Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1848-03-13

TIE 6iFAI SPEECH OF THE SESSION
rooTe iSo Tltr TEN REGIMENT nil
(Hpertd crcisirely for tie Jola Donheq.j
In the senate, Tuesday, the resolution 10 raise ten
new regiments Tor our army IN Mexico. bcn, und con-
sldrr1tlun
Nh Foote said he had been very much SURPRISED a,
The highalulng vpefbofeauHs u he ponilemcn from
Ear River Mr.. Badger.) and he llonghl it very cy
dent that great deal could he hs speech hch
VAS not apparent. What did the gentleman mean by
the 'lIc,ernQ light dg0ry's csndef Was this not a
masked bate opened upon the President and his
lriends-as the immortal ticcrosays IN the lhird cano
oi Ieyilirus
'Q1om feierum candehus, whgsham dement's,
Al pntIbus cGuoyt. iarcntuin ueracke,l'
Sr, wiat says Gen Taylor about this war? Sir.
will tell yna what lac Say s.h,re under his own sign ma,l-
ua in the drspalch which hol in my hand-{l,oberl
bring my spectacles) he says: Il would no, see a
cabbage in Mexico wiered.' No. sir-but so hap
pens, sir rat they have no cabbage. in Mexico, and
and therefore Gen Tayln's opinion comes to noupht-
going for nothing bat c1ldsIaw As the sublime Slau
k.eubcrgus says his Stelnmnrke and Saur Krau,on'
4 German extract is here given.]
Now. sir The President is blamed for the small force
given To- Gen. Taylor. Why, sir the very documents
show that Gen Taylr had authority make hi, army
strong he ch2se anu to get whatever he saw fiji or
deemed necessary 10 prosecute tho war And the old
& neral advised gie Government, sir what should do:
aud he talked sronJ aud he talked well-he talked sir.
we'll as he Ought Ia The language Of Powers Greek
Slave to osaf:
Greek esifaci.
There sir, wha, do you think of that! And if tina.
is not enough- my words, added 10 these are inefii-
Gent, Dr. Boynun. The nesnrris' il here and cam nut
Yen all to sleep to your hearts content Therefore
say 1t il illsa -FkLsE-FA'.SE-tha the President
authorized IA upon The bank Of the Rio Grande, or
up1a any uher baak No, sir, in the language Of the
poet Of all time
'Pdnicum tiHirum elink.
MeXjcI', col The chiok
The clock struck one,
ihe mouse ran down,
Hickory, hickory
Mr. President the last line is not going 10 rhy,n and
50 leave the quotation unfinished. burn into and sere
the c,nsciences of opponents, who wished plunge
the land of Jackson and Jefferson into the arteria exas.
peration ofcimmean dssolution--as Coniucius coniu
sedy observes:
Chinese exrac
What If II The object Of the President to conquer
MeXco-was not America conquered? Did we not hold
our farms and dwellings by the force of conquest-nay
We're not even wives and children The trophies of
proWcss in armP Aud who should object, flour army
alter being dsbanded. ohose TO take unio themselves
Mexican oabinas after he of the children efthe
Pope, SO beautifully described in the Cherokee version
Of the Rape the Lock-
'liuncko buncko honiny squaw.
" inhum bliaku,n chouse.n out1fem, a6s
Ga geget-a wa-aushp
think sir seeour brave and gallant solu,ers erss,-
ing this Paradise. each with his Eve and littlp
Gains aud Abes gambling ahoui him
Mr.. Clayton wished to know if.he gentleman meant
playing at mon.eS nFF
Nh FUdte-l am not to be interrupted by the gentle
man from Delaware VINO comes here to nst the dead
iy sroeco OF the Wilmot ProSso upon the altar Of
nprooted temple Of freedom, whose bitter waves forever
crumble beneath The pangs oa Promethean deslaiion
would say to that gentleman, in the language Of Pot
phar to Joseph's wife
Timed da mme don't iiout handelibus - =
will tell that Senator sir, that 10 nlllcnial
Nnnhla;ion lis charge against the honesty Of tho De-