Weekly national intelligencer., 1847-07-03

the brave more fatal to the strong than the tangible and vli
bic substances Of ten thousand Mexcans When you SEM
men to meet and many of them to fall into unmarked graves
before these terrible and enemies will you refuse The
soldier the additional compensation proposed by THIS Dill o
il bears none will any that you can give bear any pro-
portion the character OF service these gallant men are caea
upon perform After having all aud much more than
is proposed there will scope and verge enough for men to
show their patriotism by volunteering But am told, SIR
that ought speak of these dangers; that II Is giving
aid and comfort the enemy " that will weaken the arm
and parayze the patriotism of the soldier heart Were the
" dangers thicker than thought could make them, and ten
times terrible yet the honor interest OF the coun
try require the gallant the country will be ready to meet
them The cowardy would hide the dangers the brave man
wishes know that he may face and overcome them But do
gentlemen desire conceal these dangers from the country
Would they who sit here in and quiet, and VIII never
the battle-ground and who echo the President scharge OF
treason against those who honestly to let the country
know the pers incident TO these they wish
hide these things deny them II would be base fraud
these brave whom you propose TO enlist ana would,
successful, be a fraud stained with blood
l. But proceed. Any American army engaged IN hghlng
the battles of the country ought be well paid When you
quit the pleasures and pursuits oil home Tor the
pes and dsquiets of the camp when you send them lar
from home dangerous employment is but nght you
should them WELL and but just that out OF your count
less millions of acres you should give them the proposed
bounty. -
Again. sir taking true and just all the upon which
this justified by the President, for one hold that
these very multiply why your soldiers should
have increased pay Mr. Chairman do not propose giving
my views the OF this this is not the time or
the inquire into these causes-no that think
wrong TO discuss and explain them on the contrary very
proper should be done aud spun the ammes the fresi
dent and his friends this floor would impose on the inquiry
The effort chain the freedom Of debate and to se this m
qury by charges OF reason "..a o nor~as V
President sir and his friends this floor, cannot by such
silly camor, stie prevent investigation Inc sprit OIL III
qur among the people, They who bear the burdens OF
the Government they who fight the battles and pay the
taye mt IN WHY n
years, you suddenly plunged into war why already
thousands of their brave children have been Killed IN bate
aud have fallen beneath the pesence OF unhealthy lands and
are buried from home Why after exemption Tor years
from public debt millions upon millions above the public
being expended and that have IN existence ana
prospect immense debt which the present genera
ton will paid why these discodant sounds OF DIS
unon growing of disputes to whether territory con-
quered and to be conquered be slave free territory
heard in these Halls These questions they wish answered
Politicians this floor to their party ends, may attempt
to hush the inquiry, but in vain Sooner bndle the WINDS
bind the tempest with chain Sir, the peopeyour mas
ters, who placed your President in powerdemand an an
The President says that bad two causes OF com
plant against Mexcothat had unsettled boundary be-
Texas and Mexico and that our citizens had just claims
against Mexico the amount oi five or SIX millions oi dol
lars that settle these sub of dispute he had sent Mr.
Sdel Minister Plenipoenary to Mexico, but that the
Mexican Government feeling itself outraged by the annexa-
of Texas refused to receive Mr. SIide as full minister,
offering receive him minister 10 settle the Teas d.Dcu
ty frst and after that adjust the question OF money due
citizens. Mr. Sde instructed by Mr. Polk TO have
both questions settled TOGETHER and the Mexican Government
threatened that if both not at and together set
ted would be the consequence The Mexican Govern-
ment again refused the union questions and declared
its willingness settle them taking first the question growing
out of the annexation of Texas Whilst this negotiation
going on, the President anticipating the rejection OF his min
ser ordered the army march up to the Rio Gande, and
opposite the Mexican town OF Matamoros and upon his
econ in fact before it, conflict between the American and
Mexican army took place, and the war begun
Now sir have stated fairly, but III condensed form, the
grounds taken by the President in relation to this So it
may be clearly that according to the Presidents
showing if President would have consented to settle
the question Of boundary irst-in other words TO call Mr.
Sde special minister, rather than minister penpoentia
rv-c would not have had this war this efusion of blood
and expenditure of money might have beens saved We are
fighting them matter of etiquette Now, sir, when
YOU send many thousand miles from home such peril
ous enterprises shed their blood to settle tins question of
ceremony right that you should pay them we'll do
not believe that Mexico right in refusing Minister for
the stated the contrary, she wrong Her
weakness was her only apology for such refusal
If yielded after the hostile demonstration made by our
armies and fleets against her. she thought the world would
charge her with cowardce But, sir, the strong can well be
magnannous. Our strength and courage, acknowledged
worldwide might have produced forbenrance towards our
weak though erring sister. She, like ourselves, Re-
public; situated the continent, and the eyes OF
the nations of the earth turned TO see how thee two
Republics situated in such close proximity and wearing the
livery Of freedom, would live ogetherwhether peace
and harmony or in blood and strife In this point of view,
desirable that should have had peace 1t weats the
aspect of harsh and supuous exacton that the President
should been willing have changed the style OF his
Minister from general to special II wears darker aspect
when that change would have saved his country the CONT
nent the world To weak and distracted, and re-
publican Mexico might have yielded point Of diplomatic
ceremony, especially when President preparing so
large a saccc according his statement, to the pow
erul united and monarchcal England At the very time
the President warning with Mexico about whether Mr.
Side minister, special general he preparing TO
Weld England onehaf of Oregon, to which he said
title was clear aud unquestonab, and giving the navga
ton Of the rivers which he said he would surrender
This, to extent looks like cfngng to the strong and
depressing the weak
But the President said he fighting to the five
or six millions of dollars which Mexico owed citizens and
that il was very substantial of Sir you know
wars are the great lawsuits which nations institute to
owing debts We have brought suit and put the process
for the collection of the debt into the hands of the army and
you send twenty five thousand waste their tmemany
of them their blood and lvesn collecting this amount
You ought pay them for their services You ought not
say il will much. Already thirty or forty mil
lions spent and still the amount is not collected II has
bee spent paying your volunteers has found its
the hands of speculaorsmen who furnish the army
subsistence and transportation If this bill should pass, two
millions Of dollars would be paid the army, being the
sum which the President intended give to Santa Anna.
Let this money be paid brave volunteers and soldiers
rather than Anna, the willy and cunning friend and
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