Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1860-08-07


teen, merely, voted against il; besides
this open attempt 10 prove by telling the
: trt1R, wha; he could not prove by telling
; The 5ct051 1truth.-demanding of all who
; wall not submit to be miscepresented, in
= justice 10 themselves 10 speak oul; besides
: all this, ooe Of my colleagues Nr
a Richardson, al very early day Iu the
+ session, brought IN a set of resolutions,
e expressly endorsing the original justice
0s he wax on the part OF the President.
Upon these resolutions sthen tney shalt
be pat oA their passage, saail be c2a5-
+ Pellat 10 vote; 50 tAat came, be silent
: If / would"
As before observed Mr.. Lincoln did
, not Stahd alone IN holding these views.
They We're held substantially by the en-
: tire Wing parry, bon al The North and
the South; as well rs by Mr. Calhoun
: aud those Southern Eeu who at tha tune
had adopted his peculiar po.uc4l opu-
r ions. The following, from the House
Journal, last session 3).h Congress. pa
!, ges IS3-5 (Iauuary, 4.h, 1859 shows
l the position o. The Wang parry olAhe sub
: Jec-:
In pursuance Of previous notice, M.
John ". Houston asked, and obtained
+ leave, and introduced I joint resolution
OF thanks 20 MnJor-General Taylor; and
which was read Il first aaI second time;
when
M Schenck moved that TIE sad
resolution be referred 10 the committees
. ON Military Aiairs.
Mr. Henry moved TO amend ihe SAID
j motion Of Mr.. Schencll 10y adding there
TO the follow z: Wnh instructions 10
! insert ii The said resolution the follow
+. ing: 'EAgageI as Ltcy toare- lgt dgfeJ,i-
ing tie lightS and h9H3r0f tte cottatfY.
Mr.. Ashmuu moved 10 am md tle
sand proposed instructions by adding AZ
I the cad OF The same: III q fG8r 1t1Rcc-
= eSSItiy anil 2tEe0Hst ftsz{0s1Ekf 6sgHA
/ By tte Prcsjicat Of tic UHiici .Hsatcs.
S And The question was pul, VIII the
= House agree 10 the amendment offered
r. by Mr.. Asamun2
: "And de.lded ia the affirmative
=. Yeas -; Nays 81.
Those who voted ia the afTirmatiye
ure-
. Mr.. John Qaincy Adams, George
Ashmuu, DIuiel NJ Blrriuger, Wash
u inglJa Barrow, Hiram BcIcher, John
4 NJ. Bous, JaSp +. Brady. Ayl=lt Buck
j. uer. Richard ). Candy, Thomas l. Gin
d mau, " diam NJ. Coke, Jacob ColIamer,
j. Harmon >. Conger. RoberI B. CtaDs,ou,
p. John Crowcu, John \. Cf0lier, John
=, Dtchey, James Dixon. Richard 5. Don
;. ell, William Duer, Daniel Duncan, Gar
nett Duncan, George q. Dunn, George
d \. Eciiert. Thomas .. l. iwards, Alex
ID auder Evans Natha Evans, David
4 Fisher, Andrew 5. Fulton, John Gayle,
j. Meredith p. Gentry, Joshua r. Gldjings
= William L. Goggin, Joseph GrunnriI;
l. Arlemas Hale, Nathan X. Hall. James
e q. Hampton, William T. HASKELL, VIII
(. liam Henr1, John w. Houston, Samuel
r.; D. Hubbari. Charles Hudson, Alexau-
r der lrvi1, Orlando kellogg, T. Butler
: KING. Dan el =. Kinr, Abraham LIN
e coin, Abrahom r. M:llyaiae, George p.
In Marsh, Dudley Marvin, Joseph Muiln,
r Henry Mes, William \. Newell, VIII
,f liam b. Preston, Harry Putnam, GIDEON
re- Reynolds, julius Rockwell. john A.
Rockwell Joseph NJ. Root. David Rum
,f sey, Jr.. Daniel b. St. john, Robert G.
j ScAenck, Augustine II. Sdepperd,
Of Eiabim Sheriff., Joha |. SiiIgerand, ,
r.. Caleb Il. Smith. Truman Smith, Alex
a. auier II. Stephens, Andrew S.evars,
.~ john S.roan, Peter H. Sylvester. Bt1-
Ir uan e. Thlboieaux. John l.. Taylor,
+. Patrick ". TOupkius, E,charI ".
p Thompson, Joha i. Thompson, Robert
+ To0mbs, Amos Tuck John Van Dyke,
7 Samuel + N.ntol, Cornelius Warren,
James Wilson"
e. l. si.I be seen, By Inspection Of The
j. - rcgo!ng names, that some OF the most
,r JIs,i1g ui9hsI leaders Of ine y .ra5cracy
Os lhe pres-n, day voted w,.h M L5u-
j. e1.l. II wal also b. seen tLas, wlHe
e iae resolution csusareI ,Ae Pres.Len, fer
The ma4uer III winch h3 began lAs war,
u II also conveyed tAe lhaui,s os Congress
a. 70 she officers and soldiers Of the Amer
y can army, for theI- gallant deteisc Of
q the rights and hoao~ UE he country.
ID 1ir. LinooIn's reasons for the opn-
j ION expressed by this vote, as subsequent
ia II stated in his speech ou7he war, we're
!, briefly, ,iia; he Ires'iesi mad san, Cen
IL Taylor INTO an inhabited part Of thcscoun-
> tFv belonging To- M+apo. SAND Whereby
8, had psoroAed The first acl Vi -iios,il.ty.
e thai The place at which 'hese hos.lli.les
j were provoked, being the country bor-
< dering on The east bank OF .tae Rio
: Grand, was inhabited by aatye Mex
Jt can Government, anl hal 1erer submit
80 -''f '+'- '--.4 ~'DtA - - h~+stt-2 W
! The. United States, nor transferred 10
IS either by treaty. that sal,hongh Teas
:, ciiiined he RIO Graaie a. her boaatary
# Mexico had never recogaized it, the pso-
pie on i ground had never reccgnizsd
3 It, aud neither Texas nor the United
i States had ever 'nEorced il; that there
: was "a broad desert between that
q and The country over which Tvxa,
. had ac.ual coa.rJi; hat lhe couu'rv where
h0sII.ics Commenced having once be-
+ iuu--d % Me1IcJ rJs. remain 50, uutd
r j! was somehow legally Transferred,
= which had never been done. hIr. Lin
> coin thought az ait Of seIsding an arm
: ed force among .Ae Iezjeans vas ull-
= necessary, inasmueh as Mexico was IN
3. 10 Uay m1.esing or fnenac,ng the Uni
) ted States OF the people thereof AMI TIA, 4
$ was z1rJzzstiltstonaf, because the pow
5 er Of Isryiag gvIr was vested in c, n s-ess
o and not q the President. IL though,
: the principal motive for The act was /,
i divert public attention from the surreA-
r der, By the ID sHocraiic party. Of fifty
, four forty. CT fgh-" 10 Great Hri.aia, ca
! the Oregon boundary question. H al