Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1847-01-06

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bition has usurped the control Of III.
household Of the democracy. II we ara
to have war in our own party, again re.
; peat let il be conducted upon the princi.
pies Of honor. Let every man choose
fhls position, and depend upon it, the
great avalanche Of public opinion will ).
found on the right side. Professional mol.
i'icians may aoatin the current, but they
can never dam up the stream.
] TRUTH.
correspondence OF the Reporter.
j WASHINGTON, Dec. 10, 1916.
DEAR S1R:
] You will observe by reference to
my last, that / said that efforts by mem
bers Of Congress 10 distract and divide
the counsets Of the country paralizipp
the efforts Of the Administration in the
vigorous prosecution OF the war, could
only be exceeded in infamy BY the au.
thors. by marching into the ranks of the
enemy.
This idea is distinctly stated in the mes
sage OF the President, yesterday read in
| the two Houses OF Congress.
THIS document is an able and ti,lI ex.
posit'oh Of the causes and progress Of the
war, irfm the co,.fiscatioD by Mexico of
the property. and Imprisonment of the
persons OF American citizens, the wan.
ton violation OF solemn treaties of peace
amity and commerce, lennly entered
In'o with our government, 10 the final
declaration OF war snd,he invasion of our
soil and The murder of our people.
The whole .ubject is laid before the
Congress and people in clear and salts
Factory i,gaantr, and trust they will in
fnture' have in times past, meet
this crisisan the affairs Of the country in
the same spirit Of p.trioic ardor tina, has
thus far characterized them.
This it is that distinguishes our coun-
try and government IRON the powerful
monarchIes in the old world. These con-
Scorpions and press gangs force an I'M.
willing people TO fight the battles Of the
snverelgni here the people fight their
own battles and ,indicate the honor of
their own country and her fig.
In view Ct this state OF facts and the
solemn duty thus devolved upon the Keep
r-sentat,v es OF the people, Mr.. Gerret
Davis, Ky, offered a resolution quite
harmless i'm itself, it is true J in the dis
cu>sion Of which, here R. C. Schenck, of
Ohio, ard Winthrop, of Massachusetts,
took OCCASION to launch forth into the BIT
terest da lunciaiions agslnst the admins
tration, ipol. supposed facts, the truth or
ta'>ny y ~hlcll has no, yet appeared.
To thu passage Of the resolution no OBJ
jecti II fas urged, but the venom and gsll
which has BEEN SO long pent up IN the
bosons ot the Wing party, now seeks an
outlet.
The resolution was one requiring the
President 10 Communicate t. the House
all ore hrs and instructions to Generals
Tay lor, Wool, Kearney, and Commodore
Sloat and Stockton. in relation to ths.s,ae
t"btishpent OF civil Temporary puyEl
menis IN the conquered provinces fMex.
leo, sndh as the CALIFORNIA;, Santa Fe. &c
Inete was beautiful diversity of opin.
ion or This subject, between Mr.. Davis
and Shenck OH the enc wing, and Mr..
Nntltop on the other wing, of The Wing
side o the House. The former den, inc
all rigtl on tie pant of the General or
Connb dore to make any regulations What.
ever, either civil or military. temporary
or permanent; and the other gentleman.
with Al Judgment more mdured aud a cam
n,,r 4 al, odd, Il
they n'sht, and the exls snce Of war JUS
titled md made it duty to establish any
reguli lions either civil Or military, not in.
coasts nj with the law OF nations or the
dic,ara; OF morality, sd they were of
character suited to thf necessity of the
case I'D not intended Il last longer than
uh,il tie war Was ended and a peace rs.
tablisged. ..
In tc course oi the remarks these
three eeniensn interlart d their speech
es with much of what we should call
stage management, aud 'te of them, MIR.
Davis, talked OF "ulterit" measures, in
case tie President had gtcn such inslruc-
tons 10 the commanders VI our armies or
navie as have resulted / the establish
ment OF these temporary regulations Of
governments. To whicAthey were very
cordially inrifed BY Mr.. 1uglos>, IF H.,
and lie question was further debated by
MessEs Rhett and HolmIs Of S. c., and
HARRISON of Ga.
THIS discussion will Il renewed to-
norrcw, and although 'her will probably
be ne serious opposition t, the passage of
the resolution, Yet it will y made con-
senient sui jec for the Wigs to open
a bat:ery upon the Presided, but sub
ject, which in the end, ,hey(yil! be quite
willing to let alone.
TIE Pre- ident and his frieAds see their
way clearly, and VIII pursle it, nothing
damned by the efforts of hid enemies on
the trirnds of Mrxico, wher er they ap1
pear. on the floors Of CongEss or elsef
| where.
The Supreme Court is sitting In the CARL
tol, but no business Of public interest
now before it. 1 \
The Senators are all in their seats ex-
cept Messrs. Houston and Rusk, from
Texas, and two or three others.
The Van Ness case is still in progress
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