The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1848-01-07
senrching ResoIutions.


The Baltimore Patriot of the oath inst.
says:
The following are the resolutions of.
Tered yesterday, by Mr.. Lincoln, of Hi
nols. on the subject of the war:
Whereas, the president of the United
States, in his message of May I1th, 1886,
has declared that, ''the Mexican govern
ment not only refused to receive him (the.
envoy of the United States) or listen. to.
his proposition; but after long contin-
ued series of menaces, have at last inya-
ded OUR TERRITORY, and shed the blood
OF our fellow citizens on our OWN SOIL.
And again, in his message of Decem-
Der 8, lS46, that 1--WE had ample cause
of war against Mexico long before the
breaking out Of hostilities. But even
then we forebore to lake redress in our
own hands; until Mexico herself became
the aggressor, by invading OUR SOIL, in
hostile array and shedding the blood of
our citizens"
And yet again, in his message of De-
cember Z, l647, that "the Mexican gov
eminent refused even to hear the terms
of adjustment which he four minister of
peace) was authorized to propose; and,
finally, under wholly unjustifable pre-
texts, involved the two countries in a
war, by invading the territory of the State
of Texas, striking the first blow, and
shedding the blood of our citizens on our
own SOIL"
And whereas this House is desirous to
obtain full knowledge of all the facts
which go to establish whether the partic-
ular spot on which the blood of our citi-
zens was so shed, was or was not at the
the time our oUn soil: Therefore,
ResOloed By the House Of Representa-
tiocs, That the President of the United
States be respectfully requested to in
form this House:
1st Whether the spot on which the
blood Of our citizens was shed, as in his
messages declared, was orwas not in the
territory of Spain at least afterthe trea-
ty of 1919, until the Mexican revolution.
I'd. Whether that spot is or is not with
in the territory which was wrested from
Spain by the revolutionary government
of Mexico
Sd. Whetherthat spot is or is not with.
in settlement of people, which settle
ment has existed ever since long before
the Texas revolution, and untilits inhab-
itants fed before the United States Army.
4th. Whether that territory is or is not
isolated from any and all of the settlements
| by the Gulf and the Rio Grande on the
South and West, and by wide uninhabit-
ed regions on the North and East
5th. Whether the people of that set.
tlement did or did not flee from the APP
proach of the United States Army, leav.
ing unprotected their homes and their
growing crops, before the blood was shed
as in the messages stated; and whether
the first blood so shed, was or was not
shed within the enclosure of one of the
people who had thus fled from it.
7th. Whether our citizens, whose blood
was shed as in his message declared,
were, or were not, at the time armed Of
fcers and soldiers, sent into that settle
ment by the military orders of the Presi-
dent, through the Secretary of War.
9Th. Whether the Military force Of
, the United States was or was not so sent
into their settlement after Gen. Taylor
had more than once intimated to the war
!, department that, in his opinion, no such
movement was necessary to the defence
or protection of Texas.