Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1860-08-18

from his published remarks and hear him
Mr.. Lincoln has never dared to deny
single word he uttered. Mark we'll what
he says. let the Clerk read it,
The Clerk read, as follows;
"Mr. fincoln against Henry Clay.
Mr.. Lincoln was the first man in Ill
inois who proposed to an organized body
of Wings to abandon Henry Clay, and tho
principles of the Wing party. In or about
juno, ls47, the constitutional convention
being in session, the Wing members of
said convention were privately summoned
to appear at the house of Ninian W. Ed
wards, in the city of Springfield. The
meeting being organised, Mr.. Lincoln cx-
planned its object to be the selection of
some other man than Henry Clay as the
standard-bearer of the Wing party in the
coming presidential contest. The name of
General Taylor was proposed by Mr.. Lin.
coin, and the necessity of immediate ac-
ton urged, on the ground that if the Wings
did not take Taylor for their candidate
the Democrats would. That the Wing
party had fought long enough for principle,
and should change its motto to SUCCESS
Resolutions being adopted by this meeting
in accordance with the views expressed by
Mr.. Lincoln, Charles II. Constable and
myself Immediately left the house.
When the Wing conycntion assembled
in Philadelphia, in lS49, Abraham Lin
coin united in all the schemes against
Henry Clay, and contributed there and
elsewhere every thing in his power to rob
that great and good man OF the honors he
had 20 richly earned by a long life of do
yotion to his country and to his party.
" Mr.. Lincoln even went SO far as to try
to prevent me from taking a seat in the
Philadelphia convention; and urged me to
surrender my seat to DR.. Zabriskie-Za-
braskie then being Il citizen of New Jersey
and not Of Illinois, because Zabriskie was
for Taylor, and was for Henry Clay for
the Presidency.
" As n member of Congress, Mr.. Lin.
coin was actively engaged, during the
spring of lS4s, in connecting schemes for
the defeat and overthrow of Henry Clay,
and finally rejoiced when he behed the
manglcd remains of that great patriot and
statesman inhumanly butchered by those
claiming to be his friends.
CATER the election of General Taylor,
he cast his eyes upon the Land Office, at
Washington, sooh to be disposed of by the
President. The Wing party of Illinois,
claiming that appointment, recommended
Cyrus Edwards of Madison county, who
was regarded by all in the party, and out
of it, with the highest veneration as gen.
tleman, scholar, and statesman. The
recommendation of Cyrus Edwards was
forwarded to Mr. Lincoln, then member
of Congress, who, instead of laying it be-
fore the President, kept it in his pocket
and pretended that he was the only man
that could keep Justin Buttcrfcld from re-
ceving the appointment When the Wing
party learned the game Lincoln had played
on their old and true friend, Mr.. Edwards
instead of helping him to defeat Butter
field, they, in the town of Springfield, ad
ministered to Lincoln most severe rebukt
for going for Buttorfcld instead of fol
Lincoln. From that time until within s
year or two past, Mr.. Lincoln has beel
compelled to remain in retirement"
LINCoLN's MEXICAN WAR RECORD.
lie seems to have taken his scat in Con
gress impressed with the belief that hi
own Government was all wrong and MeXi
co all right. The President, in his mes
sage to Congress of the llth of May
1876, asserts that the Mexican Govern
ment had refused to receive the envoy O
the United States, and after long continued
menances, had ut last invaded oHr terri
tory, and shed the blood of our citizens
In his annual message of December 3
1916, he again says that wo had ample
cause Of war against Mexico long before
the breaking out of hostilites; but even
then we forbore to take redress until Mexi
co became the aggressor, by invading oul
soil and shedding the blood of our citizens
And again,,in his message of December 7
lSi7, he says Mexico refused even to heal
the terms of adjustment; and, under
wholly unjusti6able pretcxts, involved thu
two countries in war by invading the ter
ritory of Texas and striking the first blow
Congress had also declared the war to exis
"by the act of Mexico" and that it wa
our duty to defend the rights and honol
of the nation. Still Mr.. Lincoln was no
satisfied! He could not be consoled =
Although he saw both lines of our gallan
army moving on from victory to victory
and our arms covered with imperishabl
glory, he could not be reconcilcd! Il
sixteen days after he took his seat in Con
gress he offered the resolution which
send up, and ask to be read.
E The Clerk read as follows:
f " Whereas the President of the Unite,
States, in his message of May IL, ls40
, has declared that "the Mexican Govern
ment not only refused to receive him, 9Th
, envoy of the United States,) OF listen t
his propositions, but after long CONTINUES
f series of menances, have at last invade
our territory, and shed the blood of ou
fellow citizens on our own soil An
f again, in his message OF December 8, ls4t
that we had ample cause Of war agains
Mexico long before the breaking out q
{ hostilities but even then We forbore t
, take redress into our own hands unit