New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-11-27
war and Freedom-whither are we Tending


The tidings Of successive conquests sna .4Al.asA
ss;on,, have been waited On the "e''efa -.
oysr the whole breath Of Cur lano' s'o ie---
# with far less exutato on the one mana 'i'Ai' a.
.:.;a.ad h., the contriyers Of the w ar certsiniy
- o,,s, ,vitb far less alarm and apprehension
- e.c,. deroanded aud the lessons OF all HIS
,,,,.,r.rt We have seen mere soldier, with
~. .r.;n;rg and maxnns OF the Camp, take Civil
,,weu as Military possession OF region large
enough for an empire, annex 1t by his simple aa'
TO the Union as permanent disposition WINE 'i's
fortunes OF War are yet untold and cooiy pFoIee'
70 aupont its Executive and Judicial inncio'iarte'
throughout and to save all trouble OF eee'liis ~
,re,sn,o,ixes and assembling Legislatures uiis
-, ,,a;,.r, spbaltern hitherto cooly informs the
,~-.-.s, -,.o,Ic that he wiil, at his earliest con
yeuiepce, look over their former oooe u "a" Gil"
maize such alterations as he deems oesiraoie n
,a.e Tobscco Inspector Of this City and certaihiy
NO. verv creditabie specimen OF the class Of cor
morants commissioned by Politics TO prey upon
Commerce, raises regiment and 10 commissioner
to lead it around Cape Horn to conquer California
OF which be is 10 be Governcr-that ls virtual Die
tstor and viceroy But while on his passage cabais
r;se against him which invade the White House
he Is supplanted in the post on which he had SO
fondly counted. and Young Lieutenant Of Ora
yoons who happens 10 have won the heart ana
hand Of powerful Senator'S daughter, ana WHO
far q wear before the War broke out had been en-
gagged at the head OF a'detachment oil u :. troops
in surveying and oyerrunning vast remote pol
zion OF the Mexican territory, IN scandalous deh
anee of the Law Of Nations and the ialti Oh Urea
ties is, By a rescnpt from the Presidential palace,
made the despotic arbitcr Of life and death over all
California with its population Of Americans Mezi
cans Europeans and Indians. How long this des-
po.ism shall continue must of course be determined
BY future and unforeseen events but winnie II con
tinues Fremont will be as absolute in Caiiorni"
m Nicholas l. in Russia.
All this it will be said, IS inevitable and there
fore not to be censured War and Its necessities
ruust make their OWE laws Yes Sir once grant
the Invasion and Conquest of country whose
PEOPLE hate and loathe though they may not b" able
TO resist you, and any amount OF despotl-m and
crime will be inevitable. 1t is the first step that
costs. But how uny man who pretends to be e
Republican can look on these proceedings without
apprehension and adherence, is the problem Who
does not see that they undermining all the set
tied and salutary standards OF popular Judgment
exal.ing Might above Highland teaching our
Youth TO look 10 superior Force rather than to Law
az the guide Of their aspiring steps Has the world
ever known aAepubc which extended its boun-
DIARIES by the subjugation of diverse and hostile
races without undermining thereby its own libcr
sies7 And shall not this People consider and avoid
tho perls now confronting them ere II prove too
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