Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1845-09-25
THE HERALD,
rHURspAY, SEPTEMBER as ls.,


Er From The lsicsi reports from Men
co sni Tesss we are led to the belief ,hsi
he war fevet 10 fast irving way and that
the bright ,,ioos Of glory entertained BY
the vsl,an, Tersrs are hs fading into airy
noshines The 'hslls Of the Moa,e1umas
's likely 10 BE- sill closed sesins thc,r 70.
raeay and The eup,dny Of ,hose fierce
~srdass can, now, only be ersned 10 view
Of The driving trade they have made with
brother Joos,hsn - the security nov offered
10 their sisvesrade, and the pro6,s 10 them
10 he derived from the ssppor among them
Ola large army Of the Usaed Ssa,~s
Mexico ~iIl no, Esht'-- end whyi For
the ssme reason iha,s small boy submits to
the erseiions Of larger one and sn sddi.
iional and = louder hurrs now goes up
from the ranks Of The Polk and Texs. par
iy from one end Of ID. country to the other
IN view Of the Astonishing proves, Of the
noble and brave Americans, in robbinR
poor, weak Mexico OF a portion Of her terri
tory--and for the reason ihs, 10 acquisition
was ~sesssdvy for the Sou,h-iha, she
might slill hold the reios over the Nouh-
extend the blessings and advantages OF
American slavery--and force the free Ia.
boren Of the northern States TO yield obedi.
ence 10 the dieinton OF Southern slave.
breeders for the next half century. We
have said that Mexico will not fight. We
do no, believe she will But whether she
does or not, we do not believe that the so.
Der second thought OF the American PEG.
pie will sanction the measure Of anaexn.
lion, and far less the demonstrations and
unwarran,able acts Of President Polk and
the party 10 power, in reference 10 ,hi.
qnes!ion.
Its, upon good authority, estimated, tina,
the expenses Of Government for the pas,
few weeks, in the support and movement Of
troops, and the feet already ordered into
the Gulf Of Mexico, will amour, to tens of
Thousands Of dollar, per day! This e1.
pcrsc, lie. II be remembered, is, Ut least so
Tar rs the troop, are concerned, made en-.
t'rrly upon the responsibility Of President
Polk, and without shadow off pretenee
for the consti,u,ionali,y Of the order, b.,
which they are sent on, on foreign mis-.
sion a, di.grnccfuI, q, i, will prove uuprof-
liable TO the nation. II is not BY any one
preisnded' that Texas i,as ye, par, and
parcel OF this country We certainly have
not TO the present TIME any civil jurisdiction
over her; her people can claim no priv.
leges under Our lnws-nor have the laws
Of the United States any force there and
yet, almos, The entire available force Of the
Union 10 sent out Of our own country TO
protect this people against the expected
aggression Of aaoiher foreign power. And
this hn, been done, as we have before said,
by m unwnrran,able n.sump,io, OF power
by the Execuiive--no action Of Congress
having been had in reference to this pro.
fe'Nd e1igency and the whole course
pursued by Mr.. Polk in reference TO the
question Of annexation, since the adjourn.
men, OF Congress, shows that il be was not
the petty TOOL OF a petty ,yran,'--he is at
least the willing tool Of The South and
through whom they design to place the in.
sti,u,cn Of slavery on frmer basis, and
carry on their warfare agains, the Interests
o. The North