Huntingdon Journal

              HUNTI
JOUR
coltHECT  PRINCIPLES SUPPORTED  BV  TRUTHi
vol: XII, m. i
HUNTINGDON, PA., FEBRUARY 10, 184t,
[EDITOR AND PROPRIETCIR
'WHO~LE NO. 876.
SLS*Ci9Ef»iXEX^a j pieion of injury, but scizcd wilh sudden
* The-Jouiiy.tL" will he published every 'Wed- ] P"'" '" t'l'-' ""'Ist of the ceremony, he hesilaymornini5,iil*200n}onr,il'iinid I'liwrfcancc, fainted and was carried to his Ilouse lind if not paid williin six months, $2 50. amid the Intncntaiions of the bridal par-
No subscripiion received fora sUorllir period than ty. Vnin was all the skill of the pliy- lix months, nor imy paper discontinued lill allar- gjcjans, who could not divine the cause rearn?es are paid. if j,,;^ slrange illness, and in a few days
AdverliscmentsnotoJcecdinK oncsquare.will he    ,      ,.    , o ' J^
.  ... .: <•__.», <in „„.! (•„, „„„„, .,„,,..„_' he (tied.
FROM WASHINGTON,
inserted three limes for Jl 00, nnd I'or every sub.,, .     ,    i
quent iniorlion 8.5 cents.    If no dclinitc orders are        Febaldo again demanded tho
given as to tlic time an adverlisement is to be cou-1 the   maiden Irom   her  pnrents,   and   re
tinujd.it will lie iiept i  	
ed ac:ordini;tv.
[CiirrespondciKC ol" lliu L^nilcd States Gnfcelle.]
Till! \Vui'-ll8 Olijcils ami Coii.soi|UPnfi't<. W.vsiii.NGTON, Jan. 27, 18'17. J. R. Chandler, Esq.—Tho Senate, nf¬ ler  passing  the Treasury note  bill, to-
placing a friend in the heart of Alexieo.   each party shall retain all they have got)   into the market for the benefit of thosij This the President had siiceecdcd in do-   „.e might have as much territory as pos-   who   served, but   he did not think that.
soldi
ing; an admirable and faitiiful diploma-   silile. " '       '        ; men   who aecoinpaiiied   tli^
tist in the person of Santa Anna he had       Mr.D. said, the fact Was that wc want- bis last gasp, had rdiared his perils, as-
now not only iu the heart of Mexico, bul   cd a Lieul. General in thc Cabinet, and suaged his burning thirst, luitiguted his
at the  head of her large   army!     Thi;;   not in the field—there was   needj much sUHerings, and received liis  dying mes-
wns surely a most adroit piece of poli-   „eed for onc there. .^age for his wile and ehihiren, would de-
,     -,    ,    ., .,     -.       , ey; a cnpilal polilical movement!    [He!     As to our armv, that would always du liberately plan such schemes of fraud;
Ild of  "¦>y, 'ip'i |'/,'"P'' consideration the ten re-   might have added, and worthy the mutch-! n^   ,iuty, as it ahvays had done it; tell       In answer to liieargumeut of Mr. Ben-
iiscmem.sioiiecou-   me  ,„,iiu,-i, ii.i.u  iici   pui-iii»,  .nm  . <=-     j'Tr' '^'"'"P"''/^'''.'-''' ^Ir. /'tchoson,   less diplomacy of Jamcs K. Polk.]   The   them   when and where, and whether it   ton; that the soldiers were  incapable df deredoiil.andcliarg-'ecived a second refusal.    They too per-- "'   -*^'**''0"'''_.   f^iw'io   '"   support   of  his   financial portion of thc war consisted in   l,e   i„ the   passes of the Sierra Madrie,   pvoloctiug theinselyes against spcculu-
T:J.V  B. P.U,MF/I   Esq , is a,ithorir....l t„ nc ; ,^^^,   .^^^^^   „,„-,culous, occasioneil
as .-Vnciitfor thispapcr.lo procurcsubscriplionsnnd      •' ..    ,    , . .    ', ...
.dverlisem.^ulsiu I>liiladclphia, .\c« York, Balti-j «'"' CXCitcd the Utmost vigilance of the
more and Boston. j hiagislralc ; nnd  when on close  cxaini-
OFFtCEiS' ' nation of the bodies, the inslrunient was
Philadelphia-ynnihJr^9 Vine.liert. ' """""^^ ".' ""^ gangrened flesh, the lerior
Uallii,lorc-S. E. eorncrof Baliimore nndC'al-! '"'"^ "."'^"¦r,"' ' *-'^':7 ""P '^^"'¦"=^'   ',"¦ '"''
' own lite.    The maiden ihus enielly or-
' phaned, had  passed the first   iiioiitlis nf
leu .iii-^c-iuuiv III .. iu,> u,.,- amcndmeiit;namcly,tochangc the chii-   saying lo our enemy, as he had his gnus   the   heights  of the  Cordilleras- or llie   tors and Sther villains who   would prey
Thc alariii which these deaths, which ^'¦''''*'^'.°''''''''""^''l"'''°'"''^S"'ars to vol-   charged   and   priincd;   nnd   stood   with   plains of Me.\ie,>, they Will attain u sol-   upon   them, Mr. C. remarked tbat iho
ished miserably in a few days
unteers.
-Mr. Green of Uliod
mateli-burning in hand—stop u bit, sir ;   c,'wt's hope, or find a soldier's bed. Island followed   suppose wc compromise this  matter by
Senator from Missouri proposed to pro-
. . ,. . , tect the soldier from these  frauds   by
in  a few' reiiiai-ks, giving  his   reasons  our paying yoiWiro w;'///o;is o/c/o//«« to   jjpeceh of Mr. Corwin of  Oliic-Tlic Loco-   making the bounly inalienable for seven
Vi. eorncrof Baliimore and Cal- j vert streets. }tciu Vor/f—Number iru) Nassau streel. lioston — Xunilicr Ifi folate-street.
l-'iom llic Louisville Jouinsl.
Till'] liOl.ni'N RlXliLET.
Here is u lilllc, golden licss,
Of sol'l, uubraidtd liair ; The all Iliut s Icll ul' loveliness,
'I'lint once wa-i ihought so fair. And J el, Ihough time Uns dimmed ils sheen,
'i'liouyh all betide lialh fled, 1 hold il here, a link lirlwecn
iMy spiiil and llic dead.
Vi-t from lliis sliining ringlet, Blilh
A mo'.unl'ul memory springs. Thai niclU my li!arl,nnd sends a lliril,
Through all ils ireiublim; strings. I lliink of hcr, llie loved   Ihn wept.
Upon whose fcrclicad Inir, For einhteeu years, like sunshine slept,
This golden cuil of huir 1
Ch sunny iresi! the joyous brow.
When thou did'sl lig'.itly w&ve, With all Ihy sisler tresses now,
Lies cold, wiihin the grave. 'I'hal cheek is of its bloom beu-fl,
Thnt eye no iiiu;c i.-. gnv. Of all her benulies, ihou ail Ifft,
A ¦olilarj lay I
Four years have passed this very June,
Since lasl wo fondly meii Four years! nnd yet it seems loo soon,
To Id Iho heart forget. 'I'oo soon lu lel that loyely face,
t'.-om iiu-sad thoughts dcpail. And lo anolhor give the place
She held ivilhin Ihe lioail.
tier memory sllll, wiihin my mind,
Retains ils sweetest power; It is the peil'ume U-fl behind.
To lell us uf ihe flower ! Bach blossom ihat in moments gone,
Uimnd up ibis sunny curl, Ri'calls ibe form, Ihe look, Iho lone.
Of that enchanting giil.
Her ttep was like an .-\pril rain,
tVer I'uds oi violets llung, Her voice. Ihe pielude lo a strain,
Hcl'ore the song is sung. Her life 'twas as a hall blown (loWer.
Closed ere the shades of oven ; Hei dealh. ihc dt«ii, Ihe blushing hour,
Tbat opes ihe g-.ilcs of Heaven.
A single Ircsj. liow slight a thing.
To sway such ninyit ail, And bid e.ich sou lemembrniico tptinj,
Liko blossoms i,I Ihe hEurl! ll leads me back lo duys of old—
To her I loved so lonj, Whose locks outshone pellucid gold
Whose lip, o'cillowcd wilh song.
Bince then I've henrd a ihousand layi,
Froin lips as sweel ns hers, 'Yet when I strove lo givo them praiBf,
I only gave thein lears. I could nol bo r, amid ihe throng, Whcio jesl ur.d laughter rung, To hear anolher, sing tho song, i'hal IremblrJ on her tongue.
A lingle, shining, tress of hair,
To bid such memories sort, Gut leaia nre ou its lustre^there,
I Iny il   n my heail. Oh !  when in ilealh's cnld arms 1 gink,
\A'ho Ihen wilh ge:
her mourning, in a conveni, w hen Tebul- do, hoping to bend her to hhs will, en-
why he should Vote for thc amcndlncnt. luake peace with us. This is also ac.-ipi-
Wlien hc closed, Mr. DAYTOJV took tal   pitt'c of policy.    Go  to war  tvilh
the   lloor, and   delivered  decidedly the Mexica, as the President says, to make
most able speech I have  listened to in her pay ns whnt she owes us, nnd then
that  hody  during the present  session, to iudiiee her to make pence, oiler her
and   one   vf   the   most   ehibornte.     He iwo millions of dollars. treatcfl upon the war and  its character.
_ ears. This was presuming that those who, as the Senator from -Missouri elo¬ quently described il, escaped the em¬ brace of the battle storm, ttiid avoided a grave upon the tups of the Cordilleras, were tint capable of ei nrolling llic boun¬ ly ivhich the Governmenl bestowed upon tliciii, and lluit Congress mu: t, there¬ fore, conslilufe itself tiieir guardian.— reUiliatiou against Mexico, and e.xpress- to^s arsnmci^s "atid in ^1^111^^00 made «« ""^^ of opinion that, if tl.ey put the tho^'e mort^deaTto h'er^ i'lhud be-   comniencing and prosecuting it; Hnd hc   cd his utter condemnation of  il.    The   sad havoc with them.    He was listened   n^"','*"' ".P°" ""^.'""t"'^'-'<>,"',''""' •"M"'
I'uco.s mul liun. Ta.vlur.
[Correspondence of llie V. &. Gazelle.] 1
W.-isiii.M.TON, Jan 30; Tho   debate in the   Senate yesterday upon the amendment to llie ten regiment bill   relating lo   giving bounty  lauds to
,       ,          ,.           , Its character, I     i\Ir. Dayton  next spoke of the propo- the soldiers was very ¦interesting.    On
treated to speak wilh her at thc gate.— ! "P""  t'"^ Pl;'"-^ ol carrying  it  nu, and;, gi,io„ „i'),[,_ Polk to authorize the issu- the sideof thc Wliigs,Mr. Corwin spoke
The face of the foreigner had ever been   "P<>» t'"^ f.'"^l«  and objects Uio adiiunis- ^ )„„ of lellers of marque and reprisal in about half an honr in replv to Mr. 15eu-
displeasiug   to her, but   since thc death   "¦"""»  fylc'itly  liitve liad    '     .,..•          _•    . ,r    -.      ,   .                               ..     .-
Ill view in
i come odious, ,'as though she had a pie^ P^'^r^'t^'''   t'"^, various   subject-.,'    upon  Ument   ofhis   guiir,) and hci-   reply   "''"-•''  I'c «i«elt, in a clear, vivid ligrht.
th
ilw
and   fortiiicd
proposilioii had fallen dead, but he hail t., „,i||, ,1,^ closest nttention and With been surprised that it had not met with nudis.Tnised admiration, wieldhiir, as hc a more decided  reprehension  from the   dij^ „-it|i equal skill and force, llic war
club  of argument, and   the tivo   edged sword of sarcasm and irony.    The lat-
was  n^st decidedly to the   negative.—   """   """;'?;»  '"'' po^il'o''^   ^vil'"   "'-a"-
Teb'ildo bevond himself with Vaire, nt- ""-'"*'*'"¦"' '""'*"'''"<">'"'''-""™'''-'''''"-''" countrv. He slood lliere to dcnonucc temnted to wound her through the grnto ;'"'P''^'?".'^'-''^'' The speech was not only n. a'nation with such an extended and succeeded; the ob.curitv of the ^''''''.'if "'"'•S""»'^»*i "'"• "•'••"'.^"'^'l the coast-ind commerce as we hnd-one of Dlacenrevenled his movemcnls from be-'"'^'n""'*":''l'^V"T^"*l-'"'y';"''^';'''=''"'° tl'e luv^rest eommcrcial nations in the tno- ob-erved ¦ '"''""^'i', but Us language and stylo was  „.orld. should be the last to encourage,
Ou iicr return to her room llic maiiUii ': P'""''' dignified, senatorial, and at tinics or in imy mauiier sanction privateering, felt a pain in her breast, and on uneov- extremely eloquent. His delivery, as „,hich was ouly legalized piracy ov biic- erin- it she found it siiotled with one .J"" "''^ uwure, is by no incnns loud and ¦ cancerii.g. lie went int.. an enlerlain- siiide drop of blood.    The pain increas-   ^"'--<^''°".''' "," ' gcsliculatious vio-   ing history of the  rise  of privateering   Mr. C, namely : that " it was a master
-      ¦ .    . .       .        lent ; quite the contrary; his voice ISra-o,u of piracy.    It   was the oflspring of  ly speech, powerful iu   argument, terri
corsair  system, which was no more than   plundering without li
soldier that at  the cud of llio  war he should   emigrate lo the far   West and sellle upon tbis land, or else be debarred from   tlic ejoymciit   of his   bounty   for seven yearf, it would huve the eflect of ter weapon -Air. Corwin wields w'ith ter-   deterrinir men  from entering the army, rible   fi.ree and ellbet, as on tlie present   '' "O"''' '"^'''^'y ^"^ "^".ssary be believed occason .\fr. lU-iilon could testily.    In-   to pas. an aet to prevent a Senator from slend of iriving   my own opinion of his   !""'^"'f " contract respecting his travel- speech,   I prefer to   repeat the remnrls   l"'tr "Howanec and pev die.n, or placing made to   me by a political   oppoi.ent of  «".V hen upon  .I lor a certain   length ot
I cd ; thc   surgeons whn hastened  to her
assistanee, tiui.rht   by the'^pasl, wasted   V,'-?'   ^''^'^'JcJ. «'"'.''>«  n^-"-'""  slight-! ,l,o ohi no time in conjecture, but cutting deep ; }^ 1""^^''''^, impression hc makes upon his   Uiing i
peecU, pow ble   in sarcasm, and  beautiful in imng-
i into the wounded part e.xtracted the iiec- ; die before any ini.'^f liief had commenced.
hearers, therefore, is made by what
ery.
Ill reply lo the argument of ^Ir. 15en- (i)ii against giving bounty  lands, name-
time, lest the money might fall into the hands of tpcculators, who were hover¬ ing in clouds around the Capilol, dark¬ ening the air with their numbers. Thftt would be a strange law; but be ihoiight wonld bc quite as reasonable us the
: of dealh niiuglccl with hi.s vast projects, , ne i uum uui ncii, iiui.i.iian.ij:, >,<i..<. ,jv-   .rencraiinn nuer I'lUg-^'ue ui o.un; land   sometimes   subdued his flights of  coloco,  and soot paymastcrsj quarter-   it  t^-as ivellknoivn that hc sent 'fancy.    Philosophy and   gaiety divided | "la^'tef''.  ^^^'-    Coiigress,^Mr.   D.   said,   and plans lo the British Genera
' his last moments between them.    Pale,   was called upon to place 77,000 nieu at   that he was not a man to  be disc     _	
'' and  with his eyes deeply funk in their ' <'¦><-' dispotul and under the eonimind of  The plan of the Senator had been exliih-   bounty, he '' orbit'^  hc appeared quite diflerent in the   t''c adminislralion, and nearly 1^30,000,-, ited to them through a mist, it was but   „f the   iiievi
His end ap))Voaelu'd.     Prcsenlimcnts   '"''""tcd  by bim,  except  Tnylor, whom   lieved that  Cl-.atham lived in  the  next   tiou and i'raud coniieeted wilh the uaiues ! of dealh mingled with hi.s vast projects, , he eould not help nominating, wasa Lo-   generatinn after Eugene Of Savoy,   and   of certain oflicer.< of the Goveriuneiit.—
'      '"" """"'"  ".      ,       .   .1     jjpi^  orders   'fliat eompunies of scoundrels would be
rais, and   formed, as the Senator si'id, to endeavor
sobeyed.   io despoil the soldier of his hard earned
had no   doubt.    It was onu
ippearea qiiiieoiiiercnimuie   '¦— '.'—" 1 "¦'-• .• •• ¦-   -.'    i,^- •.•j v„^,„ ,„„j;.^„ •• ••,:^., .-  .....,--..   ,„  mu   mciitable   ciinscqucnces   of all
tribune.    Moreover,  hewas  subject  to   '^00, beside  the aniiiinl  revenue,     ihis   „  shadowy thing   in their sight, never-   „-ars, it was onc of the curses which be-
i fretHieii't& sudden ftiiiitiiio'-filS'   Excess   "'0"'d be taking all  power outof  the   tl,eless,  he thought  he saw the whole   longed lo  a state   of war.    It had been ^   .
! i'l   pleasure and in  business,   together ' hands of the  next  Congress, which he i ^vith his mind's eyc; bold, original, like   (be" ease,   as thc   Sciiati r  of Missouri   ed resolutions tendering ihu  ihanks of ' with the cxei'lemenl of the tr'ibune, had . "us not disposed to do. 1 jis author —culuniiis coiiccntrafed, wag-   |,:is suid, after the cle>-e of the revolu-   Congress to General Tiiv ior and ihe i.tTi-
-hort time undermined his vigorous!     The   long   catalogue   of   grievances   ons  discarded, a rapid march  direct lo   tionarv war.    It was a well known fact   cevs  and  soldiers  under his command. On his last public appear-'"hich thc President had  sent to Con-   the capital of Mcvieo, a decicivo blow,   ihat the men who had passed tlirough the   both regulars  aiid_ volunteers, lor their lel't ' gress, to show that we had just causoof  i:,; Wasitnot understood thnt tbe author   liics of thc struffalc, were endeavoring   courage, skill forutude, oM Hfood con
But   thc   to d.?fraiid ench other out of what  they   duct in storming and
was rather more courteous than usual. He will take good eare how be provokes one who bears such arrows in his (f'uiv- er as Mr. C.    Of Mr. B. it may be said,
" ' Tis much he dnrcs, ""And lo Ihat daunlless   lempcr of his mind " lie halh a wisdom Ihal duih guide his valor " To acl in snfely.' "
Mr. Clarke of Tenn.  yeslerdny ofTcr-
:k!lf|   tl
le eily of
in a I
constitiitiuii,
nnce hc siioke five diflerent times,  .....   ^,       .     . ...
the \sscnibly exhausted, and never aftcr^'^var against .Mexico, was   Imlo  better „.as  tocarry   it into cfiect
w.irds went' abroad.    He had enioined   than a incrc juggle to cmiecitl the real Lieutenant  General was  Hot  to do the
Cabnhis  not to call  innnv physicians :   state   of   things.    The   Senator   from fi,,-hting, he was not lo dislurb the fiyht-
h" was    nevertheless    disobeyed,    and ,-Alichigan (.\Ir.Cass) had .said he did not ing generals : no he wasto be llie lliiiik-
i'nTlh'itTt'haTaire'ldV"s"c1ze^^^^^^^^ "''"" w''" '''''  ""'  l^clicvc we had jusl biU brains.'Oi hers were lo do'the fight-   io" go To  war at   all.    So long as   men   Gen. Taylor, ns a teslimony of tl e liigli
extreinilies     .\ii   immense   crowd  col^   cause of war with Mexico.    Hc begged i„sr and ho the thinking forthem.    [A ! could find no better mode of Kcltlinir na-   sense entertained by  Congress for his
Icctcd  -around'bis   abode  and filled   all''" as^"*'^ li'*" that he was quile mistu- lausrh.]    This was an etTort of thc ad-   tional controversies than by  going  to  judicious nnd dislinguished  coudnct cn
the -ivenue.. i'l tho deenes't silence   The   ken, if he meant that these grievances ministration to shrink from responsibil-   war ; of marching nrmies   against each   that  memorable oceasicn, and the snid
Court sent mcsvenrrer after' mcssenn-er ;   thusouumerated, formed thecanscat the n^.. other in baltle array, instead' of follow- \ J'f" "ti"'! 'f l'" commiiuieated to '^'-
th" bulletin'--of hl°   health were tr'uns-   time thc wur comnicuced. W c had slept       We had   seen, previous to thc battles   i„<r   the dictates  of hnmauity ; instead    laylor,  nnd through him to thc
mi'tted  froiirmouth to inouth  nnd  each   over these for a long limc, and had made of the Sth   and Olh of May, an attempt   nf exercising  ihe faculties with  which ' under his command.
M'lo-e of his di'^order exci-   a treaty in regard to sotric of them, and „,adc to prepare the public miud li;r dis-   c,od had eudoiVcd thein, in nvoidiiifr the       » lule ihese resolutions were pending
hi'd receit-ed as a compensation for their Monterey, defended as it wan by^^rce
services.    It   had   ever   been sa,   and of more  than  double their niiml^re-
would be   so to all time, as long  as hu- questing thc President to cause n gold
general, he wns not to supply valor,   ujai, nature was such na lo   iutiiice men medal^ to hc prepnied  and psesentcd to
rated to Qihi. army
... ry men, estuuiisiieu .iiu..,i... - -m requestcil liim to cio so, p^ merchant or trader in ^ enicc ^I'^lpay all the legacies. Extending hi stranger, whose name tvns icbaldo be-j ^^:^^,^ ,,^.^^ Kurupe, nnd foreseeing the came enamored of he daugh er ol an i ,^,^^^,. j. ,,„^^l » Ti,at Pi„," said he ancient house,!, ready-afriaueed to anoth-,!,;^ „,^ ,„i;,i^^„ „,. preparations; he er. I c demanded her hand in nmrnagc : .^,.„^ ^,_.n,, ^^^^^^^^ \ „.'„„1,| give hin, but of course, w-as rejected.    Enraged ,'^o.^o   trouble   ifl   .'hould   live."    The    .
"    ' is at- ' trine is to prevail, the chiims of your e
opposed the bill to iiidei'nnify tli6se who \ foot hold in Mexico to ns ! Our army ; who were daily associated whb thc sol- ' of f I'use who had thus amended ihem had sulU'red from French spoliations,on : afibrded the Mexicans the hest markel ' diers, witnessing their sufl'eriiig.s and The public must so nnderstand tliem, the  ground thnt  wc hod  a quasi   war j tbey ever hud ; but what benefit was it   hearing the eroans of the dying, would   and Gen. laylor and the ofhcers nnd nr-
which released thc governnient from it- ' '   • '¦ ¦'        '    '^' ~.,..;~.,   i      _..i... _!¦ _ii.i-:„_-i.^ ..,.1.1:.,.. „.,^
obligaiion to its eitizens ; but here is n quasi war, it is a real war.    If lluit dm
to us that it was there '.    The campaign   be goifty of robbing th6 soliiier^nnd dc-, my under his command will  so  iinder- thi
I uot been carried on us if peace were   fraiuling his widowed wife mid   orphan   stand   them.    It  is  a cowardly way cf object,-but  as if conquest was   its  children of the bounly which his coun-   ('""ng a mul c;ois  and   irn cvoltnt  nt-
orts, he allowed nitnseii uo resi uiiiii ue i saying , .
had invented the must formidable wcap-1 jy have acectued it, if he had not in his on which could be imagined. This was j liouse his eoalesiaslieul superior, the a key ofa large size the handle of which ; Bishop of Aiitun. "Yon hnve promised," was so constructed that it could bc turn-, said he to h'H friends, "to spare me ed with little dilficulty. When turned ' needless sufiliring." So saying, hcear- it discovered a spring, which on pres-1 neslly begged for opium. Asit was re- sure, launched froni tJie other end a key, fused, he demanded it with his nccustom- or lancet of subtle fineness that it enter-1 cd violence. To quiet him, they resorl¬ ed into thc flesh and buried itself there 1 ed to deception, and handed him a cuii without leaving an external trace. with  water which   they said contained
Tehaldowailed in disguise at the door  opium.    He   look   it   with   composure
I the draught which he believed
. fl,;» hi. studied how tobe reveiio-cd.     I •'":"''^ "r"! '"....i-l-li ,. une lo oiler his at-' trine is to prevail, the claims of your ci-   j,,-cat purpose, acquisition of territory. ' try had bestohed t    He asked the Sen-   tempt  to  give Gen. Taylur a slab, and
at this he ^/;'''7, 7. ^"   f/f'"' -^^'',, , ! F'^t "' '"« ,,V     1; . K    dec    ,e 1    tizens on Mexico are swept away.    Mr. j Tpi,;,  ^vas clearly  the object of the  ad- aiir,   was this the   condition in  which   by no means a manly mode ol justifying
Proloutidlysul dm lie me^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^.^^ this war was for no  such pur-   ,,i„istnuum.    Mr. D. went   on ,0 show this'Rcpublic was now phiced I    Were ' .he war with Mexico.    Why this neces-
1 himselt no rest until hc , savinji wilh a smile, that hc slioulil giau    ^^^^^_ _ ,^ ^^^^ _^ ^^^^  ^,^_   conquest ; that '¦ mat this purpose stood out prominently siich   llie   instrumentalities to bc   sent   sity of declaring, atrain and again, that
was its (dijecl—that was thc purpose I in every aet aud every instruction of the abroad to execute their dutics in the the war wns jiisiitied by the aggressions the administration had iu view. The i administration, and hc read nuiiiy pas- servicC oftho Government upon the of Mexico, and commenced hy herl— President, Mr. IJ'. suid, iias fhc war-con-, sages from lellers from the Secretary of field of batllc ! His knowledge of hu- Can the Ircquent reiteration of fnUchood ducting power, tliough not the war-mak-j w'^iv m,d Navy to Geo. Kearney, and niuii nature would hardly allow him to give it the cluiruclcr of truth ! Can ing power. He hud ordered our army I Ciunmodore Sloat and Stockton, to prove suppose il had been sunk lo that depih they make the world believe a falsehood into Mexico, but if it were on this side | (bis, and which do prove it beyond the of degradation and of infamy. Such a ihy again nud again as.^evting it ! Pro¬ of the Rio (iraiide, he wmmiUI not vote 11 possibility of a doubt. He adierled lo .supposition coiitoinplulcd the exislence b.ibly they think so.- dollar or a man tO'go beyond that river. ,be raising of Stevenson's regiment hi of a class of society more degraded than Mr. Thompsini of I\Iiss. afterivards But we were there now, and the army ; \cvi' Yorlf, as atiother proof of il. In he was willing to sujiposc any man who oflered a resolution calling upon the Pre- and the war must be maintained. j their communications to Gen. Kearney had received his commission from the sident to coinmunicatc to the Honse all Hc said there were four phases of this j and Capt. Slocktnu, the admiuistrulion C.iovei'uniCiil eould be.    They might per- ' the  cin'rcsj-ioudeiiec of Gen. Taylor iu
in which the maiden whom he loved was   ^-^^'Y'"   ';';'''"'"   ^^ ' T in. ment   after- ' war  political, naval, military and fi.iaii-   conslantly   urged them  to have posses- hups find in the dens and hells of cilies, i the   War   Department,   not    heretofore
about to receive the nuptial benediction. • to   be  '¦"'^'¦'k »  ''   Th s w smllie s ec-   cia '   noi  encb of which he should make I sion of as many  places as possible,  so men who would come out from iheir hi-   published, uud the publicalion of wliicJf
The assassin sent the slender steel un- i «;»r'l«'\° r^'-''7^, 3^^ ^^'n Son of soit Zarks.    The polilical was past; 1 that incase a ti'lal'y was made with Mex- ding places when they knew  that eight   will  not be iujurinus to the public iiite-
perceived   into tho breast of the  bride- - ond ol April, H-H.    Itiiers   uistorj  j                _^l^^ ._^ ^^^ J^^^.^^  moveipcnt of! ico  upon the uiipo.isideli^ basis   (thnt millions of acve»  of land had been  put' rests, nnd   moved  a suspension of tho (jroom.    Thc wounded mnn hitd no sus-i   thc Krrotutun.