Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1860-08-07
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war win 3ltAltO. Ou tt-C 1 ilti VI 10y
1916. as will be seen by reference to the /
House Journal, PIP 1923, the following
action was had:
.sCn motion to amend a bill for an act
providing for he prosecution Of the ex-
istina var between the United States
and The RpubIc Of Mexico, by insert
ing the following preamble:
aWhereas, b. Tie act OF The Republic
of Mexico, j stare OF wax exist between
that government and the United States
I'll was decided in the affirmative
yeas l23, nays 81,
The Northern Wings voted soIidy IN
the negative, as we'll as the following
Southern members:
Daniel NJ. Blrringer { n. C. J, Thos.
Fl, Bayly (Ea }. Henry Bediugsr Va
Armisted buTt { 5. c., john y. Gro
SER Glenn. Garrett Davis (ky.), Al
fred Dockery ~. c. J, Henry Order
(Ky }. Henry ". billiard Ala ] Isaac
i Toliaas fS. G.. /. John ". Houston
GDel.1, Edmund " HUBBARD Va. /.
Robert T. NJ. Hunter Va. !, I. Butler
King TGa I. John II. 4IcHenry [ Ky. ],
John ) Pendleton va. r. BArnweiL
Rheu S. c James 4. Seldom Val.
Alexander d. SIMS ). {. Richard +,
Simpson rs. c., Alexander II. Ste
phel.s Zeal Robert Toombs Ga !,
Joseph A. Woodland Is. CT, William
l.. Yancy Ala-l.
1t will be seen that the above list IN
cludes a number of the most prominent
Of the leaders Of modern Drmocracy.-
Like Mr. Lincoln, they believed the war
TO have teen Unnecessarily and uncon-
stilutionally begun" lul like him they
also Disseminated between The honor 0.
the country and the gallant services Of
the American troops on the oae hand,
and the act of The President on The 9TH
er. This pont was brought out very
Clearly by Mr.. Lincoln IN speech de-
lyegtd III the House 81 Representatives,
July, ISIS, of which the following IS an
extract:
The declaration that we have al
ways opposed the war IS true or false
accordingly as We may understand the
term opposing the war II TO say, '.he
war was unnecessarily and Gucouslilu-
tionally commenced - the President be
opposing The war. the lhe Wings have
very generally opposed it. Whenever
they have spoken At all they have said
this, and they have sand II on what has
appeared good reason 10 Them. The
marching an army into the midst Of It
peaceful Mexican settlement, lrIghlen-
ing the inhabitants away, leaving their
growing crops and other property 10 de-
structlon, % y0u may appear perfectly
amiable, peaceful, uaPr0yokiug proceed
ure; tut il does not appear 50 70 rs. 50
TO call such an act, 10 Us appears no 9TH
Their than naked impatient absurdlly,
and we speal, Of Ii accordingly. But, II
when the war had begun, and had be-
come the cause Of the country, the CIV
ing Of our money AMI our blood IL COM
mon with yours, was support OF the war,
then il Is not true that We have always
opposed the war With few individual
exceptions, you have constantly had our
votes here for all the necessary supplies.
And, more than TINS, you have had the
services, the blood, and the lives Of our
political trclhera in every lrial, and on
every field The beardles5 boz aud the
mature man-lhe humble and tie dis
tinguished- have had them
Through suffering and death-hy dis
ease and in baltIe-they have endured,
and fought, and fallen win you. Clay
aud Webster each gave son, never 10
be returned From the STATE OF uy
own residence besides other worthy btu
less known NhiL names, we sent Mar
shall. Morrison, Baker, ana H1rau;
they all fought, and one feiI: aud I'll The
fail OF that one we lost oar best Wu,y
man. Nor were the Wings few IN nu.a-