The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1860-10-10
Time OF war.

In the joint debates Of Douglas and Lin.
coin, in 1858, Douglas exposed Lincoln's
treason to bis country in the times of war,
ns follows: ..
When the Mexican war was being waged,
md the American army was surrounded by
the enemy in Mexcp, he (L.) thought that
war unconstitutional, unnecessary and un-
just; cthnt's So 'yon'vN got him, he voted
against IT, &c.0 he thought it was not com.
menced on the right spot Lqughter.1
When m de on incidental allusion OF
thar kind in joint discussion over at Charles.
town, some weeks ago, Lincoln, in replying,
said that /, Douglas, had charged him with
voting against Supplies for the Mexican war,
and then he reared up, full length, and swore
that he never voted against snppies-that
it was a Sunderland caught hold o! Flick
lin who SIT on the stand, and said: Here,
Fickln, tell the people that il is a lie."-
Laughter and cheers. Well, Ficklin,
who had served in Congress with him, stood
up and told them that all he recolected
abou, it was, that when Geo. Ashmun. of
Mas7achu ,etts, brought forward resolution
declaring the war unconstitutional, unneces
sary, and unjust, that Lincoln had voted for
it. eyes," said Lincoln, II did;" thus he
confessed that he voted that the war was
wrong. and consequently that the Mexicans
were in the right ; but charged that had
! slandered him by saying that he voted
'asinst the supplies. never charged him
with voting against the supplies in my lite.
because knew thnt he was not in Congress
when they were voted.
The war commenced on the 18th day OF
May, 1916, and on that day we appropriated
in Congress ten million of dollars and fifty
thousand men to prosecute il. During the
same session. we voted more men and more
money; so, by the time Mr.. Lincoln entered
Congress, we had enough men and enough
money to carry on the war, end had no oc-
casion to vote any more. Laughter and
cheersl When he got into the house, be-
'fiBg Dpposedsto the war. and not being able
to stop the supplies, because they had al
gone forward. all he could do was to follow
the lead of Corwin, and prove that the wal
was not begun on the right spot, and tina
it was unconstitutional, unnecessary, 1nt
wrong. Remember, too, that he did this a {
ter the war had begun. 1t il one thing tc
be opposed to the declaration Of war, ano
ther and very different thing to take sides
with the enemy against your country after
that war has been commenced E"Good,'
and cheers. Our army was ia Mexico at
the time; many battles had been fought;
our citizens were defending the honor OF
their county's flag, were surrounded by the
d1ggers, the guas, and the poison OF the
enemy. Then it was that Corwin made his
speech in which he declared that the Amer.
ican soldiers ought to be welcomed by the
Mexicans with bloody hands to hospitable
grnves;' then it was Ashmun and Lincoln
v,ted 10 the House OF Representatives that
the wnr was unconstitutional and unjust;
and Ashmun's resolution, Corwin's speech,
and LScoln's vote, were sent to Mexico,
and read at the head Of the Mexican army,
to prove to them that there was Mexican
party 10 the Congress OF the United States
who were doing all in their power to all
them. ["That is the truth," Lincoln's
traitor" &c.