Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1848-03-13

WIN Sindness TO the genilem,n that /, would
De wei Tor them both to initiate the e1ample
ni o''rf AMI more experienced members. " ma
W "'t SOAK - often as to wear ont The ma.
tience Of the House.
whatever rnI sht have been the verdict fNy
I proceeded to remark) passed here uo,, the
stsat question OF controversies which ,xri.
se' thr nition, the p4onl- nj this coIoftv
rom one eni to the other. wouli investigate
thesc Questions for themselves. They would
declare By their own potentisl voice. what
shoWl b. done. Gentlemen. he knew. were
W we habit OF saving thev could anticipat lie
the result oil the Presidential election. lie
could not. Would To God he coull. When
gentleman on the other side should have
Drought out a distinguished man Of their par
W ahd put him IN nomination. aud whes his
party should have dcne the same. no man
couii tell the result. tie feared il: he feared
IL Tor The constitution; he feared it for the
country. All he could say was. that every
~ttue-hriited patriot would 10 his duty 10 the
constitution. and leave the issue ia the hands
OF the people and OF God. He trusted and
hoped that the public virtue of this country
was not yet destroyed. He trusted and hopea
that the strong arm of the Executive. eyer.
clsed IN defiance of popular Judgment. of the
popular will, OF the constitution. and Of the
law, had not yet stricken db.n that attach
ment which the people had been accustomed
10 ieel Tor the institutions OF our couatry
he trusted aud believe ed that there was vet g.
nougb OF public virtue lett to de iend the con.
sttuuon in its purity, and save it from ruin.
Where are we? said h. Where do We
stand2-We NAV wranele her. as we plesss
We NAV enter upon the arena of partisan dr.
~cussion IN this hall. aud divert our minds
aud the minds oil the people; but we are in
The midst OF a great crisis. What shall be
done is asked everywhere. We have been
engaged in a WARM a devastating ruinous
ruinous war-with a sister republic. We
hsve now the fialtering prospect of peace7-
what shall we do with that peace il we make
pesce7-Whst will be the result OF our ac-
qnisitions, II we make acquisitions of terrific
NJ Who can teli2 II we do not make peace.
where are we 10 stop? Are we To go forward
with our eonquering arms, and overrun aud
subJugate the whole OF Mexico and the whole
OF this continent? We are told hat the PEG.
pie OF the Northern states OF Mexico, not EN-
bisced III the treaty are petitioning for adj
mission into this Uuion. Ii is known that a
| commissioner from Yucaisn is asking the
protection OF the Government. Looking 10
South America we see even there they are
throwing themselves into the arms OF this Ad.
minisiration for protection. The inhabitants
OF Nenezaeia ask shelter from US. Where are
we TO stop?-He asked, in Gods name, where
are we TO stop?
We have been plunged in o this condition
by the President OF the United States, not the
people OF the country. Ii has been done BY
the President not under the recommendation OF
Geh. Taylor, but under his own stern. stub
born obstinate will. Where he repeated are
we 10 stop? !, is easy 10 plunge this country
into war. A weak, ambitious, imbecile Pres.
ldent may BY a single stroke Of his pen, NAV
get us into a long, expensive. ruinous war;
bu, 1t demands all the ssgacity, all the wis
dom. all The tIue-hesrted patriotism OF the
country TO get us out of il. The ineeniiary
may set fiIe TO our building but il requires a
multitude with we'll directed efforts to ex-
tinguish it. The President may hurl his coun.
try almost over the precipice; but it requires
all the patriotism OF all our wisest anu best
statesmen 10 save it. He trusted in God il
would be saved. Their only reliance was on
the public virtue of the nation. II that is not
exercised, and exercised speedily. he couit
not but ioisee a datk aud gloomy fate for the
country.