The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1847-01-23

most without The yv;sh or Lno,rsdae 81 ~ &
'he gentleman aPPnea tnat 70 hlmself ne woult
no. DC 80 iaf mistaken he SMr - thought that there
was one MIR. JONES' formerly governor of Tennessee
and many other distinguished wings, who were opposed
to the gentlemans occupying seat in that hall The
case entirely parallels and indeed there were very
few individuals perhans m that floor who had NO, en
countered opposition from distinguished men Of tbe,
own No -, HfUt 49, s ~ eii " tiei'
70, w u'ele wis ~ Wehty, Peisohti ieelS
hongh - sc 81 .ne United oales al
u1uSn' ~ making personal explanation, ms colleague
had dsclamed any personal feeling The gentleman had
President and that he had been accustomed 70 meet him
terms of gentlemanly courtesy What ideas The gen
eman entertained Of courtesy 4 was moi for him MI II
on. eerlhiy he angnase ne haa applied TO the
Tossing feelings OF Kindness and courtesy But the gen
tleman proceeded and said:
country ar sa w al genE = eondesr vast region o
ibis Union 3 "s ''' "'' = :"
a. ,xh ~ ts scausnnh na sna low o. aulhorlty
M I . s NY. asFst.ion Lc, neh near lie rfesidehi
IN ms message (Which were too long to ea there,) al
ludng to the acquisition Of Mexican territories, and then
1.-THE following are tbe nassaoes referred n b thu hon
orable sneaker i ' p"''''' 'e'e'eu " " '''' non
.I ''I .t
cd our military and naval operations Ia less than seven
d u n nnAoo commenced hostlitles at nme Sc
nrincinnl nor,s driven bacr d u',d h i hea
army and ACQUIRED nHarv nosscss;on Of the meSinnp
provinces of New Mexico, New Leon. Coahuia Tanaulpa
and the Caliiomia territory larger in extent Than that
emo,sed IN the original thirteen States of the Union, in
ab'ed by conde rable population, and much of
1 @ @ 'fS from ae points az which we bad 70
hocl ad ,bn i,nor, ond av'a ~, " ~ i'y , e
been cut oil .
FIJI pron tp war WAS noe OF ana success
consdcrng hn, atia5r be brIliant ,,,oes ar ,
the eighth and ninth OF May last the national honor could
Mexico by my dscon on the twenty se Of july last
to terminate hosties by peace lst aud honorable to
Mexcnn government dcned 70 ,ccen, Ihi fiamd ,n
tire hnt hIef,rred !, ~ he ao az r. NJ 1.
con,mnni,ale IN von ernS,,i, Con-, r. a. it,,r r ,b
Sec reta, or STATE ronnsin ~ ol - ,a 49, r Nc
answer OF the Mexican government and Of tbe rp here
to Of the Secretary of State.
The war will continue TO be prosecuted with vigor, as
Glsi9n OF tue Mexican Congress to which our Inst overture
a oeoh VIII, o y result IN speedy ana nono.ole
ble course of he MEXICAN nutboriti E the ar, r @
dom NOT 10 relay in ,he energy nTnnr ,iii,,,
iii the result is made known In dis view m Is deemed
important hold military possession of all the provinces
which have been taken, until d,nye treaty of peace
tries ss1;
m h WAT aa nol peem Wd9ea wh VEN 70 conquest;
ed into he enenv eoun,r and vii bs vnoo oI y prose
cned there with view to obtain an honorable peace and
thereby secure ample indemnity for the expenses Of the
war; as well as TO our much injured citizens, who hold
larg. pecnnary demands against Mexico
Was il not apparent (Nr j. contnued) that his col
league hal ma le assertions entirely unsusained?
But his colleague hal charged, in bold emphatic terms,
that warnow existing between the United
brought by the President to enable him to carry out
his own ambitious purposes Mr. J. then read the fol-
lowing extracts from Mr.. G.'s speech:
"But III first question Mr. G.. desired to ask was How
did this into existence BY whom had it been
madeF' =
IT was the war OF the President, commenced and car.
rled on Tor ms own OBJECTS without The consent OF the BODY
~ Will =: ~ ,uo hao osni'"uo "s
g. H. p.idan, 20 -, avac,,;,e osoa h,,, ,,ho, ,nI
did he execute The will of The people MI G. had heard
such expression ofhe will they had nowhere declared
10 be their wish to annex halta dozen Mexican provinces
to this Union Mono such thing The President had rush
ed forward on his own mere motion He was usurpcr
volaor OF the constitutions and would be treason moral
treason, not TO denounce him."
deed rather decided poson which the gentleman had
aouma1 be ;nnu;r,, then fairly c,ma IN ,yhosn ,r
-, uaj h brasS,iant ~ ,ba }n;,od S.otos n,rol,,J
~. 10. u NJ , n y, ny 49, IL: . T
Wecouny Ill ,ildt wal Diu t"e iesIuent poSiH the
war! HIS colleague fatly asserted that the President
rushed INTO the war son his own mere EMOTION Let them
appeal etc the law and 10 the testimony" In 1915
there was struggle in that House between the two great
DOtica parties as To who should have the honor and
credit of introducing resolution there that would be
most acceptable TO the country and best secure the an
nexaton of Texas to the United States That struggle
was between the wings and the democratic party. Sew
voted down Who concoctel, who matrred the propo-
sition that was accepeis Was it the President of the
United States Was ii wing or democrat? Why, it
was his chr J's) worthy colleague [MuroN BRowN1
who introduced the measure there after the various dem
ocrac propositions had been voted down; and that reso
luton, introduced by good wing of the State OF Ten
nessee was voted for by the whole delegation, both
wings and democrats of the State of Tennessee. The
resolution he referred to prescribed all the necessary
steps to be taken for the admission of Texas into the
Union as one of the sovereign States
The resolution approved by the President of the
United States on the first day OF March, 1919 mme 1ately
after the approval of this resolution by the President
Mi lima fran,