The Yazoo City Whig. [volume] (Yazoo, Miss.) 1844-1851, 1846-06-05
LIE III 1gftIl nIexico.

The War with Mexico.
Il will afford matter of deep spec
ulation and profound thought, 70 investigate
Inc inal result of the war with Mexico, now
Opening onher borders. The faeal portion
Of the North American Continent Is ia her
possession. / has all the advantages Of the
extreme North without its cold Winter,-l
lit has all the blessings ofihe South, without
its summer heats. rs inhabiants can, as
the yertlcl sun pours upon them, retreat up
the sides Of every Verdant mountain and
choose such climate as suits their humorl
best. Tie soil Is prolific beyond comparis
son, and where the forest lends not its YER
nal shade, broad prs;riea reach out, that
will sustain with abundance the profitable
stock Of the agIicpliuTist.
Every thing Of nature is luxuriating under
the particular blessings Of u kind Provi,.
dence;yet its inhabilats seem insensihie ID
their blessings, and unworthy of their inner.
itance. Satisfied with the spontaneous fruits
Of the soil, they have acquired none OF the.
sturdy tiaiis that grow Oal OF industry. Idles
ness, has eaten out the spirit that carried
their ancestors to this continent, and made
1.-THE SpaniaTds of the fifteenth century the
masters Of the maritime world. They have
lsunken IN the moral qualities, and are lost
to all those enohling traits that make a great
nation. They have for years Impoverished
themselves by unnecessary wars aud intern.
al commotions; struggling through one civil
revolution into another, the masses binding
themselves 10 every throe, more securely to
their taskmasteFs.
In the meantime, the people Of Che little
colonies Of Plymouth and Jameslown, have
1gone on from one degree Of greatness to ans
other; their rapid strides 10 power, have no
parallel in history. They have absorbed the
territories of France and Spain, in their on.
ward march; carrying the flag Of their peace.
full CONQUEST to the South, until they have
lplanted il upon the Rio Grande. For the
first time they have met with physical op.
position. In their progress, they have car.
ried equality Of rights and selfgoVernmcht.
Il has not been victory Of arms, but ems
lagging the circle Of cOnsanguinty. Human
mature has been developed in its higher
forms, -selfTelience has been taught,- and
the mind has been forced by atlrition toward
its true destiny Of constant improvement
Will the great destiny Of the Americans b,
stopped by this sudden Warlike demonsta
tlonl We know il will not. The unex
pected opposition that Gen. Taylor has re
S ceiveds viii only act IS d check % nigh
food that viii soon breah across the Nexf
can territory ovef Whelmipg every thing be
The Providence 8l 0gerrules the desli
]. MES Of nations. has wisely ordered. that Iii
+, 6rst blow thai is struck il imbecile Mexico
lshall Be one that will effect its all futur
history. The daJ ofits present nationaIit
lis passed, and from this time forward, unde
all circumstances the Mexican government
= is bound gradually to pass away. Ever
7, lshTill note, and drum tap that now sound
in our ears foryoluHleels, thrill through me
r. that are 20 Tegenerate her people, and occn
r Ply her territory. Men that are not th
= passive instruments that are used to punis
> an aggressive nation, and then TO fall bac
into obscurity; on the contrary, they al
:, have high political resolves, deep knowl
edge Of the destiny that awaits them, the
= will prove acknowledgements Of free institu
s. tons. They are the founders Of new II
,'r Ipublics.
II, How, or when the present war viii
ended, makes no difference in the gran
result. The work must 60 on. The fir
- conquest will create an appetite that nev,
- will be satisfied but by repletion. Mexic
er, has invited to her borders an enemy, th
er' her natural charms, not her men, will col
quer; an enemy that will set down in h,
b'r midst, that will bend her populace
b'r their ways, or disipate them as mist beGol
or the sun. The American people will swet
CT over the whole continent;-such is the o
+ der of events. The participators in Il
b'r present movement are but instruments
b'r the hands Of Providence, working out gre
or result-the improvement in the human rae
the vastness of which, is incomperhensib
;epp yet plainly visible to the rejecting min
sep Ne,O Orleans Tropic.