The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1848-04-12


The Notwithstanding the other Hous
-:he popular branch Of Congress--.lav
. all been elected since.--l had sImos, sal
. The lal.--,he remarkable incidents OF IA
= llth OF May, 1916; and j! has passed re
u solution eflirmlng tha, " the war xIih Mex
g lco was begua unconsii,uIionally and unne
= cessa,ily by the Executive government O
: The Unittd SIat-s.o iconcur in that sea
; 'imeni. hold tina, 10 be the most recon,
authentic expression of the will and the o
pin,ons OF The peoplc Of the United States
There is another proposition, no, SO sr:hen
! tlcal!y announced hitherto, bu, in nv juds
ment equally ,Iue-equaly capable of de
) monstra'ior and that is, ,hs! this war ga,
begun, has been continued, and is now pre-
secuted. for the giea, and leading purpose
Of the acquisition Of new territory. gu, o.
: which to orng pew States, with Mexican
population, INTO this our union OF the Uoi.
ted States. IL Uuavoved al first. this pur.
pose did no, remain unayoved long. How
ever often i! may b. said that we did not 90
10 war for conques.--crtddt Judcus APPEL
In YET tie moment we get possession of
the territory, il is said that ~e mus; retain
l. end nuke il our own. Now, think the
original oij"c, has not been changed. Sir,
think il s'lIl exists in the eyes Of those who
originally contemplated il-aho began the
var FOR ii-lhst it 10 - attractive 10 them,
and from which they have TO more desire
10 aser, their eyes now than they had then,
I or have bad at sny time since we have CON.
PEELED treaty O! cession. We know 10 our
consclsnc iha! ii is compelled We uss ii
as bn INSTRUMENT, and an agency in coijunc.
ton WITH other iHs'tumen'a!lies aud agen
cies Of more formidable or destructive
character, to enforce the BcQYiescenca Of
Mexico in the acquisition by ui Of rev ter.
rllory TO form new Sia,es-new States 10
be aided TO this Union. Every intelligent
man knows thsi there ia a strong desire in
Tho heart Of the NeN,can citizen to retain
the territories bslongln, 10 that republic.
We know that the Mexican people part
with their terr;ory-li par, they must
With regret with pangs of BORROW. That
NO know. We know the cess!on IS alto.
geiher forced; and therefore, because we
know it must be forced-because We know
sha, whatever the govetnmeni, which is
our creature, may do or agree ;o-Ne know
,ba! the Mexican people will never sccede
to the terms Of this treaty, bu, through an
impulse Of absolute necessity and The i'm.
preston made upon them by absolute ir.
ress,lble force. Therefore We propose TO
oyerwhe Inn them alih another army. We
propose TO raise immediately ten regiments
Of regular troops aud twenty regiments oil
volunteers, and to pear them i'll and upon
the Mexican people.
Now, sir, should he happy to concur,
Notwithstanding all this tocsiu, and all this
cry Of all The Senpronius' in the land tina.
their voice is still. for war 81 should be
happy TO agree, and substantially | do a
gree, with the honorable member from S.
Carolina that after all, the war with Mex.
CO is substantially over-that there can be
no more fighting. Ny opinion in The pre-.
sen, state Of things IL, ,hs. The people Of
this country will 10, sustain this war
They will not 60 TO the expense. They
will no. tiad any qualification in putting the
bayone, to the throat of the Mexican PEG
pie. For my par, hopn the ten regiment .
bill I'LL never become Law. Three weeks .
ago | should have entertained that hope
with The Utmost confidence. Events since,
have struck ne with pain and shaken my
conviction. Sui hope !, will 10, pass.
And here, ] dare cay, shall be called a
4" Mexican Wing" A man who can s,ard +
up here and say that he hopes that what the +
administration PROJECTS Cor the further pro. +
secu,ion Of the war against Mexico, will +
not be carried into effect IS "an enemy 10 !
consider the same thing, an enemy Of the .
Pres,den, o. the United States ard his ad T
minis,tation, aud his party He is a :" Mex .
lcanI' SIR, think very badly Of the Mex.
,can character, high and low, out and out.
But names do not ierriiy me. Besides il !
tho subject Of reprosch by these siipendis.
~ presses these hired abusers of the mo
tlyes of public men-l have the honor on
this occasion TO be in very respectable CON- +
paGy. 10 the yl,uperative--the accusauSe
the denuncialory sense o! that term, |
DO no, know a greater Mexican in this bo
dy than the honorable member from Mich.
gan at the head Of the Military Committee
NJ. CAST should like the honorable
gentleman to explain What sort OF Mexican
! am
Mr.. WEBSrER,-That is exactly the
thing | now propose 10 do.
Mr.. CASS.-l shall be glad TO hear The
explanation.
Mr.. " EBSTER, his remarks On
this bill in the Senate, the other day, the
honorable gentleman told Us that his OBJECT
was to ir,ghien MeNIco--n would touch his
humanity to hurt her.
Mr.. CASS -Dacs the honorable gentle
man mean 10 say that made such re.
maxi
Mr. WEBSTER.-I mean TO say that
The gentleman SAID II twice.
Mr.. CAST beg the genIIeman's par.
don. SAID no such thing. VIII the gen
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