COLUMBIA J ' Ji4 AND BLOOMSBURG GENERAL ADVERTISER. m L. TATE, Editor. S2 00 PER ANNUM4 "TO HOLD AND TRIM TtlK TOROII OH1 TIltJTII AND WAVE IT O'EIt tnE DAltKKNKD BAIITII." DEMOCRAT, VOL. 14--N0. 24. THIS Columbia Jemnrrnt M rVttURED BVKtlf BAIT ft DAT MoMlSd, OT IEVI L. TATU, IN BLOOMSBURO, OOLEMMA COUNTY, IA. o fYTc u h tkt nw Brttk RuiMinr, vppoiitm the tirehnuge. Ay Wi TEUMd of sunsonirTiov. $1 00 Iq tdTAoct, fr on cpy, Tor li months, 1 75 la adranc, for un copy, una year. C UU irnot ta 1 J wituhi tliw tir-t tlifju mnnthl. U lfntpnld within tlm flrt f moulliri. fl 13 If notp.iiJ within thuyunr. 37 N ubHcrtpt ion tnkun for t than nix month, and no paper tlltenutlnucd until all arrearages ihull I tare tn paid. U Of dinar j A ptketh mrits Inicried, and Joa Work Xtctc4, at tha ttiitnbliahed nr Campaign Jpocini. Ilarrah ! For Drecklnririgc anil Lane. Unfurl th brior to thv hrwre Vria ticnrgla tbrougli ttju luud to Main, And let Its waring folda divplaT Tfe namoi of Hr-Jctl url.lqi uud Une, From fl&at to Wait Ivni proms ring; Oa ary hi. I Mp-irory plain -Tb about gown tip friu old and young, Hurrah for flrcr klnrldgj nud Lone. Tht itiUsuma wUi, the tier Intra. Oar right nttd honor will maintain ; Our coaucilt guide, imi bntilo fiidtt Hurrah fur nrckiartdga and Lane, (Hi laititutimu Uill abide. Oar tfturiom Union limp ruinoln, And Mvetj thruutuuing nturtu outriJf, Cpheld by Urrrkinridgti and Lhuh, Diianioniati In min dt'auro Our com Dion country ronl in twain ; Tn ipUtf and enry Utul to give tiuecM tu llrcckinrjdgu and 1mm, Atplrlng df magogum may itrlru, Audcvory uvtws fr tlGr Htrnin J ftucb glautt Hunuk to pigmies tinnll, Com pa rod witli IJrcckinrfdg and I.hu. Than I at ut to the cntirm hmt ; All uppotiitiou w kiiiIh; A glnriou victory annua Tuo film J uf lircrkjtirl (go and I.noo, flUW UAAirrilllRU. Political. Lifo of Lificoln. In tlm Iloune of lleprttsuntntircs, on the 10th of JuiU', IIou. Uaac S. Morn's, nn entImsislio Pouglns-niau from Illinois, in reply to Mr. Washburno ; gavi a history of tho lifo nDil public Mrvicurf of Abrnh.nn Lincoln, Ulaok Itepublican c.indiilato for the 1'reBtih'nuy, from whioh v,n make the following extract.'. Mr. Motris fuM : Mr. CllAIUMAV, tho Ilpublican pnrty, not contented Tith their effort to .-.ing their candidate into notieo, apply to him anil jny colWaguu Is very fond of u-ing tlnm various ouphomoiu terms. J Iiuy call him "Uncle Abe," "Old Abe," "Honest old Abo," "The old rail splitter," "The fht- boatman,'' ko., fee. I never did know, At, en individual, ttiih thosu or fcimilar to'jriijucts attached to liii nanio, that was cooil for anything but to ict up a fis mon am, ani liarUly good lor that Tho tirms Bimniy eiitnifv that ho is a irood naturod. easy, cood-for-iiothing oft of a man; "a! bale fellow well mot," with everybody, and 1 will take a drink with any ono that asks ! lii.n, and docs not amount to much any- how. Jackson did get thu title of "Old Iliobory," from tho fact that he carried a ' "rail'' mado of that wood on his shoulder j nlotigtho road during ono of his military i campaigns, to pry prousion wagons out of tlia mud, when one of his inferior officers ! pletvdod his rank for not doing it. Hut Low ridiculous it would have sounlcd to havo called him "Old Andrew.'' or "Uncle Andrew." Why, fir, it would havo takon from him the charms of his character, and rtrippod him of his heroic fame. It would have divested him of tho confidence) and respect of his countrymen, and turned lihu over to contempt and ridicule, If Gcorgo Washington, Daniel Webster, Henry Clay, or John U. (Jaiiioun, iiaa nail " uncut ' or IWIU" nrnCvn.l Ir. l.io i.,,i linw it u-nnli! liavo grated on Iho ear of tho nation ; how It woSd havo lessened him in the estima- lion of mankind. "Uncle Abo," or "Old Abo." however, is exactly rizht for Mr. however, is exactly right for Mr. In. It applies to n class of men of i he is a fair type, with great appro - mess. No one who is truly gnat as liincol which a statesman ever had them applied to him. Hut, as I havo said, they answer for Mr. Lincoln. Tlioy nro tus wuoio swck in trado j and by ringing tho changes on' them, his frWnds hono to succeed. Will they not find they aro presuming too far upon tho intelligence of tho ma'sns I A President, at a military captain, should be ndowed with groat qualities ; and when this consideration shall bo overlooked, it ill furnish evidonco of our waut of capac ity for self-government. When Cincinnat-1 ns ku summoned by his countrymen to ill? performance of high publio duties, ha was found actively ongaged in agricultural pursuits. Whon Undo Abe'1 had it com wunicatcil to him that ho was tho nominee of tha Chicago Republican Convontion for President of the United States, ho was en gaged in playing o game of ball with somo boyi I Klect him, and loo tho faot bo an neunccd that a hostilo enemy has landed upon otir shores, or that States havo re belled against tho authority of tho General Oorornment, and in all probability ho irauld go on telling some anoedoto, or fin ishlot; a came of sport on tho publio ground aouth of tha White House, before inquiring mto tha facts. BLOOMSBURG, COLUMBIA COUNTY, PA-, Saul was chosen by tho Israelites as their rulur, not because ho wus skilled in hunting asses, but bco.niso tho Lord hud indicated ho was tho proper man for them to select. Tho llcpublicans. without any ovideuco that tho Lord had boitowcd a special blessing upon them in tho person ot "Uncle Abe,' say ho shall bo the ruler over this mighty Kepublic. And why t My colleague gives the answer. Hear it. Ho was born in Hardin county. Keutuckvt removed with his father to Spencer county, Indiana j lived amid the "wild and ro mantic scenes of the border ;" made his first advent into tho "urcat world" as a Jltit-tioutman, and actually found his way uacK nomc, alter tlio cargo was uispo'ed of, without u guide ; removed to Illinois ; passed tho first year in Maeon county : split, in ouo winter, with John Hanks, three Uunttand Rails ; and besides, worked at a EtUMioutc I On account of these "thril ling Incidents" and groat feats, my col league olaims the Republicans are going to put him itr.o tho White Houi-c at tho other end of the avouuol The principal merit, however, net up for Mr. Liucolnis, that,iu conjunction with John Hanks, his kins man, ho "split three thousand rails." Yes, that is tho oxant number ; Mr. Lin coln rcinenibors it 1 Well, suppose he did, what of it? The first remark I havo to make on the subject is, that splitting three thousand raibj is no great job. I know something about cutting wood and "split ting rails ' myself, and I know that any ordmary good workman cansplitonc hun dred and fifty rails per day j so that, al lowing "Uncle Abe" to havo beon a "full hand' tid celtainly his friends claim nothing less for him he worked at rail splitting juct Un flays, for which he is to bo idolizen and made President. The next remark I havo to make is, it is claimed by the Republican! that Mr. Lincoln was ac tually condo.-ennding enough, before bo be came r "lawyer," to work 1 Workinginen. what think yon of this reflection upon yon! Snppoo Mr. Lincoln did once work at manual labor : why boast of it ! Millions of others as good as he m havo done the same j itnd although it is not stooping from the proud poition of God's nobility no dishonor yet you aro now intultvd by the infjren'.o drawn by tho Republicans, that Mr. Lincoln is far above you ! If you Jiockct the insult, I am much deceived. Hat, Mr. Chairman, what I dp.rire to notice more parlicnhrly roiicvrning thu "rail splitting 1 is this i my colleague say this portion of Mr. Lincoln s history "gave rise to the incident in the late Republican Stan; contention, in Macon county, which awakened the intoiiseiit and wildest enthu siasm." "John Hanks presented to the convention two of tho nails made by him-clf nncl .nr. Ijinco'n. i lio olloct was clectri oil. One spontaneous burst of applause went np from all parts of tho 'wigwam.' " So says my eloquent colleague. "Two rails" brought uowi the hoiiio! "Of course, Mr. Lincoln was called out, and made an explanation of tho matter." Of course he was. He actually related the "s-tirring incident" that ho once helped to make some rails. How wonderful ! .Noth ing cnntriveit i i all this ! It was, "of course," purely an w.ciilciit that John Hanks was in town on the day of thu con vention j an titxuknl that he brought the "two rails" with him: an auiilcnUUat lie aked to present them to the convention an accident that Mr. Lincoln was there, "'' hww nothing of what was going on ; an acridtnl that ho was called on for a speech ; nothing prei cnrericl, nothing am' lived in the whole affair all accident I Tell it to the murines I The whole thing, as " clearly evident, wa9 gottan up by Mr. Lincoln himself, and deserves, ns it has received, the K-offaml contempt of tho whole country. Mr. Lincoln will find that "riding on a rail" into office is a sore business. LINCOLN a r.CTKAYAI, OF HENRY CLAY. l'asring, Mr. Chairman, that portion of Mr. Lincoln's lifo when ho was a member of tho Legislature from tho county of San Kon as possessing nothing worthy of note, and also passing over the "n'raor. umury etlorts spoUcn ot liy my collcaguo as havitii! been mado in 1-40 in favor of I as liaVlll!! . "J J'" ,'"" f interest, (for baAy ever heard of their amounting to anything, ' until since he has become a candidate for President,) and also passing cauuiuatu lor i rcsiuem,; ami aiso passing Itf ftamp-speech i-llbris of l4., in 1 which year he was on the electoral ticket j for Mr. Clay, and up to which time noth- ing had occurred to attract publio attention particularly to him, I will dwell for a single 'Tuu "" "Yr '; , :t tho Louse ot lus lirothor-m-law in Springfield, the city of his residence, he proposed to a large company of prominent Vhig gentlemen who were congregated there, to throw Mr. Clay overboard and take up General Taylor. General Single ton, a distinguished old -lino Clay Whig of Illinois, who had followed tho fortunos of his bravo and gallant old leader through suushino and storm, aud who held his banner (Irmly gra'ped, condomnod tho FcUenio as iniquitous; yet it was finally consummated at Philadelphia, in a con clave in which Mr. Lincoln was master of ceremonies, and tho lirutus who gave tho fiual blow that laid his chieftain low ; who gavo the mortal stib to the groat loader of the Whig party, and expected, and, if I am correctly informed, claimed, for Gen- cral Taylor 3 administration tno ouico oi Commissioner of tho General Land Office fdr his services. There is no doubt of tho fact that ho oxpoctcd to receive it. In- .mrl r Leinr, a modpst. rotirinc- L'cntlc- man, he has always been an inveterate And yet again, in the message of Dccem office soeker. bcr 7, 181!), 'that the Mexican Govern- Rut, Mr. Chairman, I want General bingleton to speak for himself. I read irom ins puuusnou remarks ; ana near mm I Mr. Lincoln has never dared to deny n siuglo word ho uttered. Mark woll what no sayg. Jiet tuo Clerk read it. The Cicrk read, as follows : "Mr. f.incoln against ltenry Clay. " Mr. Lincoln was tho first man in Ill inois who proposed to an organized body of Whigs to abandon nenry Clay, and tho principles of tho Whig party. In or about Juno, 1847, the constitutional convention being in session, tho Whig members of said convention wcro pnvatuly summoned to appear at the houso of Kinian W. Ed wards, in tho city of Springfield. Tho meeting being organised, Mr. Lincoln ex plained its object to be the seleotion of some other man thau Henry Clay ns tho ftandard-bcarcr of tho Whig party in the coming presidential contest. Tho name of General Taylor was proposed by Mr. Lin coln, and the necessity of immediate ac tion urged, on the ground that if thu Whigs did not taku Taylor for their candidate, tho Democrats would, That tho Wlim party had fought long enough for principle, ana snoula cuango iu motto to success. Resolutions being udopted by this meeting in accordance with the views expressed by Dir. Jiincoln, Uharles 11. Nonstable ana myself immediately laft the house. " When the Whig convention assembled iu Philadelphia, in 18-18, Abraham Lin coln uuited in all the schemes against Henry Clay, and contributed there aud elsewhere every thing in lus power to rob tnat grat ana gooa man oi the Jionori! ho liaa ho richly earned ly a long Uto of Uo- votion to ins country aim to ins party, ' ' Mr. Jiincoln even went so far as to try to provent me from taking a seat in the Philadelphia convention ; and urged me to surrender my seat to Dr. Zabriskic 2Sa braskic then being a citizen of New Jersey, aud not of Illinois, because Zabriskie was for Taylor, aud I was for Henry Clay for the Presidency. " As a member of Cougrcss, Mr. Lin coln was actively engaged, during the tpring of SH, in concocting schemes for the defeat aud overthrow of Henry Clay, and filially rejoiced when ho beheld the mangled remains of that great patriot and statesman inhumanly butchered by those claiming to be his friends. "After the election of General Taylor, ho cast his eyes upon the Land Office, at Washington, soon to be disposed of by the President. Tho Whig party of Illinois, claiming that appointment, recommended Cyrus Kdwards of Madison county, who was rogarded by all iu the party, aud out of it, with tho highest veneration as a gen tleman, a scholar, aud a statesman. Tho rscomniciidation of Gyrus Edwards was forwarded to Mr. Lincoln, then a member of Congress, who, instead of laying it bo- fore tho President, kept it in his pocket, ana pretended that e was tho only man that could keep Justin Rutterficld from re ceiving tno appointment, wncu the lug party learned the game Lincoln had played on their old and true friend, Mr. Edwards, instead ot helping him to deleat JJuttor- ficld, they, in the town of Springfield, ad ministered to Lincolu amostsevero rebuke for going for liutterlield initead of for Jiincoln. From that lime until within year or two past, Mr, Lincoln lias boon compelled to remain in retirement." LINCOLN'S JIUXICAN WAR UKCORI1. He seems to havo taken his seat iu Con gre.-s impreoecd with the belief that his own Government was all wrong and Mcji co all right. The President, In his mes sage to Congress of tho 11th of May, 18 IU, asserts that tho Mexican Govern ment had refused to receive tho envoy of the United States, and after long-continued nienauces, had ut last invaded our tcrri tory, and shed tho blood of our citizens. In his annual message of December 8, 18-1(1, ho again Rays that wo had ample cause of war against Mexico long before the breaking out of hostilities, but even then we forboro to take redress until Mexi co became the aggressor, by invading our soil and shedding the blood of our citizens. And again,in his message of December 7, 1817, he says Mexico refused even to hear the terms of adjustment; and, undor wholly unjustifiable pretexts, involved the two countries in war by iuvading the ter ritory of Texas and striking the first blow. Congress had also declared the war to exist "by tho act of Mexico," and that it was our duty to defend the rights and honor of the nation. Still Mr. Lincoln was not satisfied 1 He could not bo consoled ! Although ho saw both lines of our gallant army moving on from uetory to victory, and our arms covered with imperishable glory, ho could not bo reconciled I In sixteen days after he took his scat in Con gress ho offered tho resolntion which I send up, and ask to bo read. The Olcrk read as follows : " Whoroas tho President of the United States, in his mossage of May 11, 18-10, has deolared that "tho Moxican Govern ment nt only rofuscd to roooivo him, (tho envoy of tha United States,) or listen to his propositions, hut aitor aiongoonunucu s.-rics of mcnanoos, havo at last invaded j our territory, and shed tho blood of our ; fellow-citizens on i again, in his messagoof December 8, 1810, , that 'wo had amplo cause of war against Moxioo long before tho breaking out of , nosinmes uui uvea uw tako redress into our own hands until Mexico herself becamo tho aggressor by iuvading our foil in hostilo array, and bhcilding the Mood of our best citizens.' ment refused ovon to hear tho tormsOf adjustment whieh he (our ministor of pcaoo) was aulhorieod to nronoso ; and finally, under wholly rnijustifiablo pretexts, involv ed tho two oonntries in war, by Invading tho Stato of Texas, atriking the first blow, and shedding tho blood of our citizens on our own soil.' And whereas this Honsa is desirous to obtain a fall knowlodgo of all tho facts whioh go to establish whethor tho particular spot on which tho blood of our citizens was so ehed was or was not at that timo our own soil i Thorofore, "Resolved by the House of Iicprescnta tives, That the President of tho United States be respectfully requostod to inform this House 1. Whether tho spot on which tho blood of our citizens was shed, as in his message declared, was or was not within the tkiviutohv or Spaix, at loast after the treaty of 1810 until tho Mexioan revolution ?, U. Whethor that bpot is or is not within tho territory which was wres ted from Spain by the revolutionary gov ernment of Mexico? 9. Whether that vpot id or is uot'within a sottlemoiit of peo ple, which settlement has existed over since long boforo tho Texas revolution, and until its inhabitants fled before tho approach of tho Unitod Statea Army t 4, Whether that settlement is or is not iso lated from any and all othor sottlomcnU by the Uult ana tho Uio Uranao on tha south and west, aud by wido, uninhabited rcgious on tho north and oast! 0. Wheth er tho peoplo of that sottlouiont, or a ma jority of thciu, or any of them, havo ever submitted themselves to tho government aud laws of Texas, or of tho United States, by consent or compulsion, oither by ac cepting offiea or voting at oleotioua, or paying tax or serving on juries, or having process serveu upon iuom,or iu any omor way t 0. Whether tho poopla of that set tlement dt'i or did not Uoe from tho ap proach of the United States Army, leaving unprotected their Louses and their growing crops before tho blooJ was shed, as in tho ... 1 ...V-it il. i'-.l mcssago stated; anu yuieiucr u utxi blood so shed was or was liot shod within the iuclosuro of one of tho pooplo who had thus lied from it ! 7. Whethor our citi zens, who-ie blood was nhed, as in hU anon sage declared, wcro or wore not, at that time, armed officers aud soldiers, sent into the settlement by the military older of the President through the Secretary of War t Whether the military forcu of tho United States was or was not so sent into that settlement, after General Taylor had more than ouce mtimat-d to tho ar IJepart ment that, in his opinion, no such move ment was necessary to tho defense or pro tection of Texas.'' Mr. MORRIS, of Illinois. That reso lution, bir, prefixed to Mr. Lincoln's uamo iu Illinois, tho word "spot;" and he is called there '' Spot Lincoln" unto this day. Thcro is no striking coincidence between it and the telegraph dispatch Bint by General Lank to tho Oregon delegate in tho Charleston convention. Mr. Lincoln uses the word "sol" Jour times, and General Lane uses tho word " stand" jut four times in his dispatch. There is something significant in tho num ber. What became of Mr. Lincoln's resolu tion is well known. Tho House treated it with contempt, and it sleeps thu bleep that knows no waking. While, sir, our heroic arms wcro being borne over hostile territory, and the stars and stripes were floating iu triumph over every battle-field while tho Illinois regi ments, led on by their bravo and patriotic officers, wcro reaping laurels for them selves and their Stale, Mr. Lincoln was moping about on tho territory between tho Xcuces and tho Rio Grando, to see if he could not find the exact "spot'' where hos tilities commenced, aud demonstrate that it belonged to Mexico, and ns a conse quence that his Government was tho ag gressor ! Sir, I havo no feelings of tole ration for an American citizen who is not for his country ; and I rojoico that Mr. Lincoln's constituents repudiated him and vindicated their patriotism. I cannot, in my imagination, comparo him so well to any other man than tho notable individual described by 1'lttriek Henry, who went about in tho Aiucncva camp during tno Revolution, crying"beef! ' "beef '."beef !'' whilo others wore driving from cut shorcB a hostilo foe. Mr. Lincoln went about erving "snot I" "spot I" "spot!" Tho resolution, as well ns nearly tho whole of Mr. Lincoln b record on tho .Mexican war questiou, my colleague carefully suppress, cd. Ho is very much liko a certain prcoh cr I oncj heard of, who took for his text tho words, "If biuners untico thco, consent thou not;" and read "if sinners ontico thco eonsont thou," and then he stopped. Tho old deacon reminded mm that be cad omitted to read the word "not." Ho an swered ho never read any more than suit ed him. My collcaguo might answer liko wiso that ho never reads any moro than suits him. It would bo to him no agreoa blo task to give Mr. Lincoln's entiro roc ord to bo forced to provo that tho "spots" on which tho battles of Palo Alto and Res aoa dc la Palma wero fought bolongcd to Mexico: and hence, as I havo said, ho novcr rofertcd to Mr. Linooln's "spot" resolution, Indeed, ho passed over lus entiro Mexican war record with groat rap idity, and said as litllo about it as possible. The subject is an unpleasant ono to him ; yet I hopo ho will pardon mo if I pursue it further. Pitt, I believe it was, onco said something should bo pardoned to tho spirit of liberty j and it can, with equal propriety, bo said that something should PC parnoucu 10 xuo spirit ui inquiry, On tho 3d day of January, lb48, Mr, Houston, then a member of this House SATURDAY, AUGUST 18, I860. from tho Stato of Delaware, introduced tho following resolution : "Resolved by tlv. Senate and House oj Rcptcsentativcs nj tlie United States of Amsrica in Congress assembled, That the thanks of Congress nro duo, and they aro hereby tendered, to Major general Zaoha ry, Taylor and through him to tho officers and oldirs of tho regular Army,and of tho volunteers undor his command, for thoir indomitablo valor, skill and good oonduot conspicuously displayed on tho ii'id and 33d days of l'ebbruary last, in the battle of Bucna Vista, in dofoating a numerous Mcxioau army, consisting of four times their number, and composed of chosen troops, undor their lavorito commandur, General Santa Anna, nnd thereby obtain ing a victory ovor the enomy, which, for its signal nnd brilliant diameter, is unsur passed in tho military annals of tho world, "llesnlvcd, That tho President of tho United States bo roqueted to cause to bo struok a gold modal, with devices emblem atical of this splondid achievement, and presonteu to Major General Taylor, as a testimony of tho high ssnso entertained by Congress of his judicious and distiuguibhed oonduct on that memorable oocaiiou. "Resolved, That tho President of the Unitod States bo requested to caiuc tho foregoing resolutions to bo communicated to Major General Taylor in buch manner as ho may deem heat calculated to enect tho obieets thereof." Mr. Evans, of Maryland, moved the tollowin" as an amendment to tho resolu tions of Mr. Houston : "Resolved, That the capitulation of Monterey meets with tho ontiro sanction and approbation ot this Uongrcss ; and that tho terms of said capitulation wcro as creditable to tho humanity and skill of tho gallant Taylor as tuo achievement of the victory of Mouteroy was glorious to our arms." Mr. Henley movod to add to said roso lution tho words "engaged, as thoy wcro in defending the rights and honor of tho nation." Mr. Ashmun, of Massaohusctts.thc same I bolievo, who was thu president of the lato Republican Convention, held at Chicago, whioh put Mr. Lincoln in nomination, of fered an amondmcnt to Mr. Henley's amendment to Mr. Kvan'd resolution, in theso words : "IN A WAR UMMECES8AUILY AND UNCON STITUTIONALLY COMMKNCKD BY THK Phesidknt of the United Staais." For this amendment Mr. Lincoln voted. Tho I'aot is admitted by my colleague ; but ho pleads in extenuation of tho vote, that others who are now acting with the De mocratic party votod likewise, if it is so that is no excuse for Mr. Lincoln. Uesileathu individuals referred to long since confess ed their error. Mr. Lincoln has mado no i. .. ; tt l.. .1,. 1.., I did, now, as then, in hostility to his coun- i lilt 11U JU3b niiUiW UV Uliti Plitv UJ 1 .I-!. n i....: . .. ... ir.. t. ., L . n t.t. i TZr?"l 7.T""K "IT? Willi UIUUUV jiiiiiua. iu iiusuuauiu KiaM Desirous of wiring out, as far af po.si- ble, this foul record made by Mr. Ash- niun's amend incut, or, if not that enlirnly, to break Ins moral force, .Mr. Ihoiupsou, of Pennsylvania, proposed a resolution in theso words, which Mr. Lincoln voted to liijuiimu lauiu . "Hcsolvcd, That tho words ot tho mendmont offurod and adopted by tho Houso to the resolution of thanks to Major General Taylor on the 3d of January, 1848, containing tho words, 'that the war meaning with Mexico was unnecessarily unconstitutionally began by the President, is untrue in fact nnd calculated to prevent a peace with Mexico on tho basia of indem nity, and should bo rescinded," Mr. Linooln also voted against tho res olution of Mr. Chase, of Tennessee, whieh 1 will read : " Resolved. That tho thanks of Con- grcss aro duo, and aro hereby tondored, to Brigadier Genorcl D. E. Twiggs, Brevet Major General . .1. Worth, Major G.J. Pillow, and Brigadier Gen eral James Shields, and through them to the officers and soldiers of tho rogular and volunteer oorps under their command, for their gallautry and military skill dis played at tho ficge and capture of Vora Cruz and tho castle of San Juan do Uloa, March, 1847; at tho storming of Corro Gordo, April, 1847 ; at the desperate battlos of Contreras, San Antonio, and Churubusco, August, 1817; and at tho sanguinary engagements boforo tho City of Mexico, Scptonibcr, 1847. That tho thanks of Congress arc hereby tendered to Major General II. Patterson, and through him to tho officors and soldiers under his command, for their gallant bearing at tho siego of A era Cruz, and at tho capture of tho oastlo of San Juan do Uloa, and at tho victory in Cerro Gordo, in March and April, 1847. That the thanks of Congrest nro dus, and aro here by tendered, to Major General John A. Quitman, and through hiw to tho officers and men undor his . command, for their heroism and good oonduct at tho fall of Vera Cruz and tho strong oastlo of San Juan do Uloa, and at tho splendid victo ries achieved by onr arms in tho valloy of Mexico, in August and September, 1847. That tho thanks of Congress aro due, and aro hcroby tendored, to Brigadier Gener als Franklin Piorco, Porsifor F. Smith, and Geore-0 Cadwalader, and through thorn to tho officers and men nndor their command, for tho military skill aud good conduct exhibited bv them at tho cplcndid victories obtained by our Army in tho valley and boforo tho City of Mexico, in August and September, 1617. 'Resolved. That it is inexpedient to order our troops to retrtat from the posi- tions which thoy havo so gallantly won in Mexico, for the purposo of falling back on a defensivo lino." Ho also voted ngrinst allowing Mr. Chase tho prlvilogo of introducing other resolutions, which I ask tho Clerk' to rend. Tho Clerk road ns follows. " Rerolctd, That these victories follow ing each pthor in quiok succession, and wrung from tho enemy under all circum stances, oreato a doubt which to admire the most, tho skill nnd gallantry of tho couimandorB, or tho indomitablo eourago of tho toldiora, which prompted this band of heroes to press forward into tho heart of tho enemy's country, overcoming every obstacle, scattering tho armios of Mexico as tha chaff beforo tho wind, until tho most signal triumphs are crowned by tho possesion of tho far famed 'nails of the Montczumas.' 41 Resolved, That the President of the UniUd States be, and h is hereby, re quested to cause to be struck eight gold medals, with devices emblematic of tho series of brilliant victories achieved by the Army, and that ono bo presented to each of the generals named in theso resolutions as a testimony of tho high senso entertain ed by Congress of their skill and good oonduot in tho brilliant campaign of 1817. 44 Resolved, That tho President of tho United States bo requested to ooramuni oato theso resolutions to tho generals spcoified in the foregoing resolutions, in such terms ns ho may deem best calcula ted to give cflcot to tho object thereof, and that he b requested to eauso un order to bo issued aud road at tha head of the several corps of the Army." Mr. MORRIS, of Illinois. Mr. Chair mau? I will not pursuo Mr. Linooln's Mcxioau war reoord further. I turn from it with mingled feelings of pity and in dignation. Not satisfied with his votes, ho enforced them by an cfiensivo speech, wnion will stand as an enduring monu niout to porpetuato his hostility to his own Oovornment. I haxo no patienoa, I have no sympathy, with a public officer who will openly give " aid and comfort" to tho enemy, Mr. Grecloy, in tho Tribuno of tho !Mbt of May, speaks ef .nr. Jiincoln as " an oppouont ot tho war with luexico, and tho huildcr ot tho on ginnl Republican platform. During tho second session of tho Thirtieth Congress Mr. Linooln sccuis to have subsided. He remained silent and do mure. His liaino hardly appears. The course ho pursued at tho first session ren dered him so generally odious that he seems to have courted obscurity, Nothing more is) heard ot him tor soveral years, or until ho supposes tho past has been forgotten, and then ho turns up as n can didate for the Senate. Tbumiiull beats him Ho next tries his hand upon Doud lAB. Douglas beats him ; and as tho ' ' fi"t rtJcu'ed ' " Vttkc" ,, i t It 1 living " Una e Abe" is taken up. Alas for ho better days of the Republic 1 j tir x. i tit t . SLad. of Clay and Webster, and Wright ana nton, protect us l LINCOLN A know NOTJIIno, I remember very well to havo heard ;j ., rm mmtlint. Mr I.in. , con WiVJ ; Qu;ncYl the city of my res- lucnco, attending a ruiow coining loago. I ldenoo, attending a Know Nothing lodge, 1 1 faw him thcro at tho time, nnd I have uo ,ioui,t 10 went ;to tno i0,iCi jf jli3 I friends deny it, I am satisfied I can prove uie Met. .nr. jiincoln has peon seeking loo much lor popularity ana place not to avail himself of tho influence, when he could do it, of an organization so power ful as that was for a time moro especially as its doctrines harmonized so well with hU natural proulivities. Tho Quincy Herald, a Democratio newspaper, uses tho following languago bearing upon this point. Thcro is a hqap of truth in what the editor says i 44 The Know Nothino Element Triu.mpiikd. That the Know Nothing element in the Black Republican party triumphed at tihicago, in tho nomination of a presidential candidate, is now gener ally well understood. Iho contest was narrowed down to Soward and Lincoln. So far as tho slavory question was con cerned, they both occupied about thu earno position. There was no respect m which Lincoln was preferable to Seward with the Black Republicans then nnd there assembled, except that Jiincoln had been a Know Nothing and Seward had not. It is well known to many of our citizens that Lincoln visited a Know Nothing lodgo in this city, tho first yoar that organiza tion was in oxistenco, for thoy paw him go in and they saw him oomo out, and many of them saw and hoard him address the lodgo whilo ho was in there. Mr. Soward had never boon a Know Nothing. On the contrary, ho was ono of tho first publio men in the country to tako a bold and open stand against tho Know Noth ing organisation. And it was precisely this that beat him in tho Chioago conven tion. It was a knowlodgo of tho fact on tho part of tho mombors of that convon tion that Lincoln had boon a Know Noth ing, and that Soward had not, that nomi nated Lincoln." A Want. Children should havo a min istor of thoir own. Not a gentlemen in a still neck-cloth and black coat, who says iolcmnly, in a sepulchral voico, (onco a year, on his parochial visit, ) "S-a-m-u-c-1 my boy how do you do 1" but a genial, warm hearted, loving, spiri tual father, who considers himself neither wiser, nor greater, nor better than he who took littlo children in his arms and said, "Of such is the kingdom of heaven." VOL. 24 IiItOI,HEGV AND ITS FULFILL MENT. "I dd not expect over to be married,'' said a young lady of twonty-threc, sdmo fivo and twenty years agd. "Ah I M replied' ii fabetiods old uncle, ih a tone df mock pathos, "if you thought you should not Ire married) you would not sleep ft wink td-nlght." "I do not expect to bo married," jicr istod tho maiden, "and I have formed thrco resolutions on the subjobt': First, that I will not becdino soured toward tho world ; secondly, thai I will not talk scandal ; and thirdly, that I will not be ashamed to tell my age-." The girl rad her destiny with a prophi etio cyo, and perhaps her resolutions havo been better kept than resolutions generally aro. But then tho tcmptatidn to violate the first two has been small. Tho world has provd a vry good ouo, presenting as few bharp cornors and as many smooth surfaces as could reasonably havo been ex- pected ; and If tho words, "It's hard work living," havo boen ochoad now nnd then) tho prevailing and almo t constant senti ment has been: "Tho world is full of beauty and lovo." Of ccurse, when one's" on good terms with society, there is but littlo inducement to spend one's breath in circulating ill reports. As to tho last resolution Ihero nio trari- sition years, when it requires some littlo heroism for a woman) especially an un married one, acknowledge her ngo. Td rendor a BUfliciont reason fdr tills may bo difficult ; let It be set ddwn to the account of vanity, But when dno lias fairly suc ceeded in woathcring this stormy capo, tho navigation is plain once inorc; "It is moro blessed to bo apprdaching ago than to bo receding from youth," some ono 'has said ; and truly it is easier in soruo cases to say "I am forty-eight,'' than It was to say, "I am thirty-threo." One even comes to hear tho onco dreaded term "old maid" applied to horselt with perfect equanimity. Tho words strike the car, but carry no thrill to the hoart. The tnio womaii feels that sho can stand on her own respectability, though she stafid aldno. Had silo inflicti ed a wound "dn tho Ilriyly estate of matri. mony," that relation, more frequently a bused, perhaps, than ariy dthor of God's blessed gifts had sho dono this, by giv ing her hand without tho pure oflerlng of tho heart, she might well feol that she had takon a step downward. But standing id ho unity in which God created her, sho can wrap tho mantle of her own self-respect about her, and while sho acknowl edges that many a sister woman has in her keeping holy and beautiful treasures which I.-, Ill A.-l ,1 .-i I..., .... miu uui urn, sue ivm icci mni, oy tuo taitli- ful discharge of her own duties, sho also' performs a perfect work in tlio world, Many and sacred may be hertics to earth ly friends) or, if theso ho wanting, "fialra from Iicntcu, f to hn wilt. Htwiter Jjiuluily niny ,rak On tin- lumly mountain rill, Tliim tlit- mof-liii? waters makr-. Wlioliutli Ittr- I'athfr uiul llu tiou. Ma) lie UlV but not ulonc," SPEAKING TO ONE ANOTHER. Much of tho suffering which is endured by the people of God, grows out of their ignorance of each other's trials. TIioso that fear tho Lord too seldom speak ono to another. Every heart knoweth its own' bitterness, but another's it docs not know Tho tempted believer, as ho struggles a gaiust tho motions of sin in the flesh, Is sometimes almost ready to cast off all hopo for he cannot eco how his ocuso of defile ment can consist with that holiness with out which no man can sec tho Lord. lie not only regards himself as less than tho least of saints, but doubts whether he bo a saint nt all. And yet this is the experi ence of overy child of God, without asin glo exception, nt some period, of his pil grimage. T ho holiest ana the very heat of men havo sometimes boon brought to tho very bar of tho pit. A David, a Luther, a Bunyan, an Erfkine and a Toplady these havo all known what it was to cry, "How long wilt thou forget mo, 0 Lord T Forever! How long wilt thou hido thy face from mo ? How long Bhall I tako counsel in my soul, having sorrow In my hoart daily 1 How long shall mine enemy be exalted over mo I Consider and hoar me, 0 Lord my God ; lighten mino eyes, lest 1 sleep tho sleep of death." 1j0 the temptod believer jearn tuat nn experienco of tho bitterness of sin, nnd of the doccitfulluess and wickedness of his heart, is precisely that of all God's host. Thoy r.ro all fighting against tho world, tlio Jlesh and the devil, and not ono ot them finds it an easy warfare, Not ouo of them but must water his coucli with tears not ono but must sometimes exclaim 41 0 wretched man that I am, who shall deliver mo from tho body of this death V Bat they may all add( with the apostle, "I thank God, through Jesus Christ our Lord,"
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