Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1851-07-24
HNpacrisy Exuoscd.

iy charge that he voted against granting sup
plies to our soldiers when they were fighting
the battles of the country in Mexico. The
only fact there is to found this falsehood
upon is the following; When news first ar
rived at Washington that Gen. Taylor's army
of regulars had taken position on the Rio
Grande. by order of President Polk or his
Secretary of War, and that the Mexican for
ces on the opposite side of the river had at
tackled his troops, the President sent in a
message to Congress, and bill was immedi-
ately presented in accordance Herewith, set
ting forth in its preamble that by the act of
Mexico, war existed between that country
and the United States. The gag was applied,
and not member was allowed to speak upon
it. This cause had been determined upon by
Locofoco caucus, and it was rigidly adhered
to. In vain did members of the Whig side
of the House ask to amend the bill, and make
it conform to the facts of the case every ap-
peal was rejected. They believed t-not on
ly affirmed a falsehood, but that it sanctioned
the doctrine that war could be got up by
the President, during the sitting of Congress,
without the knowledge of that body, in ex-
press violation of the Constitution, which lod-
ges the war-makng power exclusively in Con-
gress. In vain they appealed for a division
of the question, so as to vote separately upon
the preamble and the bill, which had no ne
cessary dependence upon each other. King
Caucus had decreed the falsehood for the pur-
pose of making the Wings vote against the
bill and render themselves liable to lmputa-
tions such as are now charged against Mr..
Strohm; and it must be forced through. The
vote was taken; and while most fthe Wings
and some locofocos voted for it under strong
protest against the falsity of the preamble,
Mr.. Strohm and number of others, as patri-
otic men as this country contained, voted in
the negative, solely because they were un-
willing to sanction such an outrage upon
truth and propriety. The war was now de-
clared, and went on; and MIR. STROHM
VOTED FOR EVERY SUPPLY BILL THAT PASSED,
as weH as for erery other proposition for the
comfort and benefit Of the uolunteerS. In
this respect his action contrasts strongly
and strangely with that of many of the Loco
foco members. We will now refer to sin
gle instance, and quote the record of the
House for authority, as we find it in the Har-
rsburg American:
On the 23d of February, 1917, the United
States House Of Representatives had under
consideration bill for the support of the ar
my and volunteers for the year ending Both
June, lS4S. MIR. Strohm voted in FAVOR
of that bill as he did for ell others after DGr
'cGs decc!ared, for the support Of the Army.
His vote will be found on page 406 of the
Journal of that year. Before the final vote
was taken on that bill an amendment was
considered which appropriated S5O0,O00 ''for
the comfort of discharged soldiers who NAV
be landed at New Orleans or other places
within the United States, so disabled 6y DIS
ease or ocoundS received in the seruice as to
be una6Ie to proceed to their homes, and for
forwarding destitute soldiers TO their hOmes.''
Let us see who opposed this humane scheme
for the relief of the disabled soldiers. We
find that it was OPPOSED by the follow
ing:
Messrs. Atkinson, Bayly, and Bedinger, of
Virginia; Benton, of New York; Biggs, of
North Carolina; JAS BLACK, ofPennsylva-
nia Bowlin, of Missouri; Brinkerhof, of O.
hio; Brockenbrough, Of Florida RICHARD
BRODHEAD, rewarded for this and other
Ii 10 of ht,h ho,p IL
tor from Pennsylvania Burt of South Caroli-
ma; Chapman of Virginia; Chipman, of Mich
igan Clarke, of North Carolina Collin of
New York; Constable of Maryland; Cottrell,
of Alabama DeMott, of New York Dilline-
ham, of Vermont; Dobbin, of North Carolina;
Dromgoole, of Virginia Dunlap, of Maine;
Edsall, of New Jersey Ellsworth, of New
York; WILLIAM S. GARVIN, of Pennsyl-
vania; Goodyear, Gordon, and Grover, of New
York; HAMLIN, of Maine, who has since
this vote was cast, been made by the Locofo-
cos of that State, one of their United States
Senators; Hopkins, of Virginia Hough of
New York; E. w. HUBBARD, of Virginia: Hun
gerford, of New York; Hunt, of Michigan;
J INGERSOLL, of Pennsvlva-
MA; James II. Johnson, of New Hampshire;
Kaufman, of Texas; King, of New York M
Clean, of Pennsylvania, M'CIelland, of Mich
lgan; MIGRATE, of Maine M'Kay, of North
Carolina; Moulton, ofNew Hampshire; Niven,
of New York; Norris, of New Hampshire,
now the Locofoco United States Senator
Parish, of Ohio; Pillsbury, of Texas; JOHN
RITTER, of Pennsylvania; who is Editor of
the Berks County Adler" and still talks
freely about Patriotism and love of country
as if he had never given the infamous vote
Russell, of New York Sawtelle, of Maine
Sawyer, of Ohio; Scammon, of Maine; Sed-
don, of Virginia; Sims of North Carolina;
st. John of New York JAMES THOMP- i
SON. ofPennsylvania; H. Williams, of Maine;
WlLMOT, of Pennsylvania Woodruff, of
New York; and Woodward, of South Caro-
inr-60.
The above are ALL who voted against
THIS ACT OF BENEVOLENCE AND |
TO THE SOLDIER. THERE
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