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The violence and recklessness OF party malgnty nave
never been more sirkingy illustrated than by some OF
the wing and abolition members of the House OF Repre-
sentaives at the present session OF Congress Chaied
and chagrned the eminent success OF the democratic
policy during the present administration, and mortified
that all their forebodngs and predictions OF evil 10 result
from this policy have been falsied, they upon
every petty preex pursue, grossly assa and mlsrep
resent the administration and through il the democratic
party. The object is manifest 1t is TO withdraw the
public attention from the great and glorious results
which have crowned its policy, foreign and domestic
1t but few days ago that they made the astounding
discovery of the "Proocol" connected with the Mex
lean treaty. When the resolution of inquiry intro
duced into the House, Stephens. Schcnck, and such
small as are put forward do the party work which
the of character ashamed to do, made fierce
assault upon the President and if they had been believed,
the Mexican treaty had been abrogaed and neither Cal
iforna nor New Mexico belonged to the United States.
They made their partisan speeches. and sent them forth.
through the wing newspapers. to the country. When tn
Presidents message TO the call was communica
ted, the ridiculous farce which they had gotten up
completely exposed that they shrunk back into their
seats in silence and there ended the matter The bitter
est of the federal press excepting perhaps the National
Inteligencer) either perfectly silenced
frankly and admitted that Stephens and his promp,ers
had made false clamor. Smarling under the rebuke
of the nconlroverble facts and unanswerable truths
contained in the message, and feeling that an in
dgaant public op inon, without distinction Of party
must overwhelm them, Mr.. Stephens himself
stunned that with all his party malice, nothing
heard from him about the Protocol" for than
days On Saturday last he essayed raise smoke
4 he N he ftirc he
suffered in relation TO the Protocol"-not by conro
vertng the facts contained in the Presidents message
but by raising up charge wholly unconnected with
lit This charge in substance was that the President had
at some time or other expressed opinions in conversation
in favor OF the Wilmot Propso.
To all fair-ninded men. ii is wonderful that party
magny and facous passion could have induced any
man to bring forward such impeachment. Before no.
tcing charge perfectly absurd and untrue, we have
waited since Saturday report of this novel scene in
the House the press but have yet report of
Stephenss speech We can therefore only state in SUBJ
stance that Mr. Stephens with his characteristic partisan
violence made the charge upon the authority he stated
of Mr. Wmot and the latter afterwards took the stand as
a witness and what was his statement? Nothing more
than his version OF his recollection OF CONVEX
saton which he stated he had held with the President
say from full know ledge ourselves of the Presidents
opinions, freely and repeatedly expressed to ourselves
and others. Mr.. Wmot has wholly and most unaccount
ably Inexperienced him.
The President and ever member OF his cabinet, were
frank and unreserved in the expression OF their oppos
ton to the Wlmot Provso all ii and Places when
they spoke the subject, from the moment it was first
raised Even Mr.. WiImot himself in his revised speech
l.
ture to say that the President expressed himself in iaror
of the Provso but he makes statements OF his ecollec-
ton of conversation, held years ago, from which
that inference is left and puts this recollection down as
quotation, which he says. :" think almost literally" VIII at
the President said AT the distance of time OF two years
afterwards he must have remark ably reten,ve memory
have retained the precise words used, and we under
take to say that he mistakes msstaes them Our read
ers all know the origin of the Wamo Propiso; and all
who are not blinded by anacsin party malignity,
know and will admit the Presidents unwavering oppos-
ton to it. 1t first moved upon the two-mion
appropriation bill The President, in message to Con-
gress recommended that appropriation be made which
he deemed important enable the Executive 10 nego'
ate peace with Mexico. bill for this purpose was
considered in the House of Representatives the after
and night of the sth August, 1885, To this bill Mr.
Wilmo, moved his anti slavery Proviso amendment
The President attended by his cabinet, at the time
the Vice Presidents in the Capitol as is usual on
the last night of the session. receiving and signing bills
The President and all the members OF the cabinet
were surprised TO hear that such Proriso had been
moved and they were at united in their opposition
to it. Congress adjourned the Monday following,
without passing the bill The President still entertain
ing the opinion that appropriation of money i'm
portant enable him to honorable peace again
recommended it in his annual message of December fol-
lowing and the 81 of March, 1s47, appropriation
of three millions of dollars made without the Pro-
vso notwithstanding the persevering efforts of Mr. Will
to cucumber This appropr alton with the Proviso and
have doubt that this appropriation contributed
largely to enable the President 10 make the treaty of
peace.
From the time the Wilmot Proviso was first moved, in
August 1885, to this time, the President and every
Of the cabinet have been open and uneserved their
opposition to it The President, we know, considered
the Provso if it should be attached condition, as
fatal TO the object of the appropriation which he had ask
ed. In conversation with many members of Congress
he expressed tina; opposition and urged them not to
ton He often declared that, if such restriction wat
placed in the Appropriation, he could not use thu
money because he could not agree TO any treaty with
any such provision in il, and that any treaty with
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