The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-01-20

PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.
The House resolved its-f into Committee of the
W hole the State Of the Union, Mr. lngersoll
the coair) and RESUMED the consideration Of the refe
Of the several branches Of the Presdents
message
Mr. JAMESON commenced by asking will our country
ever be IN the right We have been in existence as
IN the right Now, The question is will be in the
right! Can we form any plan by which can b.
right? We We're wrong in the Revolutionary Ma
so, in l5i2 brought on war wicked war which
denounced IN the legislative hall from the stumps
from the pulpits convention held In place call
ed Hartford aud they declared against 1t ue lights
too thro out, show to the enemy our gallant
little bArks and direct them to shores The great
question Is, will we ever be in the right! We not
right 10 the Of the R-volu ion; not right
10 The last with Great Britain; are farther
from being right in the with Mexico. Madison
IN AIDE the because Of the impressment of
have the batch Of documents before me, but
won't take time to read them But there are hundred
outrages on our commerce. on our dag and on the
lives of QUE citizens by Mexico The wicked jim Poik
however Qaughter) together with General Jackson and
Fyth wrong because they desired to uphold their
couutry's honor ;ordipg to the resolutions the
gentleman from Virginia Mr. Botts, our country IL
wrong, AMI Me- ico srght Talk about who made the
war There lie bat one power he treay.makipg) when
clip incn Of territory from state You receive.
Missouri, Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois into the Unios
You received them precisely as you received Texas You
did not koow her boundary better than you old the
boundaries OF the others This this wicked IN an
Polk with all these fact, had the tscity, while Con-
grrss in session. to send General Taylor to the Rio
Grand We received Texas, with the boundary enc
claimed, to the Rio Grande and 1t duty to de-
ni for her Polk has been wrong In another respect
Arsa along, and says get out Of your fortnca
tons, and go back to the Nueces this s disputed terri
tory, and Claim it All indeed" General Taylor
AXIS "f go tack the Nueces will you pledge yourself
not to bring about conflict Of between the two
csuntreslN No sr.n laughter NO sir" Increased
Laughter Aud yet gentlemen blame this wicked Jimmy
Pos for bridging wicked wal III put question
IN Guthrie's rGlc of three If We have always been
wrong five have sproSg and lsaped not walked, bat
Jumyed-from ~ hand u. oil men, and from poverty
wealth an mighty power II We have done this little
more than halt century IL we were wicked tn and
always under the irOwn Of tbs Eternal AM III have
emerged from poverty ana arose from handful of
the m,gbtert power Of earth and able feed and
hgnt the combined world Il uxnterl yes he combined
~Urid; 4 III stick TO that much merlin sut lit
done al tins uuder the frosn Of Heaven, aud done
wickedly and against all rules Of Justice what wouid
been done IL We had been rsst la one siIge 10.
stanceg [Laugh.er II old jim Madison aud wicked
Jim POik brought on Two wars, and We have
stood up. four TO OF tn fellows out yon
der Ia Mexico II what they did done wck.diy,
that would they have done II they had been rshtf Mr.
Clay toos up his hat aud vs,Dos~d will make an ain
'iob 70 the grnueA~u from Illinois fvu had Hardin