The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1848-01-22
mr. Hale,s speech

nFs natEs SFrrc.-
Senator Hale of New Hampshire follOws
Mr.. Calhoun. He Is very direct He leaves n
room for doubt as to what he says; speaks bold
ly, yet kindly, 80 boldly and kindly that III
National InielIigsneer terms his "searchin
and seorching speech" He opposes the sPPrO
priation Of a single dollar Except for the pur
pose Of enabling our soldiers to return home,
to the war. He resists the idea that we wsr
bound tOsupport il because the President recon
mended it, The President had gone so far as b
denounce the opposition Of the war hy mem
bes Of Congress as treason He knew but on
case analogous 10 this, and that was--whel
Queen Elizabeth had summoned her Parliament
and they were about to organize for business
she sent her messenger to them with this roya
mandate; she told them to be very careful tina
they did not NEEDLE with affairs Of State, abe
cause" said she, 'such things are altogether be.
yond the compass Of your narrow understand
Ing" Well, our royal President did not follow
exactly in the footsteps Of Elizabeth. He die
not qustioa the understanding Of Congress, bal
their patriotism.
Now, let Us see where this doctrine viii carry
u.s. Let usunnsss-phzf il xili leaS. SuPPss<
you should have an exceedingly bad and corrupt
administration-mindI do not say that this il
such an Administration, or that We are ever like
| ly 10 have such a one. But suppose that such a
thing wers possible, and that the measures Of
the President had become exceedingly Odious,
oppressive, burdensome, and intolerable, and that
notes Of disspprobation were beginning to be
heard from the people assembled in their phi
mary meetings that the tones Of indignation al
last penetrate the walls Of the palace, and the
President, finding that he could not stand against
the united will Of an injured people, wat has
he to do ? Ought he to desist in his course Of
wrong-dOing, or to retrace his step No, sir
this Is not the path TO popularity according to
his new school Of ethics and morals, he has only
to 60 on and plunge the country into war, and,
if he can manage skilfully, as 10 involve the
country into two wars at once, 80 much the bet
ter-so much the more glory for him, a popu-
larity greater than that Of a Washington or Of a
Jackson. This Is the inference, the plain and
unmistakeable inference.
War, instead Of being, il is said TO be by
all writers on ethics or politics, the direst ca
lamity which Heaven in its wrath can send
upon a nation, is converted by this alchemy
into healing Bethesds, in which political
prohigacy and corruption Of the darkest hue
may wssh itself and be clean Sir, / utterly
deny the soundness Of this doctrine, that Con-
gress ought to have voice beyond granting
the supplies. IL there ever Is a time when op-
position should be vigilant, scruPulOus. watch
ful, noticing everything that Is wrong, IL Is at
time when, through the acts of the Administra-
ton, the country is burdened with an unReces-
sary war; when the fruits of industry con-
sumed for the support Of such war, and when
udad ku vxnf
war brings in its train. II there ever Is time
that should put men upon their individual judg-
ment, reflection, and responsibility, il Is such a
time; and s'1ch is our position now, and we are
thereby the unadvised unconstitutional, and He
gal acts of the President
Iprooose, ! say, TO do what may, feeble as
il may be, to place the country right l have
never learned in that school Of moral or PoliIi-
cal science that by Persevering in an uncOnstitu-
tional and wrong course, We shall ever come out
right
Mr.. Hale repudiated the idea, which says,
"the war Is wrong, but the country is engaged
in it, Therefore We must support IL, vote sup
plies, &C." No man can throw responsibility
upon the President in this way Whoever does
Is as much TO blame as he who goes out and out
for the war. II it be wrong, put an end to il al
once. Said Mr.. Hale
have no doubt the President will be exceed
ingly grati6ed with opposition Of this kind
You will hear nothing about a factiOus oPPOsi-
ton in the organ Of the Administration. The
President would care little for the opposition Of
the whole world lift were opposition Of this kind.
Ii is very like Sam Weller, who happened TO
find himself in prison, and person he met was
bewaiIing the misfortune Of having a thousand
pounds left to him by will, which circumstance
had been the occasion Of his Imprisonment 81
wish" exclaimed Sam, all my enemies would
try to ruin me in that way" Just 50 with the
President. You tell him he is wrong, while at
the same time you vote him all the men and
money that he asks you for.
Believing the war to be radically wrong Mr.
Hale holds it to be his duty, and the iuty Of all
who think with him, to Withhold supplies, and
thus compel the President to do right. How
else can we have any check upon the President
Give him the power Internationally to max
war illegally and you have no check upon hin
but this.
The cause Of the war lies deeper than Gen
TaylOr's march upon the Rio Grande, or an,
other act usually assigned. As man and
Senator, must proclaim it. / do not wish &
stand alons--tO be against every man, and hav
n every mans hand against me- l do not wish
introduce exciting topics here, nor to refer
them in an unfriendly or spiteful spirit But
have duty to perform as an American Senator
and say, the cause of this war arose from tn
, determination of the American Government
extend human slayery
In proof Of this Mr.. Hale referred, first,
the principles avOwed in the diplomatic CORE.
pOndenee which brought about the annsxatiO
of Texas, and said:-
, In that correspondents the objects Of IN
Govsrnmsaf evident, as much beyon
controversy as any thing can possibly be. NJ
! sir. IL the fingers Of a hand were sent froI
, the throne sf the Eternal light to write IN
upon the walls over your head, il would n
p lash conviction more readily to the mind tha
is done by a perusal Of that correspondence.
will not 20 through the whole Of IL, but wi
: content myself with sending to the Clerk al
, asking him to read an extract from this le
, ter;
Mr.. Upskur 10 Mr.. Murphy.
DEPARTMENT or STATE,
; WsslingtsR, August 3, ls43.
SR: A private letter from citizen In Mar,
3 land, then In London, contains the foilowiI
. passage;
a 81 learn from a source entitled TO the futile
!, confidence that there il now here a Mr.. A