Litchfield enquirer., 1848-03-02
MR nIYoN,s SPEECH.

|the beat speeches tn the House or hePtese" 'latives on the Mexican War, which we have read during the present session, iR which he; shows most cOnclusively that Mi Polk is re- < sponsible for the War aud iis consequences -; We should be glad to copy this speech entire into our columns, but our limits this week will only allow of single extract. Mir PoIkI lin his Annual Message has made many asser-I 'tions which cannot be sustained by proof -I One of these interpretations is thus ans-I weTed by Mr Dixon
 And, firs,, with regard to the votes of
 this House. Every gentleman who hea' si
 .ne wall reeol.ect the ball of the 18th ot
 May last declaring the existence Ot thel war. " tn regard to that bill. and the sactio1 oi tlIe House of Representative upon Il the PFe>id' n ,in his iasl annuas a,nessage ust s lhe following language: sOn learning that ~husIilities had been scummencetib by Mexico, promptly cons
 municaled that fact, accom- panit with
 succinc, statement of our other causes
 of complain, against Mexico, to Congress, aud that body by ,hr act of the 18th
 uf Nay ls46, declar' d by that by the
 act ot the Republic of M exico s ate of
 war exists bet ween that government and ' the -Uuiled Sales'-lhIs acl. declaring q the war 10 exIst by the act Of the Re> public of Mexico.' and making provis- zion for its prosecution to speedy and : 1successtul termination.' was passed with agreat unaninity by Congress, there being
 but two mgativ. votes in the Senate and abut urteen in the House of Representa>
 tives.'
 What is here asserted by the Presi> @den,? Tha, the bill declaring the war Slo exist by the acl ot the Republic of Mex Nico, had but fourteen neg 4,ivt' votes In ath+ House of Representatives. ln other Ewords, the President conveys the idea Ssthat, and SD he would be undersood by sany on" ignorant of the real history ot sal he transaction. that the entire House Ot Representatives, with the exception of fourteen members, had, without any res (serve, and without protest, declared the < war to exist by the act of Mexico.' Herr aln an otticIhl document where tecrp~
 ion or conceallIent shouldhnd no place ! IS an attempt 10 convince the country by
 an artful collocaliou, of worus, aud il
 suppressinh nf d part of ihe uth, th,:t 'h" 2 Hous~ of ReprcsentatIves--l4 members
 nly xcepted-lhough. this War to have oeeu commenced by Mex'co, and so dc, Aclared. Was this quue worthy of the %Ch,ef Magistrate of th's nation Could
 ne have been ignorant of the facts in the
 case Did he not know that sixty seven < members voted against !he assertion that z way existed by the act of Mexico lha, 2 ayes and noes were ordered and ,hal their
 nunes are recorded ass thus voting T.
 Does he not recoIIect iha1they protested
 'gaInst the preamble containing this
 slaterncnt; that they pronounced il false;
 'nd finally, when they could not st. ike
 if out 'vcled for the bill, in spite of it's z false preamll solely because they deems |aed tt indispensa l. to iu nish Gen. Fay
 Tor with reintorcemenis imm "d'ately !-
 The Presdehi,"l venture io say, knew
 ,ll this Ye; the idea conveyed by him,
 's that only fourteen members were op
 posed to the declaraiioaaihat war existed Boy the act of Mexico, when in poin, of Ngainst this drclaratib bn, and are so rcco:d> Aed in the list of ayes and noes in the pub
 lie journal I shall Use no harsh terms sa nn thus occasion; but ask ifihis kind oi misrepresentation is not to.ally un, aworthy such document as the mes ! sage Of the President of :he United States x "a docnment which IS read with pro < found interest in every pat, of ihe worl"
 and shouId be dignitied, just, honorable
 and, like record, 'impnri d absoiute veri, 8y 2 In an interruptions partisan news Apaper-in one>sidrd spt rch at thu
 huslingS, such unworthy specimens of he art f elecloneering, should alone b. @t'und. @
 A The whigs in the House nf Rrpresen> Bgtaiives, wlso voted for the bill in quesiion wished lo protect and defend Gen. Tay- Iaor. They had heard that he Was sur ' rounded by host of inturiated Mcxicans ' A-they thought il barely possible that the sasupplIes voted in that bill, might reach BAh i'm in season 10 reScu.' him and his gall 9ant army from their perilous situation
 land they would not permit the false pre-
 amble, against winch they had in vainl
 voted to prevent their taking the patrioicI ? sground which they wished to occupy-| Sthe ground of furnishing necessary sup plies To our army. Could they aave beeni sendued with divine attribute, and have atoresecn- what has since happened, they knight have acted otherwise. But who'd Then dreamed of a protracled war? Who imagined that We wefe; with our arm> ics, to invade Mexico, and overrun, per 3 3haps suhiugale large portion of that srepublic! Ant. afier doing all ihis. andE when she should lie, prostraie and bleed ling ai our mercy, who ina gined that the vote then given, would be seized upon by 5 he President as reason why we should |. plunge tn" sword still deeper into the vi !tal parts Ot Mexico?