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a patriot, fighting in the cause
Of his country and Of libery2-
They were ready to say that it
was the success of a bucanier-
Of a corsair-ofa bandit fighting
for plunder, in violation Of all
law, and in violation Of the de-
crees Of Heaven: lie (Mt. d.
charged that, by their votes. the
opposition side Of the House de-
clared that GenI. Taylor was a
bucanier: They charged, BY
their votes, that Gen. Taylor was
a pirate; FOR they said that he had
been gIoriousIy successful ia an
unjust, unholy, and piraticaI
cause. They said that he had
succeeded with extraordinary a.
.bility in the work Of plunder,
robbery, and murder-yes, mur-
der; and all kinds of crimes
that was what they said! TCries
of 'goodl' ''go it Douglass.
Yes, and that he had not only
done that, but thathchad brought
all this honor on his country bY
prosecuting a war Of that iniquit-
Gus character That was what
they purported to say by their
resolution, with the inferencetha
the war was unjust and unholy.
They-the domocrats----whom
the gentleman chose to call con-
spirators---rcscued Genera
Iaylor's name from being asso-
ciated with such charges Of infa-
my; yes, and as an honorable
friend near him Mr.. A. John
son suggested, from the charge
Of 4 violation of the constitution
Of the United States.


M. Ashmun in his seat. Tic
President?


Mr.. Douglass. he says s.the
PRESIDENT lie believed the
gentleman was lawyer. lie
supposed the gentleman had law
enough


Mr.. Ashmun Gin his seat.) Not
much! a laugh.


Nj. Douglass. Well he sup
posed the gentleman was notlaw-
yer enough to hurG him in the o.
pinion which he intimated. He
could not shield himself under
the preteXt that a superior order
cd the general to commit that
crime. A man who had COM
mitted murder could not shield
himself by saying that he was di-
rected to do it. A man who has
plundered his neighbor could not
protect himself, by the plea that
a superior ordered him to COM
nit The act Of plumber. Nor
could a man who violated the
constitution of the United States
shield himself under the plea that
his superior commanded him to
perpetrate that act of violation.


I'he President was, he con-
fessed, responsible for the order
to the army to advance. The
country was responsible for the
war. But the democratic party
did not choose to brand thearmy
as banditti---as being a band Of
pirates. They did not choose to
hold out the spectacle to the
worId---to send forth to Europe
by every steamer the announce
ment---that three hundred thou
sand american citizens were
contending for the privilege Of
forming part Of an army of plum
der and the commission of all
manner of crimes against the
laws ofman and Of God. He had,
indeed, been constrained to
doubt whether the gentleman
from Massachusetts and his as
sociates on that floor were really
the especial friends of General
Taylor.


The gentleman from Tennes-
see [Mr. Cockel had moved to a.
mend the title of the resolution,
by striking outthe word ''!haDas''
and substituting ''disgraoe." "a
voice: "Censure''-''censure."l J
"Censure," thcn--so as to make


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