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T'H J, LEViT, Giitoi FaaraiiTea. vobti casou.! eewiavci rs Masai. mTiiiscTtai vaieicai itcii-Tii Lisa et vi siais i ras aoWa o? oca'rrtcTiexs' THREE DOLLARS A YEAR iav.i.ra; TOu 3S. nALCIGII. H. C , WEDMEtPAT , Ii4. V lo. l CI HI" f i I PRHSIDKNT'S MESSAGE. . - (Continue A ) :' It tineir, tin tint on : the foarth or April f.rfliiwtn?, General Paredes, through .tt minister f war, Issued orders to ihe Yl'tiran general in command on the Te an frontier la "attack" our army by ev try .means which war permits. To l" General ' JVedei had been pledged to the army and people , ir Mexico daring the military revolution which had brought him into power. On the eighteenth of A ril, J 84G, . General Paredes addressed a 'Iter to the commander on that frontier, whlrh he stated to him, "at the present " ate 1 suppose yo at the head of that aliant army, either fighting already or nreparing fur the. operations of a rsm lign;' and "suppnaing you already on he theatre pt operations, and with all the ces assembled, it it indipensabte that lostilities be commenced,' yourself taking , initiative against the enemy. The movement of our army to the Rio Jrancle wat made by the commanding general under positive orders to abstain com al aggressive acta towards Mexico, t r Mexican citizens, and to regard the elatinna between , the two countries at ;ieicefuliunlss Mexico should declare .. warr .commit acts at. ,bnstyitjjffldif!im of a state of- war; -and these orders be faithfully executed...-.VJiUtloccupying 'tis position on Ilia east bank of the Rio ijrande, within the limits of Texis, then ocenUy as one of the Statea of oor Union, he commanding general of the Mexican rfes. wha, in persrjanc'e of the orders I' his government, had collected a large nrrny on the opposite shore of. the Rio Urande, crossed the river, invaded our territory, and commenced hostilities by it- larking our lurce. Thus, after all the injuries which we tiai received and borne from Mexico, and after she had insultingly rejected a min ister sent to her on a musion of, p see, -JanVf wbYiV7he7h receive,, she consumsted her jong course of outrage against our country by com mencing an offensive war Vand shedding e blood of our citizens on our own iil. - - -V'" Th United Slates never attempted to tequire Teias by conquest. On the contrary, kt an early period after the people of Texas had achieved their Inde. --fMtencer beyHiought---44e-;nttexedao th United S'a'es. At a general election .ftr.SipfembeV 136. they dSetded; mith great unanimity in favor of "annexation;" nod in November following, the Congress nt the republic authorized the appointment of a minister; to bear their request to tlii government. '1 his government, how ever, 'having? remained -neutral between . 'Texas and Mexicnduringthe war between. rVtem, and considering it tlue to the honor if our roun'ry, and our fair fame among the nations of the earth. that we shoud not . at this early period consent "to annexa tion, nor' until it should be manifest to the ! whole w..ld that the conquest of Texat by 'Mexico , was impossible, refuted to accede to the overturet made by Texas. On the twelfth of - April, 1844i.VndfW .ore than e vert tf nri had elasped since Texas 'hid 'established her independence, a trea ty waa com tided for the annexation of that republic to the United States, which w rejected .by the Senate. Finally, on the first of March; 1845, Congress passed joint resolution fur annexiog her to the United States upon certain prelimi nary'' conditions t which her assent was required. " The tolemnities which charae- ' I rit d the delibsra'inns and conduct of the government and people of Texat, on the deeply interesting questions presented by these resolutions, are known to the world. The Congress, the Executive, " and the people of Texas, in.; convention elected tor that purpose,- accepted- with Rfat unaniroiiy the proposed term of annexation; and thus Conuummated on her part , the great act oi restoring to our : feberal Union a vast territory winch had been ceded to Spain by the Florida treaty ie than a quarter of a century before. - "After the joint resolution fur the annexa tion of Texas to the United Statea had .been, passed by our ..Congress, the,Mex ran minis'er at Washington addressed a note to the Secretary of State, bearing slate on the sixth of March, 1845, protest inj against it as "an act of aggression, the ,mot anjuat which can be found recorded n the annals of modern history) namely, Ibat of despoiling a friendly nation like Mexico, of a considerable portion ol her territory;" and protesting against the rea olution of annexation, as being an act vereby the province of Texas, an in'cgral portion of the Mexican territory, i agreed and tlmiU-d jn'o the American Unionj" nd he annoanced that as a consequence, Jiia mission to (he United Statea bad ter minated, and demanded his passport, which w t eran'ed. It was upon the ab- orb pretext, m.vln by Mexico, (herself iniiehinl tor tier independence to a aacest ful rev..lHiiinJ that the republic of Tex m sti! e ntinned to be nntwiib txndirjj Ilia I had pailrtl, $ ptuvin e of M'Xiro, idhit tiki 4 'a'ep was taken by the Mexican ;! Kery l.'i.ir!i'e eff.irt ha been used r. me t'i avoid ihe war which followed, but ' all h ive proved Viiin, AU nor attempt to . preserve i'f hae b en met by insuli and resistiifjrf n th jit nf MeaU-o My eBorts to thw end rnminenreil in the AOteef the Secretary cfState of the trn'h of March, 1815." in answer to that of the Mexican minister. Whilst dectingto reo pen a discussion which had already been exhausted, and provine avain what was known to the whole world, that Texas had long since achieved her ind-pendenre, the Srcretary of Slate expressed the regret of this gavernment that Mexico should have taken offence at the resolution of annexatir n passed by Congress, and gave assurance that our "moat strenuous effort! thall be devoted to the amicable adjust ment of every cause of complaint between the twe government!, and to the cultiva tion of the kindest and most friendly rela lions between the sister republics." That I have acted in the spirit of this assurance, will appear from the events which since occurred. Notwithatanding Mexico had abruptly terminated all diplo. .malic intercourse with the United stattt, tnd ought, therefore, to hv4 b" the first to ask for its resumption, yet, waiving all ceremony, I embraceed the earliest favorable opportunity 'Mo ascertain from the Mexican government whether they would receive an envoy from the United States intrusted with full power toadjust all the questions n dispute between the two fiovernmenta." In September, 1845,1 be ieved the propitious moment for such an "omftSf"'"aU"'amved. ' Texal,"' bjr the enthosissUc and almost unanimous will of her people, had pronounced in favor of an nexation. Mexico herself had agreed to acknowledge the independence of Texas subject to a condition, it is true, which tnewd no right to impose and no power to enforce. The last lingering hope of Mexico, it she still could have retained any, that Texas would ever again become one of her provinces, must have been aban doned. r the consul of the United States at the city of Mexico was, therefore, instructed bv the Secretarv of State on the fifteenth of September, 184V, to make the inquiry wss made, and on the fifteenth of October, 1845. the Minister of Forilath Affair of the Mexican government, in a note ad. dresrd to our Cnnsal, gave a favorable response, requesting, at the same time, that our naval force might be withdrawn from Vera Ciuz while negotiations should be pending. Upon the receipt of this note, our naval force was promptly with dra w & Xr e tVera Cj ru xt--Ajnintister was immediately appointed, and departed to 'MextCTi7"--Kvei7thingwre''-',i'wmieflg aspect for a speedy anu peacelul auiust ment of alt our difficulties. At the date of mv annual message to Congress, in De cember, last, no doubt was entertained but that he wonld be received by the Mexican government, and the hope wis c' eriihed that all cause of miauaderatanding be tureen the two countries would be speedily removed. In the confident hope that sueii wonU Do tne result ol his mission, I in formed Congress that J forbore at that time to "recommend such ulterior measure et redress for the wrongs and injuriea we had so long borne, as it would have been proper to make had no such negotiation been instituted." To my surprise arid regrernne- mexteir gnvernment, though solemnlv pledged ; to do so upon tht arrival of our minister in Mexico, refused to receive and accredit him. When he reached Vera Cruz, on the thirteenth'of November. 1815, he found that the as pect "of affairs had undergone an u nhap- G '-change- The- govsrnmtnt of-Clei al errera, who was at that time Prteideht of the republic, was (ottering to its fall General Paredes (a military leader) had manifested his determination to overthrow the government ol Herrera, bra military revolution; and one of the principal means which he employed to effect hi purpose, and render the government , of Herrara odious to the army and people ol Mexico wsi bY loudlv condemning its determina tion o receive a minister of peace from the United States, alleging that it wat the intention of Herrera, by a treaty with the United States, to dumember the territory of Mexieo by ceding awty the depart ment of Texat. The government of Herrera is believed to have been well disposed to i a pacific adjustment of exist ing difficulties; but, probably alarmed lor its own security, and in order to ward off the" danger of the revolution led by Par edes, violated its solemn agreement, and refused to receive or accredit our minis ter; and this, although informed that he had been invested with full power to ad. just all questions in dispute between the two governments Among the frivolous pretexts for .this refusal, the principal ne was, that our minister had not gone upon a special mission, confined, to the question of Texas alone, leasing all the outrages upon our flag and our r itizeni unredressed. The Mexican . government well knew that both our national ' honor and the protection due to our citizens imperative ly required that the two questions of boundsry and indemnity should be treated of toce'her, as naturally and inseparably blended, and they ought, to . have seen lhaf this cmrae was beat . calculated to enable e United S'a'ea to extend to them J" e moat liberal justice. Ou !' e thirtietth of December, 1845. Oenml Herrera n signed . the presidency, and riedd up thegovernme tn Ceneral Paredes without dished so'elv bv th armv enaiadil hv Paredes," and the supreme pwer in Mx- ro passed in'e the hanUs vf a military usurner. who was known to be bitterly hostile to the United Statea Although the prospect of a pacific ad justment with the new government wss unpromising, frm the kft'fl hostility l its head to the Unit-d StaVfTyet, de termined that nothing should be left un done on our part to rvstor friendly rela lions between the two countries, our min ister wss instructed to present bis r red en tiala to (he new government, and ak to be aecreJited by it in the diplomatic char acter in which he had'been commissioned. These instructions he executed by his nMe of the first of March, 1840. addressed : to the Mexican Minister of (Veisn Affairs, but his request was insultingly refused by ; that minister In his answer of the tv elftn of th same month. No sl'ernatiye remain ed for our minister but to demand his passports, and return to the United S'ate. SENATE. . . Friday Dre. 4. Me. Wilian's Ametidmet to tie Ch.rlxta ami Cin'ttn Rail Hov bill a 'nke i tip. It p o'nt that lti PreiiileM anil llirraiort Imll noi esmiaente srork on said enailumil one halt lite a .mount, ol stnik author I'e.t ti be intucribixl, ihall be aelustl paid in, rtl ih ltne mo,.nt til . debts tlut br rai I enmpanv, at any an lime, shall not eieeed tet.tf-fte per acnl, n Ilia Oapiial s(ek raid in," and further that "it lall be the -"twy-eiKtia lralrt-Mt-,Jirret - renor he' amonat of itnck to iib-enhf i atl piil In, and annuaUy tl.. aiumutt of ,.deht tine bjt ui jl.,mi ... BJ," to ill OoTernora K S ' t 'i lin rcineeilvelv, In be piibKilierl In iaiers in Ra leigh od arletlon. Mr. WILSOfNfofEJcecoml.Jsttidho found on looltinir over the protest of n number of members, nt thescsjfon of MO 41 , on a subject of a einiilnr untiir, said to have been drawn by H. V. Moore, Esq. a lengthy mid nble nrjrn, ment with regnrd to nil the principles contended for in the bill, winch, arrive nt the snme concltijSion thnt he hnd in regard to the restrif tion which he sought to introduce in the j)ront char- senate 10 reuu iroui iimi aociuiivni. Here he rend nnd "coniniented on vnri ou. points. He then proceeded nil they nslicd in the nmpnd'ment, proposrd by his friend from Wnko, vns thnt, if the stockholders should cri'itte n tlebt beyond their ability lo wy, they them selves should be liable; and this wns right upon every principle of net ion be twepnnnainnTd -mntTri'he-tdrTr-wBT ad wncfld yesterday - Ibet the frineiple wns a novel one, nnd peculiar to n ct r tain party; that it urns such s none but a school boy would cntertniu, or such as hod not advanced beyond 1I10 born book of the low. lie would take the liberty of reading tho nnmoa of rer tain individuals who, in 1838, when there was a proposition before the Sen ate to incorporate " a man tifuctu ring company precisely of tho character of the one to which this protest Applies, tho liexington Manufacturing Company n private corporation,) gave their votes in favor of the principle. On ihe motion to strike it out, the vote stood. Vaf. Mtwi. B'mMIc, ('lierrv, 11,'i.linn, I) k . erjr, Kranklin, Mavkins, Halt, Jmri, Melt-lw r u.U.iL. AlontBOmerT, Myeis. Ileitmr. HM'tlia. Sharp, bhapard, Spetil, laj lot-, n fiiiucni Deauloii, 19. .Viiya- Mctri: Alliaon, Arriniton, tt.ler, Runlmg, Carson, . Cooper, Rdwaritt, K'lirr I'ge, Eaum, Km, FnT, Harper, Henry, lli'l. Mrljlilir, Kerr, Mlin, Moore, AI(hmI, Mga. XtclUiimxl, Iteiil, Rindardl. Uobun. Sipriiill, 'Williams ol I'., Wilson and V hltsker St. ScnuttlJmirnal, 1838, p. 107. Here there were 9 iu fnvor of strikina out, and 23 against striking out this abominable feature. It was pniuful for him to advert to the stiite of parties, but the necessity had been forced upon him. In looking over the votes, he found a sprinkle of Whigs and a sprinkle of De mocrats on both sides. The state of parties was then about as noy, fMr. W. here pave way to receive a message from the House, relative to vo ting for Attorney uenerni.i Mr W. resumed. He hnd hern re marking upon the vole of the Senate in 1838, on the bill to incorporate the Lex ington Manufacturing Company on the motion to stqke out the restrictive clause, 19 voted aye, 18 Whigs I De mocrat. Of the 23 nays, there w r 0 Whigs and 22 Denis. Seven Whiirs then voted for making the stockholders liable. He proposed to the consideration of the Senate another case ol a miMreut charter, as there were objections to this on the ground that it was jii ivatr. The case was a proposition to (riinrMiitee by the Stite a loan to the Knleijth and (nv ion Rail Road, of $300,1 (Ml. When it frst cameup, it was almost nuaiiinHisi ly rejected; when the Chairman of the committee on 'Internal Improvements expressed his astonishment, &c. Tho then Senator Irom Washington and Ty r rell moved a reconsidentiion. It wns carried by n smnll rnnjority, On Ihe third readinsr, Mr. Allison moved thai the private property of the stockholders should be made liable for the amount. Tli will :stnhlish Ihe principle. Thf vote upon tnis propuaiuwi win snow who were tor binding tlie private pro. perty of a corporation lor umuuc jxirpo. ses., : It stood 47 in ihe aftfrmatirp, 1 iri the negative Mr. Speed, "f Outes. "Tre Seaale nrntarded la eonstder Ihe speaial oraler af I Re rfar, lo wj. ihe bill Inr the relit-f of Mte KaMth and (ial n ttail Road dmipanj, vbieh was read the third lime. Mr Allium moved ibe fi'llowiiif amendment therein, asau aiiditiofml are lion, in vil. - "itt it futtlirr rmfhil. Thai the prirate prnper- J 01 ta stneSholiler in saia Uoaapinjr, thall be habit in Ihe atamint nf Slock owned b eaah, in ad ililion In Ihe proper! f aiid enaapaoe, foe the pay ment of peireipal and inttrett or ihe loaa author tare to b marie be ibis ael. and belnr Ihis act goe into nperal ion, there shall be a KFFrl roretiite; ol the -ieaniiin won man spire 10 acerf I ins loan on lie li-rni prowitrit in thia ael. "Tliqte wliooted in the fBrneiie, were Mes ses. Allium, Albrieht. Arrii.gton, Maker, ItUldle, Huntin;, Carton. Cfierrt.'lJnoiier, iilicn, Itotk- ery, Kdaards, Etheridge, Rantn, For, roy, td Untlnw, roy, ol U k Jones, Kranklin, Harper, llaakiat. Hearr. Hill. Holt, Moulder, Kerr, MM tin, Melehnr, Moreheid, Monre, Meoitjr. Moje, Mcl)iinnid, Slnnl(rir'.irr, Mi era, Heiri, Rednia. Reinhaerit, Il.Kiin, lilbeiiii, Slurp, Kliepard, Spru- il', I s lor, Williams al ll-aut rt, Williarosol far- B.WHsoa. Whitaker- 47 T'. Mr 8ped aoied In the negat i . ' Smalt Jturnal 1838. p. tlO. This was tho princ'ple that was es-. tahlished by the Whie party as well AS tho Democratic, in 1840, nnd yet vvenre told it is new. On tho Inst rending: it passed hy a vote of 30 for 21 Whigs and SDem.; 18 against if; 13 Den ocrnts nnd three 'Whigs' voting nsrninsl its final passage, as amended. I iuive established tho fiict, said Mr. W., that in i 9Mst'ihftpmf-is left' dividetrUin parties. It was complained of ns being tbo strongs ns creating a loan, ft underwent some amcudincnt in the Commons. There was -no record kept of the procecdines of the stockholders accepting the provision of tbe-charterf; and it was not known whether there were any present but .the President nnd Secretary. Hence the proposition which passed . this body, tinnnimously to. re quire the Attorney General to call upon the stockholders tb come forward and show whether Ihey were not present, hut which was killed in the House of jtoaiHtanaJu.co!. tot thlrilriHjicI harmless from all liability 011 account of iis'ndorscment-''of-the.bond9v. The principle of the bill tins been sustained hy Congress. It requires no, rending of Blackstone to convince every individual thnt corporations ought to be made to pny their debts, if not out of the general fund, out of Iheir private purses, &c. V-e, -Tba principni was adopted by all par ties in 1 SUS tfcc kc. - I am not; said Mr. V., as hostile to corporations as some gentlemen sup posJ I am desirous, of incorporating this principle into their charters for the purpose of protecting the citizens to protect the weak the strong may take cure of themselves. j I was de.M rous of saying this much, because not only myself, but tho party to which 1 am nltnched, are misunder stood 011 the subject. VVe are not op posed to Internal Improvements we nro not hostile to corporations; but nro willing to give our henrty co-operation iu their due encouragement, provi ded it is done with such t caution and forecast nt to prevent mischief and dofioocj. Senate, nee. 0. Alter Mr. Ashe had concluded Ills remarks, (briefly sketched in the Star of 3t)th Uec.) Mr. WILSON, asked the indillience of the Semite to mnke a few explanations to tho Seinitor from Guilford. His. ex planations might be ioi lengthy, if ho entered into a review of the circumstiin cos which had given the discussion whnt it bore of the stamp of party. Ho thought the Senate would bear him out, that he made 110 attempt to give it a par ly complexion, (lis efforts had beea the reverse othis. It was for that, purpose he rend the extracts from the Jon rim I, to show", that the principle of the amendment was peculini to nei ther prut v--thnt it had been supported by boll Whigs and Democrats. The Senator Imd spoken of the Jifference be tween private and public rporationx and Bunks. That portior, m his re- ' marks had be. answered. He has done me, said Mr. W., much injustice in saying lie had given mo more credit than he found I deserved for originality in Ihe amendment, because I bad, as he alleged, drawn it from the leport. 'I inn y not bo nble to prove I did not, for I cannot prove a negative. But I would iniorm the Sen-itor lhat when the amend ment was written,,-1 hod ' not read it. Mr W, then ,stat-d that he prepared the amendment, when alone in his room without consultation with any one) aud that tfio protest had been placed in his hands after he came into the Senate this morning, by a friend, who asked him to read it: and that on running ht eves oyer hastily, he had met the pnRSttges which accorded wit n his amendment, aud which he had - read. He remarked that it h'td been said, that men who tliitilc fight are apt lo think alike. It was upon that principle he supposed tlint he had co ne to the same conclusion in the amendment. It was first drawn for the whole, amount, then for one hnlf nnd he was willing lo reduce it still fur ther, provided it could be maJe nccrp- tjbje. . Hf had understood ihe Senator! from Guilford yesterday ns being wil- ling to accept iHlms modified; and he Was sorry he hnd chunged Willi regard 10 the legnl distjucion made bet wee.i privato nnd public cor porations, thnt question Was well under stood. It had been decided by ihe Supreme Court of V. S. But where do we find' public corporations not desiring to advance their private interests? lie said, lie should he placed in an nwlcward condiiion. Ha wanted lo vote for the bill. There was another pro position for a rail road before the Sen ste. Jf he voted for one. ho must voie for ihe other If his amendment was rejected, he should he compelled lo vote against it; nnd as iiwonld settle the matter ns to tire other, he should be eompell.d to vole ngninst bothr fie preferred, ihe amendment of the Senator frorri Wake. That Was defeated; and now it seemed no modi fication of his own would be accepted even lo one-fourth. If so, he would he compiled logo ngainst i. If ho could see his tvny clenr, he wns willhie lo vote for it; but unless they would accept Im amendment, br its principle' in some form, he must go against It, I le should propose no other utncndmeiit. in the course of his remarks, Mr. Wilson, alluding ti some remarks which est'nped us, which hnd been made in re- lerencft loihi d iucucB .het ween pu bl ic and private corporations, and the priv ileges and rights which might constitu tionally lie conferred upon ihcm, said, in thecase of the Diirtmouth College, the late chief Justice Marshall, in de livering flie-opin ion of the tjouri, plain ly and broadly draws tho line of distinc tion between public and private cor- pomtloiw;VViii,ja,,,,Jio'seof public WmstottWf repealed, those of a private nature are inviolable. Hear his own words: "If the act of incorpont ntion (of Durtworth CoIleg) be a grant of political powo,-: if it create 0 civil institution to be employed in the admin istration of the Goverbment; or if the funds of the College bo public pronertv: or if th Sbiteof New Hampshire, 08 a Government, be-alone-interested irr its transactions, (he subject is one in which the Legislature of the Stale may act nc cording to its own judgment, tin restrain ed by any limitation of its power impo- posed ry tne uonstitution of the United States." Ha argued from tins, the authority and expediencyol binding corporations within sale and prudent limits, bv wholesome restrictions. But said he, it requires no judicial decision lo teach n freeman this doctrine. - It is to be found in the plain common sense of every one as jf written wifh a pencil of .light. It never could be imagined for a single moment, that the constitution of the U- nited States intended lo enable Congress or a State Legislature to transfer forever either 10 corporations or to individuals tbaea groat and general power of Gov ernment with which they have b.-n en trusted by the neonle. But whnt I strange mutations do we witiiesssin public meu within the brief space of two or tour yearn lie very well remembered tho argument in IS33 a"d 1840: and now, since the Senate seem ed determined to permit no 'amend mentsto reject Ihe few salutary res traints proposed by the Democratic sido ol the chamber he should be conMrnin. ed tho' reluctantly tovolo against the bill, tfcc SENATJ2. - Monday, Dee.. 28. DEBATE ON MR. WILSON'S A- MENDMENT. We iVd not uke our seat it the reporter' table in the Senete until Mr. CAMERON bail per bans more than '.ati fliiuHeu sua remarks. vnen we en ZZ2 J." TTi "3 . laDSXaal Kern NnmmaMl!aa .a. . . . existing in the country as hi tcho brought on the war. 'i bis difficulty, said Mr. P. ,..v..v.v uiiirit-iiifl ,,1 uiimion haa frown mit of a teransrendental view which gentlemen have taken between slate of Jiosijlity and war. ' To any plain and uneophis-icaied mind they were the same; anil to him it was arrange lhat in the estimation i some persons, Such mighty difference there ahbold be Twist twedledum and iwedlede. The gentleman from Giiilloul, continued Mr. C enquired for what purpose Gen Taylor was ordered to the Rio Grande He well knows that the Mexicans were embodying in that quarter; ' had declared meir oeierminaunn to teeonqtir Texas, which had thepJeeA formally hJ solemn-' ty annexeti to the Unntxl States, and re ceived with all the guarantees and privil eges of a State of this Union; and were threatening every day an invasion of that new member of the Confederacy; that the United States were bound by the Conetiiu tine to pioteri her; and ii is dillicnlt to con ceive how lie can dispute Uie expediency nfeoncen 1 rating a the moat eligible poin'e for defence a sufficient fjree for die par- pose." Bui. said .(r. C, ihe gentleman from Guilford demands wliv should a fort ! erected there, ami the guns pointed k tint houses of the Mexican city? This, Mr. C. contendeJ -vaa neceseary fof rlefnce, mil was not at all a novel or nnutulprocreding'.; lie referred lo the defences on our North ern frontier, in pronfof his position, where there are forts and guns pointing 10 tfitf Canada side, in an attitude equally ifntat eninjr, to the houses and subjects of tier Majesty ik- Queen of Great Britain. If we had s r.ght in the- one case, we had it in the otltei: and it was ao obvious'io I it mind, he should not dwell upon it. ' Bhi the gentleman from Guilford, said Mr. C , says we had invaded Mexico. If ibis was true, said Mr. C,, bad we no wrongs to retires? lied we nut justifiable cause to invade her? She had .repeatedly : violated her fail!? in treaty obligation, in suited ottr flag, plundered ear citizens, df tainetl them in prison, and obs'inately ie. fused redress. Had we no right to take this niatlcf into ntir' own hands, and re dress these wrongs In addition lo this, the treatment which our minister received from ihut insolent Government was itaelf sufficient cause of war. She had insulted and injured us so long, lhat forbearance ceased to he a virtue. ' Mr. C.Tsaid, it siftick" fiTrr wllh itirprisg " that bis friend frorn Guilfoi J objected to the extensiim of the "area of freedom," as he termed it. Is it possihle, .asked Mr. C that there is man in this country who is opposed tb this? Has it not been the boast of our country that this is thef'larid of liberty and equality, the refuge of the op pressed and asylum of ihe exile, from every nation T that her arms are extended wide 10 receive and protect the friends of liberty from every quarter, and that her free rS publican institutions are destined to encir ele tlidplobeT Do we not besr it in die lulls of Legislation, in our popular assem blagc. and in nur fourth of July orations L,.,Mr..vdeniedalatdiisks, bad ieer.aJi leed, was a war f -eoHfpiesh-a"Geilemeii f might denounce nnd ridicule it ns they7 pleased; hut there were stout hearts and strong arms cnottjh to - sustain the- Prest -dent in his just and patriotic efforts lo maintain the right: and honor of bis court try. All this was intended to weaken the party in power, nnd strengthen the oppa ; eition; but it is at war with the interests of the country t and I wo belo ihat prjj;jwtio2 shall go against the interests of the country'. These means had br err tried in; other day r ngninst a foimer administration, on a simil ar occasion; and the result was the total overthrow of the party by whom they wefts employed He did . not question their honesty or patriotism; but they were wrong, and he must therefore condemn them. Mr. C, closed with some observations on our tight to occupy Teias as fir as the ltio Grande. After some little skirmishing, in which several gentlemen participated, . V Mr. WOODt'lN said he had supposed that further discussion might be saved; hut as Senators on the other sido' of the House hnd voted down the motion, and had for ced this discussion, it wns due lo him and ' :s political friends to set themselves right. He had thought it prudent to avoid a dis ctissinn of the causes of the war al piesent; that might have been deferred until lha voice of ihe Cannon was silencedV the smoke had blown over, and the olive "bad again spread over us its peaceful branches, but it was thought proper to continue the discuss ion by gentlemen on the other side. He desired the resolutions lo pass, and to pass nnanimottkly; but if the facts stated sre stricken nut flow, after what has been said, it Would be ah admission that they were untrue, wnich he . was not prepared to make, which those who were not blinded by partiality to the President rould not make, Art the words proposed lo be Stricken out, that the war was produced by the "action of the Execjlive," tiuef ' He contended they are true, and emphatically demanded a reason for striking mit any thing Unless it asserted that which is on trite? Gentlemen Mid it could do no good. It certainly ran do no harm to asseit the truth. The question Is, not what good ran come of it; but whether it is true! All will agree that the war does not- exist by the action of Congress. Then, by whose action does it exist He was not amdna ! those who would throw his own country n ,,e 'rn?' nor bt President, But they V must speak die truth. The onlv Question. then, which remains, is, whether the war exist by (he action of the Pes.dent or by the action of Mexieo. Look at the Presi dent's' message f See how' much of that .-i-.-f) ...... , ...... t ..........., , .. ...... ;., oocumeni is oevoieu to a iatioreu jiistihca lion of the war. If it was hy the action ot Mexeo, if the President was- not (nitty of the net, why devote any time at all to justification of it f This is equivalent lo an admission nf the President himself that it wss caused by hit action. Mr, W. tat nested be was willinsT to have adionmed the question, as to how the war wasbienght about; but as they were then forced to ct press an opinion, he was bound to speak, out. In regard to what had been said at bout the boundary, be remarked, if the Neucese was the bnndaiy, then Mexico did not invade ns; and if the country be tween that irver and the Rio Grande was In dispute, and every body knows it was ? the President waa wronir in sendincr at ' army there, to lake it by the sword. -' Writ there not other means of deciding sorb JUpuies, u well between nstions staindi
The North-Carolina Star (Raleigh, N.C.)
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Jan. 6, 1847, edition 1
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