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sarv to repeat so often the same assertion.--
Why does the President go into so long and la
bored an effort TO prove that we had good cause
of war IL this were the case. and we had not
commenced it, instead Of being to our credit, il
would have been disgrace TO us. 1t would
have shown us a pusillanlmous nation. 1t is,
/ therefore, felo de Sc of his argument. Because.
| if this were the case, it shows that we should
| have done what the President has labored to
show we have not done. The President may
conquer Mexico, but he never can succeed III
conquering the truth lie may direct as many
guns to bear upon it as it would require TO 81
lence Mexican battery, but he will not be so
successful.
Well. if this was the cause of the war-if this
was the manner in which the war commenced.
what are we carrying it on for now What do
we propose What do we want? Why in the
message of the President to Congress. in 1916
he tells us that it was not conquest that he de-
sired but in the message of this year he modi-
fies it a little. Now the conquest he disavows :;
that is he does not mean to take the whole of
Mexico. suppose that he means to divide it,,
very much as Lord Aberdeen divided Oregon
with him, to take what he wants, and leave the
rest. lie says:
at was never contemplated by me to make
permanent conquest of Mexico, or todestroy her
nationality" Well, sir, actions speak louder
than words, and need not admonish gentlemen
on this floor of this fact, for have proof in my
| manu-. WHAT uoes tile ITes'ueiit tci YOU
heard it asserted by Senator the other day that
Senators voted for the appropriation of the war
under a protest. That they dld 1t Tor nothing
else thah 10 relieve reheral layior from inc
critical position in which he was placed. Ihe
president came ana maze 'he thr,lhg an,
hounceiheht 'lat American olood hau oeeh shea
on american SOL. Ana while every heart pal
ptated at such an outrage, Senators, enxlous TO
releve uen Taylor, were now wiling to vote
the supplies required, even though the Pill tor
raising them was accompanied by the declara-
ton which, at that time they believed to be ur-
true, that war existed by the act ct Mexico.
lhey gave their votes dnder the protest that 1t
was expressly tor the relief of Gen. Taylor
And what does the President now say to those
Senators Why, he says you did not mean any
such thing. You could not have meant it. You
knew that indemnity must be acquired. Sena-
tors, when you passed that vote. you all meant
to get territory. The President has said So
He is your Executive otficer-surely he ought
to know: and the President has right to say
it, because actions speak louder than words
You voted him the men and the money; You
gave him the sword and the purse, and you gave
him unlimited license to conduct the war as he
pleased, and now you must pass this bll-give
him the ten regiments Of regulars. and afterwards
twenty regiments of volunteers, and let him thus
according to the Senator from Kentucky, in.
; crease his available forces in Mexico to ninety
thousand, and go on sublugating that country
and what will he tell you at the next session
lie now tells you:
Congress could not have meant-when, il
May, 1885, they appropriated ten millions OF dol
. lars, and authorised the President to employ thu
/ military and naval forces OF the United States
ana 10 accept t,'e services Oh MY thousand vol
uhIeels, " en'o'e "'',i " prosecute ''e wa,
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;rJemn;tv u,a, n ho ob,,;nod from Nox;co +,
tho concius;or or the war and vot II was cor
,a;n that If M Nav;c,n terri,ory was acnnirel
M ;rJomn;,, cnuld be nb,,ined
/" II is fnriIer manifest that CONGRESS- con,em
l r,a,oJ territorial ipdemn;,y from tba fac, III,
a. ,L,i it ,osio,, -, ,r, ,,. ,,ssoJ u,n, III
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l. lnereoi. lne opIeel VI "eN.is ''ie aI'PloP'"
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ges OH 'he SUBJECT Which communicated
q congress;
4 tote nm me men anu money lie no" ask
ana what Will lie tell you at 'I!e next session
}, why ihat congress intended 10 oVerruh
MEXICO ne WIN .ay,-Hou .',,'''. ,iI' 1nou
f carry destruction throughout ''c ""o'e Vi Iii
: co"itry-'hat
o " should dip my swordln blood, and write my nan
!. On desolated lands and cities"
d And he would have right to say so Vote hi
t the men and money he wants, let him have min,
ty thousand troops there,and he will enact scene
v that perhaps we little think of; and at the ne'
Y session he will come and tell us, that that wa
what we meant and he will have right to
h so, because actions speak louder than word
G We certainly, in giving our votes, must be SUI
II posed to have some object to at;aln-that ob)cc
l. the President can construe for himself
In regard to the amendment that has been pre-
posed TO lhis plii, instead OF making u pettcr'
leaves 1t more obnoxious sun; IL leaves u ,
the fresuehts dlScreuoh wnether 10 enoou
these troops or not Out ,lIat Is me very INN
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