Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1879-07-12
and not all from New England.

MIR. President, there is reason for
this hostility to the Mexican war which
lies back even of that event. New Eng
land was never in favor OF the extension
OF the boundaries of this country. The
Mexican war grew out of the annexation
OF Texas When l speak of New Eng
land my friend from Connecticut Mr..
Eaton must not understand that am
criticising the democracy Of that section.
am assalling that nefarious sentiment
which always opposed Jefferson, and the
extension and glory OF this republic.
The puritan federalrst of New England
is the character am speaking of. He
opposed every step of progress the
American people have ever taken.
| The Mexican war grew out of one of
the grandest progressive events the
world has ever known. The annexation
OF Texas is really without a paral-
and arising out of that event
behold what has happened since! We
have acquired wealth OF states and
territories that rivals the grandest epoch
Of the Roman Empire. Ii, however, tho
predominant sentiment OF New England
had triumphed, nothing of this would
have happened. Texas would either be
to-day an Independent government OF
subjugated to Mexico or some other
foreign power. New Mexico would not
be an American Territory; California,
with her golden mines and silvermount-
aims, would not be ours. San Francisco
would belong to scme distant nation;
another flag would float uponthe Pacific
coast All this would have happened if
the policy of New England, whose
brilliant representative is the senator
from Maine. had prevailed; and yet he
feels it worthy of himself not nicely as
piring to be, but actually believing him.
self and believed TO be, a stateman-
he finds it worthy of his public IDEAS to
carp at and hold up to animadersion
the conduct of one regiment on glori-
Gus field where they struggled AMI bled
to accomplish all the mighty Rsults
which have actually followed, willie no
man from Maine answered the rdl-call
on that stricken field either beide or
after the battle, either from the living
ranks or from the dead. Maine WAS no
such newcomer into the Union tina. she
needed to be entirely exempted. She
was admitted in 1920; she had enjoyed
the protection of the laws of this country
and the honor of its flag Tor more than 8
quarter of L century.
Sir, let us 90 back a little further
When Mr., jefferson was president it
was by his skill as diplomatist, by his
energy as an executive officer, by his
provision as statesman, that the wes-
tern boundaries OF this country were ex-
tended from the Mississippi river to the
Pacific ocean. All that mighty region
extending from the British possessions
to the Gulf of Mexico and from the Mis-
sissippi to the Pacific ocean stands as an
everlasting monument to the wisdom,
foresight. and sagacity of Thomas
Jefferson. The entire New England
sentiment. however, now represented
here by the senator from Maine, de.
nounced him and his policy. They
would have lett the mouth OF the Mis-
sissippi river in the hands OF Il foreign
power; they would have made US beg,
dicker, and barter for our right of way
down that great national channel il
they been successful.
Sir, there are no apologies to make
for the Northwest, one OF the central
states of which is Indiana. We do moi
come here to bow down to those who
come from the east, in many respects q
more favored section. Last evening the
senator from Maine and the senator
from Minnesota We'd with each Other
in disparaging the state OF Indiana. The
senator from Maine saw fit to repeat
to-day what he then said, that one Mas.
sachusetts regiment stampeded all the
democrats IN Idianapolis, and demoral.
lied them. have no reply to make tc
that.
Mr.. Blaine. l never said it at all.
Mr.. Voorhees,. l SO understood you
and my reply IS that Indiana casts
l65. 900 more votes than Maine ani
Minnesota put together, and she sen
twice as many troops to the field as boil
those states, put together. She ais,
casts more votes than Name and Mas
sachusetts. Allow me to say in thi
connection that the senator from Maine
does himself great injustice when h'
speaks, as he has often done, in derisior
of the influence which the presence o
soldiers creates at the ballot-box or il
any other part of peaceful community
l once heard that well Illustrated by
friend and klnsman of mine in New Or
leans. l said to him, in view of tn
troubles there, "a single regiment Cal
hold your state in absolute subjection.
Yes" said he. s'not merely singh
regiment. but one single soldier plant
ing the flag. sticking the staff in tn
sand, with the flag aloit, will govern
the state the emblem of authority, tn,
insignia OF government is enough" Th
senator from Maine knows this to b
true as well as any senator OF
this floor. He knows that his argumen
is spurious and absurd when he speak
OF the paucity OF numbers in connection
with soldiers and free elections. On
: soldier as the emblem OF power is a
good as thousand. and he knows ii
When he rises here and repeats for tn
fourth or fifth time that it is absurd t
cry out against the use of troops at tn
polls, because there are not enough t
control all the elections, he commits
mockery, and there is not Il iair-thinkin
man on this floor who does not know il
1t is the nerest tritlng to say there ar
not enough troops to control all tn
: elections, when we all know that tn
contro! Is by virtue Of the emblem c
authority, and rot by reason of the ac
tual numerical force.
ME. ITeSldenC. L turn now TO anOthe
matter. The senator from Maine, wit
his peculiar talent. thinking doubles
that nobody else would take the sam
pains, has, it appears, hunted up tn
vote of Marion county. Indiana, io
some.years back. will enllghten hil
, still further on that'point. He says tn;
! because in 1854. my colleague. then th
democratic candidate for governor {
, the state, received about 100 more vote
! ! that is the result Of his calculation,
, beleve-than Stephen A. Douglass i
.. 500, therefore there could have bee
= no intimidation; therefore the allege
"utrages committed by military mo
cannot be true. i have said that ther
= was Il military mob in indianapolis
the fall months of 1864. l repeat il
There was Il disorganized, disorderl,
demora!ized military camp there at tn;
, time. Its condition can be accounte
tor from the fact that it was commando
by officers who never sought service 9
the front and who disgraced in man
instances the uniform they wore Thos
: whom | mean will understand what
1 say. But let us examine the poip
; raised by the senator from Maine.
=, have facts here to submit. have figure
1 as we'll as he has. have statistics her
that the senator from Maine would d
well to attend to.
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