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Texas BY t.. er. T.; :' I'D po:
sued viii: a >inglcncss' ,u:a sea'' NH""
no failure until the o,:.y. -. - 81. -
by a%nnexati"n Who lat ka"N<
anything Of the history ofTeyas at kee"'
that her settlers were :mer;.,nS: that ir'i
the time in which Mexico fnr.n"d a rvn-
trial government, that the settlers III Texas
were openly opposed to it. Who does not
know that the Texans demonstrated against
it, and charged upon Santa Anna the de-
sire to seize upon the country. 1t is vel
known. 1t is known too that during hcl
struggle for a separate existence from Next
CO, that thousands, without respect Of par,
lty, aided in the obtaining of her freedom,
by volunteering by regiments at a time tc
lucE dSSlStdiICC. NhSh IiS'NS q
"Presidential WARP" does the fact of the
people volunteering by platoons, by COM
paniss and by battallions, prove it. ard this
too against the published orders of the then
President, ~forbidding citizens 10 do it? Is
it proved by the very rank and file of the
regular army deserving from a double cor
don of sentinels, winning the battle of San
Jacinto at the point of the bayonet, against
the orders of both President and command
ing General? Is it proved by the reiec-
ton of Clay, who refused to annex? OF
does not all prove that every class of citi-
zens sympathized with their countrymer
who had settled in Texas, and resolved to
see them righted at whatever cost might
81 Presidential Har!!" A Presidcn-
war, is a war begun by the President,
by the President for Presidential
purposes, and carried on by the President.
But this war was begun when Mr.. Polk
vas not President: the army ordered into
he disputed territory while he was a pri-
citizen: and he was chosen by the
people to carry out the war begun by the
besides by the Sth sec. of the Con-
OF the United Stats. claus" It'll,
The p0wer, to declarc w.. i y'~"s to tic.
and IL E: ..u.,. low t.,en can
here b" d >a,steW ~ gi.ut to call his a
'resldeE'.a' va. wacn he is cxc;uGca 81,
letter as well as BY the sLlrn Of tn
any war whatever. 10 con x.
his, aiPresidentiah war, it would reumr,,
irst of all, the power expressly granted by.
he constitution to Congress i. e. to declared
var, to be transferred by the constitution
o him. 1t would require the power "to
'aise and support armies" "To provide
md maintain a Navy" He has none of
hess powers. He is a mere ofiicert to carryI
tut the designs of the people; and in %cvcryt
aspect, so far as war is the subject, ~cntire-
y subordinate to Congress. A Presiden-
Ial war, would be a wal by which the
would be benefited by some ad-
antage accruing either directly or indi-
ectly to the President: but no advantapeI
an accrue to the President from this war.
any good shall arise from the war the
ountry will reap the advantage: if any glo- |,
=, the army will receive the APPLAUSE.
ut if owing to the blunders of Generals, .
r the delay occasioned by the f~actious Cpl b,
osition in Congress, defeat and Disgrace, 4.
ome, then, he will reapthe disadvantages.
no case can he be a gamer by this war:
many cases he may be a sufferer; then,
no case, can it be called a PRESIDENTIAL
ar. But the President is actuated by 9th t
and higher motives than are imputed to =
IN by the opposition: motives which ~every-
'triotfeels and which every sane man might!e
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Bound by his oath to Tie best of his abili- o
"to preserve, protect, and defend, the :
institution of the United States" he ~
nnched, boldly, upon the sea of opposi- D.
n that boiled before him, and with his u
on the helm, notwithstanding the tur-.
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