The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-12-21
THE U MON.


leave permanent balance OF four millions in the public
treasury to meet contingencies; and when in addition
this, they consider the vast extent and the ncalsulable
value OF the territory and Of the harbors which
hold in our military possession pledge govern
ment OF full indemnify for these war expenses which
Mexico has most unjusthably entaed upon us---when
all these considerations brought home to the English
mind as they will be in official and indisputable
shape we cannot but anticipate that the financial en-
bdrrasents" OF the administration now so much insist
ed by the Times will dwindle in the view OF that Jour
nal as rapidly as the "haf million day. of Mr. Web
ster has already settled down into estimate in gross
enormously too large, indeed but still comparatively very
nconsiderable---o total of forty millions.
As if doubtful already Of the strength and soundness OF
the point which they have made as to our financial en-
barassments" in the war; the British journals anxious
to put our country. by other, in bad pre-
dicament telling their readers that we can gain
nothing by the war, il we do get successfully
through it The Times says.
"And what is to of III Grant hundred victories
grant continental breadth OF annexation What would
twenty stars wrsted from the ancient dominion of
SPAIN procure for the government Of Washington Still
spread that heaven which real union OF he
States Texas was well eavened before its final adoption
The was ripe. Nothing but negotiation wanting
That sword short that brief but necessary delay Bit
Mexico and the vast regions that yield nominal sub
ages subject, discordant, hostile expensive ubu-
. Such is all that the sword has done The settlement
1t is likely TO do"
| And the Chronicle pursues the same topic more at
length after the following fashion:
EydGHss of die IssPGgnsnS S even to war Of which the
large assumed is found in each and all of those
strong declarations against the incorporation of
States that the north Is Illuminating against south and
is Of indeD
defiance. What Is the value OF California a slave
population Ia country that coveted by the northern
half of the Union for the sake of single harbor only and
by the southern for the sake Of all its remaining area-an
area that will be coonzcd from Alabama and Arkansas
from Vermont Massachuseus-an that unless il
be land of slaves, will surround the southern States with
of freedom announcement TO their institutions dan
gerous from it, cOnguy and dangerous from votes.
In the OF louisiana II Is the constitutional equipose
Mexican. Ii complexities il at this very moment The
question of color has mixed itself with question of
the President grows tired and tmd Europe and Ameri-
may this The state Of their domestic institutions
and the agitation in favor Of abolition, equally absor-
bent ofthe public mind At previous period there
many saietyvalves for zeal Even California If cedcd
must be paid for. II coded, II must be debated II
coded, tmust become for the between
the avers and abotionists. If ccded must multiply
patronage, disturb the equilibrium of the States, and
weaken the influence Of the central government The pub
lie mind then, is active in America its direction being
right one"
There is muck more OF the same sort in the other Brit
ish papers, as in the opposition journals here Surely
|
the beginning Now the cry is that our Mexican con-
quests, however extensive and complete be profit
less to The Foreign journals and the Foreign states
men, did not think few months ago, when in order
to prevent the aggrandisement Of the United States,
which might grow out Of these same conquests thew
proclaimed and advocated their balance power sys
tenn" on this continent, avowedy to prevent the extern
sion Of country, and followed it up with denuncia
tons OF our republican ambition, which, as they alleged
about TO sweep rresstby over every barrier and
concentrate all the farest and richest portions of the
North American continent under the sway Of the FEEDER
al Constitution While these reasonings and these re-
proaches in full blast in the columns OF the London
and the Partisan journals did then occur to them
that the sceptre Of power in California and in New
Mexico must needs be sceptre" "barren" of ma
| tional advantage.
Undoubtedly when the question of the Just indemnity
for the expenses Of the and for the past ouages of the
Mexican government upon u.s. shall be fully and distinctly
before the public mind when the inability Of the Mexican
finances to meet the demand shall be an ascertaned fact
and when the great question of the final disposition Of
the conquered territory which now hold as
pledge for such indemnity, shall be fully before u.s. wait
ing for practical acton-then, doubtless. momentous in
will be involved and momentous topics will arise
in the discussion. But when that day shall arrive we
believe that the public mind of this country will be firm and
sound We cannot suffer ourselves to fear that premature
and dangerous introduction of other topics not naturally
belonging to the subject will be suffered to complicate
and to embarass the question of the Southern boundary
of our republic We know not what terms may be de
manded, what may be obtained But suppose that
any portion of this territory should be secured by
treaty of peace and confirmed by our constitutional
authorities, we cannot believe that the extension
of our Federal Constitution such territory
opening it, sparsely populated it is, to American civil
zaon, and to American people-will be regarded in
any other light than benefcen progress of free in
stituons and an additional guarantee of the frmness,
the prosperity, and the power of federal Union, The
precelents of all past acquistonsof Louisiana, Of
Florida, and of Texas--al point to this result Even
the Times itself admits that the adjustment of another
great territorial question northwest frontier, which
has placed in exclusive and undspute1 possession
territory large enough to form three great States is
to be regarded as a and substantial advantage Here
is the language OF the Times upon that point:
'' Is only months the United States had two
very serious quarels in hand. The with Great
Britain the other with Mexico; the subject of was
Oregon of the other Texas in other respects there
strong family likeness between the two matters. certain
peculiar notion of right divine all that republican
cousins lay their hands upon conce of their rresis-
tibe power, and vision Of unlimited progress, equally
charac tezed their aspirations, whether the north
only to Texas and Oregon President, and their
both for the possibilities and