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he (Nr T. hal said. The point 10 which
this county wss extended, after Texan in ie-
peudence. was in no wav material. The on-
ly question Wa. +~brther the revolutionary
title OF Texas extended beyond The Nu-ccs'
The fact now stated by the gentleman from
Md, proved that il dii not extend beyond
thu NueCes. II il bad. wherefore the nrces-
sity OF passing an act of the Texan Congress
to extent % beyond that point7 The truth
was. anl the ge~utlenau's argument Yesterday
was an at mission ct u, that Texas has no IL
tie beyond the Nueces except that which She
has acquired sinre her revolution by her own
legislation. This l. no title at all. as he (NT
II had shown ~ his former SPEECH, for Texas
hat never mstHtslurd jurisdiction beyond the
settlements around Corpus Christi. cxcep ut that
jurisdiction which sh. had been able to main
tain sinee the war began by the military power
Of tins government. Whiteyer nzhts thus &C.
quirei are the rights Of a conqucrar. under the
law OF nations. aud subject 10 determination
al the close al the war.
The gentleman from Maryland. passing to
what be- seemed 10 regard as the most i.npbr-
ant part of the controversy between them.
a3l iasI9tel with goat earnestAcss that be
vs. night ln thst position, ia his hrst speech,
wherein he charged Tat Gen TAYLOR. IN his
.ettef at October 4, l~i5. hal advised the
move prni 10 he r orande asa measure of
20 ga. aud i, P!oaaa lc policy. he (MrT)
offended To- have no qeanel with he gentle
ma a. 10 the mruu3aL ether OF the term o1-
ilura or diplomatic, olt Ie did before, snt. IL.
now llJ again. ami sJsdll hereafter - peat IL,
II II Deesa .e,cssin. take issee Nuh him on
the point, whether 81 flo, ten Iavior dill M
teal to q pu,tirat recon ucudstiun 10
tn administration He confidently appeal
ed 10 the 0lteI-eypress.l opinion. al dta
Taylor on That subJsgj. and was iuiiy prepared
q tndtnijih. IS he nod before done, irotu those
expressed Opinions ladt he never intended -
make, and never did make, any recomfnrnda
tiou oil d polite, caar4- er 10 tins Govern
IneHt. Every wuri tHdl he said had exciu-
sre reference TO what b Understood 10 be The
hxed pOiIcy OF the Administration who's or.
ders he. as d military commander. was bounI
10 oD-y. What did he, ot could he, know OF
the secret designs OF Mr. Polk aud his cabnrt7
And II he had known them, what sympaihies
had he with them or those who cherished
them DID be participate with MIR Puik in
the wish 10 inguli The Whole of Mexico. and
to urest rom II any portion OF its lerntoryl
Was ne 80 loud oil w5r that he thirstei Tor
Mexican hluad2 Did he know The true na-
ture oi our relations With Mexicof Had he
been informed OF the Instructions to Mr. Si-
tEtNs winch a. tlNetiAtlA HOH IfiuNtS 10 COM
municat- TO us, the representatives OF the
people, Gen. Iaylol's whole lie, and oil
that he has written aud said on The subject of
this war, prove beyond controversy that he
look NJ part IN the Presidential counsels. and
that he hal no Intention OF advising the
movements oil tia Administration. Ii was
wholly out oi his line Of duty 10 do 81. AS
q military commander II" had nothing TO do
with the Government policy OF setting bouu-
ddry lines or acquiring territory. His duty
required him TO defend The country TO its lust
and true limits, and TO go beyond those limits
only III the event OF beng o.defed TO 10 SO by
the superior power OF The Govern nent. He
did 60, not pursuant to any political Or di To-
matlc policy which he had recommended, but
IN subJTdInitluu TO the President OF the Uni
ted States, who's as tummauder-in-chiet OF The
army, had ordered hin 10 do 50.
II the order OF the l4th oil January, 1916,
were a II. htiai order, II IL were given accord
ing to law and The constitutions; il The pub
iic interest required that II should be issued,
and II II were necessary TO the maintsinanre
OF the honor OF ih~ rights OF the country. why
Is IL that the gentleman from MARYLAND snd
other defenders OF the President la bur so hard
TO relieve the President from the responsible
ty OF issuing it, aud to place it upon the old
hero OF Buena Visa aud Monterey. Ii there
is 50 much patriotism III the ,dvocacy oil the
war and its continuance until Mexico is eu-
tirely subdued, why are the President and his
friends SO DESTROYS 10 shrink IRON the honor Of
having brought 1t on2 That is, he could as
sure The gentleman. not the way in which
Genersl Taylor does his work. 1t was his
ruls TO TASK no fIvor, aad shrink from no re-
sponsibility; and he (Mr r. thought that, BY
firmly maintaining This rule Of conduc,, az he
believed he would, he would yet express him
self 50 iuily ia regard To this war tina, there
would be no mistaking his sentiments. GEN
: temcn here viii find themselves wholly una
bic 10 persuade the country that he brought
on the war. The nili ri The coun;ry is al
ready made ap on that ques ion; and, bsing
made up. IL is convinced Of the ,iness
with which gentlemen are here treating Gen.
Taylor, b. Insisting that he was the Cause Of
the war, when they know luil we'll that he
only mafched from Corpus Christi when CT
derrd to do 50 by the Ptrslieut, and decl AIRED
10 the Administration that he would not
march until he was ordered.
he (Mr r. did otpcrceive the present i'm
portance OF 1t, ba, the gentleman from Mary
land (Nlr McLme) had also ass RED on yes.
to-day, that, while Gu Taylor was in Louis
lana; ne was ordered not 10 march into texas
before her annexation was cons, m matel. He
could scarcely refrain from smiling " hen he
heard the gentleman make the remark.
Mr McLane desired TO ex iain. He had
not SAID before her annexation was csnsum.
mated, but before the people OF Texas had
given their ASSENT 10 he terms OF annexation
proposed 10 them.
Mr. Thompson continued. He confessed
that he had not suihcirnl acu'enrss OF dis
elimination TO understand the difference be-
tween that acceptance aud actuIl ANNEXATION.
Whenever Texas accepted the terms of our
JOINT resolution, she became, TO d / intents and
purposes, as much a part OF this country as
she is no"; and The President was jusi as
much bounl TO defend her, to hes ,rue limits,
alter That was done, as he was after she wa.
admitted as a State into the Uni ~.
Mr. NcL1ne dgain interrupted MIR T. What
he said Was not distinctly heart, but was uu-
derstood to be a repetition, in Substance, of
what he had said when last up.
MI. Thompson continued, General Tay-
lor WAS ortered by Mr., Donaldson. on the
25th oil June, 1915, 10 march into Texas and
take position at Corpus Christi. Now, he
would thank the gentleman to tell him how
this order Of the 2Sth June could have refer
ence to a contingency that must depend ON a
popular act. altel waris 10 BE- p%erionned9
Texas dbl not consent TO come into This
Union unul that Consent was given BY her
convention which met on the 4th OF July,
1913. General Taylor was Instructed 10
march into Texas before that scce ptsnce.
The orirt To mifrh there was given par
saanl 10 the lnsgrurtions OF The government,
II was theTeiore trut. Deyon Question, that
there wss q hot haste about this thing which
hai plunged The nation lu,o oil lie present
diff culiies.
(CoHelas'oH ton0rrop.)