The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-02-13

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tors from New Hampshire and Ohio and resist any vote
Of thanks to any person who would be concerned In It.
He would consider the engaged in il highwaymsn
When the bill before the Senate declaring the war,
senator complained then that the war was un-
Just and unconstitutional Did they then dispute the
boundary OF Texas TO be the Rio Graude and that it
would be unconstitutional to cross 1t? Did they then
refuse to vote men and money to extrosts General
or from his position ct Fort Brown! Not one word
said about it, and gentlemen urged the unconst
tutionality Of tho There some conversation
upon the preamble but not word said about the
cause of the He (Mr. T,) thought that would
have been the proper time to raise the question. 1t
had BEEN then there would have been crossing the
Rio Graude. He believed the to be just. And he
believed that were 1t not for divisions and the
fact that these divisions were known Mexico and
that great political party in their favor there
would have been a peace long since He was free to
CONFESS that dvisons-and those divisions being
upon party line, while our country was engaged in .
foreign war, shook his confidence in the stability of
our institutions. We have always been divided-we
were divided in the revolutionary war; and by party
lnes-ws divided in tho last war--and, by party
lines, His colleague said the other day
that party ties and party lines strong This
correct and he could casa where IL was
NEST manifest This in the political contest Of lS4i
in his State Previous to the letters upon the sub.
ject Of annexation Of Texas being published there
the annexation Of Texas aud ell parties said that their
candidate opposed tho annexation OF Texas they would
drop him Yet, sir, when the election came Oh, they
voted under the iron rule OF party drill for the who
opposed the annexation of Texas and against the
who advocated it. Here We an instance Of the
power of party and the strength Of party ties Is there
none other My colleague said that he came here
pledged to vote all the and money necessary to
carry vigorous prosecution of the war but that
since then upon an examination, he would vote diff.
ferently. This determination to vote men and money
showed that he considered this in its origin to be
just and he could not unless by the strength
party ties for his csllesgue voting sgainst this bill II
the voting against men and money to prosecute just
war BY his colleague could meet response in the hearts
character Of those people He had lived long with and
among them 1t was his native State and he could not
believe they would justify refusal to vote and
money to carry on the war. They had shown their
patriotism by rushing in numbers to the standard when
in ten times the number called for and the struggle
who should be chosen to go and fight in the
the nation He declaimed, with much indignation
against the power of the iron rod Of party but
tended that when question was presented by party
to the people of Tennessee, which against their
party this question, then the people of Tsnnes
ses would repudsts that party Mr. T., in this general
augmentation lectured his colleague (Mr Belly pretty
roundly for his course this BILL after his in
leading the people to suppose that he
favor Of the Furthermore, the question of the
nexstion of all Mexico which my coesge has presented
the issue with the administration in the prosecution
Of this war; forced issue and DOUBT not the
OF making that ISSUE is TO make out for the whig
dence in opposition TO the war; in the next presidential
campaign That's their plan sir On the Texas question
If the Ssnstes alternative resolution had been adopted
instead of that from the House But that being
by President Tyler, the war was inevitable President
Polk not responsible for the of President TYLER
The wings in ls44 had declared all the country
that annexation must bring on war with Mexco-that
to annex Texas would be equivalent to declaration Of
war and the senator read from Mr. Clsys Raleigh
letter in which ne declares that the of
As and war with Mexico were Identical This was the
position Of the wings in lS4i At this unctur0 OF the
speech there was one whig senator the floor below
and thirteen democrats Galleries nearly depopulated
Well sir, this was the position Of the wings in s44-
that annexation and were inevitable. Now, they
have changed their ground and they that the
Was unconstitutonsy commenced by the President of
the United States. Mr.. Turney made strong
from the public documents and official history of the
results OF the Texas annexation and negotiations
with Mexico going establish the fact that the
alton of Texas did produce the THAT there
avoiding it, because Mexico determined to tight it
out Read also from Aimonte's letter, demanding his
passports, in support of this point Such the true
state of the the the result of annexation
and President Polk not responsible for closing the
door to nsgotissons ey adopting th1 House resolution
continued his readings from the public documents,
and his commentaries upon them to prove that
annexation the cause Of tho war. Here David
Wilmot came in and locked the bar listened
ment, scratched mis- head and went out MIR Turhey
frequently pauses ia his structures search for his
thorties among the papers and books his table Mr.
Buchanan present the floor Of the Senate tho finest
looking OF his age in the Union The letters of Mr.
Consul Black Of Mr. Slidell, and Mr. Diamond and most
of the correspondence relating to the Shannon and Sill
dell negotiations, referred to and copious extracts
made from them, with rsmarks strengthening the
ground that annexation the of the war,-in
the Of which Mr. Turney strongly dsspproved of
the course pursued by President Tyler in placing the
army and navy of the United states at the service pend
ing the proceedings leading to annexation Texas ought
to have been left long she independent
ton to help herself The interference of the United
states in the relations Of Texas with Mexico, before
Texas had become part and parcel of this Union,
in itself cause of war against the United States by
lilo Documents, that Mr. Tyler Mr. Calhoun, his Sec.
rotary Of State and Mr. Upshur, his predecessor had
sequences, wing that the aon,.quences were war
Whg senators increasing in the chamber and gathered
In clusters Of twos and hrees and engaged in
ton, excepting MIR Bell who Is listening attentivey to
his colleague. Democrats all listening very attentivey
and patiently Having shown that annexation was the
of the it unnecessary to argue the point
the disputed boundary Of the Rio Grande because on
the part OF Mexico that question had been made
question in this war The object of Mexico the
covery OF the whole Of Texas not the boundary of the
Nueces Mr.. L. next regarded the march of Gen Tay-
lor to the Rio Grande that the President in
ordering that movement had been governed by the ad-
vice of Gen Taylor who had recommended IT, that
in acting upon that ypvice, the President had shown
himself . prudent and 1r.aecting man. He not o
military himself fI therefore did right to opt
the advice of the distinguished officer who the
ground, aud acquainted with all the necessities Of the
case. Commenting next upon the position Of the whies
Of the Senate the passage Of the bill declaring the
war to exist Mr. Turney referred to their protests in
Guiding Mr. Mangums, to the preamble of the bill, de-
carng the war to exist by the sc of Mexico which
he made to appear that the senator from North
lima was willing to vote the supplies to repe the nva
son thereby admitting that in crossing the Rio Grande
the Mexicsns had, according to this position invaded
the territory of the United States.
Mr. MASeUM explained that there then no evil
dence that the war actually existed there any
evidence that 1t existed by the act of Mexico the
documents were not read or printed, and that these
were the grounds Of his protest to the preamble the
bill
Mr.. TURrEy said they willing to vote the sup.
plies te repel the invasion
Mr. UPHAM referred to the journal it did not refer to
the Invasion specifically, but invasion" generally
Mr. TURNKEY commended however, that the protest was
on the ground that there evidence that had
commenced and not that the march to the Rio Grande
WAS an invasion of Mexico.
Mr.. MANeuM moved that message be sent to the
House, recalling the bill for additional surgeons in the
army, which had been passed with important mis-
take
A resolution was passed accordingly but It was too
late, as the House had adjourned.
In conclusion. Mr.. TgNNEy denounced the wings as
siding With Mexico in their policy urged the prosecu
ton Of the war into the vas of the enemy for though
Mexico was she had yet to be subdued when
subdued, and she should for peace would be time
enough to talk over the terms OF treaty
Mr. BREEsE secured the floor and the Senate ad-
Journed over to Monday
BALTIMORE, Feb. IL, 184S.