The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1848-04-21
A Hard Hit--Mr. CaSs Snug, tile
JOinpr

JOINER.
Mr.. WEBSTER, in his speech in the
Senate on Tuesday week, on the loan
bill, administered the following hard hh
to the Senator from Michigan!
Now, sir. should be happy to concur,
wiihslanding all this tocsin. and all
this cry of all the Sempronionses in the
land, that their voice is still for war-I
should be happy TO agree, and substan'
TALLY | do agree, with the honorable
member from South Carolina, that. after
ALL the war with Mexico is substantially
over, that there can be no more fighting.
My opinion in the present state OF things
is that the people Of this country will
not susl ain this war. They will not go
to the expense. They will not find any
qualification in putting the bayonet TO the
throat of the Mexican people For my
part. hopeth ten regiment bill will nev-
er become law. Three weeks ago
should have entertained thathope with tho
utmost confidence. Events have since
struck me with pain and shaken my con-
viction. Sill, | hope it will not pass
And here. dare say. shall be called
Mexican Whig.' A man who can stand
up here and say that he hopes that what
the Administration projects for The fur
ther prosecution of the wsr against Mex
leo will not be carried into effect. is "au
enemy to the country" or, what gentle
men would consider the same thing. an
enemy of the President of the United
States and his administration and his par
ty. He is "Mexican!" Sir. think
very badly of the Mexican character,
high and low, out and Out; but names do
not terrify me. Besides, | am sufferer
in this respect, if be made the subject
Of reproach by these stipendiary presses
these hired abuSers of the motives OF pub
lie men. have the honor on this occa-
sion to be in very respectable company.
In the viluperative, The accpsatlve, the
denuncla,ory sense of that term. ] do
not knoH greater Mexican in this body
than the honorable member from Mlchi-
gan at the head of the military commit
tee.
Mr.. CAss. | should like the honorable
gentleman to explain what sort of Mex
ican am.
Mr.. WEBSTER. That is exactly the
thing | now propose to do.
Mr.. CAss. shall be g lad to hear the
explanation.
MIR. WEBSTER. In his remarks on this
bill in the Senate, the other Gay, the honor
able gentleman told us that his object was
to friphten Mexico-it would touch
his humanity to hur her.
MIR. CAss. Does the honorable gen.
tleman mean to say l made such a re-
, markl
, Mr.. WEBSTER. mean to say thai the
gentleman said it twice.
, Mr.. CAss.-l beg the gentleman's par
; don. said no such thing. VIII the
gentleman allow me to state what did
saw | remarked that we had two OBJ
t iecls to accomplish in raising these reg
+. iments; one was, the vigorous prosecu-
tion of the war; and, secondly. to pro-
duce moral effect upon Mexico by con-
n vncing her of our determination, and
1 thereby hold out an inducement 10 her
e TO make peace,
e Mr. WEBSTER, The gentleman said
}. that his principal object was to "frighten
It Mexico and that that would be more hu-
v name than TO harm Mexico.
Il Mr.. CAss, lin his seat) True.
e Mr.. WEBSTER. 1t true. Very well
n | thought as much Now, the rsmarka-
o bic characteristic of his speech which
y makes it so much Mexican speech is
e that the gentleman spoke it in the hear
n ING of Mexico as well as within the hear
!. ing of the Senate. We have been &C
d cused, sir, nf being Mexican Wings
n because what we say here is heard b.
;. Mexico, and Mexico derives countenanct
e and supper, from what is said here. Bu
II the honorable member comes forth and
e tells Mexico that his object is to trighter
.e her! His words have passed along the
ly wires, they are on The Gulf they are
il floating away to Vera Cruz; and wher
q. thew get there, they will satisfy the Mex
"a leans that. after all-after all, "ye gooC
ne Mexicans, our principal object is to fligh
.ir ten you' And to the end that they ma!
* not be frightened too much, he gives then
is nniice that the object isto fIighten them
d. Mr.. President, when Snug, the joiner
IS, was 10 represent the lion, and 10 roa
e. on the stage, he was quite aPprehensiv'
o. that he might too much frighten "th'
n. duches and ladies'" and therefore. b
a. the advice Of his comrade, one Nichola
of Bottom, he wisely concluded that in tn
I'M heat and fury of his effort he would sho'
ge one half of his face and say: Ladies
us fair ladies', would wish you, or wonl
,u request you, or l would entest you NO
in to fear, not toiremble; my life for your
re if you think | come hither as lion
ty we're pity of my life! No, am no sue
on thing: am man as other men are; In
&C. Snug, the Joiner!"
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