Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1848-03-11

WIZ Atf Ut VI. All 10 FNfTErafa himself traap
tht> contradiction Of himself.
VI I. said be- conceived II IN ~ ;r,,,.
isnt TO know whether or not. at the session
o. Oecrmort $50, Congress had no knovl-
edge OF The fact that Gen. Tsvlor H. then,
dered to advance the army Ia The X,u.y -,
lhe hi" Grande, or whether or not he Prrsi-
dent designed TO give such order. This uss
one OF The questions OF the present r1nfravrr
~ and he dill not hesitate 10 rep~s, what b.
had heretofore said-that no such orlrr was
made known to the Congress snd the country.
and that. II such order were then r1ntem pia-
ted, II was known only 70 the Executive aud
those TO whom uis secrets were r..dl-d.
Mr.. Nolan desired explain. aut \l5 Ihnmp-
son having Welded The ADar for thai purpose
be- aid hat the grulle uad rom Ia Iiina. (Nr
Thompson in his fIgiual speech hsd an
dpriaken to c1ntrovert that Gen TAYLOR was
assiFDe1ib a petition for The defence OF Cd.
country wesJ 10 %. Rio G anie. hu that he
undertook g. sr-sera ,%s-ilan which NJ tNir
Lane } had not taken, which wa, th5' the
Presti-nt hal ordered Gen raylor u the Rio
Graad-.
Mr.. Thompson continued. II sail he
wOa8l txplaiJ the geujicm.n's true position
by raiettnce 90 tt- first speech. az I.si.tsl
tina, be- should abide by what be- had l.er-
showed. lie read from tHe speeca 20 show
Ina, p gentem1n hsdargueI thai NE oct o.
Crlsr- admitting Texas into the Union ami
c~'usJamatuE annexation hail q .3.'cj l1e
H,a "rande as lAs Boundary OF Ickas. because
II hst b5on c1mmIai rtci g, Car-res.. be-
lore bet act - passed, That &c raj aiior
wa "!-7'-hrd 10 defend aal pro.a ile erl
81 irNas.' th. western irontiet- 0t u4I,4
Hs~ The RIO Gidude. How diI he E.atl--
man reach This cpHc,usi1u7 Was b. mere.
ttInS Up NE claim - the aFJ Gftld-,
vita 'Ae purpose OF "L~riNtrELY t-ssiug IL
io eonsgtnmdtIuH, that We were d rive uti-1
i tar eiflm were a good enr, why had il not
been asserted al once and with u i-la,7 Il
HE Rio Granic was the "wesiern Irati &" OF
Texas. why had General faylor oren scut onl,
to the Nueces when the aeoved object Of The
Government was the projection ol hat lf-n-
TER Dtd not the gentleman see hat tn an
nune'atIon OF the design, whether 81 the Pres
itlent or Secretary OF War, oi ULTIMATELY "a.
ing to he Rio q rande could have ~ reference
whatsoever to any legislation pre- icaled up
on the then existing state oil things, aud which
was had before any attempt was made TO car
~ that design into execution? b. the lurce
OF the gentleman S answer to this s. that the
legislation ul Clngtess adopted The intention
OF the Executive, and made il a part of The
Law oil The land. Why, sir, (sa Mr.. IT,
there Is no sort OF justification for such d pro-
cess OF reasoning, #. Indeed, it Ca be called
reasoning at oil. The President. through the
oeeretary OF War, ayowed the design OF UL1I-
mArELY occupying the valley Oh the Rio
brdnde az the western boundary OF IeXas;
out Congress, b. the Joint resolution OF an
nexaIpl, had TX pressiv di.ayowed HE intcn.
ton OF larulVlng TIE Government in such a
movement. That resolution provided that
the boundary between Mexico aud Texas
s1ault be settled BY NEoortATtnN. not BIZ the
ptrtlsan resolves of Mr.. Polk aud his G. binet.
1t Was bniin1 upon the President ami the
country, aud the violation OF its provisions by
the President Wa, a flagrant and p4ip,bir
derrlc Ton oil duty, and Tor such an act OF
usarpa'Ion and wrong here was not found
the slightest apology IN what was set up i,
IL or isinsl speech OF the gentleman from
AlayiaA1. tAlr. McLine;) nor were the in.
ierences OF that speech At sil justified b. the
idcts from which hs had attempted TO deduce
them.
The whole point of controversy WASH plain
aud simple one. Dill Con ress know. when
the restitution to annex Tenss was passed,
lbat Gen. Taylor had been orderel TO march
To the Rio Grande? The gentleman from
| Maryland had SAID in his first sas ech that
Congress, did know thai he 'had been assigned
10 the defence OF the country west 10 the Rio
Gtaude." How he could be ASSIGNED 10 the
deience" OF the valley ot The Rio Grdnde. and
yet have no autnority 10 march there with his
army Mr.. L. acknowledged his utter inabilit,
10 comprehend. He had supposed that the
genttemIn's language was Ca pable OF just the
Interpretation which he hd gwen 1t, and he
sail thinks that tits so. lie does not know
OF ans rule OF int pretstiou Other than tia
Whicd gives 10 The genllensn's words the
meaning he has attached to them; and, under
s'1ldlng them as hc dad lnrn hr made his for
mer sperch, aud as he still does. Dr. then said.
aud agaIn r peated, that no such information
was communicated To Congrcss ei,her by the
President or The Secretary oi Wa. II il had
been, then he agreed that the sCt admitted
Texas into TIL, Uuion would have adopted Inc
RIO Grdnde as the b0undart, and thrrr would
have be N no necessity for the subsequent or
Irt y The IAN Of J~aauIfy, 1916. iae issu-
ance oil tnst ofdsr by the President shows ha
he did not regard any previous oH- a. giving
Gen. Taylor show that he did MT intend 10
- beyond Corpus Christi; aud the letters oI
ed o. General. fayior aulhouty TO
q hsyoni there until positively order
,ae Government to d. 81. II lei, TO himself
h never would have marched the arms 10 the
Rio Grande, but would have been content IL
guard what, al the time he marched 10 Corpus
Chnstl, was understood aud know to be The
western frontier OF Texas; Just rs he had tor
merry done on our own frontier a. the post,
upon The southwestern border. But be did
not care TO press this part OF the controver.
sy further; hr had already tskeh up more
tlme with II than he had wished or designed.
Tn gentleman from Maryland had laliru
into error as TO what he Supposed was his MIR.
- use OF the words ultimate destination,
aud had read from the nnDal report oil the
S~eCrelrry or war to show that no such words
had b-en employed By hun. He (Alr. T. had
already said that he had not desig I'D to quote
The words OF the Secretary of Worin thai te-
port. HIS OBJECT was merely % state the
substance oil what lac had communicated TO
Congress. de knew perfectly well TIA, The
t-rm ultimate, destination was iirsl used by
Mr.. Bancrott la June, 1915, in has despatch
nom The War Department, and that this de-
spatch was not communicated 10 Congres uu-
Il. after the war lad co nmenced. 1t accom.
panied the war message oil the President oil
the llth OF May, 1916, but. although not EN-.
1 ployed in December. ls43, BY the Secretory OF
WIS P'FS'i! aPfdiVHt' !" 'H "uat NC
had said aud what the President hal said,
mat ii was the design OF the Administration
that us ultimate policy would be the occupa.
ton Of The valley OF the Rio Granie. II was
also apparent, from, Gen. Taylor's %etlers, that
h understood his design; yet. wile all ttis
Was -, aud the purpose OF & Ing 10 Rio
IrinIe was thus iuresnstowed II was, be-
,ul,q testlon, tue that C0nsress hal 40 IN
ormaton thai ANY steps had iheu been taken
10 execute this design. That being the case.
ny attempt u do -, with me resolution of
innyxaiion still ia iurce was violation OF
he express terms u latresoluuou aud placed
.he President in the attitude OF ulsing Tor