The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1848-03-04
Volume g..
Important Debate in Congress.
THE GREAT SPEECH OF THE SESSION


Important Debate in Congress.
THE GREAT SPEECH OF THE SESSION
FooTE.ING THE TEN REGIMENT BILL.
(Reported exclusively for The John DOnkey.)
In the Senate, on Tuesday, the resolution t
raise ten new regiments for our army in Mexico
being under consideration
MIR. Foote said he had been very much sur
prised at the highfaluting hyperborea'ions o
the gentleman from Tar River Mr.. Badger,
and he thought it very evident that great dea
could be seen in his speech which was not uP
parent. What did the gentleman mean by the
"fickerng light of glory's candle" Was
this not masked battery opened upon the
President and his friends las the immortal
Cicero says, in the third canto of Levltlcus-
"Quam Ackerum candeIibus, whigwham de-
mentls,
Ad rantlbus cognovlt, tarentum ocrackee"
Sir, what says General Taylor about this
warl Sir, will tell you what he says, here
under his own sign manual, in the despatch
which hold IN my hand-( Robert, bring me
my spectacles)--he says: I" | would not see a
cabbage in Mexico withered." No, slr-but
it 50 happens, sir, that they have n cabbages
in Mexico, and therefore General Taylo opin-
ion comes to nought-is going for nothing but
coldslaw! As the sublime Slaukenbergius
says in his :. Steinmarke und saur-Krauten:"
Now, sir, the President is blamed for the
small force given to General Taylor. Why,
si-, the very documents show that Taylor had
authority to make his army as strong as he
chose, and to get whatever he saw fit or deem
ed necessary to prosecute the war. And the
old General advised the government, sir, what
it should do; and he talked strong, and he
talked well-he talked, sir, as well as he fought
In the language oil Powers Greek save TO
Cesar,
There, sir, what do YOU think OF that! And
ii that is not enough--li my words, added to
these, are inefficient, DR.. Boynton, the mes
nersr, is here, and can pat YOU all to sleep to
your hearts content. Therefore, say 1t is
alse-ialsc-FA LSE-that the President au.
thorized a lun upon the bank OF the Rio
the language of the poet OF all time
"Panlcum tnicum clink,
Mexico's got the chink,
The clock struck one,
The mouse ran down,
Hickory dcktry--"
Mr.. President, the last line | see is no going |
to rhyme, and So leave the quotation unhn-
ishcd, to burn into aud serc the eoasclences OF
oar opponents, who wish TO plunge the land OF
jackson and Jeilersog into the artcra! cxasper-
alton of cimmerian dIssOlulion--as Conlacus
confusedy observes:
What if it was the object of the President to
cong uer Mexico--was not America conquer
ed Did we not hold our farms and dwellings
by the force OF conquest-nay, were not even
our wives and children the trophies Of our
prowess IN arms! And who should object, if
our army, after being disbandcd, chose to take
unto themselves Mexican Sabinas after the
manner of the children OF the Pope, as beautl-
fully described in the Cherokee version of the {
Rape of the Lock:
"Huncko bdncho hominy squaw,
Wnkum blnkum chouscm ou,ofcm,
Ga-ge.gsi-a-wa ugh :"
| think, sir, see our brave and gallant SOL
lers, enjoying this new Paradise, each with
his Eve and lille Gains and \ bells gambling
about HIM
Mr.. Clayton wished to know if the gentle
nan meant playing at ntontel
Mr.. Foote.--I am not to be interrupted by
he gentleman from Delaware, who comes here :
o instl the deadly sirocco of the Wilmot Pro. I,
1iso upon the altar Of our uprooted temple OF
freedom, whose bitter waves forever crumble
beneath the pangs of Promeihean desolation. I,
would say to that gentleman, in the language +,
II PotiPhar to Joseph's wife
"Timeo damme. don't fliout handelbus." $
/ will tell that senator, sir, that | scorn to 1
nillenial humiliation his charge against the D
honesty of the Democracy. Sir, they as c
onest as the Whigs-as honest as the Senator a
imself-- a
Mr.. Clayton begged to explain e
Mr. Foote-I am satisfied, sir, and beg the
entleman's pardon Cor what hav said-I beg 8,
u your Pardons, gentlemen-I beg yours, Mr.. Il
beg my own pardon-I beg every m
ody's pardon. meant to have cataw ampous- 10
chawed up Mr.. Calhoun at the close of my NJ
,eech, aud to have reciied TO the Senate the 81
rester part Of Childe Harold and Jefferson's III
otes on Virginia. But intended no harm III
hope no Senator has understood me Of
Several rOices.--Not one of US. en-
Mr.. Foote-I am satisfed-humsn nature is or
esk-ss Shakespeare says; Ia
y A h, this rebellious mountain Of my thirst, ii
Pulsaies, like Etna, for the crater gone, IN
And laps time IN Elysium."
And now, gentlemen, you'll excuse me; but or
must 90 and liquor. IN
NorE.-NOthaving suitable type we are COM Of
filed to omit the German and Greek quota &c
sns. We do not know that much light IN
osId be thrown on the subject even if we II
uld print il. As to the quotation from Con- en-
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