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ft IT t -.. .11 .f ...1 I I - l.-knre. DEBATE! IN. RIB :t 1 1 23ri December, 1810. J ftcoltttian, appro- to aid of Vol- WihrlPfeambb piiAli'iii ten ThoiinJ f rih . 1-1-11 - ; I I'll "J BRUNER & JAMES, Editors & lfroprielors. I " Keep a check xmw all tocr. I V is safe: i. untcers. t tt ! Franc r WW it; ueoaie. ic :YfrilKS SLJthe- thine after his SSnrrWnon! W vre not in U'Scnatc ChanjUcfilaring this Speech, tUU l - n .... , . l!.!J. jUV.!-ilVwuilt On ine linor, mniniivuuns r : ' .L'if tl,U iltcUrtinn in this Prftjiun- A' f Pill II 111. I 1 I I lUJIIKV" ---r . ; , ill! ! U t RCLEBLS. SAIilSBURY, IN. . - .4 , Do this, akd Liberty Gen'l. Harrison. NEW SERIES, NUMBER SGDF; VOLUME III. V I I." JANUARY 8, 17. t t J .ui lw.iivr w-ii hrouirht an bv the LrWn hf ihR Exrcurive. He niainlajned tctlo'ttx)? the Ecorjve. -r lie mainminea ihts tfcaiiekiwith France dnd Spain, n ilfiiartl to thilboandanesot It-xas, had othing (6 dp wijh the question I tcd from Sn4 inHTexas rev mi V duced this very Resolution which we are debating? rVas it not done by a Whig I lias it not the -nearly support of every Whig in thii Senjatl ? -Have we not la bored to press it hrbugh the Senate, that! we may not be too fate in giving thex ne cessary aid and comfort to those who are to fiht our batiks f j j ! Does this look like opposing the War ? Mexico ! No, Sir, our friends have done us notorious blted from wrong Wf;haVe not opposed the War; exfco.Wiiai:!Teis required by the ! I say here, in, mr pace, and I speak no word, artd couMkref) by the Sword, was I only my own ijiditidual feelings, but 1 U she couldl c tU ter ovyn. $he never i doubt not the feelings of every Whig with-- nU& fa reduce the terntorv bc- Kv4n i tb4 Nkujjtf? fn& Rio Grande to :ufei4- Itj-firis jilwnys been ii the WiiojIof lMico.xcept a small lis- jir('jpydrtd-j:the-NeqceS limited by the d'tlicM Ka;ural Roundary." Oppose, Saul kjv-jrape, tjiat outh C4)iti .'hadiiclcepded. m her icheme of ujlificaiwriy jirid jaffrrards had been annexed to hnpnnu, jvnu inc ..(exception Ger Which she neyerj could f educe, and Ciillh iff II remained iloart of the Union ? fcatij'u England peerd ttiaC the 6ld bound tU of S'outh Carolfna sUould still be re 'gt as ilio irucSb&undary ? i 2nd. ' Ikunnokcl Texas had bv her DlAratjoii irj ponivention, or ml Congress, fprohjiinced the! Rib Oraride to be the true itoiinunrf. The 'Cfonress of the United 5tft(l!i uavc:1; sinc( aummeu in various iwayiln the ititercpuf.se with Mexicothat tlies boundary jiraslrtf an opeli fjuesthn. Wis - it not ' t nt; bej the subject of future ne- cotiation 7 ns it not so resolved ? And can tuc liinncu diaics in me iuce oi ineir ovCn'iSoIiinu Rciolution, now claim the ed boundary ? This ivenjreance. Suppose the United States ped by this splehn act of in the sound of mv Voice, when 1 sav that in our opinion, ve have ample cause for War with Mexifco. j I but speak the sen timents of those with whom I have the .11 .S T .1 . .'.-T ; i ien j say, mat ine war honor to act, when I say, that th must ancl ought to be vigorously prosecu ted; until we bring the enemy to terms, and conquer an honorable peace, put we say this War was wrong in the monr ver of its inception longs to Congress, War, and that the We say that it bef only to declare any Resident commp.np.pii this- Warwlthout consulting Congress, ek ven. while Congress; was in Session. We say that the Executive, in so doing, has given a vital Stab o the Constitution. And when we urge jthe vigorous energet ic prosecutin'of the contest, and wilTgb lar as the farthest, in furnishing men Hnd & Grande a.i rtlsctt is JNiic faith witll a . ' i - . i L HutJjfdlv. Til ' i . I as she rerrarUeU the subiect iihccVinavc ii,6ti all our Secretarie of .Stite: 'Ind Tuhn &. Xlulliuun among them luUjQrbed'au Ministers to Mexico to jtrcai.on inc Kivsjioq oi boundary as an Ifte biiv ? ; Mi 1 , 'lri JWXVliiinseir, by sending Mr. Slitltjl to trcat.pn this- very question, to geh4r with pur pecuniary claims, makes . oja.jiue Hrst prucrs given to uencral ri:or in ... w'rtti " not Id co bevohd the Ter. aj bossession of Texas" arid ItU Jier authority, and cauticned him a ga1nyainnfc'tiol territory in dispute.' f MM, in ine lace oi ail these admissions ani orilcrsJ t the President Ordered thP rVrrtiV f Observation'? to .rr tlif dispiltcd i, ground to Mataboros, and jyji icix vannon inio her very streets and- blockaded the mouth of the Rio drnde.); Jsfhb thi an aggression ? Did noltH war begirt by the act of the Ex cAifa T ! Wlily the very act of blocka- MiVner iuri,; is qi n.seMI such tin act. k .w'fiad the) Executive has done. MrWaddell nxt alludell to the at tempt made by some Senator to cast odi um on the Whig party by sneeringly cabl ing jthern Federalists. It seemed to hie tauntingly used as a term ofi reproach.U- Oir, said Mr. m'.. that name conveys, no i reproach to me. It was given to as pure a band of patriots as ever lived. Feder alists;! who were the r ederalits ! Ueorge Washington and his glorious compatriots were all Fcderalits. The holy band, who sacrificed their fortunes and many of them their lives, for that liberty which we npw enjoy, were Federalists, and ; shall ive blush to be called by the name- ? I, siiid Mr, W.y (drawing himself up, and assum ing an attitude of proud defiance,) I im the -son of a Federalist, and I glory in! it. Most of my relations were Federalists during that severe struggle which achiev ed our Freedom. One of them yielded his heart's blood and his life at the he;ad of his army on the plain of Germantown. A purer, or braver heart, never gave jit self up to its Country. And shall I be re proached as a Federalist ? No, Sir. 1 pal sied be the tongue that dares Say aught against that purest band of patriots that this Country, or any other Country, ei'er knew ! j Mr. W. deprecated with great eajrh estness the mad ambition which we sepm to have inherited with our Saxon blood, munitions, 'yvej protest against the mode in to extend our territory. He had much which it commenced. The, British; in our confidence in American virtue as wellj as Revolutionary Warl were forced to fire at valor. He knew that what man can do, a body of American Soldiers, who were pouring into, them fj, most destructive vol ley, throughSa corps of their own best t robps. They shot heir own foes through the hearts bf theiKriends. We are not willing that the President should fire even at our enemy throughthe heart of the Constitution. No, Sir. The President may command our arms, ourpurse, our hearts blood m this contest, but h must leave us freedom 61' thought and of speech. Ut what worth to us is the name of libert if our thoughts are to be fettered and sup pressed, and our tongues allowed only to echo the praises of the President, upon pain of being branded with want of pat riotism ? .jlsf this your boasted land of lib erty ? Have we not indeed fallen upon evil times, when the offer of our hands, our mcaiisj our lives, in our Country's cause, is counted as nothing may not even relieve us from the foul charge of aiding and fomfortinjr the enemy, unless we ad yV soft? praises to the man, who. in our souls we believe, has trodden in the dust our, glorious Constitution? Sir, I speak withjjpain of the acts of the Presi- havb readihad this amendment prevailed ? Th us W h e re as, by the action of the Mexicarij Government, and the subsequent sanction jof Congress, the Republic is in volved in . foreign war." True, the last amendment would leave but of view the President altogether, and throw the whole matter oh the Mexican Government and Congress an assertion untrue and ridic ul o us and vet Whiir Senators are . Conquest is annexation, an ! t! . maulipas. New Lon, Couhuil C hua, part of Vera Cruz, New MV the vast territory- of Upper a-.a I, California, not only - become p. : parcel of the United States but -: nexed to the United S'ates. II r, see. first, the monarch starting'a v his own nuthorit-, and then. ti:rJ ; war, annexing to the Union Terr'.ti vast as the Union itself, and a: I ; an act of Congress; ! i Reasoning in this spirit, it is; t!i Polk, in his message, says : - II may be proper to proride for tit teruri ' important conquest. hr tnaVirj a mdrju i-t , tio for tke purpose trrctUr fTtif.l.,; frayin the expenoet mcceturrilf incident at te nance of our possession and mutkurity orvr : Here the monarch sneaks as ail arens would epeak of conquered tc Gulf, jon the 15th day of May Ip.st. only luo oays aiicr the existence l too war had been re cognized l.y Congress, to pUce the coast of Mexico under blockade, he was directed not to obstruct the passage of Santa Anna to Mexico, should he attempt to return." Afier this, how dare any sycophantic worshiper Jof James K. hevtate Polk, lisp unintelligible iarSon, ia a fruitless ef. ?JT n!?A Q, XQ' tort tp touch the enviable renutation of JOHN I "T . ur Vw) r ! M' MOREHEAD, whose uamd the Senator ! !"s have pcrm;inc , imm ul. II I . .1 , iiuvauum tTCCiPd r nup nrriPiK.. 1 -.I 4- . r . . . . - " "w,"."t liaj,ocr lias inexcusaiHr ura'ea . . tv frl With hinor pnpmipt! to lliir own ronri- I ut i - . . J nprmnnpnf m .u. . r ' . r . " . " inio.inis ueuate. l or a t knnw that trlinv ocii.tnce oi our try, ami friends ot Mexico, because they ! man; will join readily iniihe belief ihat had he slons nnd aulhority over them. voieu uawn mis nonsensical amenumeni. ; ien the Executive, instead oi Mr. Polk, rather Some gentlemen do not understand, for the ; than;to have permitted $an!a ..:aa to pass in mental ability ; others, for the safety our Naval forces, to "aid and comfort" honesty. What candid, honest the enemy, he would have ordered him to be want of want of man, having reasonable sense, could have ' hung yes strung up bvlhe heclsj IrG. said putjsuch! construction on this vote? Mr, jG.i remarked, that it was useless to at tempt to get ofi by simple disclaimers. It has become too common to attack ihe. motives and character of gentlemen, by using offensive and unpopular, epithets. Supposfi said Mr. G., in alluding to the views which the Senator from New Hanover had sub- he valued the political character pf his constit uents as he did his own, and that' he would, as he hoped in a becoming manner, resent all im. putations against their integrity. Thev had ne ver failedjon proper occasions to corns to the rescue of their country! They furnished their soldiers, good and true, in the memorable stru The violence, done to'frce' Gov- r in such assumptions by the one t: er as these, Mr. Polk himself has 1 so aware of, that it is painfull to1 have a discussion of them. Jlencc Messagr, he says : . ' . , j " The war1 has been represented as un'u.-: : cessary, and as one of gresUion on our : r: weak and injured enemy. uch , erronro :s entertained ty but few, have been wiiMy'an j , ; ly circulated not only at jiome, but have ihroughout Mexico and the whole worlJj A r. ii . i i.L- g.e ot the Revolution a period when W higge. ! ,i,e .Iiemy ,nd proct lbe w thaa ta sh adhere to their cause, a:d thus give theni ' t'. I tort.' ' . - i . mitted'on tliis question, and in doing which, he j aLs admitied by men, who would now treat ii-piuacn, as oeing more man a name. Theji, as no:r, had Guilford Whigs to contend with enemies within, as well as without ; and, in that bloody strife atijGuilfiud Court House, when most of our .Militia chose rather the part of prudence, than that of honor, one Company from Guilford, among whom were inanvof Mr. O s. blood relations, alone stood on "round ihat is doubtleiss as honest as frentlemen on this side i . I cd j he should, in eyery instance, when his name j occurred, add, by tcay of meaning, twthing, the j words. Anli-American. Totv, Federalist and i the lijje ? j would he be content with the polite j disclaimer, that he meant nothing personal ? ' ouch polilcnrss had the less excuse in this de- j bate, for the reason, that it had bepn mnnnAnA i in the outset, that Mexico had nothing to plead ! shook ui,h lhe enenriy's artillery to receive the is wilhin the reach ot true hearted A me ricans. But Americans were men and not Angels -and even the Angels fell, from ambi tion. He awfully feared that our innate love of conquest, would lead and allure us on to our ruin. This should not be a War for the acquisition of Territory, but for a redress of our national wrongs. Our very national pride a feeling so cherish ed among us -may lead us astray and be come a passion for foreign dominion. I He closed by a most beautiful picture, ofihe proud American Eagle, brought to the ground from its lofty flight, by an; ar row leathered from his own wing. A Tew oPthe thoughts of Mr.. W here recorded, and so far as possible!, in his own words; but his fine glowing fea tures, his graceful actipn, his clear, sno- are in her favor ; that she had not, kept her faith : that she was grossly at fault, and had slighted our claims, contemned the authority of our Go vernment, and had not, and I was not likely to receive,. a stripe amiss. Arid Mr. G. said, that in order to avoid misrepresentation as to his true position, he had supposed the case of a sherift, wpo .should overtake! his prisoner, one acknowledged to be guilty of barbarous, wilful murder, and without' awaiting the forms of a le gal trial, jhould hang him. Would any honest man say that the sheriff would not be guilty of murder ? ! Should he be deterred from speaking this truth j for fear of being thought fiiendly to the first offender ? The murderer dies as he de served, and yet his executioner is a felon tha conduct of both, to be condemned by all who consider it of importance to societj', to preserve inviolate the Law and the Constitution. Mr. Gj asked, why had the Senator dragged into this debate, his constituents, the Editors of the Grfensborough Patrioitl"4and Gov. More C& bbl This imputes treason to any rr.nn has dared to question tlie propria , justice of the manner in which the 1' utive had originated and curried r; wa r. M r. Pol k has qu ot ed t h c jw ( r J and comfort" from the constitution r.l nition of treason, with the c vide i t i tion of intimating that no man coul I tion, or in the remotest manner cx; i doubt, of the propriety of the Jwar. t manner jn which it has been vage J, out proving himself a traitor to his .. I .1: i . - ' f u , uuu uisposeu to - am anu com; enemies. . j Let us pause here, and see of monarchy in the 'Republic E x e c u t i ve creates a war. thci t V. . M -- . -- 1 ! 'li ufcft.' u ins cumjueMs, nnu alter ail h blood had community With his, to his knowledge u'., i "U T " ' " " w w m - - flret nkn anil n-! A - t ' 1 v-uuic aim r.r;uie me oruer iven a company commanded by one, who died of the wounds then reciMvcd, atid in whose veins flow, ed blood, common with his own.! Mr. G. said, he imputed no bad motive, or want of patriotism, to those who differed with him in political opinion. He was ready and willing to express his confidence in their hones. l" after all they might be riht and he wrong, but it was the pride of his heart to know that J all his relations, wercjWhigs in the Revolution, and that there was ho human, beinir. whose I- the : Fir i ;ut: IUUJ I UIVV) 1110 uu uuu uiuiuucj. i ll i. . 1 1 e , c -X , head had any interest in, op control over that pressive of pleasure, of tenderness, gen- nn -rT Wh' . A thn rnmmM11;rnti(m inlhat erosity prjde and lofty disdip, are .be: j paj)fer reLd b hini) ,0 do with lhU debate? yond the art of pencil or pen He must where if the connection ! I Suppose said Mr. pardon this poor sketch, and escape sjmi- j G., I shJuld read extracts from some Northern lar inflictions hereafter, by doing hiins5ef Democratic paper, in which this war is de. the justice to write out his own efforts,; j nounced, out and out, and then insist that the Mr. Gilmer took the floor He remark- i gentleman and his whole party entertain the. ed that he would not have asked the in- s -sahie. sentiments ? Would he conceive it just ? who was not now a Whig, and that it was an opinion which he honestly enterlained that when Whigs fail to rally arpund the National Flag to defend infractions as; well upon the Constitu tion as our rights, ouf liberties are gone that when to defend the Constitution there should be a draft for men to pass to the bloody fields of Marathon, that draft will be honored mainly by Whigs; that when to keep back myriads of its tnvarlprs. it chnll lwcnmfi 11 r f i r v- in ra head? He would be muck:bbied to know, j na.v ,u0 C(,anAe r ri.-. 1 ".i 'i.. - r... what yiHg tongue had told hua that Gov. More t harn tliC (1;iri to maj.e the sacrific(,t lhal fliW will he U higs, and, when the last and final struggle is over, and the field of blood is inpec ted, home TO Kiwi u l'L-Jn. here does' lie find his a ThliSiPrariible uthority ( bhlylstatcs that the War is he Exccetivc. That is a ipwr assertion of a fart. Hut T ro fr. lhr ind-say tliai the Act wal unuuthor iz(J. iThe power to; declare Warto ad just tyundatics, ani( determine the limits ofiTrritory n$. Well as to amcxt belongs tpmd lreatyprrjakjng poweii Under the Constitution anjd this is given to the Pre- trnland beiiate, ttwo thirds of whom laiist'concur. ;Jf there s pd authority td cover the csc In fhejConstitption, was dent. He is my personal friend. An in timacy commenced in bovhood. and con- tinueu tor iwenty-uve years with the dis- dulgence ot the Senate to be again heard ; ine, gewieman again uisciaims cnarging uov. tinguishetijnan, whose acts f am forced i on this Resolution, had not the gentlelman Morcheatt and my constituents, with entertain to condemij, must render this opposition from New Hanover (Mr. Ashe) made an j ing the riew contained in the communication nrnnr)o lrAf no;nr,,t uui ! -.i. utWntd wJ u-,ai nf published in the Grecnsbpro' Patriot." What wi t cuiiuiii, iiiyj.it. iuuiiui, ijl lias liui.iuicu I tiitv,u. J ii mi tv;ii.Tiiiuriiio, ma viiiii u-j; v j 1 i 1 I mT me with his friendship; Of his kin;d feel ings, I hay very late proofs. He knows I cannot and do not approve his course, in the inception of this War. And while I will not, and cannot impute to the Exec utive the corrupt motives from which old Guilford, who had honored him iwith a seat in that Hall; and who, for their ; honesty and inte l.gence, purity of ; pur- Lrehcad had Somt, ih,erest i ihis pose, anu steauy loyalty 10 ine tonsiuu tion, would compare with the constituents of any other Senator on this floor, j Al- ut on the paU lliis tot haste n riiions ? : Wa s NtrSir.l Not in there any of Mexico that justified commencing hostile ope- pur I erntorv invaded f il pur-roops'ihad pointed some of my friends do not spare him, I do ; though the gentleman, in reply to the Se- Irom the bottom of my heart disapprove j nator from Orange, has disclaimed all m the act. jiVere it dohe by my dearest tention to utter any thing personal pr of friend onr earth by my father, 1 must be I fensive to Ex-Governor Morehcad, one a al lowed !tj enter my solemn protest a- i mong the purest and best: men itjk the gainst it, as a palpable and mischievous j State, and who, he was proud to say, was attack upon the Constitution. And am I ! one of his constituents, yet his rerparks tbieir Guns intriatamoros, ad blockad- elr RiVer.1 Uidishe order an armed h it j it an to that quarter; If then the Presi Mnt performed these acts, if he had no thorify fo (sb actipg in the C onstitution, V"'! if the ntibnjofiIexico. did not.ren- uiwccjursc ieccssary, men; the avc;r i Mie-ljr qnmbjc is more t!ian proved. V as the 'substrincc of lbs argument of -Vrj ;XVaddll which was i elieyed by nyiipt illustrations, and er livened by casjorial bustt of indignant feeling up ott lhhorr6rs.of ilje war' into 'which we jP'd been so jrakljty involved. T 'villaving tlms disposed of thj argumen taf'rci portion ofj his Speech,, a nd proved, li he hbped conclusively, by a plain state mentf facts and logical deductions there- irpmlthat the averment in the Preamble firue,aa inc dUcr Mr, W.id he felt incumucni oti him to reply, as he best to be told, that I oppose the War cripple the GoveYpmentai'd and comfort the en emy? God save the mark I Who now compiands your Armies ? Whose blood has flowed like water on the plains and mountains of Mexico? Who compose the majority -of those, who are now under arms in a foreign land, panting for com bat with the perfidious foe ? HTio fill your ranks of Volunteers at home? Are there nofie of those much abused Whigs in the number? And will you tell these "gloriousjpatriots, the tale that you told us yesterday that they oppose the War that they give aid and comfort to the en my? JU ! We are told, Sir, by one Senator, (Mr. Thompson.) that if I he thought, as we did j o'f the (War, that he could never be ih- uucecijio uffiu us Dailies. remaps ne them to be at war with thq true Whig feeling were too nearly assimilated to certaih oth- 1 anq spntimem, yei ne ien auu.onzeu to say, or er observations, which he saw in a certain I lho Edit ot ,lbilt at.he 7 a 8elle' i-i i ii i r ,tl n man of elevated worth, good and true one, paper on his desk, called i he ortl Car- . : thft ;n5titulionf of his count and if I , I 1 . : uiciiw.ui inonarcn nas me. presi:;.. prerogative of other monarchy l!. doing no wrong. Monarchy is thus comnlptn if! U ed prerogatives in these United S;.: The King can do no wrong, anil it h son, therefore, to'imnutu wroh? u 1 War exists in consequence of liis and there must jbc no disens'sibn ( ; The old thirteen States of the jjnif formed a constitution for their) ov : ernment, are suximped by the an;;- 5g.e is over anu tne nem o, o.ood m.pec- of vast territories they had hcv, : ?r il? T SlnC of ; whcri lheir constitution H frr,- ie was ijuillorcl. . ., . , . . , T r , 1i..ii iMj ui i iiiiaiii, I treasontocomnlain of ihn cnt-sf t! ' THE SLOW, BUt SURE STEPS TO A ov"whthnt d thn. J j . . A very able discussion is "o:n' r . jMUNAKLIll. House of Representatives re. spec i Mankind seems naturally to run after a I Proclamations of General Ke:u: monarchy, and heace monarchy has bo-j Com. Stockton. Mr. Polk has tim: come the prevailing government among ly stimulated, and probably, jsar. mankind. Perhaps there is no help for it, them. The Monarchists there ;a but a great effort was made against it by 1 taining all that has been done in t: Washington, and other Fathers of our r't of the language wej havd qnoU Republic, and will yet be made by all j Mr. Douglass. Such is progress i who have imbibed their spirit. j mocracy." It knows no medium cf i ne nnrase oncmun now nr. which we sitiuiiouai oovernmeni. out as a i i k that paper they controlled their own columns oelieve is ot our own coining, more cx- j um, is ever vioratmg irom ;m w thv suffer no man. or men. to rrovcrn their ! pressively defines what is utit erstood bv ! despotism, and irom despotism . 1 --j - o - . J ' t i y.r ' , ' actions, iind have no partners in interesVor in j monarchy than any other definition we j cny. iNcto lork L,rprcss. their 'management. Although he considered ' know of, and henceiWe shall continue to I 1 the publication of the comm'unication imprudent j use it, while we call attention to its " pro and ill-advised, and so far las the Editor may gross" (the only sort of progress we have have endorsed its sentiments, Mr. G. admitted ; mtKAe these late vea'rs in the IJ. States. Ouronc-man power is named President, which isnow synonymous with Emperor, or King. 4vthough never intended to be so in our constitutional Republic. Thus, the power to declare war, exist ing in Kings andvEmperor, now, it i con- did lie mean by naming Gojv. More-head in con nection with the " Patriot !" ? Had not the Se nator assured him, that he ihad been told that he should have concluded it had originated in his own imagination. He knew the Editors u j i onb. who would sacrifice as much to sustain In this paper, the Editor, reviewing the j them; as any individual iu the State. And Mr. G.'fupiher declared it as his honest opinion, that Lyndon Stcaim, although he differed with him, so. far asLbe may be considered as endorsing The Right to Spcah. Tov il. Polk has demeaned himself! cn constitutional and illegal act, i:i i:iv us in a war, without the aujhofity ' gress, and incrcaling government tant lands, without fike nuiti );. traitors trivinir aid and comfort ' -- -- - o- - O i I debate on this Resolution, uses the follow ing false, slanderous, and insulting lan guage : "On Monday, ableiandcpnclu sive arguments were delivered on e American side of the question by Doctor Cameron, of Cumberland, arid Gen!. Wil son, of Edgecomb. The Senate was also addressed on Monday, by Messrs. Gilner. Woodfin, Ehringhausand Russell, iti favor of the Preamble." What does the Editor of this paper mean, when he styles the debate on the other side, " American"? the word italicisjcd, to attract particular notice? He attempts to do indirectly, what his cowardice would not permit him pnpmv." it is time to hanii some tended by what calls itself democracy, banner as this on oui; outward w; exists in our President. It is not, to be ! v rrnrrff 1 . 1 .1 i. t i I sure, so conienueu in express worus, out the views of his correspondent, that in this he I the principle is laid down, that in the arm Living, ! shall assert the th dying, I shall 'assert i i. awwi.''i uw i lit bUUk III lllv ll lit ' .. -.i..t.. 1 u.i . r .u . r ii.TtMMi, - was 1 11 fi 1 or, uooutiess iiuui-sny cj, ci no a in- ? uttuuai iuii ui iiic icjiuuiy not ui iuc , , , , i ,i i1 -s ,1 v. : .i.i ..a a,. ! tvt ....i.u h ! should I Ieae no other mhentar UCIUIJ uciichu lie nuuiU) ill nit; cuu, uu uiwio iicuuca, VVlUJUUt. flit atL UI Oll g I CSJ," - A to encourage Volunteers, and sustain the honor ! d-ispulcd territory, Mr. Polk was right, of his country, than many, who are now so i although that occupation necessarily in elamorons against his patriotism. If the gen- volved us in the war with Mexico.. So tlemaii had been as industHous to do thi Edi- when our government has a dispute with tor jusjice, as injury, and had examined other I another government, it is now settled as children, by the blessings of Go !. leave them the inheritance'of j Fj ; riPLEa. and th ptninnle nf n :m : indcpendentdefcnceoflhcm.,,-f Vi ! I ! columns ot his paper, ne wouia nave touna mm tJptnocratic nriinU. thar an Executive cfantnbute their labor , , ... i . :. ..f:,i.t rnnsiilt- mJ means towards an, aiping and equipping . - .1. ' i. rsshpin our Volun:r5eIh0r.a,ibnS to do some.hing B f tha. BEWARE OF AN D POST would not. Rut little knows that Scn-io d( openly, directly and boldly.; Let us read a little further: In speaking pi the loss of the amendment to the amendment, ?TOr "ings which had fallen irom some oti lusajricnd ator pf true Whig patriotism. It in his opjinion, the War was improperly be gun, or unjustly continued, he could not give ii his support ! Sir, Whigs repudiate such fjoctrine as unworthy of them, and unpatriotic. This War, however begun, has now the ' Sanction of Congress," the only power that has the Constitutional right' to decide thii question, and they ask om.nin'ai ,n,i e,.ufor,t;oiirt nWi ;n ..k 1 session ! lhe power to we may be jud-ed by our deeds, and not by to declare, war, therefore, nou exists ; himself off a. - - 1 m I if r 1" -1 iiur av 1 w I. , . i ,1, . , " f "J f 1 a!1"-" UU IllWI C. 11 IlUWi CUIlJIllitllUS 1 IJ C 1 1 O U LJ eleated could not hi rirrr.;r;.i u.. . i, 1 .r i .1 ti fcwiJJ')' V ; -t 1 .;. "s11" v i poru it may uo ior me uemocrauc pen- -PKT -T 1 restrained J ator from Wake, to act upon his individ- j ,rra 6 .a ihat n,sh i rTntirtoL-W ti'l.mn1 lml nnna.hllL. r ! knimnn ntrninl ti f:rn vt ! t tit inn ! I nil L't.w.., .pi.i.t.v a.aaw ' fiiiibMiivii - i - . .... 1 . i U i j t L I i t u ii 11 t 80 -J'stin- thorities of the land. If .c. should deem -waic nrm. "' u"'t"'l"-'"" Ucd deb i em a War unconstitutional, as he understands voted down by VV higs. will prove it How &twUUW e t his aid ! I Thank does the Preamble commen Thus. Sb.f'H"1 of' d?ors Jy Pens Goj ! no Whig can be found bold and ar- " Whereas by the action of thq lecutie, - in u cmscives ojrjrrieveu. rnrrhnf iii-ii-i rK tr fctnnrl fn tbnt. Artft rt n I ltA V'W ibcen sid on this floor, by In Heaven's nameiwhat would it lead tot jaose xvhosrt Rearts, I am surt. are more ! Would not each rpan, who happened to V iMhcir hejld4 haf we i. find himself disinclined to actual service, .v i n rrs-ar' onnnuit ir iha i vnr ? hn cn. , . t.. mi. Nejarelle!4eralists, and ) irSirVthe i.!bu 1 . r AlWM.ir the i War ; and that wej are have not quite called Us ity have reiterated, spme- the j?hU-;oftWl(t idaintilV to be sure, ;Wagc ately used by one i t hi-h and comforting the eh Oped; to the W ar Sir! Who i itrD' bo suddfiiilv nilerl V,tb i-fntihrs nf tha Don. stjttuionality or justice of the War ? How would Constitutional qualms be multi pjiecl ! And how must the rariks be filled by reprobate Whigs who are not so con veniently troubled withconscientiousscru nles. but only ask to know that their Coun try is engaged in k War and needs their aid to respond to t jie call. ; - 8 i , V- f TT . . 7 i nan ro to war about it. without consuu- ! a m,n 1. !!, ,mr.r frrV. r place a few dayi ago, and eneatrc ' upon the lympathy of our ciliken by a deal mute. It w::s - . i . i sounding but hollow exclamations of patriot- ( in our I'resident.jus! a ... u. ,v, b. out, Qowerer, ns 1 ' isrr. Mr. G. said, that he; considered the gen- or Emperor, or an .uu,...,f u.3a.ul;.uu uc ...u . "l"'''; . i , r i i n .1 i .- ve-npaK oi our counirv as i men. lie cicareu uiniseii on wen i nftfred hv Cn ' TTmrkinK of Warren, he ; t eman s use oi unpopular names anu auusions men, uerenuci ... .. , . i. onerea o Uen. iiauhin, or vVV arrf. h. hc i.:.' L. - a(r..rt , n.Ki;. it is- a monarchy, but the sinon was differed, to prac ice.'as nl; IVnie ' UIIU1ICU lt Ilia i.uii3iiiutiii5, os t iliiii; uwi. hi rv liciiuuuv i ... - . ! ui . I I ... .:. i ' r. --.l A I. .. i nnm. tinnn knmn rnmmnni m ,m join chorus with that insulting and -contempt.. ! head of it is soiiencu uv,u uy i name j -1 - - --; vj - ble expression, discovered in the late Message ! Gf President, because King! is unpopular J?" n,cc a Jlh ;(" ' ... . . i, . L .5.. Ul ! . : ltti lot, it seems he atleropted the si - nt I'mAirionr 1'n v. vvnprp n rm wiiii puruiiierv. . i , . . . ; j yj i a ivaiuui - - ..... v, ...... J yet. charges all who wiil not say that he commenc- j yar ihus existing, in spite of Congress, ed lhe ; war by Constitutional authority, with ; necessarily waged by Congress when ffitinrr " aid and comfort "i to the enemy. Al- . n,:nn :K itin fpd intr it bv its mon- though they stand ready to rshed their blood and ' . . again! laid down as a demo- . . T "W T , , tO savs : " Vhat did they (sneakinsr Senators.) say by that vote V. Why. that Mexico is not in the wrong, and that as a consequence, our country is ! I We! leave the Federal members of the Senate: to get out of the predicament the best way they can." Here, Mr. Speaker, the Editor of that paper tells a wilful and deliberate falsehood. A falsehood, knowing it to be so when he penned the article. A simple tTMnrft to sustain his warJ vet thev trive "aid and comfort " to the enemy, if they refuse praise to him in' all that he has d4ne or caused to be done. If they haves the iiidependence to say his Majesty erred, he immediately applies to them lbe words that define ihigh treason "aid and comfort." Who said Mr. G., has been so miitt v in irivin?? aid and comfr " lothe.Mex- - j c. .r . . . . t sition upon the citizen there an i j r gire lesson in pjenmanship ; .ut lf-: btay, we ju!ge he did not tucctcd j i : ging many besidfii the editor of tie i Melville is a man of ordinary eiz". z.- a ' 1 ' ! I . I. n a ...l.n af. i.iniiiafaf ' . I . -' I crane principle, liiai wuai 10 iwiryuum , a genieri appearance, ana we ii . annexed, and thus becomes ;part and par- ' ors of the Patriot, (now as hj ha ; . eel of our Union. Hear Mr. Douglass of ; self an impostor.) will 'gire Mm h : Illinois, a noted democratic leader, when will nick lo him, and by whih ti.f r speaking in Congress on that point. We be guarded from hii impoi:ior.i. quote from the Union: t ! -r Recorder. j j : "Now he (Mr. D.I maintained that that trrr.tory , I 1 iUa niiKcninnnt ? R enii dic s Solved in a fQeign War." j icans, as lhe President hinlt 7 In .narsame , - w a p of the lrrrrfory of Uni d , tbe Kepublic isinvolvedm a'f " ' ! mes$age ho admits, that , Santa Anna, that ; KSitlle9 Wr,re lbe genera (Kearm-y) ld th prod. T ip amendment nt the csenator ; irom . . o. i . . , r.rranaA A "n r, th- i'n,A sunt fc Rdirecomb. proposes to strike out he S;'?"V. r V.'. hvllim nenniited lo re- i rirtnc of the act of Ingres, trkick tnnezed it. It re- j to get well enough to take his -at i i w. . -. . .i .. fi s t . .:.- ; . vv j - -v , .... . . , r. words " Dy tne action oi ine; Jixeuuii ...... (o .tie uead and command ot this very en- M. Adms. The Boston pap-V? murd the procla- .u. ifn jonn Quinev Adam, in b'. teas a part of the United States bf 1 , and the subsequent sanction of Congress, ,i ! SDCakin2 of the return of this t reach which would make the Preamble read j erOUS and perfidious warrior, whom to mention, Whereas, the Kepublic is involved in a i lts to bate and.despise tor h is narnaritj anacru foreign war," &c. The gentbman from j , pnT own countrymen, (many ofhom he ouired no proclamation rrauirru yt urr ci man , ,,-d h.. sren?tQ too lar. and!!! v. thit of conqat itslt. Ana De maintainea lunnerrnorr, that if a treaity.of peace vrrr? made with Mexico with out establishing her limits, alfihete conquered provinces vers part and parrel of the United States ly right of conquest, end must so '.remain for f ter ' unless ceded back to Mexico, or nnle re-conqoerrd. It teas there fore the act of conquest which annAxed the territory, and it' Jid not require! the proclamation of Cien. Kear nev or Commodore Stociton. I The f merely declared the existence of a fact which had prrrioualy ccled., t in hi room, bruising his person s : His physician has forbidden fcirn t t ins lo Washinson this winter. ! ' i j : t i Commodore John Froit has Ur!.- ports on the Hudson from Newbury' ci narirauon. i Warren proposes to araena inetaincvu-1 permitted to ue rouroeiru pm wnuiwu, mrht bv adding of the word f Whereas," prisoners of war,) the President; use the fob lhe words, - by the action of!th4 Mexican iWingi Unguaga : . f Whenlprders, were issued dernmen would the Preamble 1 to the, Cotnmancter of our 3j aval .forces in, the , .-...irji.u j ; ;i -i lM'- 'Jli- iitl. T - i! ,M I - i in 9
Carolina Watchman (Salisbury, N.C.)
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