The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1848-03-11
speech Of MIR. Dixon, of Connecticut.

ON THE REFERENCE OF THE PRESIDENTS MESSAGE
Delivered in the House Of Representatives. Of III
U. S., Jan. "a, l848.
In the war message Of May, 1916, the Pres
ident declared that he did not send the army
to the point, where they took position on thei
first occupation Of the western part OF Texas
Iviz, Corpus Christi, until he was requested
SO to do /" both by the Congress and Conven'
ton of Texasn This is his language' sin
my message, at the commencement oil the
present st ssion of Congress, ! informed you
that, upon the earnest APPEAL both OF the Con-
gress and Convention Of Texas had ordered
an efficient military force to take position
betw cen the Nueces and the Del Norte." This
order Gen. Taylor executed by taking posi-
ton at Corpus Christi, where the army, as thus
ordered, took position and remained I'LL March
Il, 1896 Now, sir, lie; us look at the mes
sage, at the commencement of the (then) pres
ent session Of Congress, and zee hotc the Pres
ident informed us that he made this order
"upon the urgent appeal and request OF both
the Texan Congress and Convention" In
that message he used this language, viz; Both
the Congress and Convention Of Texas invited
this Government to send an army into that
territory to protect and defend them against
the menaced attack" Was this informing us
that he had sent the army upon "the earnest
appeal Of the Texan Congress and Convention ~
No, sir, it gave US no such information. lie
said that Texas had inritcd the army, which
was true; but he did not say in that message
that the army was sent "upon the urgent APP
peal Of the Texan Congress and Convention
for, in point of fact, it was sent before either
the Congress or Convention had assembled, as
| shall show. Sir, in his annual message OF
i845, the President was not prepared to say
that he sent the army to Corpus Christi "at
the request of the Texan Congress and Con-
vention," but in his war message OF May u,
lB46, six months afterwards, he made this de-
clarati on, and added, that he had told us SO six
months b>fore. Amy one, by reference TO
his annual message Of December. l845, can
see that he had told us no such thing IN that
document. No such thing can be found there.
He only told us, in that message, that he had
been requested by the Texan Congress and
Convention to send the army: but, whether
this req lcst was before or after II was actual
Nv sent, he does not say. No, sir, 1t was re-
served for the never to be forgotten war mes
sage OF May, 1876, to assert that our troops
were sent to the point they SO long occupied,
at Corpus Christi, "upon the urgent appeal
both of the Congress and Convention OF
Texas" And now, sir, ask the attention OF
the committee while show by the documents
furnished to this House by the President, that
he dad not send the army of which he speaks
to any portion Of Texas, upon the "urgent APP |
peal of Texan Congress and Convention," or
upon their " ,nUitaton," but that he did 50
before either Of those bodies assembled!
On the 28th day Of May, l845, Mr.. Marcy,
Secretary of War, wrote to General Taylor,
informing him that he would probably soon be
called on to pro coed with the forces under his
command to Texas; and on the 18th day Of
June following, June Is, 1857 Mr.. Bancroft
Chen acting Secretary Of War, as it would
seem,) sent to General Taylor an order TO pro-
coed to the western frontier Of Texas, with /:
on 4" ultimate destination" to the banks of the Z
Rio Grande. I
The President says it was "on the urgent t
appeal Of both the Texan Congress and Con- |
,enttonn that this order was given. Let US s
see. II you will turn, SIR, to the Executive g
documents Of the 29th Congress, ist s ssion, I
maze AZ. Won will find that. on the 18th day Of a
A bril-. l845. Arson Jones. Presiden, Of the
Republie of TEXAS. i.,ued r proclamation. in G
wh;ch he called an e,,,o session of the Texas
Co,orss. 10 meet an The 18th dav of June. ,
Is45. for the purpose of taking into consider
.,;on the Ioin, Resolution, Of Annexation ,
na,.ed nv the Congress of the United States.
Tbi, call for an extra session was dated q
AnriI 18th Is45. The Congress Of Texas ac-
cordipgly met on the 18th day of June, I845. :
On the 18th day of the same month, in the .
/, me wear. the order TO occupy the western 9
frontier Of Texas, which resulted in General .
T.ylOr,s taking position at Co.ous Christi, was 8
oiyen-tbe same order wa. mentioned in the [
MESSAGE Of December. Is45. and which the r