The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1845-01-16


ma, 10 pledged to carry out. without delay 10 AZ lis
bsrbsxxy, tho msusesd isvssson. To sustain and
give brilsncy 10 newly gotten power, be mus, re
deem his pledge IMsgno he sequel The Rio
Bravo is crossed. Another league, and ruihsn
soldiery- their swords yet wet win the olooI Of
their country men--enisr the doomed land Must
call up before you The scenes that 10 ensue q
Cruel at beat, and terrible is the trade Of war But
war Of determination! war, where the eye pi-
lies not where the sword spares mol where The
command Is, 10 alive none that breathe Con
qusrors, 10 The flush OF victory, have "ep over
field Of battle where the sroog man died, bis wea-
pom 10 his hand, the irown OF defiance yet uutaded
from his brow. But field Of slaughter, indlscrimi.
nate slaughter slaughter of The delenceess The unr
sislng IA field, where minge, dehled IN dust and
gore the white locks Of venerable age snd the fair soft
hair OF unonenoiDg childhood Think-thnk what
II stbis carnage Of nation, without distinction OF
age, Of condition-there rs yet moro-of Sen = DO
you remember the words OF the Dramstist
"The man who lays bis hand upon a woman,
Save IN the way Of kindness, Is a wretch,
Whom 'twere base nattery TO call a coward ="
And it is woman--it is that gentle being whom the
desert lion bmsell is said 10 pity and 10 spaTe- A.
the young lniant charge sheltered IA her
armsit 10 the wife and mother, fleeing TO rescue her
person from the pollution Of brutal bandlti-lo
save the child Of her bosom from their murderou,
steel-t IA even She TO adopt IN all their cold OH
ciai atrocty The words Of the decree of blood vi o
If she be rash enough 10 ay"--st the sight Of THIS
approaching horde OF assAssins-is 10 be "pursued
until taken or put TO death % And What them The
report Of there deeds Of crime and shame is TO come
10 across the Sabine. The story of each succeed
ing brutality is TO sink down, in all It's damning de.
tails INTO The hearts Of people. The South win
her hery pulse aud her hot chyslry, Is TO hear il
The West, with her fearless spirit and her otrick
symPathies, is TO hear H. The North--yes, the
North, less quickly reused, yet bearing, under her
snow, warm heart of PHYS TO hear H. And
when the shadow OF these deeds II darkness has set
tied down, like pail over The entire land ash n
Yet again, what then 80 Ii 10 no concern of ours
Let them perish !"-Will that be the language-thst
the spirH--oi young America but her adopted
ohild--even dare, IN this, 10 answer for her. No
no, thousand times no
We may turn over here the leaves of musy yo-
tunes; We may quote black letter within these wall,
in proof that II b. bounJen duly TO stand
ly by, without an Effort 10 save, without protest L.
avert, and sec our brethren OF Texas their uiy,s
and their ittie ones bochered before our eyes See
II the People will not make the case their own We
have not yet IN this hemisphe reached the age of
placid indifference. A naiions early youth, like
mans, ~ full OF warm and generous impulse You
VIII Sea II! Marx what the decision OF tins nation
will bel That We have right 10 interfere tell
you, no other than that will be her langusee-lha
We have no righ 10 hold back There Is a law more
holy lar more imperative than the Ian OF The statute
book--ihe un~Titten law OF the human hraft-tbat
law which taught the Samaritan that he was the
neighbor Of him who fell among thieves And tina,
law, speaking from the hearts Of a young aud noble
people, VIII declare TO Us, that II pass by tie
other side and hbaDdon our neighbors OF TIE Gas 40
their fate, ours }. the crime ours the scandal our
before the world, the shame And 80 il isi When
We sit tamely down under threats hike thtse-when
mercy and courage are 50 renched within u.s. that
We suffer- unprotected, outrage thus In famous the
aw OF nature and Of nations-oufrage, we are sx-
pressiy told, that spread its crimson stain even 10
rs very bofders-then let fair national heon
Trail, shame stained in the dust; are not worthy
10 give ts broad folds the free gentle breeze OF
Heaven H...a .. ...
II speak warmly, sir, / feel warmly. Who NAV
touch on subjects like that with quiet puse' Yet
do place my confidence in appeal to sober iudg
ment, not to hasty passion. | bot ask you 10 look
into the future before you act That Is the part Of
wisdom. but ask you, to eIamine, step BY step.
the issue Of the policy which the friends OF peace at
any price would have pursue. | ask you TO TO
feet, whether taking those steps, we shall be sus-
tanned BY those who sent US here. 1 put 10 500 the
question will our constituents be satisfied, an the
present attitude OF Mexico with apathetic inaction,
tame ind ierence, stolcal neutraty' Each one must
answer that question for himself can but saw that
II is not my Judgment of our people. have found
them neither oold nor Passicness nd they must be
both If they demanded not that now even al the
threshold OF these menaced atrocities, Wide vet Tho
assassins sword is odrawn their government should
interpose Gas it has intcrposed) the name of out
ragged humanity, in the OF violated law its sol
emn protest against them. And should that protest
prove unavaling and the butchery in very deed pro-
coed, the spirit Of their fathers must be dead within
them If they grudged their treasure or their blood
should both be needed, to arrest Mexican barbarity
MY conclusions are, then: that it is both wise aud
lawful to accede to the wishes of Texas, and incor-
Porate that country into Union and that till that
incorporation IS consummated, it our duty to pro-
test, and II need be- to protect Texas, against all
violations OF International law, with which she has
DeSn mcnace0. he custom of ma
this course; our national honor demands It. Bold
ness and plain dealing, chastened by prudent fore
sight, are nations best resource against foreign tn
croacnnent; her surest means to avert the calami-
ties Of war; Boldly, then, and without reserve, let
US meet this question. Let annex Texas al
once. The hUerai portion of the world will ap.
prove, the rest wall acquesce and, in ten years the
wonder will be, not that Texas has settled quietly
down into an integral portion Of our confedsracy;
but that men should ever have been found, so blind
to the interests Of their country to oppose her an
nexation.