saw in the young Cesar nj
Mariuses, so do see in them many notifications
In picture OF so many, and such dreadful err
It is hard to specify the worst, to dwell upon any
to the exclusion of the rest but there is eatua
this picture of enormities which seems TO demand
distinction: allude to the pledge upon which the \
mishce and the peace negotiations between Mexico
Texas were broken up in 1914, and those two conn'
put back into a state of war, and ourselves INVOLVE
the contest The story is briefly told and admits
dispute The letter of the 18th of January is the &C
ing record, from which there is no escape. Its a'
words cannot be read now, without freezing up the
at known 10 YOU that an armstice exists between
leo and Texas, and that negotiations for peace are
gong on under the mediation of two powerful
ereigns, mutually friendly If we yield to your 50
taton TO be annexed TO the United States, under
circumstances, we shall draw upon ourselves a fresh
vasion from Mexico, incur the imputaton OF bad
dating powers Now, will you, in the event Of
acceding TO your request, step between US