The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1847-01-02

luI end OF pulling bin down and getting
The relns OF power into their own hands,
they thus violently denounced the var.
Was il crediiable 10 them thus 10 give aid
and comfort 10 our ensmosl Was rot such
course rather unpalriolicl Here was our
Government engaged ip a righteous war,
md they, knowing lhls 10 be 80, SET lhem-
selves 10 work TO Illustrate and embsrrass ito
progress, and 10 dehounce The President for
carrying il on. The truth, tho whole truth
was, that the Administration had carried on
The war with moro success Than gentlemen
thought they could or would have done.
Now IT, instead OF this, our army had been
badly whipped two or three times, and We
had lost part OF our territory, Especially
in Texas, would not gentlemen have coms
here in much better humor than they were
in nowl Mr.. K. had no such thing as per-
sonal dislike 10 gentlemen who thus acted;
I6e knew. on the contrary that very many
lof Them were clever felows but they Ger.
tainly were in great error. What had
I'hcy donel Had they no, ordered The
President 10 carry on his ws'l And whsi
then, did they complain OH That be had
conquered California and New Mextof
Not bui only tina! he held on 10 them.
They were for his not holding 10 Ibe posi-,
ZION we had gained.
.As 10 executive usuTpadon, the mos. per-
Ilnacious, captions QuibbIer could fnG MOTH
ing 10 quibble abou. Where wss oil this
10 endl Did geR'lemen mean TO cripple
!he Administration 10 carrying on this warl
Was that their object II wss, let them
say so. Did they want US 10 lose somo of
our terrltory' How could a gentleman.
coming himself from slave Sste, suempy
as the gentleman from Tennessee had done,
10 throw Grebrands among his own house,
hold, and 10 SET up The slave States sgslnst
he freel The gentleman had minated
hat if we did &c! any Of the Mexican TERRI
Ory, the moment we goI It we should fail
and quarrel about it like dogs over q
zone. He could tell The gentleman .hs, hs
5reasIy feared his wish was father 10 his
houghl.' lie thought that The Democracy
ould not bs whipped unless such Q fre>
brand wss thrown among them, But lhe
gentleman showed that he did not under.
stand the nature OF those ties by which the
Democratic party was held together. He
Judged Of Them by The Whigs-and thought
what would separate The Wings would sep
irate them but no, they did not regard such
petty matters, They held BY great nations
al QueSions.-lhey were united on IhO in-
aereni rights Of men-Iheir ngh, 10 self
governmental their right 10 prevent the few
from prey ing on The many. These, and
such principles as these, we're what held
them so firmly together.
But The gentleman apprehended that
there were some who were trying TO break
our Union: he wondered Whist could have
put that into the genlIonan's head. He
juU wanted 10 see any man try it. He
cond tell that gentleman that il all the poll.
nClsns in both our great parties were to lay
aside all party suifes, and unite hapd to
band 10 effect dissolution Of this Union,
hey could not do il. No, the great masses
of The people knew full well lis ineslimsbIe
Vaue-.snd they would hiss out of sight The
man who should propose 10 them such an
1cI-and he would soon become what all
would sooner or later become who occupied
themselves in vilifyjng their own Governs
menI when engaged in just war.
Mr., K. had not risen here TO vindca,s
the President he cared no moIe for tho
President than he did for any other man
that treated him genleelIy. But he was
the executive magistrate, and Mr. K hoped
he should be spared the seIf>morufcauon
of ever denouncing him as a liar Mr., X.
asserted that ifths Pres idenI had failed Ia
4dVan"s hi' army TO the Rio Grande, when,
and as he had done, and to maintain bia
position there, he would have been Justly
mPeaobable, and, wha, was worse, he be-
leved that in thai case the Opposition
would have tried shei: hand u impeashinr
nim.
We had adopted Texas into This Union,