Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1845-03-21
PRESIDENT POLK 4 HUMO1I ST.

Presidents Messages, Inaugural Addresses, &c.,
are apt TO he dull but they are orcas1nllv lghiei
M with passages nj genus hunor. the i'lloNlng Is
the latest specimen we have seen, and is IN an aiii
rattle VEN:
Foreign powers" Mexico especially ''do not
seem TO appreciate the tine chararrr oi our govern
ment Oar Union is n confederation ni independent
5 ares, whose policy Is peace win each % hef anu n''
the world. To enarge lis hunts Is Ia extend me
dominion Of peace adit mai eriInrles ana M
creasng millions. The world has nnihin. t. lear
from military ambition, IN our government. Whlr
the Oh ef mngistrnc and The popular branch oi on
aress are elected tor short terms by the sulirages oi
those millions who their own pcrsnns, bear
all lhehuldens and m-eres of war, our government
cannot be otherwise Than pacific. Foreign powers
NIexico Of coursel "shpuld, therefore look on the
annexation OF Texas 10 the United states not as the
conquest Of ? nation seeking 10 extend her dnmnInns
BY arms and Violence hut as the peaceful ncqnsliin
of n territory once her own, by adding another mem
her TO ur confederation, with the consent Of thai
| member-thereby diminishing the ch,nccs of war,
| and opening To them new and ever increasing mar
/ kri> for their pfothcis, --
To Texas, the reunion is important, because The
strong protecting arm of our government wo Id bt
| extended over her."-EreSidenfs IHduguraL
For the initiated, nothing IS required I" show ms
pararra,h addressed 10 foreign powers 10 he one al iht
best jokes The nnna's OF dlplnnncy can iurnlsh. 'o
| other, II may require slight paraphrase. The For
elun mower. NAV he c0nsIierei MS present by 'hel
| REPRESENTATIVES (C neral AlmOnte among ihem) OF
,he stems or The Capitol while the President turns tn
| them, ann mus nhtuIltH lit " NC ~
necrfuIy enirent You, Foreign Powers, not 10 1T
| alarmed nj what nav appear aggression IN our prn
| ce.dincs nor nj the somewhat bellgereui attitude W.
| have zen compelled 10 assume towards Mexico =
| Ynu do not appreciate our 'lrne character. "
| are ps,cefuL Consider that "ms is Union who's
.nniry is peace" II, therefore. we do 90 10 irar leh
Dy,rico Far Ieras, Peace is our object! Oar clilz"n
have to he sure gone Texas revolIed against In
Government they found there md gained possesslo
of the country We cannot deny In vour Exctllen
| 200 ,bat the war was carried on v men and mean
fr,n IN. limited States aud Ih, n could not hare bee
carried on without them. The revolt was succe stu
and The vrrv people who accomplished II WI he r.
caved min NE territory itry hare conquered INTO ~
United Slntes. But have M tear, senitintn' anon
CONC 'rsI ,.
We NAV wish 10 allowance our ierri'orv; nm M
will he q, ".>,end the domin'on Of Peace Sh'ul
| our ci,izens nf the - Invest rrr'rr an nffhni'
province If Mexico. u ey VIII cerrniny 60 there
The Angle Saxon natur,; when the e, they VIII cr
ininlv wan their .lavcs II Mexico elises =" rect
,ahlish slavery for their accommodating, they W
certainly revolt and they revnli they will certain
succeed hv the helu we shall furnish, and they w
, become independents and when r'dependrn,, ihe
will have ri hi In do as they pease AMI we nave
light 10 do IRE please and We shall certainty ,nN
Them in,n the Unirn. Bui. gentlemen Amhassah"r
esrerialv y,ur Eve lencv. Nr. Almon,r do not
aiarmsd. "Appreciie' MS Justly. Thus is M COZ
quest. q! no. not all! Its al the policy Of pesce
"es,enhns the dominion Of Peace'' The who'e lei