Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1865-07-01
COMMUNICATIONS.
Desultory Letter. No. 5.

by which twill further ap
pear that when ever we as People, or q
Nation have had difficulties with foreign
powers, the Democratic party always ear.
nestly demanded what was strictly right,
and boldly announced to the world chat
we would not submit to any thing that was
wrong. This, as the n. Y. Times has
said, was our party position in all our
national controve rsies with England,
France, and Mexico; and may add with
Spain and Naples and every other power
that ever invaded our rights, or insulted
our Flag But our party opponents, the
" "Loy,rtists" or "7ogieS," of Revolution.
ary memory the "Peacc and submission
men," tho "Blue lights" or "Federal
Hartford Conveutionists,' of the. Madison
war; the Anti Mexican war Wings Of
ls46-7, invariably took sides against our
cause and country and in favor of our bit
ter enemies.
we'll remember that on the lllh Of
May, ls4e, President Polk informed Con
gress by special message, that war existed
by the act Of Mexico, and urged Congress
to authorize the Executive 10 call into the
, service Of the U. s. force Of Volunteer
troops. Abraham Lincoln was then q
member of the House, and offered Res.
oluton, asking the President in sneering
way, on what particular "spot' the war
began; and using The word "spo" several
times in his inquiry, he WIS in derision,
called "spotty LincoA'' before he had
finished reading bis resolution or rcso'u-
tions. And in some parts Of the country
this designation of "spotty Lincoln" ad.
hered 10 him as long as he lived. BY a
reference to official documents can prove
that we had ample cause of war against
Mexico before the bloody transactions up
on the Rio del Norte, to which Polk had
alluded in his message. recolleet thai
during Gen. Jackson's second term, he
sent q special message to Congress in
which ho said, "The wonton character
Of some of the outrages upon the persons
and property Of our citizens, upon the Off
GERS and Flag Of the U. States, independ
ent Of recen. insults to this Government
and people by the late extraordinary Mex
ican minister, would justify, in the eye Of
nations immediate Dar." | remember
, loo that committee Of the U. S. Senate
once said, in report on Foreign affairs ;
If the Government Of the U. s. mean 10
exact strict and prompt redress from Mex
leo, your committee might with justice re-
commend an immediate ,cso't to so'lr or
reprisal'" And in report FROM q similar
committee on the part of the House near
tho same time, they said, "The merchant
vessels Of the U. s. have been fred into,
her citizens attacked and even put to death
and her ships Of war treated with disre-
spect when paying friendly visit to port
of Mexico where they had right to ex-
ped hospitality. Additional evidence
might be g;vento show that the war with
Mexico was forced and began. by their act
end that therefore every Patriot in the Ma
ton should have sustain d the President
in maintaining our honor and rights
against foreign power. But instead of
this unanimily among our citizens, after
war had began by the act of Mexico, Mr..
Delana,a member of The House from Ohio
denounced the cause in which our country
was engaged, a. "u"holy, unrighteous and
damnable." John Q. Adams, a member
from Massachusetts,, "endorsed that de-
nunciatiou and said he approved every
word and syllable Of it,"
Nj Ashnund also from Massachusetts,, :,
offered resolution condemning the Ad-
ministration and policy in prosecuting the
war against Mexico, and Mr.. Lincoln
supported that resolution. Thos. Gown,
was then in The Senate, subsequently
Lincoln's minister to Mexico) and in his
Jealous opposition 10 the war said, che
hoped and wished the Mexican troops
would welcome American soldiers with
bloody hands to hospital graves
According 10 the abolition logic during
Mr.. Lincolns reign, every man who said
word against the administration, ''was
opposed to the Government, therefore
traitor and ought to be shot" Will lLey
apply this doctrine to Delano, Adams, Ash,
muDd. Corwin, Lincoln and many Others
OF their leaders I could name! Or will
they allow US to apply this view to the
radicals in their party who oppose presi-
ident Johnson policy for the peace and
restoration of N. c., and Mss'a. II so
they should at once arrest Senators vii.
son and Sumner Of Massachusetts,, w.
Philips and S. p. Chase, for the con-
splracy they have for med and the opposi.
tion they are waginp against the admins.