The Nevada journal., 1858-12-10

the war was wrong, that our country was
in the wrong, and consequently that ;he
Mexicans were in the right /; but charged
that had slandered him by saying that
he voted against the supplies. l never
charged him with voting against the sup
plies in my life, because I knew that he
was not in Congress when they were
voted, The war was commenced on
the 18th of May, 1916, and on that day
we appropriated in Congress ten millions
of dollars and fifty thousand men to pro-
secute it. During the same session we
voted more men and more money, and
at the next session we voted more men
and more money, so that by the time
Mr. Lincoln entered Congress, we had
enough men and enough money to carry
on the war, and had no occasion to vote
any more. When he got into the House,
being opposed to the war, and not being
able to stop the supplies, because they
had all gone forward, all he could do
was to follow the lead of Corwin, and
prove that the war was not begun on the
right spot, and that it was unconstItu-
tlonal, unnecessary, and wrong. Re-
member, too, that this he did after the
war had been begun. 1t is one thing to
be opposed to the declaration of a war,
another and very different thing totake
sides with the enemy against your coun-
try after that war has been commenced.
Our army was in Mexico at the time,
many battles had been fought our citi-
zens who were defending the honor of
their country's flag, were surrounded by
the daggers, the guns, and the poison
of the enemy. Then it was that Cor
win made his speech in which he de-
Glazed that the American soldiers ought
to be welcomed by the Mexicans with
bloody hands to hospitable graves )"
then it was that Ashmun and Lincoln
voted in the House of Representatives
that the war was unconstitutional and
unjust; and Ashmun's resolution, Cor
wins speech, and Line oln's vote, were
sent to Mexico and read at the head of
the Mexican army, to prove to them
that there was a Mexican party in the
Congress of the United States who were
doing all in their power to aid them"
Now, if Mr.. Lincoln was in Congress at
the time Mr.. Corwin made his speech,
and Douglas says he was, he was
there in time to vote for the supplies,
for COrwin's speech was made upon the
"three million bill" if we remember
risht-a, any rate it was upon supply
bill. Mr.. Douglas says he knew Lincoln
was not in Congress until all the sup
plies had been voted and gone on. This
is not true if Mr. Lincoln was in Con-
gress at the time Corwin made his
speech.
Douglas misrepresents Corwin's re-
marks shamefully. Mr.. Corwiu never
said 'the American soldiers ought to be
welcomed by the Mexicans with bloody
hands to hospitable graves" very far
from it. He said-"JfI pere Meri-
can, | would welcome you with bloody
hands to hosptable graves" or words of
like import : language not stronger
than that used by some of the friends of
America in the British Parliament in
the days of our revolution, which every
American delights to read, and coming
from men whom the British nation de-
lights to honor. ..-.tf ...r
Douglas must know that he was fall
styling the record when he gave utter
ance to the language above quoted
He must have been drunk at the time,
or else he would never have allowed
his remarks to have been put in print
for circulation afterwards. 1t is the
only rational way to account for the
document before US.