The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-08-17

luton. and succeeded in it's passage Here. though |
wish 10 press the inquiry as to whose proposition this was
will be re that at one stage OF the proceedings
exaon as defeated and that, without this wing prop
oson could not have been accomplished II will be re-
enbered that after The passage OF these resolutions
II WAS claimed by the wings wing measure, and that
without them il could not have been effected But TO
place this point beyond bubble doubt will introduce
some proof that is most conclusive will read
tract from letter written by Mr. Milton Brown the in
PRODUCER OF the resolution to which have referred as
follows:
''WAsHINeroS February II, 1915
.Tbe resolution introduced by me, which you alluded
in your very kind letter of the Both 'ultmo for the admis
of Texas into the Union passed the House by
senate 1t is in my Judgment free from the objections
urged concusvey by the wings OF Tennessee IN the late
presidential canvass against the provisions of Mr. ryers
treaty practically reafims all we then said. II yields
of the ground then taken, and compromises prn-
cpe then commended for rests on Its own strength as an
original ieg proposition, demanding and In The end re-
cevng reluctant support from lis democratic rivals
That this is so, afew facts viii prove
The proposition for the admission of Texas, which
passed the House. presented as the result of the most
reflection of the wings who voted for H. uniting IN
proposition the Senate. We all agreed that events
had ranspired rendering the consent OF Mexico wholly m
material and that in the present state OF things no stpu
lation pghted faith stood in the way"
Can anything be more conclusive, from the history and
facts connected with this resolution, than that II is OF
whg origin and wing consumnaton' | have then sue
ceeded think, in establishing as clearly as the sun al
MONDAY when there IS not cloud to obscure ms dsc,
that this is whg resolution, and without this wing res
OlutOn Texas could not ana would not nave Deen dn-
nexed Then if this is wing resolution, and their
sumption be that annexation Is the cause OF the war;
they responsible for the xatIon, and being re-
sponsbe for xaon they must be responsible for all
the results that flow from annexation II the war; the
expenditure of money, the shedding oil BLOOD the sacrl-
flee of human life the making OF widows and orphans,
have been results from this war; the wings are RESPONSE
BILE for it.
| have shown that they responsible for the
great primary will now show that they are
equally responsible for the intermediate cause as assumed
by some General Taylor their recently selected leader
was stationed at Corpus Christi and must be permitted
to state here that was not the country between the
Nueces and the Rio Grande that Mexico commenced the
for. 1t was the whole OF Texas up to the Sablne
and asserted by Almonte their minister IN his protest
of the 9th of March, 1916; also by their minister in his
reply to MIR. Slde; and this argument TO disputed
territory between the Nueces and the Rio Grande which
has been up in this country, is she has
condescended to make herself General Taylor, it will
be remembered, letter to the War Department.
the 4th of October, 1915, advising the movement of the
troops to the Rio Grande, which asserted to be the
immediate intermediate OF the war On the 18th
of January, ls46, he permitted by the War Depart
ment to carry out his recommendation From this II will
be perceived that they are responsible from the cause to
the effect of this whole know it is centended by
some that General Taylor Instructed to march
to the Rio Grande, and was bound to obey orders;
but of this will say more hereafter. will repeat-as
one of my colleagues MIR. CocKEl has made speech
upon this subject which he dealt in pahos in an appeal
to the bereft widow and atheess childhat if these
have been consequences from the annexation OF Iexas;
he and his party responsible for the one hundred and
five millions of expenditure estimated by himself, and
fifteen thousand lives which have been lost, and the wild
and orphans that seemed to share SO largely in his
sympathies.
My colleague really presents himself in a very sngu-
lar attitude before the country. Whilst sympathsng
the widows and orphans that this war has made,
and making appeal to them and their relations to sus
tain him and his party in their opposition or denunca-
ton OF the war; he administers to them strange kind
of consolation. He goes 20 them with tears in his
eyes, enumerating their Affections magnfying their
wrongs and what is the soothing consolation ne
gives them 81 come TO tell you, as widow and
thar that huah md n
holy, unconstitutional, and an unnecessary war "
He then turns to sister, and after mng his tears
with hers will say, Your brother fell a victim IN the
prosecution OF war unnecessarily and unconstItuon-
ally began, to crafty the ambition of designing Presi.
dent; Yes, he expired upon the battlefield, with his
hands red in innocent Mexican blood, and in that cond
ton be ushered before the dread bar of
God" Is this the consolation TO take to the widow, the
orphan and the sister feel well assured that they
will not thank him for such comfort as this. My col
leagues have said, while acting under the solemn
ton of oath, that this commenced by The
act Of Merioo." They have said on another occasion,
acting under the same solemn responsibilities that i was
unnecessarily and nutondtty6 begun blythe Presi-
dent of the United Stales My object is to state facts
and not to mpugn motives II Is for them 70 reconcile
the difficulty in which they involved, and not me-
This position is attempted sometimes to be explained away
by saying that they were compelled to vote for it after it
incorporated in the BILL lose the measure and there
by fail furnish the President with the means, money and
prosecutethe But this will fail them; for if the
first section of the bill had been voted down, which pro.
vided for the prosecution of the war, and if il had
not provided, it susceptible of amendment, and my
colleagues cannot exonerate themselves from the diff
Guilty by putting this in plea. will here refer TO
extract from speech made by Mr.. Clay the 18th of
September, 1916, at Lexington, Kentucky. 1t was as
| follows:
"Thus the commenced, aud the President after
having produced II, appealed Congress bill pro-
posed fifty thousand volunteers and order
commit all who should for preamble inserted
falsely attrlbung the commencement OF the to the
OF Mexico. i have doubt of the patriotic OF
those who after struggling to dvest the bill of that fragrant
error, found themselves constrained to vote for it But
must say that earthly cansdera would have
tempted provoked for n bill with a palpable
ialsehood stamped its face Almost dozing truth
do, never, never could have voted for that bill"
1t would that Mr. Clay, their great leader would
not have voted for the bill containing "a papable false
hood stamped on its face" My colleagues wish to re-
eve their contradictory position, by stating that General
Taylor and his army were in the most imminent danger,
and they were compelled TO vote for the BILL which was
considered indispensable for his safety But when we
examine this statement correctly, it fails them The
battles fought by General Taylor the sth and 9th
days OF Mays the votes given the IL tn, some
three four days after the battles fought; not
member in Congress doubling or believing, far this
issue is concerned, that was settled and before the
news could possibly have reached Washington. Hence the
futty and absur1ity of talking about bill TO relieve
Gen. Taylor three four days after he must have
been successful, or he and his army cut off
AS my time is not quite out, must few words on
opposition as unjust, unholy, and damnable Yet we
lind large portion of those who thus denounce the
voting men and money Tor its prosecution. Here by their
votes we give the means to prosecute the war; and by
their speeches denounce it and throw their whole moral
influence against it. While they were voting our men,
them to sustain the country, they animating the
hearts OF the Mexcans, and Strengthening their
by their speeches resist death the advance of our
troops, inspiring them with hope that long the peace