The Arkansas banner., 1848-05-30
EXTRACT FR6N THE SPEECH OF TIE
 HAN, N W. lVGE.


 the causes of the war. The gentleman may be very good lighter. he has acquired some fame at Cerro Goido; he passed through thst baitle, be-
 eve, unsca'hed; bnstl there are some remarkable incidents conceded with that battle which win give the gentleman fame. believe It was said by dis tingnshed officer who commanded at Ceuo Gordo, that the gentleman fom Tennessee al least lost his hat upon that ocea~ion--
 The STEAMER hero inierPOsed, end said he must call the gentlemen 10 order
 MT. iSGe (continulngl said he was going on to remark, that however gooi fighter the gentleman mignt be, he had great objection to- Mi HAsKGL rose iIquirngy, and said be did not hear the remark which the gentleman had made Ar. lkGE observed that ths Steakar had pro nounced tt out of order The SrEAKER- The gentlemen from Alabama will proceed Tn order.
 Mir. INGE (Mr H. still retaining his nositjon mon l the fOor1 said, have no objection to proceeding ln the remarks have made and IT further remarks 1 If am not called to order
 The SPEAKER The Chair must insist upou the observance of the rules of the House MT. INsE tresuming) ssid am at liberty. al least, To comment upon the gcntlemaa's isgal and constitutional opinions as delivered here vc tefday will read an extract or two frogn the report or MT. hAskELL remarks of yesterday, contained in the lntelgences oi his morning. IS iolows: 'Iie could readily imagine how a war might b nnlnsily eomme need, and yet lastly prosecuted  the 2 ntetnan isam Mississippi He nigh; cadcayor to badly that gentleman md alarm him by threats he gentleman from Mississippi misj, fa;iy n sniiar siHlt, and might insult him Mir II in re- i turn. ant ultimately st ike him. lie (Mr. #. would gIant that he had done wtopg In q reafcHue, bullying, ana aitemping to IisimiIa'e thc gentle man from Mississippi but he hud been struck. asd consequently he had t5' deienI himself, and what. eyer Fighting he dd after that, he considered Was done ia se'i-teienee, aud tuls ustii'eI." Nov, whence did the gent. n,an from Tennessee derive his notions ofhw De lielake lis position Upon his own authority, coald he refer to prece deai Let me ak ,he gentleman ia wast school oi law CT oi philosophy he had IeaInei his hsson r. DId he draw 1t fiosn tie great sources of the 5 ts law-frchn Coke and Blackstone Does h, haw 't from the great code of the Rnman Law Mhv, they inctlcaie 10 such doctrines IL Is hot In, common law of this country, aud cannot believe II is the statute law of Tehnessee Sureiy there k no statute in Tennessee which will author 1e him io pursue snch course. The gentleman bas saId he might bully man-he might intin.idate hin by threats; and when ihe man stitkes hisn, he may de- lend himself, and then 20 fighting qb h5Hsm.
 Mr. Haskell {Mr 1 yislde tor explanatiou) said the gentleman from Alabama misapp5eheniee the 1 ositlou he had taken. The idea he had inicn, dei ;o convey by the illustration he had ma'e use Of was this that she President ol tge United States and not the people of the country, had committed the first assault that the attempt at intimidation,
 
 by the President of the United States aud that hen Congress assembled and the people, through their represe natives, hrst came to vote supplies of and money to get ourselves out o the dficuity in to which the President had pIensed us, va nlc- essary and right
 MT. INGE, resuming said the explanation was mere repetition of what l have JUS; read from the gentiemans remarks of yesterday, and Goes moi alter the case. l confess, sir. that my very limited and cursory reading Of the law of assault and bat Raw. t.1 aN-.- have learned from the horn. book oi the law that "threaienbg, bullying, and attempting to intimi dale" were unlawful as we'll indecent acts, and that no gioEy could be won in confiIct provoked by such aggressons. The gentleman voted for the resolution have commented on, declaring ihe war to be " unnecessarily and unconstituionally com tn need by the Presiden;" and he n, " says he has yer characterized 1t as an unjust wal" Welt, SIT, this IS refinement in reasoning upon a eoa- shtutionai question which t is little d,fiic ut 10 comprehend. He will find it quite as difficult to maintain bis consistency Tn this case, to esiab fish his iega principles of assault and battery his assault and battery principles Were offered by way of illustrating The consistency of hs constitutional views, and, strangely enough, the illustration is more Preposterous than the argument. All writers upon the law of nations inform us that war oannot he lawfully commepced, unless it IS demanded by the highest necessity to ajntsn the national rights or defend the national soil from agCression but the gentleman from Tennessse, rerudiatng all that has been written, and adopting "!ex scfipta" oi his own, tells us that may be waged without any necessity al all, and yet be iust War Tn th, conncXion, the words "unnecessan anu ''uniusfi. fable" convertible terms. But with these re- marks, w leave the gen'emaus s argument and lis illustration mutually casting their radiance uPoa each oiber. With the morality ef the opinions ex- pressed, have nothing 10 do. Sach morality would find more appropriate utterance in the grog- shop than in this hail, and would better regulate the con .sef af fba hfstl, yka E,-if the intercourse of nations.
 beg you 10 believe, Mir. Speaker, that do not refer to these ridiculous sophisms becacse t IS nee essary 10 expose them; in the nskedness of their absaTdity they stand seif-exposed. But my object is 10 exhibit the policy of the wbg party, and 10 show that their charges are as grcundess ss their dennnciations are nnpariotic.
 We'll, SIT, the great obJects of our campsSus have been accomPiished-the American constitution ex- tends its broad egs over California, and soldiers are e.voacked ia the ns.tons. palace of Mexico and the fegi innate consequsnees of these campaigns- consequences designed and confidently expected by the Presiden-are in the course of rapid falfiliment A peace IS now negohaiing-nay, is partially nego- tiaied- peace honorable Q our own country, and just 10 Mexico. But this peace question has shared the fate of the war question: and the grm visags of war could not terrfy into submission the spirit of patty, so neither could the goddess of peace soothe il into quetude
 IL will be remembered that among the many g'ouncless charges hurled with impo en, energy against tie Pre- ident. it has been sad tbA; De I not desire peace; that his ohJert tie ess9.-s, and annexation of the whole of Mexico, 10 q e t.- thmus of Tehuaniepec that his messenger of esce has secret instructions t2 defeat peace. All lhl- was said in disregard aud conlemrt of the otliclsl declarations of hs intentions both hoass~ ol Con- gsess bat ths AeXeIa gear rFngs~Ot, 'ehasstaea iy arFeFs.ts, -sA s...--..itta h ircaty, 1en has heea traAsn4il'ct }o t.a EA-CsiFr; anu toasa II ea1s sAuoaHlet. i.>e t!.e l., sl pt M-4ls. alls esrfF cFcu Hs'suc t4 ~Kells lsel .tec ,s sssata-, tue | slent (.sisa some -} st si.ss terailnsd .o ascrf, ii. Nev. sr, iaag t .saa pp3ssd the Frs- tat woai9 ye sct the tgrstY, t3- wD,g pafty here ua4 ,slite3 ,U theif appfoba- t,5a oiit Bat whep ns does aceepgit, aid aeco.aes Identified wi'h Y. ss ln as ease 9' tte PeSas qars l!oH sud tse Nar 4gcstssg. iasalty it a.saules a EeS peel tp party optics the i.fup-f4!sr vs- u9~ ccuaem t sae aIsbuuoTsale. B4t an askei, s'E, E9" tar Whg Psfsy ea1 oPase it, aiar ls fai-