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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
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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,"