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

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was authorised to propose; aud finally,
under wholly unjustifable pretexts, involv-
cd tho two countries in war, by invading
tho State of Texas, striking the first blow,
and shedding the blood of our citizens on
our own soil And whereas this House
is dosirous to obtain full knowledge Of
all the facts which 90 to establish whether
tho particular SPOT on which the blood Of
our citizens was so shed was or was not at
that time our own soil Therefore,
"Resolved by the Hosse of hepre@nfa-
tiues, That the President of tho United
States be respectfully requested to inform
this House-1. Whether the SPOT on
which the blood of our citizens was shed :,
as in his message declared, was or was OF
within the TERRITORY OF SPAIN, at least
after the treaty of 1919 until the Mexican
revolution 2. Whether that SPOT is or
is not within the territory which was wres-
ted from Spain by the revolutionary gov
ernment of Mexico! 3. Whether that
SPOT is or is not within settlement of peo-
pie, which settlement has existed ever
since long before the Texas revolution,
and until its inhabitants fed before tho
approach of the United States Armyl A..
Whether that settlement is or is not iso.
lated from any and all other settlements
by the Gulf aud the Rio Grande on the
south and west, and by wido, uninhabitcd
regions on the north and eastl 5. Wheth-
er the people Of that settlement, or ma
jority Of them, or any of them, have ever
submitted themselves to the government
and laws of Texas, or Of the United States
by consent or compulsion, either by ac'
! ceptng Office or voting at elections, oil
paying tax or serving Oh juries, or having
process served upon them, or in any other
way? 6. Whether the people of that set
tlement did or did not flee from the ap-
proach of the United States Army, leaving
unprotected their houses and their growing
crops before the blood was shed, as in the
message stated; and whether the first
blood so shed was or was lot shed within
the inclosure of one of the people who had
thus fed from it Z. Whether our citi'
zens, who.e blood was shed, as in his mes
sage declared, were or were not, at that
time, armed officers aud soldiers, sent into
the settlement by the military order Of the
President through the Secretary Of War !
Whether the military force of tho United
States was or was not 50 sent into that
settlement, after General Taylor had more
than once intimat d to the War Depart.
ment that, in his opinion, no such move
ment was necessary to the defense or pro-
lection of Texas"
Mr.. MORRIS, Of Illinois. That rcso
luton, sir, profxcd to Mr. Lincoln's
name in Illinois, the word spot y and
he is called there " Spot Lincoln" unto
this day. There is no striking coincidence
between it and the telegraph dispatch
sent by General LANE to the Oregon
delegate in the Charleston convention.-
Mr.. Lincoln uses the word "spot' totn
times, and General LANE uses the word
" stand" just four times in his dispatch
There is something significant in the mum
Der.
What became of Mr.. Lincoln's resolu
ton is well known. The House treated
it with contempt, and it sleeps the slecl
that knows no waking
While, sir, our heroic arms were bein!
borne over hostile territory, and the star
and stripes were floating in triumph owe
every battlefield while the Illinois regi
} ments, led on by their brave and patriotic
officers, were roaping laurcls for them
selves and their State, Mr.. Lincoln wa
moping about on tho territory between tho
Ncuces and the Rio Grande, to see if 1t
could not find the exact "spot' where hos
tilities commenced, and demonstrate tina
it belonged to Mexico, and as Il conso
aucnce that his Government was the ag
grcssor. Sir, have no feelings Of tolc
ration for an American citizen who is no
for his country and | rejoice that Mr.
Lincoln's constituents ropudiated him ano
vindicated their patriotism. | cannot, in
my imagination, compare him so well t
any other man than the notable individual
described by Patrick Henry, who wen
about in the Americrn ii camp during tn
Revolution, crying "beef = "bcef." beef !!
, while others were driving from cur shore
hostile foe. Mr.. Lincoln went abou
crying "spot I" 'spotl" "spotw Th
resolution, as well as nearly the whole @
Mr.. Lincoln's record on the Mexican wa
question, my colleague carefully suppress
ca. lie Is Eery Hluch hho q oei salu pieoh
er once heard Of, who took for his tex
, the words, IF sinners entice thee, consen
thou not !" and read "if sinners entice the
, consent thou" and then he stopped. Th
/ old deacon reminded him that he ha
omitted to read the word mot" He an
swered he never read any more than suit
ed him. My colleague might answer like
wise that he never reads any more tha
| suits him. 1t would be to him no agreea
bic task to give Mr., Lincoln's entire rec
ord-to be forced to prove that the "spots
> on which the battles of Palo Alto and Res
, aca de la Palma were fought belonged
| Mexico; and hence, as | have said, h
/ never referred to Mr.. Lincoln's "spot
r resolution. Indeed, he passed over hi
! entire Mexican war record with great raT
idity, and said as little about it as possibl,
t The subject is an unpleasant one to him
f yet hope he will pardon me if l pursu
D it further. Pitt, believe it was, ono
1 said something should be pardoned to tn