The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1860-10-10
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sNEga SIti / ----ll-li llsi ID l'',
K Ia the joint debases OF Doukla ssnd
Lincoln, in. 1868, Douglas exposed Elm.
coins treason to his country ii hatimb Of
war, as follows:
"When the Mexican wsr was being
.waged, and the American army va sbur-
rounded BY the enemy IN Mexico, IL {L)
thought that war unconstitntional unne.
cessary, and unjust; Chats go .yep'vs
got him. .he voted against it. &e. } hs
thought it was not commenced On the
right spot. Laughter.
When I made an incidental aIutiou Of
that kind in joint discnsiioh A6yR at
Charleston, some weeks ago, LiiSSln; In
said that /. Douglas, hsd ch1lrsd
him with voting against supplits eot the
Mexican war. and then hs reared N I'm
length, and swore that be never voted
against supplies -that II was ! slsndsr-
Fand caught hold Of Ficklin, Who sst on
the stand, and said: "Hsfe, FIckjIa. ten
the people that, 1t is > .Iie.n aLasaktsr
and cheers.1 Well, Ficklin; wh6 Aad
served in Congress With him, rood Nd
and told them that al that be recol1ectsd
about it was that when George Ashnan,
of Massachusetts, brought forward arsso-
luton declaring the war uncoustitutional
unnecessary, and unjust, that, Lincolu had
voted for it p"Yes," said Lincoln. II
did," thus he confessed that he voted that
the war was wrong, that our country. Was
in the wrong, and consequently that the
Mexicdns were in the right; bnt charksd
that had slandered him BY saying that
he voted seainst the supplies. heysr
charged him with voting against tie shp.
plies in my lifs. because / knew thas. hs
was not in Congress when they ssrs
voted. aaiigi1s adf aiAgsE % Ies
The war was commenced %, tie fSth
day Of May. 1916, and on that day He
appropriated in Congress ten milliohs OF
dollars and 6fty thousand men to prose.
fcute it. During tho same session. We
votedamore men and more money; %, by
the time Mr.. Lincoln entered congrsss,
we had enough men and enough money 10
carry on the war. and had no occssi6h "a
vote any more. ELaughter and chestf ]
When be got into the House, being 81 op-
posed to the war, and not being shIe 70
stop the supplies, because they hsd I'll
gone forward. all be could do va e sfol.
low the lead Of Corwin, snd provs ytat
1.-THE war was not begun on the right spot,
land that it was unconstitutional, unhecSs.
sary and wrong. Remember. too, that h
did this after the war had been begun j
]is one thing 10 be opposed to the decia-
1ration ofia war another and very dintfeht
thing, to take sides with the enemy against
your country after that war haa been COZ.
mehced. f@Good," and cheefs.1 Our
farmy was in Mexico At the time; many
battles bad been fought; our citisenS who
were defending the honor Of their coSal-
ltry's Gag, were surrounded BY the dage estp,
the guns, and the poison Of the enemy.
Then it was that Corwin made his spssch
in which be declared that the AnMrican
soldiers ought to be welcomed by, ~
Mexicans with bloody hands to hospita.
BILE graves;' then it was that Ashmun and
Lincoln voted in the House of Rspres6n.
tatives that the war was uncoustitutissal
and unjust; and ,Ashmun's rssslutios,
1Corwin's speech, and Lincoln's vote, vsrs
sent to Mexico, and read at the hsad oil
the Mexican army. to prove to them that
there was Mexican party in the Congrsss
Of the United States. who were doing sll
in their power to aid them. E'.Thst il
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