The North-Carolina standard., 1848-01-19
WORDS OF TRUTH AND w,Sno-


The following remarks were delivered in ~.
ate of the United States, on the Sd instant SeN
Jefferson Davis, on the bill to raise addton.ly C0
for the Mexican War: '"'nal troop
81 deem it proper to say, as one of the Nh.
Committee, that this bill was proposed by the
necessary to be raised Immediately. The CESSS Sas
of the Committee, in accordance with the v;aTl
majority of said Committee, announced his ;n"S Oh
to bring it up at the first possible moment anS
it to its speedy passage. And it is now one ,Is PREY
l believe Mr.. Cass-two weeks one we.E week.
enough for the purpose, but it seems two vae, Va
elapsed since the announcement was made. l9aO
hoped that one week would have been sufHr;ee.hat
have secured its passage; for we believed that
and pressing emergency existed. sNa
'' appeared plainly manifest to us, that if ,or,
itary movements took place in Mexico-tbat ~ g. M4
naturally excite the military ardor of the peon would
United States-it would require all the intarro 9
time between the present period, and the time WI
the yellow fever would set in to organize and S1
the drafts of troops necessary to carry on active
ations. The Senator from Florida is not w. OPh
suPposlng that that there is ground for appreb.Hs;
In regard to our troops in Mexico, and that fn0
soldiery will be required in the battlefield '0s
what has been the cause of so much loss ofre o. q
ready would ask, if it has not been owina LIE
siderable degree to the tardiness in f1rn;sb ICON
supplies as well as to the deficient quantity2 Rse e
Tue u sllidu amount OF forces furnished, tho bato
6nSna vista would never have been fought. ""1 VI
Gen. Scott sir, had had powerful army with anu nIG
70 nave followed close upon the heels of rptr.,;
santa Anna, and no Notifications would have L
1nroWn up, and no fighting would have taken nlaoa
tesisIdhce oeen made before the walls of Mayic
W nat -, Inouced Santa Anna at Buena Vista tn aa%
ueE iaylor; but the belief that his troops were M
merlcally exhausted and were not sufc;en+ IN nm m
Der to rePe such an attack1 --0i'
if' dill history has taught US that where civil
governments at home assume to direct military Nm
eratlons abroad, ruinous evil has been the rcsnt
oIa the Senate delay to decide whether it is nece
sdry TO send additional forces to Mexico The r.
ecutlve, with the information that he has in biS n
session, has been induced to call for these addtm
forces. Ii 1t be true, as has been stated that W.
might have expected what has happened more fbaU
once, when few gallant men have been obIiopd ~
nght their way through the serried ranks Of tbs
enemy-may 1t not be so again! Then, whv ev
pose the lives of your countrymen while disnutH,
upon questions that have no practical bearing. w.
are all anxious to hear the sentiments of the dist
gulshed Senator from South Carolina, not that a,
OF opinion that the fate of this bill can be affected
any vote upon his resolutions. can accept his rcst
utlons, and still vote for this BILL If nded We al
not wish to annex Mexico, if we wish her to main
tain an independent government and to conclude this
war by honorable peace ask, why hesitate to pas
this bill and grant adequate force and suffcien
supplies But the Senator wishes to be heard upon
InIS queSuon, and Ii other gentlemen wish to answG
him these resolutions be laid upon the table, the
public service attended to- and then wide discussim
can be entered upon-a discussion which /, for one
would be inclined to listen to with much interest"
These are words of Truth and Wisdom, and they
cut like two-edged sword into the yitals of "ail
and comfort Whiggery. We ask the people Of
both parties to mark the fact, that Col. Jefferson
Davis, himself gallant and glorious actor in the
battle of Buena Vista, gives it as ais deliberate Op
ion, in his place in the Senate of the United States
that I" but for the small amount Of forces FURNISHED The
battle of Buen1 Visa auoud reuer hare been fought
and that if ' Gen. Scott had had powerful army with
which to have followed close upon the heels of re.
treating Santa Anna, no fighting aoo~H haze taken
place, and resistance aUOttM hare been made 6eore.
a0a Of Merco 1t is known to all that the sole blame
for the lack of supplies lies at the door of the Wings
in Congress; and yet these very men, after having
thus CONSTRUCTED to prolong the War, and render
more bloody, are at this time engaged in the work Of
throwing obstacles in the way of the Administration
Mexico holds out and refuses to treat because she
looks to her friends in this country for aid and SYM
pathy, and because she expects Wing Congress
will withdraw the army or refuse supplies. Upon
the heads of unscrupulous and unprincipled Fcdenl
leaders be the responsibility for the blood which
yet to be poured out in this War!