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

| a defensive line.'
He also voted agrinst allowing Mr..
Chase the privilege of introducing other
resolutions, which ask the Clerk to read.
The Clerk read as follows.
I" Ryoloed, That these victories follow
ing each other in quick succession, and
wrung from the enemy under all circum-
stances, create doubt which to admire
the most, the skill and gallantry Of the
commanders, or the indomitable courage
of the soldiers, which prompted this band
of heroes 80 press forward into the heart
of the enemy's country, overcoming every
obstacle, scattering the armies Of Mexico
as the chaff before the wind, until the
most signal triumphs are crowned by the
possession of the far famed Halls Of the
Montexumas'
Resoiyed, That the President Of the
United States be, and he is hereby, re-
qucsted to cause 10 be struck eight gold
medals, with devices emblematio of the
series of brilliant victories achieved by the
Army, and that one be presented to each
of the generals named in these resolutions
as testimony of the high sense entertain
cd by Congress of their skill and good
conduct in the brilliant campaign of ls47.
" Rssoloed, That the President Of the
United States be requested to communi-
cato these resolutions to the generals
specified in the foregoing resolutions, in
such terms as he may deem best oaloula-
ted to give effect to tho object thereof and
that he be requested to cause an order to
{ be issued and read at the head Of the
several corps Of the Army"
Mr.. MORRIS, of Illinois. Mr.. Chair
man, will not pursue Mr.. Linooln's
Mexican war record further. turn from
it with mingled feelings of pity and in
dignation. Not satisfied with his votes,
he enforced them by an offensive speech,
which will stand as on enduring nonu-
ment to perpetaate his hostility to his
own Government. haxe no patience, I
can have no sympathy, with public
/, officer who will openly give aid and
, comfort" to the enemy, Mr., Greeley, in
the Tribune of the 2lst of May, speaks Of
Mr.. Lincoln as "an opponent of the war
with Mexico, and the builder of the ori.
ginal Republican platform.
During the second session of the Thirtieth
Congress Mr.. Lincoln seems to have
: subsidized. He remained silent and de-
mure. His name hardly appears. The
course he pursued at the first session rem.
dered him so generally odious that he
seems to have oourted obscurity Nothing
more is heard of him for several years,
or until he supposes the past has been
forgotten, and then he turns up as a can
didato for the Senate. TRUMBULL beats
him He next tries his hand upon DoUd-
LAS. DOUGLAS beats him and as the
& gIe st rejected" he is taken up by the
-, Republicans for President-the veruabLei
living Uncle Abe is taken up. Alas
for the better days Of the Republic
Shades of Clay and Webster, and Wright
and Benton, protect US
LINCOLN A KNOW NOTHING.
, I remember very we'll to have heard
it said some four years ago that Mr.. Lin
coin was in Quincy, the city of my res.
idenco, attending Know Nothing lodge
| saw him there at the time, and hav,
no doubt he went into tho lodge. If hi,
friends deny it, | am satisfied can prove
, the fact. Mr.. Lincoln has been seeking
too much for popularity and place not tc
avail himself of tho influence, when he
, could do it, of an organization so power
full as that was for time--morc especially
rs its doctrines harmonized so well with
hi. natural proclivitics
The Quincy Herald, Democratic
newspaper, uses the following language
bearing upon this point. There is heap
of truth in what the editor says;
The Know NOTHING EbEMENT
TRIUMpnED.-That the Know Nothing
element in the Black Republican party
triumphed at Chicago, in the nomination
of q presidential candidate, is now gener-
ally we'll understood The contest was
narrowed down to Seward and Lincoln.
So far as the slavery question was con l.
ccrncd, they both occupied about the same
,, position. There was no respect in which
, Lincoln was preferable to Seward with
! the Black Republicans then and there
: assembled, except that Lincoln had been
Know Nothing and Seward had not.
', 1t is well known to many Of our citizens
, that Lincoln visited Know Nothing lodge
! in this city, the first year that organiza'
tion was ia existence, for they saw him
: 90 in and they saw him come out, and
. many of them saw and heard him address
: the lodge while he was in there. Mr.,
Seward had never been a Know Nothing
:, On the contrary, he was one of the first
public men in the country to take bold
and open stand against the Know Moth
/, ing organisation. And it was precisely
this that beat him in the Chicago conven.
9 ton. It was knowledge of the fact OF
the part of the members of that conven-
= ton that Lincoln had been Know Moth.
: ing, and that Seward had not, that nomi'
: mated Lincoln"