The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1860-09-12
NUMBER 27.
Long Before Lincoln Was capdidSte.
How He Voted on the War Sup


How He Voted, on the War Sup
plies.
We propose 70 show 70 the people. Of
this co9espy that;the charges madesagaihid
Lincoln. IN relation to the Mexican war.
are no new things gotten up on the eve
of the electlQn, He was condemneA bd
all parties, fokshis tory votes in Congress
long ago. In 1848, tho citizens Of CLARK
county, feeling 'indlgnantaat ;the4 Repub-
lican candidaSy for president, for the pStt
he took in the Mexican war and against,
his country, while the '.bIood of the army
was crying from the ground, y calleiga
meeting, and passed resolutions oflcGn-
demnation against him. Can the Young
men of our conptry vote for, q candidate
for President who, over ten years ssgo,
was branded with toryism with. staihi1g
his country? Willthe old meh, who have
patriotic hearts-who love their county
above all else-be found voting fol, . man
who in Congress was q disgrAcestoE his
State and Nation? It was Lincoln who
voted against our garny, when the ssblood
of our men was crying from the ground
for supplies. st was then that he offered
his SPOTTY resolutions, published below
it was then that he defended the Mexi-
cans-it was then that he voted that the
war on the part of the United States was
"unholly, unjust and damnable. ,, .r,
Welwill show who, mistepresents Hn1
coin by giving "a resolution passed at
meeting Of the citizens of Clark county,,
Illinois, without distinction of party, on
the 10th of January, 1S4S. II Read What
the citizens of Illinois. then said of
Lincoln:
"Res0lved That ABE LIN COLIN, the
author of thel"spottL resolutions iH CodI
gress against his own country, should be
long remembered by his constituents, but
may they GEASEs TO, REME1BER
HIN, EXCEPT TO REBUKE HIM,
they have done much for him, bat he has,
done nothing for them, SAVE THE STAIN he
HAS INFLICTED ON THEIR PROUD NAME."-
Freeport (IA) Bullstin.I sii6490m9Q
Lincoln, for years after his involuntary
exile from Congress, was known as SPOT
Lincoln. The, origin of this title ''spot"
was series of resolutions he offered in
Congress, alluded to above, which are a.
\ follows: ss'se. y VII "a - 1dAfh
/ WHEREAS, This House is desirns to
obtain. a full knowledge of the facts which
go to establish whether the particular
SPOT on which the blood of our citizens
was she'd, was, or was not, at that time,
1 our own soil; therefore, sigyi aoa
Resotved, BY the House of Represen-
tativss, That the President -os ;hs United
States be respectfully requested to inform
] this House s..,--aya -
1st. Whether the Spot. on which tAe
blood of our citizens was shed, as, in bid
] message declared, was. or was not, within
the territory of Spain. at least after tha
treaty Of 1919, until the Mexican refolus
ton. 49,
1sdr whether the SPOT Is, or IL DO.
within the territory which was xfestedl
from Spain by the revolutionary govern
ment of Mexico. ,,-,@-., --,,r,..
srd Whether that SP OF is, Of d not,
4 within q settlement Of the people, which
settlement has existed ever since long be,
fore the Texan revolution, ana dptilitsin ID;
habitants fed before, TIT, approath .pf ths
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