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member 10 this house, OF other thar
Anglo Saxon origin, who will deem
it uRcourtsous that |, beiog myself ia
part Anglo Saxon, must Of course
hold that for the best blood that ever
circul lated 10 human veins. 0nI yes,
Siri far be il from ne 10 depreciats the
glories Of the Anglo Saxon race. sl.
though there have been times when
they bowed their necks aud submitted
10 the law Of conquest, beneath the a..
cendsncy of the Norman race. But
sir, it hes struck ma a. no inean.ide-
rabIe evidence Of the spirit which 10
Spurring US unto this VAR Of Sggrsa.
sion, ofconqusst, aud Of siaVs making,
that oil the 6res Of sncisut, hereditary
nstioasl haired are 10 be kindled, to
famiIisriSs Us with the fsroeious spir.
it Of rejoiciGg at The onassacrs Of pris
oner1 10 cold blood. Sir, 10 there uot
yet hatred enough between the races
which compose your aoulhsgu Popu'
Iation and the population of Mexico,
their ue=t neighbor, but you must 60
back eight hundred ore thousand years,
aud 10 another hemisphere, for the
fountAinS Of bitterness between you
and thsml What 10 the temper Of
feeling between ths component ParIs
of your own southern populslion, be.
tween your Anglo. Saxon, Norman
French, and Moorish Spanish iuhab
itant1 Of Louisiana, Arkansas, Missia
sippi aud Missouri between them ell
aud the laden savage, the original
possessor Of the land from which you
are scourging Tim already back to the
foot Of the Rocky MouatGinse What
between them all < the native Amsri
can negro Of ACricsn origin, whom
they are holding in cruel bondagee
Are these elsnentS Of harmony, eon.
cord snd patriotism between the com.
pOnent parts Ofa nation starting upon
a crusade Qf cOnsusSll And what are
The feelings, Of all this motley com
pound Of your southern population
towards the compound equally heiero.
sensous Of the Mexican populaliOuf
Do not you, az Anglo -Saxon, slave.
holding exterRins'or Of Indians, from
the bottom of your soul hale the Mex
Icsn Spaniard lOdisn, emsnuipa,or Of
sIa yes, and abOlisher Of slsvsryl And
do you lhiuk that your hatred 10 not
with equal cordially reiuraedl Go
10 the city Of Mexico, ask any Of your
fellow ciliseDs who have been there
for the last three or four years, wheth
er they scarcely dare show their faces,
as Anglo Americans, in the sIresIs.
he assured, sir, that, no HeVeF hearth
Iy you detest the MeIican, his bosom
burns with 90 equally dseP'seated de-
testatiOn Of you.
And this iS the nation with which.
at the instigatlou Of your executive
government, you are now rushing
into war-inio war Of conquest;
commenced BY aggression on yOu'
part, and for the re-establiShment oi
slavery, where 1t had been abolished,
thl oughout the MeXican republic,
For your war will be with Mexico
with q republic Of twenty four states,
and a population Of eight or nine mil
lions Of souIss 1t seems to be consid.
cred that this victory over twelve hun'
dred men, with The capture of their
commander, the presiden! OF The Mex.
icsR republic, has alreIdy achieved
the conquest Of the whole republic.
That it may have achieved the inde'
pendence ofTexaS, is not more nor
so much ss the state Of Michigan, the
people Of whom are in vain claiming
Of you the performance Of that sacred
promise you made them, Of admitting
her asa slate into the union; thst stsIe
Of Michigan, which has gresssF
grievances aud heavier wrongs to al.
ledge sgsinst you for q dsclarstion Of
her independents, If shs were dis:
posed 10 declare it, thsn the psopIs Of
Texas have for breaking OF their
dnion with the people Of Mexico.
Texas is an extreme boundary portion
Of the republic Of Mexico, wilder
meas inhabited by Indians till after the
revolution which sepsrsted Mexico
from Spain; not sufficiently populoOs
at the organisation Of ths Mexican
coqfedsracy to form 4 stats by itself,
and therefore united with COahuilas
where the greatest part Of the indigo
nous portion Of the population reside.
Sir, the history Of all the emancipsted
Spanish American colonies has been'
ever since their separation from Spain.
a history Of conyulsiOnaTy wars o'
revolutions, accomplished 6y Nng'e'
and very often Insignificant psl'Iesj
Of chieGisins, whose tile to po"eT, hsS
been the murder of their Immediate