The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-02-16


We are indebted to a member of Congress for the fol-
lowing communication 1t shows how members of the
wing party can at one time vote for war as existing by
the act of Mexico and at another time vote that the
said war was occasioned by the President of the United
States The preamble appears by the journal, was
moved by Mr.. L. Boyd, of Kentucky; not with any
view of entrapping the wings in any subsequent act
of inconsistency-for who would have dreamed
that politicians would have denounced war which
they had originally voted TO have been brought
about by the act of Mexico hersef' twas prop
er to put such preamble Ia the bill. because "war
is constitutional term-a state OF things recognised
by the constitution carrying certain important con-
with it such as the right of blockade, &c. &c,
which was indispensable to sanction by the Legislature
of the United States-the wardeclarng power Now,
one would have right TO suppose that those who voted
for the preamble ITSELF as well those who voted for
the whole law would have hesltaed to support the
declaration with the resources of the nation. We trust
that some OF the wings who voted for the preamble
and the law may yet be found prepared to stand by the
country, and as Mr.. Crittenden said to-day in the
Senate will be ready to exert the strength of the
whole to execute the will OF the majority" contrary
idea would never have entered into heads if we
had not seen the factous opposition which ragged in the
war of 1912, and if had not also heard the
clamor raised about supplies and the speeches made
against the regiment BILL and the daring attempts
which are made to defeat the loan of money by
enforcing such restrictions as, according to the con-
LESSONS Of the opposition themselves, must defeat
the loan itself We ought not, however, to despair
altogether of the passage of the supply bills We see
in this list OF eighteen which cannot surrender
to the common enemy. If such men as and
- should vote against their country, and refuse to
responsible Executive the of prosecuting the war
and indicating the rights of the country, then indeed
should we totally despair of the wing party But we
must repeat, that the people must speak out in the males
t. OF their strength perhaps the conduct of their
representatives.
To the Editor of the Union:
SIR: While Mr.. Duer. of New York, (whig) was adj
dressing the House, IN Committee of the Whole on Mon
day, the 18th inst, in opposition TO the war
"Mr. BOYD nterposing for word of explanation (and
Mr. D. yieding| said il the gentleman would refer to the
ting for the preamble declaring that Mexico made the war
.Mr DuER (resuming) said he had seen the yeas and
could not ten which but four wings voted to sustain the
preamble. may be mistakenr-
Mr. PENDLEroN, lin his seat:) You right.
"Mr. DuER The gentleman from Virginia said he was
right but the exact number is immateral.
Now it was said that the wings had voted that this war
existed by the act of Mexico and thought to convict
them of inconsistency in voting this session that
The President OF the United States commenced the war
That declaration was false grossly false, although he found
il in the message OF the President of the United States a,
the present session of Congress He certainly did moi
to charge that high nctionary with deliberately saving
what untrue but he charged the fact aeyed was
untrue and false. lie referred facts to the reco,s of
this House, which showed to be false that the why
party with almost entire unanimity voted against
nmble upon distinct and because they voted for the
bill with the preamble forced into it, rather than resc
supplies for the in peril it said they voted for
the preamble"
In the House Journal, LIST session. Goth Congress- will
be found the vote recorded upon inserting the first sec
ton of the act approved May 49, 1885, with the preamble
declaring "wtereus by the act of the republic of Merico
state of erists bct,ceen that government and he Uni
ted States preixed, and among the affirmative votes will
be found the names of Lemuel II. Arnold r. l.; Edward
D. Baker, ILL.,. Joshua +. Bell, Ky; Milton Brown.
Tenn; John II; Campbell Pa. John G. Chapman, Md.
William M Cooke, Tenn; Cornelius Darragh Pa Meri
dth Gentry Tenn. Jas. Graham, N. C. ; JOS r. Inger-
soil, Pa: Lewis c. Levin, Pa. James Pollock, Pa;
Alexander Ramsey, Pa; Bannon G. Thbodeaux. La:
William r Thomasson, KY; Andrew Trumbo, KY; and
voted upon their oath for this preamble and of these
eighteen wings, Messrs Cooke, Gentry and Thibodeaux
on the Sd of January 1885, voted for the Ashmun amend
ment, declaring the trar unnecessarily and unconstu.
tonally begun by the President of the United STATES
and of those wings who voted for the act of NAV 18th
1916, on its passage with the preambe-Messrs Barrin
ger, of N c. Cooke of Tenn; Crozier, Of Tenn; Cen
try, of Tenn. Hampton. of N. j.; Houston of Del .
King, of Ga; Marsh of VT; J. A. Rockwell, of Conn
Schenck of Ohio; Truman Smith, of Conn; Stewart of
Pa; Thibodeaux, of La; Toombs and Vinton of Ohio
fifteen, also voted for the Ashmun amendment