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Advertisements '-"ovug-the number of insertions marked r sibitlerg will be coitinued nutil ordered out e iitrged accordingly. ai nications, post paid, will be prompt 3 4strintli'attended to ARKS OF MR. CALHOUN ' ?-KRPLY TO VR. BENroN. I Senate, February 24, 1847. S ''Calhoun rose and said: One thing. ideat, at, least. may be inferred - - tihnprovoked attack of the Sena. r nihegreat slicitude he evinced to 1azallidauthorship of the war to. me tlistis,-tha[ the war is unpopular. ere n be no mistake. He felt that 54ti of public sentiment had turned aaiastit, and hence the anxiety exhibited l6 eits responsibility on my shoulders, ake it from thoe on whom it ought ' lto rest. .Ilad he supposed the op. ae"--hailhe believed that the war",was -cessary and unavoidable,and that its ter daou would be successful-I:ana'4he titan uowhom ho would attributesany. njcaushng it. I am graifie that ator has furnished this evidence. piJseeasonable hope, -hat those why niible-for it, will' exert .. n em,-aId hope with success, to br ni g eiriniation. ' ghere wilbe,-n dispte . i real author of anne. a, ti.twelve months since, . ad ma" "-Y o eitr for that honor the jtfi tlf " rgaa here claimed, if my memory serves r: e a laage share for Mr. Potk un'd- his dninstratiou, and not less-thas half a oihers from other quartprs claimed o'bh ths real authors. INut now, siace, theia has become unpopular, thay all. seem to agree that 1, in reahty, am the au -thor-of annexation. I will ot: put -the. . L- honor aside. I may now rigtnfully' and indisputably claim to to be the author 6f -that great .eveut-an event which has"so :much extended the domains of the Union. - which has added so largely to its produc .ve powers, which promises so-greatly. to, extend its commerce, which has stimula ed iis industry, and given security to our 'most exposed frontior. I take pride to myself as being the author of ihis great event.: But the Senator objects that .1i so con ducted the guestion of anu'est ion as neces 'rily to Jead to the war. On what does oteist tiis charge? lie rests it: on. the ronnd that I selected the Resolution as it dame from the Hodse offepreedtitives. as'the .assis oi the aonex'atiotn, iistead of giving the Texan Governmuaent the choice s eteen .the flouse Resolusion and tin s-aiendment'of the Seniato originsally mo 'v)~b he Senator himself. -He comn nlwed.iterly.that the~ Senahte-R-esolu lutson isdat the very heel'of the ses sion, uder~the'exzpctation that it-would be carriesd inta :'feect by she present Ad minstration, thenjust coming into power, ad not,. by Mr. Tyler's Administration, then aboitt to expire-had not lieen adopt 'io seemed to tiak' that the then admin tstration had no right to act upson is, and thkat, undertaking to do so, was, deprivinag its successor -of somne of, its .rights.. H e aiccusedl me of acting with the greatest promnptness. The fact is so'.- The Reso lutioni.i 1( recolleet, was signed by the late Presidetit about the first of.March. 1 saw thie'importnce of acting promptly, and advid~sed the President to act withous delay, *.that be had the constitutionalright of doing sso,and ihat I deetned it. necessary.that he * dltgdhd act in order effectually -to secure. :hetsuccess of a measure which had origi tiated with tise Administration. His cab-. inet was summoned the'itiext day, and * icncuirred in the opinion.'. That-night 1 'repared the despatch for:Mr-. Donelson, on tr Charge in. Texas, and-.the ntext day, 3ate in the eveniog of the -third-of March, se-as forwarded to him." It aasmy last official act of any imporuine'as-Secretary ofState. -, I selected the Resorn't~riof the House - spreference to the amnadnient of' which ~'teSe'uator from' aissotiwas the author, ,~bcause.Lclearlj saw, not only that it was -.oeyway preferable, but the.only certain ~bd j b whi'ch a'anextioinicould' beef: ~fss ..)y reasons for thinking-so were tiforth in my despastch, which may ainamg the public documents ac' comp ing the first- annual' message of. ~1~rsentalxbecutiven' Thjey will ispeak to hemselves; they never have been consitdind-never can -be: success fully .Isideed, I never considered';thea 8euaolor's amendment es expressin5 the deliberate sense either. of the Senate or House of "Representntives. - It is well known that he, and a few of his friends, -had the power of greatly embarrassing the passage of the Resoljutions of the Hotuse, if not of defeating' them; and that his amendment was moved, not so much as an improvement of the Resolutions, as .to gratify him and them. -''it the coure i adopted did secure annexation, and that it was indispensable for that purpose, I have high authority in my possession. Thaft which all would admit to be the highest, if Icould withjpropriety introduce- it ; and for ibis prompt and decided act, if for noth ing else, I might claim the authorship of annexation. Now, can any thing 'be more absurd than the assertion that- the war with Meic ico resulted from from selecting the House resolution, instead of.the amendment of tha Senator? He has ventured "the bold assertion, without the' shadow of an argu ment.to sustain it. What possible differ. ence could.it make with Mexico, whether the annexation was made upon one or the other?' Why should the' one .not be as offensive to her as the other ? Indeed, I doubt much whether, even to this day, the Government of Mexico knows whether the resolution was passed with or withont an alternative. Such is the baseless ground on which he has charged me with being the author of the war.- 1' had: heard, for several days past, that he had prepared to. make an elaborate attack on me. S.ame of my friends asked, rather'jestingly. if I did not. expect to be annihilated. After these. givings out, and such laborious pre paration, I did 'suppose'the' Senator .would make some -show of a formidable charge ; but of-all 'the attacks I' have ever witness ed in this or any other legislative body' T have over known one so empty and ri diculous. Every -one of his charges is founded eit her in' gross error or partial statement of -facts;,oroi some-forced and absurd conclusion I maybegin with the veryfirst that he made He had the as surance to asser:iinu',thepreseuce of the Seatethat'Ivassthefirst te introduce the questionwho iiaGN1b ral authoror causeof thiswar I4w.1 appeal tov ertrSenatorand every other Individualt whtasVpfeeseton'~o45 tstn"whet b ta i diTie' Mr;Tiua -frasienei .'.t~" l 6yj invgiait' .rjg tna sjt e p r . 'Taylor; .marc .fromn..qgrpaa lt ii ?ft'alepsitieu nt fibRio del' lorte ?- 'l'gO further; and ask, istlere a Sintor bIrc iguorant of the fact,.that. the question of who was .tha author or .cause of the- war. lad bnou long' before elabo rately discussed in thisldody-inthe House of- Representatives, nod throughout the while country, from its declaration up to ihai time.' In theTace of all this, the sen ator rises up in his place, -after a long and laburioas preparation, and asserts, that it was I who originated the enquiry, as to who -was its author. This is a fair sam pie of the accuracy of the senator, in his numerous illegatius to show that I was the authorof the war. I mig'ht go ou and take them z'ode by one, and edoty that every one of his positions and deductions is equally unfounded in fact or fa'se in conpltidin. 1 do not deem it necessary. A Ifagd portion of his speech was but the stale repetition of what he said in the ses sion of 1842--43, n-hen the treaty which I had coucluded with Texas, was tinder disdssion in this body. All the docu ments now brought forward were then before the Senate. Mid he west over the same topics very elaborately, and with much more power tan on the present oc asion, without making any impression on the counfry. The country was agaimst hm then, and still remains against him, and it is i6 vain that he undertakes to dhis tor'o its settled conviction. It diil remain ever unchanged, in spite of alt that he can do. linder -'tis conviction, I will not weary the senate,.by repelling atsa6lts then made andi then repelled. The most prominent of the charges-the orders given by the administration to place a fleet in the Gulf of Mexico, and a rortion of the army on the frontier of Texas-was - elied by my A.hen colleague, (Mr. Me Duffie,) of whom hie speaks so highly ont this occasion. In repelling it, he said, that if the orders to which the Senator then and now objects, had not been issued, the Execuitive wonuld have been guilty of great-. derelectdon of duty. The Florida treat'y. farming another 4ub ject of attack, 6:nred also on that-occa sion, in connexion wvith annexation, and what he said now is but a repetition- what e said theo. He then, as now, made me responsible for that treaty,'although'I was but one of six metniiers of S1r. Monroe's cabinet, and the youngest of its members -responsible, without advancing a parti cle of proof to showv that 1 ever gave it my support or tipprobation. He rests the charge on some disclaimer, as it seems, that the then Secretary of State, (Mr. Adams) has, at some -time, anade, that he was not re.ponsible for the treaty. The senator may be right as to that; but how can that, by any possibility, show that I was responsible!? But I am prepared to take my full share of responsibility as a member of Mr. Monroe's -cabinet, without having any particular agency in forming the treaty or influence in inducing the'cab net to adopt it. I then thuught, and still think,it is a good'treaty ; and'so thoaght. Uthe -Senate of 'th- United States'; for, if i sdemory does:inot deceive m'e, it is eeised. nearly every vote of the' Senate.1 [A Senator. "Yes,. every -vote."] It then received the utlanimouts vote of tho Senate, promptly given. O0 course that treaty was the cau e-of bvp. wratth Mexico, as the Senator seems to subpbse, this body is ,as- much tho- -author and ie cause of the. war, as thie individuaf on wiso*ihe is now :so aniiis tofii~i"N i-have said itba goodireaty-. iocmiitt out due reflection. Woeacqitred muchy it. It gave us Florids-an'acquisita~iiot only important iditself, butc'gsa in:;refer ence to the whole south' westerti:frontier? Tiere was. at' that time, four poihrful i'bes ffIndiana, tw.o of-whom, te Cieek' and the Choctaws, were contiguous to Florida,and the two dthers-the. Cli asaws and Cherokees-were adjoi ingti They were the inonutwerous and ihtere ful trihes in the Umteii .:Statcs, and rn4 their position, were exposed toih e aci d; on and excited against us from Fibicida. It was important that this state of things should terminate, which 'could onlybe done by-obtaining the. possession of Flor - 'But there were othelathd powerful con; siderations for the acquisition.. We' had' a short time, before extinguished- theltC dian title to large tracts of countryin 'Ala bama, Mississippi and deorgia, lying upon streams and rivers which passed throgh Florida to the Gulf-lands in a great mea sure valueless, without the right of avi gating them to their 'mouths. Tihe c quisition of Filoridatgave us this right, and: enabled us to blring into 'successful culti vation a great extentof fertile lands, which;, have added much to the increased prgodah ion 'of oh4r greattaple-cotton.. _ Anther important point -was ef'ected by the ac guisition. It-termintted a very- trouble tome dispute with Spain, growing out ',6t the capture of St. Mark's and :Pensacola by General Jackson, in' the.Seiinolo'a. ud finally, it perfected our title to Oregon, )y ceding to us whatever rigt:Spain bad o that Territory. - Such is the treatyoni which iteSei' qtor has lavished so- much- of his abuse ;hut here were other reasons furgadoitin the Sabineis' he boiunIary. and , of whi.a wasignorant :t the,ine the treaty 1l i dori:edantil to the knA ledge: of whtc ixe come within the last [ew ,ea ' r: W oroe. if i-sm cnrcr. y-fat ud4 inl itapces"sv~tcht~rii *litl i IIt aon ~era'farther wfsi (I co nr tiicteto-hifL'by :Senators of first res eeability -rbeir resisntfnr refusing to .tify in treaty- which' wuld extend the oundary beyond the. Sabine, I do ntt .hosetui go into; abhough it was conmu uicatedto me- with the iufurmition -to which I 'have alluded. But if we take out of :h speech of the Senator what ie has stated in relation to' inexation, and the. Florida treaty, in which, as I have stated, he has repented ild and stale charges, that made not the lightest impression on the country at the itne, what is there left of his present at ack upon me ? It is surprising that a nan of his experience and sagacity should iuppose that the repetition of these thread. are charges, regarded as futile when made, hould make any impression tiow. In Iced, I may consider myself obliged *o uim for repeating, them, after such elabo -ate preparation, as it allirds the most onclusive proof how exempt my course tas been from any just censure during the ong pehiod of time in which. he has at tempted to trace it. To make good his allegation that I am the author of antexation, and that annex sion caused the war, he asseris that I was in favor of tlie soneiation of Texas is far SaelC as 1836, immediately after the utite of San .lacinato, atnd the capture or Saa Anna. to prove which, he read atn xtraca from-the speech which I delivered sO rsotaiions i'ror M issidasip pi. presented y her Senator now Secretary of the Trrea ;try, instructing the Genutors to obtain an mediate recognition of tbe itdependenee f Texas. . It is true thai Iithen advocated an early recognition of the independence of Texas, ad its admission into this Unaijn but I was not alone in that, nour did I take a leading part in the disenqsion : the two most promidenut advocates of her cause at that time were the Senator from Missis rippi, and my then colleaguze, (Mr. Pres on,) but they were seconded. -y a large portion of this body at the timed. The dis tinguisbed Senator 'from Massachusetts bore * part in the debate, and expressed his opinion in favor of' recognitiun at an early period, and of the vast imaporcance of tie future condition of Texaso ~our co-.try. t have not had timecd examine the discussion ; but find that I wi- among those who advised delay under further in formation could be obtained, and many were for prompt action; but the Senator from Missouri has thought proper. in. the face of thdad' 'facts, to hold me up as.gh~e only itndtvidual disposed for a proartpt and immediate action~ He has done more. H e has suppressed the fact, very important to be known, that tefore the close of that very session the repott of the Commiitee on Foreignt Relations-recomhmending the' acknowledgend of the indepindence of Texas as soon as satisfactory informatiis could be obtained that it ad successfully. et ablshed a gov'urnment-wai adoptedb' the unanimous vote of the Senate, inclu~ ding the Senator himtself, and aat the very notisession her independence ws .recgtzed. Sir, iddnit, af that early period I saw thaLstreirrep'ortiob'oC :Texts tb ibie Unior would be idispensable both tohf But tihai;- a, -- p d as an. inde-' : s and Mexico, iscepoi.intrigue of he dfstrictive of :: oth Texas ar e;.I -saw the, istion aL that early *tse id beco nyan instru Soreign power of r -lulu ;amdithat tw~o-con ngcominj'ties could .no one-being. wielded to eaof gpa. t The senator ng en said was intended -- that future 447f ,.when I was called.. ce'of the country, to - StateDepartment, in trvery events. I saw, i - c in, that 'the. golden o peo r inrred..when annexa , 06nuo C. n riler t avoid in 1tids.and great disasters; and sti no r hesitate to- under hiha-,been assigned mne ,w th difficuities, from Yhe -d inistration at that prLed in despie o them; anib a bout ws;:;and all the a the senator from His 'sopri; rive-me-of that credit ledgin reference to the ng (aexation. - "he whole. my course, I mays ot only some foresight in:.rel liualso sepo ers of averlgt fr; "and. securing the endwic od. Awards the accomplish a"had been .consumma tede at-administration came iunpio; ar fellowed, although 6 oniiad been completed -lh ' the rupture be ta took place,: nor 1 16wed atall liadwe act dence. That Mexico itthat she threatened u .1 tiucb alked.-about .1ence of :hostilities -hoedr, but talk: tld 6 W ,' Permnit,.the wto k.to bluster and feace; andif we -Y 1 e4 .proper. skill - lffajr.Mexico C - 5oule - Everyi6 , s t ,atI wasoppo Yweito thoeu ne knoo s.jui myself - the-deptho pposiion., ith my coepdoiis site character an aconse. iucnces,-it wts -izpssihle-for.:ne to vote ioriit. When: accrdingly, I wasdeserted by every\friend oithis side pf thie house, iucludingmy thex honoroble colleague, among the. restiMr. McDuffie,] I was not shaken in-the,least degree in referenie to my course. On the. passage of t ho-act recognising-the war, 1 said .to many of my friesds that- a deed .had. been done from which the country would not be able to recover for a-Ing time, if ever; and added it has dropped a curtain between the pres ent and the future, which tome is impen etrable; and for the first time since I have been in public life, I am unable to see the future. I also added that it had closed the first volume of our political history under the constiiut in,-and- opened the second, and that uo.morial could tell what would be written in it. These deep impressions were made upon my mind, because I saw from the circumstances under which the war was made, a- total departure from that course of policy which had governed the country 'from the ,eommencemenit of our governmenlt until that time; and~that, too under circumstances calculated to lead a most disasirois coaseuences. Since then, less than a. year tas, elapsed, hut. in thbat 46 0ouEh thas alrcady been develo I5f d what. was then said look Iikepropihe-cy., But the senator charges, entertaining as I dlid these impressions, thit,1ldi4 14ot tale a stand and arrest the march of Gen. Tag lo togjhe Rio dei~opie., I have already sated-the-reasonspr'-~fanother geensn why I did nitand-hdwevet unsatisfactoyrv tey miay te~to the senator, they are sat isfactor) to myselfiand Idoubt not they will be- to the community at large. He also intimated thadl ought to havo corn municated my vigwis to the Presidett. I was guilty of no t'eglecsto that respoet; I did not fail to state in the piroper quarter explicitly what L thought .would result frm the oriler gtven to &en. Taylor, but I ound -very different tiewvs from mine entertind ther'e 'Thse-io power were quite as confident trat tlie.march of Ge. Teylor to-the D~el Nore would'Oot tn its- consequetnces in volve war, as they wqre tbhi notse, with; out cuInprongise-In re'ference to the ,joit oceupanc-of Oregon would not involve war with -Eugland. .I looking-ibaqk upon these matters I have Uettisfactionl to feel that % ~fully perfored my dut,;both here add else wi ere with-refetegce to these important qu stiPl* - th my vew of-the character and con eenes ofthe ~r ,I hav frbore much. ;lae sufered a Iinie toi the estimationI of'y friende both in and out of Congress afdrfsingt vote for-the bill recognising jnexisienef a war made by the act of Moxio.'I.a.e-been urgetlby-them to expain 'this reamonsje~ my course on that ccasion, hbi OperpstPe[in declining to do so, becaus -ounot 9eethiat it would heoahyi'VCOt ~ conntry, while it In~~ltw~h~4A5 anio tose who are charged .viih the prosecution. of. the war. [ adopted the only course which, accor ding to my opinion, [ could with propriety' -to take no active or leading part in ref erence measures intended- for carrying on. the war, it . . give a quiet and silent vote in favor of all ivhih. did not seem to me decidedly objectionable; but iln the mean time, to look out for the first favora ble opportunity of presenting my views how the war should be conducted to bring it nmost. advantageously to a successful term inatioa. I accordingly embraced, the opportunity on the discussion of the three million bill now before the Senate to to present my views, not in the spirit of oppo.sition, but,of.kindnass, to the admin istration, reserving to myself the etpres sion of my opinion as to the causes of the war for some suitable occasion. It seems. however, that the friends of those in pow er were not satisfied wijh .this,.e @;nnri. my part; it became an object of- assault both in this chamber and without its walls. The senator from Tennessee immediately on my right (Mr. Turney] commenced the attack here by directly charging me with being the author of the war, and it has since beeni followed by the senator from Missouri on this occasion. I have this been forced, in self-defence, to depart fromI the line wihich I had prescribed for myself aud to enter into the question. Who is the'author of the cause of the war ? The responsibility is not on me, but on those who have compelled me to make the de parture. Thus far I have limited whet 1 have said strictly toself.defiuce, as '1 shall also do on the present occasion. In looking to the causes which led to the war, I-go one step further back than ihe senator from Maine, [Mr. Evans,j who discussed the subject in this aspect with great accuracy and ability. He began with Mr. Slidell's miasion and negotiation. [go a step further back, to the manage ment of the negotiation prior to that per d. Whena thijdministration came into - power there were.two. great questions on band connected with our foreign relations. -the Oregon and the' Mexican. As dif erent as they were in their character, and as remote asthe two powers were from each otherthere.was intimate coonexio. between them which could not be-over: - look in conducting the .negotiation; wiit : oufalling int a great aud dangeroust error.: Such^ atylaa ai m y: of inioo.?g mei' tt ho fell- into-aggea t; ey rot r c sequence of overlwokiog. thie coiexion" between tlie tivosubjegi.. .T.'4yyminud it is one of-the cigara.j:o(propotins,' tat Lili could .e no well founded hope'-of adj taing our ditfinhties with Mexico-until lie Oregon question was- finally settled. Why so ? The reason is obvious. Meia' ice knew that wehad.heavy claims against her. which she was little able .to pay. Debtrs witih9ut means are ptnally shy of their creditors. -he could not but see' that there was a chance- of escaping our demands against her provided a conflict should onsue between us and Englan. in reference to Oregon. .She could not but ee more-that it might possibly afford her an opportunity of recovering either. a part i the whole of Texas by an alliance with i England. dod availing herself of the aid t 'f British strength and resources in wa ;ing a war agaiust us. At all events, she - would look with confidence to her being pro ected as an ally of England in-the treaty b which the war bbuld be terminated. Whatever ohjectipp. may be made to Eng land, she never deserta.an ally in War.. It teemed to me, under these circumstabces, that it was a greoa error tqeuppose that the diflereuces with Mexico could be act - sted while those with Enigland were ending. Our true policy, then. accordiog o my opinion,.was 1o suspo.nd all.nttemipts at opening negotiation withi. Mexico until that question was finally settled. When hat was elrected,, and Mexico couldi no longer look to the. support of IEngland in her controversy with us, ,she trould see te folly. f decliiing .to adjust'the diffe - ece between us, and enter into conflict with a power every vay so vastly her sp-. perior. . There would, then be another adivan tage; whiech would greatly favor a settle ment of our dilliulties with Mexico.' The elouent (senator from .Louisiana has t ruly said aa Mexico, at least so far as capital is concerned, was a British colon. The mmnse interest which England has in he country, would have enlisted her on he side of peace. and the whole of her vast influeace woulnf- have been exerted. to,induce Mexico' to enter into a,satisfac tory arrangemnent with us. I cannot doubt that under the influence af these powerful. causs, with a little rorbearance apd pru dece on or part, all the causes.of .diflbe rne between th~e two cpuntries would, a this, havre bieen settled by a treaty sat - isfactory to both. An opposite course was however, un fortunately takeni both .negotitions were 'hed at dlie. same time; and that with exico, with at least as much zeal, and' as' stronga pressure as that with England. The then President of the repub,lie of Mexico. (H-errera) *was* fribadly to the Lnied Staies, and anxiohsly disposed on that account, as well as others to settle the differences with us. Acting under these feelings, he acceded to the troposi ttion to receive a commissioner, without duly reflecting, as the events proved, ont thegreat impedtments in the minds of the~ Meicans treating wtth ub. The result was a might have been- anticipatd, ar odes toolk advantage ofs the e!Jor,, and' btded Hbrrera fromx power, and ti e ect of this. premature.attempt at opening n gotiation, was to overthrow a. friend, and r place an enemy in power, deeply comr -'v mitred against settling the diflerences.be. tween the two countries, and thereby-aa' tw, ought to have .been .foreseen-greatly to increase the difficulty of any future settle, - 4 ment:; of the questions. What .followed from this unfortunate gtep uctil it endedia war between the two countries, has -been so clearly. traced . by the senator from': Maine, as to. supercede the -necessity of say touchiog upon it. .. .The overlooking of the intimate con neitionaf. these,two..questions, was nos only the first link in thatseries of causes - which finally terminated. in this war, but it came near. preventing the settlement of the Oregow question.... Had the action-of Congress, .which finally led to the settle meat of the Oregon questionbeen delayed uptitiit- wAigknowt~Igat the skirmjishes had taken place tietween our forces and the Mexicans on the Rio Grande, (but a short period,) there is every ,reason to belive he Oregon question would not have been losed. :,speak upon high -authority he-escape was a. narrow- one.. Fortunate ly, the-British government promptly ac- - ad upon the notice, and; tendered a pro position to our minister on. *hich the set lement was finally ..made, which he re= . reived and -forwarded to our geventmet but.a few days before 'news was -received in England of'the skirmishe.on the Rio Grande. '. Bu ..wlhile' they fortunately oc ., .rte ,urred too .lae to prevent a. settlement of the Orego question,. they unfortunately;. ccurred too soon. to preserve peace with Hexico.. But if the: policy which the ad, miisration first adopted after annexation had been pursued, the. frntier-of. Texs* with. our military forces to the extent of touutry which sheteld at the time of an. sexation, and no further-there is every reason to bel'eve that on the settlementof the Oregon.4uestion the peace of the two eoun tries would have been.preserved,. It is true. Mexico claimed' the whole of Tex. -__ as, but it.is equally true that the recognisedtke; ifference, and-showed a disposition-to act up a t, botweoir the, country known as Texas proper, and the countrybetween it :aid the Del Norte.'It is alo truetilrat we and Tixa' ? ",iasc1caoh jsdifernce. and that bth_ , egardedithe biogtda r no unseuld dd~afe' metton ofiannexation. which ^provids .that j be -bonda enbe Toxase d and Meedgcoe - deerinta b Tiited 8lstei jgel - terr bQandargdf EOias 5v fl& 9ttodit flId boundary o, teiodel aNorto ,. part of Tamaulipaedshunila,'id Netex&ex co. . Wifat, ,tgeiought to hAave been- the onrse of the Executie after annexation uncder his resolutioN i The very oNeiwhich they at !ai puisued-to':restrict the position. ofc our ' roops to -the country actually occnpied b - rexas at the perioi ofannexation.' All beyon .' to ar-as the. -iec'tive was concerned, -ought . o have been regarded as subject to the provi-. r - ,T lion of the resolution, which authorized the - overtnment to settle the boundary. Thera ire but two modes of settling d disputed boun lary-one b'the joint consent of both parties, hat is by treaty,of wich the President and the s Sente are the organs-the other, by the-deter L d irintion of one of the -patties for itself aiter- r 'ailing to obtain the consent of- the -oiher, and hait, under our government, can only be done y Congress. Indeed, when we speak of our overance..t, it is nuderstood to mean.Congress. uil the Executive, acting jointly-the onepas. tg an act or resolution, and the oil- by ts ipproval. - And in Congrea taken. .n this ese, all.liscretionary power under ours'sy: em of government-is vested. - It is onljy b, tis rower that a disputed boundary-canc liesr r tued by.thegovernmnent for itself, and without . he consent.ofthe other patty. -The President cad no more right-to determine of his own wil . . . ht'F hat thce houndary-was, -than-L:.had, or any tither senatore .ucht- indeed, appeared to bet a ia .te e-.mviction of.-the Presideut htttself. It ist r. a-etJ mnty on such a smipposition that we can explaine~ - asiscourse -in attemptagg to open a negotiation. -. with leuico,'with a view of settling all differy . ,, :ncs between the two countries, among .which,.~ le settlemilegt.Of the boundary was considered paramount question. Why negotiate, if it' - were not an unsetdled questioni Why negotb"' 4 eterthe iok del Norte-as it was alterwards. ~ ssumed-was thed clear and unquiestiontableod boundaryi And if not, upon what -authority,.'. ater thes attempt to open negotiation had failed, itd he detertmine what was te,- boundary iewing ct as ane opeu questioni Was mt not hisi plain duty, on such an occurrence, to submit~ h question to-Congress. which was then .ar- - session, and in whom the right of establishing' the boundary anid desle-micfwar was clearly-se4.:-t , ested? ihad that course been adopted, I great., ly mistake if lice sense of this body would no*t- . have been decidedly. opposed to taking apy - dete which would leave mvolvidtbs .iAniotcn. trjics i war. -Indeed, I feel a strog&vidtion thiat, if tie 8,etate hadh-eenuleft free to decidie n the question, not one-third of the body would save been fouicd 'in favor of-wari 'As'it was' e ar a lege majority felt themselves compelleda an invsoi they believed, to vote :forthe bill recogmaiig -..Neh ts existepCe of war, in ordesr se raise the asp plies oftmen ancd-money necessary to rescue th r.ny under General Taylor, on the Del Npishir rrom the dangers to which it was oxposed.o j But to bring the matter home, the getator ~~ d~ laiself is in no small degree roepsaubldfort 6a-. the war. I intend no attack ottuiy hrk made none, and will. make none.' TimE-rpad 4. tions between hcimi and myself prja A4ndtr.e political, have long beenatch ,t . ..... and a sense of propriety. .o i. : alumin to him, except when .unacqdt OWthebs~u. a courteous mannert andA : i ~ ,~i ne an the cot wh govrned cneon es'i the occasion. ~ The Senate wEil inmember that hen the, ~ q Presdnts message was received ,ecommeundwa ing Conagres to recognise that a -wart existed between us and-Meico, and raise the necessa , r eans for its prosseucoti, thea- natorfryca isssipit, whose set isnnodiane a. r ght, but who is :now- ubetti1 hoved tofprimitA,00OOOCb QO