Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1847-02-24

That clearly made the Invasion, SO called, by
the President, and hence the decIaratlor, on
his part, that the Rio del Nurte was the bpun-
Diary. But II is an effect of annexution. Ii
General Taylor had remained where he was,
there would have been no lnyaslOn-no kio
del Norle Is boundary to be established py
treaty and declaration Of Congress. The lact
is, and cannot be disguised. General arlsta,
who commanded on the Mexicanssde, SAID, H.
am not greatly mlstaken-and if any geLtle'
man supposes am, by looking inlo The records
at the Stale Department he will 6nd the lact-
that Arlsa made communication, eIiher oy
writing or thro laithfulasent, (and ftbnk IL
was recently published in one of tho sSouther"
papers. )-[A A Senator. Yes1-lhatH Genera
Taylor remained on our side OF the riVer, ir
(Arista) would remain on his side; and tIiey
b tn might seud ont expeditions, he. 10 guar
against ludIan depredations, and I'VE Tor any
purpose we thought proper. So, then, the wa
was made by the march 10 the Del Norte. Tha
the President believed tha, to be:onr boundary
was very proper; aud that invasion. was to bn
repelled, was the natural consequence, Bus
the great question comes up:5Has the Excc''
tive the light to determine whatiour boundary
isl When we have disputed boundary qles
!
to the Executive or Congress TO determine II I
There are two ways to dOit. One is by negn
.tlalion and treaty; to be per(ormedby the Ex-
ecutive and this body. in cuse The Two nations
agree to negotiate The other i5,i the party
disputes the boundary. and win come to
terms. for Congress to declarssit to be our
boundary. aud maintain It at the hazard Of
war; How long did the boundary OF NJ al'e re
| aNI,n
of independence III 1888, downsto the time that
the Senator lrnm Massachusetts closed II by a
treaty. Bu did any Of the: Presidents thlnk
Of marching troops upon the line3 The BRUSH
held Fort Stunwix but General washington
did not make any such movement. Certainly
the Senator Iion South Carolina Is not lo DC
held re ponsbe for this war;. :. % :,
nigh. say more OF this subject but will
not detain the Senate. The gentlelnan has
made great many charges about my political
course. He has charged me with inconsIs'
,ency, and representing me az voting iayoraoiy
on all sides. The gcntleman's understand =
on this poin, is just as clear as on any olher |
leave that all 10 history will say that
have not changed my opinions on many things
-and not many on questions of policy. MY
mind is rather aged. Like oil young men on
coming to Congress. o. conrse my mnd went
through process of discipline aud change be-,
! fore it settled farther down with regard 10 all
principles IN their details and minutln. mad
to 20 through that profess. sWhenl came lhlo
Congress the great question was that oi war,
4 on which took an active and bold slann.
was afterwards for some yearsinthe War De.
parlment, ana then came backsln 1888 and
from that day TO this ;he volume OF my liie Is
known To the country; and EchaIlense The
Senator, or any Senator OH this floor, to snow
from that day TO this. wherein have changei
my views. lie says that. when the question
came up on the recognition Of Texas. be-
lonsed to that side of the House. Now belong
10 neither side. Several Srnutors-the Snna-
tor from North Carolina ncarestio me, and the
| Senator from Massachusetts. can testify as To
that never met in caucus in consulate n
| with either side of the House. II took my own
independent course, standing. nearly alone for
some years, voting what ! believed to be the
Hsvs ne1s7 n sHde5 iIose leF hH az
purpose Of delilera,ou with gentlemen Oh this
side of the House, except during the period of
excitement in 1SiI, aud in the cytia session
called by Gen Harrison.
Mr President, have been long time
member of this body. [! IS the first time in
| which an assault has been made upon me with
out the slightest provocation. 1t seems To me
| that if the gencmanh had answered yes, hen
asked il he referred 10 me, it would have been
more manly. Eut he pointed to me, aud [
coull not remain silent. Ii is painful to me.
sir. to come ont on these occasions; desire
rather never to speak ol them | i,nrdnn the
gentleman. for he has given ne an opportunity
| N vsplE rOl,f in
TO which wish TO stand right, and may take
another opportunity to make myself more fully
understood. As 10 the war, have deplored
it. | have depIcred il for its Consequences.
have deplorcd il for the events which have sue
ceeded. did nDI wish 10 spenk upon it.
had kept silent. hssaiied here and throughout
the country, friends urged me to come out and
explain at the last session. sould have re-.
maincd silent on the present OCCASION, until I
saw iii and suitable opportunity. before ex-
pressing any opinion. ILave been opposed
to The war on high considerations connected
with the manner OIL which it was brought on
And here lei me say, what just now comes to
my mud. 1t may be asked, thinking rs / did,
Why did not take some step to arrest the
march oil Gen. Taylor2 In the first place, |
never erheard the march was ordered until long
| t''iS S'sSt - WYNN PioNS' 3 W VIC
ftom tho Senator from Delaware, Mr.. J. NJ.
Clayton. WHO will remember what | said.
said 1t was impossible that such Thing could
not be; aud could mol believe it until assured
by the fact. After it was officially announced,
| SAID 10 my friends, the march OF Gen. Taylor
ought to be arresled-itis is bringing Oh war -
| said TO several gentlemen on that side # the
chamber, aud particularly il my memory serve
me, 10 the Seualor from Delaware. as the intor
maiion originally came frenshn. | said to
him aud to others, thai the Oregon and Mexican
questions were cDnnected-that we should
avoid war with England rather than Mexico
though both were very uudesirabIe-but it
was 10 be hoped tha We could settle the Ore
gou, before we could be called into Il Mexican
war. And the reasons, sir, that did not and
could not move in reference TO General Tay.
lur,. winch otherwise most assuredly would
have done, was, that it was necessary for ME
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