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these appointed High Priests Of ,be Temnle of
Democracy hold two different ssories-to udee
between themi
Is il for me 10 say that the Presidsn, IF a..
United States has told the truth and ths So .o
from Missouri has liedl Itis not oon,SasoN'.
between the President of the United Siates "a
me. II is a controversy about a matter Of fact
and truth Of history, about which the Senator
from Missouri has declared that il is part ofihe
Republic of Mexico. This very country, which
your President in this document Of bis, which
must have passed into the political history Of
Congress Tor wnai II IS worth, has declared 20 bo
a part and parcel ofthe State Of Texas, and al.
ways so, and that therefore he marched an A..
my in its defence and expelled the enemy. Whv.
sir, who did he expell He found custom. .hoY:n
upon the lef bank of the river, at San IsabeI
and yet no American properly. And how wa.
your American army received Why the pop.
ulaton fled; and here, it is said that for ten wears
ever since 1896, before the Republic of Texas,
up to I843, and a whole year after her annexa.
ton, there was a scoundrel of a Mexican in that
custom.House levying duties upon everybody
that traded there. A laugh.
i ThisRepublic of Texas musthave been stanco.
ly negligent Of her State Rights. should think
men so violent in fighting for their rights, mus,
cans who were there. What is the fact thenl-
Gen. Taylor marches there with his army to pro.
tect The possessions of the United States, and
the people Of that territory set fire TO the town of
Isabel and run away from it. What a harmo.
nious Republic YOU hadl When you came
: brstling in arms-your banner waving in the
+ wind-your eagle spreading its wings for the
, protection of all your citizens-your Anglo.
t Saxon Republican is so alarmed at the sight Of
this illustrious banner, that he sets fire TO his
dwelling and runs away from you as from say.
g age. A laugh.
| This is so utterly and apparently contradicto.
: ry 10 public documents, that do not wonder il
: has been investigated; nor would probe this
d miserable mass Of filth and feculence and false
r hood, if it were not that have been arraigned
o here. and by my own bretheren too-by those of
e my own household, for endeavoring 10 act upon
s the hypothesis that this left bank Of the Rio
lr Grande be not Texas or United States properly.
10 1t all turns upon that. Not man in North
& America who has regard for the honor of ma
ID tions,-I say more, no man who regards truth
N and honor, who believes that the marching OF
't your army was into a neghboring Republic but
Is will agree there is only one course left. You
l. must call your army back! You must; unless
<. you are willing to be thought robber-an inva.
e der Of your neighbors-you must recall that ar.
myl Retrace your steps-and if your President
le asks ofme men and money to prosecute the war,
at with Gods assistance and my own poor facul.
ties, he shall have neither men nor money to
IN prosecute any such pdrpose.
Ii How is III Am mistaken in thisl III am
as shall consider him the ceverest friend that
is may own in all the relations that should happen
nd to me, or can happen to me in this life; will
re consider him the best friend who shall satisfy
an that am mistaken in regard 10 this very ques.
nd ton Of fact which | have been examining
o, Gladly will retrace my steps. Convince mo
x that the army Of General Taylor was on Ameri.
can so-satsfy me that American blood was
on shed by a hostile army on American soil, and the
les last dollar that can be drained from all the re.
I'D sources Of the country-the last man that can
~, raise arm IN battle-these will grant 10 de-
of end that soil and TO protect the rights of citizens
en there. But until am satisfied of that do con-
II fess that must have right TO have an opinion
'c on this subject.
do' While the American President can command
the Army, thank God can command the purse.
ne While the President, under the penalty of death,
ro- can command your officers toproceed, can tell
Po- them TO come back for supplies, as he may. He
II shall have no funds from me in the prosecution
ve- of such war. That conceive to be the duty
lay of Senator. ] am not mistaken in that. If j,
is is my duty TO grant whatever the President de.
mands, for what am herel Have no will up.
ma on the subjectl Is il not placed at my discre.
es- tion, understanding, Judgment Have an Amer
but ican Senate and House of Representatives moth
liar ing TO do but obey the bidding Of the President
lis as the army he commands is compelled to obey
- under penalty of death! mol your Senate anc
bo- House Of Representatives were never elected fo
inn such purposes as that.
ior They have been modelled on the good old plar
y of English liberty and are intended to represen
the The English House of Commons who curbed th
en- proud power of the King in olden time, by with
re- holding supplies, if they did no. approve of th
hen war. Ii was in that way that English liberty
bile was preserved at one OF the most critical period
he'd in the history of that wonderful people. How
Ime was it that Charles 1st came TO have at last hi
head upon the block by the judgment of th
d it Roundheads and Puritans Of England? He ha
low granted them everything they asked. He ha
no surrendered all the kingly perogatives save on
our and what was that Inc command OF that al
lose my raised for the purpose oil quelng the rebe
had lion in Ireland. The Infamous Wentwo
re- (Saford) had counseed him all along whateN
nch er he yielded up to stick TO the command OF tn
Rio army.
ress The Parliament men had required of him th'
ator they should appoint the Generals to comman
lat and this was all the remaining difference betwee
Tor them. On that depended the head ofhi wi
hlch represented hundred kings, reignng by divn
wing right. "Give US the command of this army
that they said. What was the reply of this doomt
'ated and ated representative of the house OF Suar
, is, "Not for one hour by Cd" Why did he stiC