The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1847-02-12

cy Well, he must have been fve-and-twenty Years OF
age at least, he not eligible to seat IN the
other House until he had attained that PERIOD
Well, it said that they were twice child
and once a man. Whether the Senator had arrived al
manhood, the third period he did not know he SEN
then advocated and certainly he had done more
to bring the country into now than any other man IN
the United States According 10 his MIR. I'd judgment
the annexation OF Texas produced the war The senator
from Ohio was correct After that act was lnevlta
bic Ii was, that senator said, predicted by the wings
He believed that his Alr Ts) own party had denied that
and sand there would be but war had come true
enough and the senator from South Carolina had done
more to bring il about than any other man IN the United
States for he had effected the annexation. lie voted to
recognise the independence of Texas IN General Jacksons
time and had been very influential i'll bringing annexa,
ton about subsequently, AS Secretary OF State, he had
concluded the treaty with the republic OF Texas by which
she was to be annexed TO the United States. lie (Nlr
To- had never read that paper but he understood that
extended the territory OF Texas 10 The NO pahde. Inc
treaty was rejected.
tor from Tennessee to order for irrelevancy
Mr. CALHOUN. ! hope he will go on.
Mr. BUTLER | am astonished that he has not been
called TO order before
Mr.. CALHOUN | hope he will go
Mr.. BUTLER. wish to make one remark: should
myself have called him to order before, had not been
for my peculiar relations TO the gentleman from South
Carolina my colleague.
Mr. CALHOUN | ann delighted that the senator
should be allowed an opportunity.
Mr. WESTCOTT, looked TO the dignity OF the
body when made my point OF order The persuasionss
of no will permit me to waive it for an instant
insist his being called 10 order,
Mr.. CALHOUN. | hope Will al least be permitted to
reply, as far as he has gone.
The PRESIDENT. The senator from Tennessee IS
called to order.
to proceed thus far, and as we have allowed the senator
from South Carolina to be heard il is but just to allow
the gentlemen iron nm Tennessee to proceed -
Mr.. WESTCOTT. ] withdraw my call 10 order
The PRESIDENT. The call to order is withdrawn
The gentleman from Tennessee will proceed.
Mr.. TURNEY said His position then was, thai
war upon the country, than any other man IN the United
States What then! Texas was annexed. After she
was annexed, ii declared by her minister that an
nexation would be regarded as act of hostility lie
demanded his passports, and returned TO Mexico The
United States government sent their minister TO Mexico
with powers to negotiate all these matters and Mexico
refused receive him. She then sent her army to the
frontier and invaded the territory Of the United States
She claimed the whole of Texas; and yet the senator
voted against the bill, passed at the last session, giving
men and money to resist the INVASION the ground
as he Mr.. IT, undersood-that the preamble OF that bill
was not true. That preamble asserted that the war had
been brought about by the act OF Mexico Now would
to him Mr. T. to require some powerful motive 70
induce anybody to bring his country into the war, and
then after getting her into the war, to back out OF It, If
not to denounce it unjust and unconstitutional IN drec
terms--in fact TO do that same thing: he understood
that the gentleman from South Carolina intended to
hold this matter for future examination and future
developments AS they were engaged IN war, ne
would postpone the matter for the time being but the
moment the over he would turn round and ex-
pose the injustice of the war, and the bunders OF those
who had precipated the country into IT. re (hlr ~
was not gong into the measure introduced lately creating
the Office OF lieutenant general He merely pointed to
the fact that that had been introduced IN order
TO enable the government to prosecute the war vigorous
w. and with all possible success to speedy termination
Ii was defeated, however and BY whom BY that very
balance of power parry to which he had referred 0n
their shoulders rested the responsibility for they had the
power to reject il The vote upon the recognition OF
Texas was mixed vote. Some OF the most eminent
wings voted to recognise the independence OF lexas
After that was done, annexation followed by the acl OF
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those facts that he (Nl IT, asked how il came that the
senator now supposed the Mexican war to be unjust,
having originated In the annexation OF Texas There
were but very few he was grafied to say. who were
disposed to withhold money and men necessary to prose-
cute The war What the of the senator might be
in relation to The three million bill he dd not kno low las as,
free act either way or the other They were then
left utterly in the dark but he had heard that the senator
and his friends intended to vote ii down.
Mr. BUTLER here made remark which was not aud
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Mr. TURNEY proceeded. He believed it, because the
correspondent Of southern paper which haa frequent
Carolina, had given out such an animation tie mad been
charged with beng the senator not because as the sena-
Tor said he mr. CALHoUN1 had denounced the caucus
party He (Mr T did moi belong to that caucus party.
He had taken ground against it, boldly as ever the sena
tor from South Carolina had and that ground ne expect
ed TO maintain No prejudice therefore, entertained
BIZ him on account OF the senator's peculiar opinions
the subjec,-not at all. But whatever preudces might
be in bis (Mr T.s) mind against caucuses, and those
" conducted them they should nave influenced
all his action either way or the other on the great
measures affecting the interest OF the country and he
really could not perceive what conneXion the idea OF
caucses could have with the discussion involved in the
question before the Senate II the senator from South
Carolina meant say that he did not intend to abide by
the caucuses in the next presidential election, he Mr.
IT, had no objection But as he was charged with libel
ling senator he would ask what party that senator had
belonged to- During the last session OF Gen Jacksons
administrations he believed that he then belonged to the
other side of the House. and bitter any of them
In ls37 he comes back to the other side of the House
and il he (Mr. 1.) were disposed to hold him up, he
could show that almost every prominent measure thai
had originated under this government the gentleman
from South Carolina could be found both sides of it
! Was il much of libel then? Would not the facts be
found TO be stubborn powerful, and undeniable facts
lie knew OF great question which had divided the
two parties of the country upon which the senator from
| South Carolina would not be found upon both sides
Consistency was very beautiful STILL no doubt, every
man had d right 10 change his opinion. lie (N1r TO-
would censure no man Tor doing that when his judgment
led him to alter his opinion. 1t was the fate OF an
honest man to change his opinion whenever his lug-
ment convinced him of his error. All they had found
fault with was that the gentleman should shift from the
one side to the other, consistent only in his shifting Ger
tainy geteman who SO frequently changed his quar-
tiers ought not be very hasty denounclng others for IL
bells upon him He (Mr to did not know whether the
gentleman ever had been candidate for the presi-
dency Perhaps he was very moderate and had nc
country certainly abored under very great mistake II
the gentleman was not aspirant-f he had no desire
to rise higher all that he (lr. ID could say was, that
he had been very much mIstaken-and with hun the
whole American people As far as he could Judge the
people seemed to be pretty well assured that the gentle
man had entertained some slight ambitious views with re-
spect to elevation to the presdencyhat he had, fact
been Just about as ambitious to attain that position as
any gentleman in the Unel States II might be an er-
ror in public opinion The people might be entirely
on noint There mivhi be nothing Of IL Bu