The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1846-06-05
The Wnr with Mcsiro.--Trndors nj home
.-.9pecch Of Mr.. DohgInsa.

The War with Ncsiro.--T,nhors nj home
.--srrcch Of Mr. Douglass.
AS IN every 9th or contest with foreign pow
or in which our government has ever been en-.
gagged, 80 in the present one with Mexico, there
IL party among US in whose eyes our country |
is always in the wrong. and the enemy by pa.
riiy OF reasoning, in the right. 1t was SO in the !
revolution, in the war Of 1872, in the French spo.
liation question, in the Florida war tho north
eastern boundary question. the Oregon difficulty,
and now in the war with Mexico. By system
OF sanctimoninus cant, our county is always held
guilty OF being engaged in some wicked scheme
of agsrandizement, or rapacity. or oppression, or
fagrant outrage of some kind or other, for which |
these hypocrllical traitors justify themselves in
Gripping her energies, and aiding the enemy by |
every means within their power, so far as they |
can without committing some overt act Of tren-
son, for which they might get their deserts. In
tthePresent case our country is wrong in two par
'tculars--frst, in hav ing annexed Texas. and Sc
.condly in marching an army beyond the Neuces.
Unto what is alleged TO be disputed territory. "If
clay or Birncy had been elected" we are told, !
"then Texas would NJ, have been annexed. aud
this war would no, have ensucd." Now, it is |
conceived that this is no time 10 rip up the Tex
as controversy, and while perfJous foe is stain
ing our own soil with American blood, to stop
and re-srgue the question whether it was right
to receive under the broad ngis of this Union,
neishborng friendly independent republic, PEG.
Piled by our own kindred. welded TO our ins,i,u-
ti0ns, but who, from their weakness, were in dan.
ger Of falling into The hands Of the wors, enemies
Of our country. II is enough that Texas lie no,p
our own valuable possession, which we are Ivy
,our constitution, and every principle ofgood filth,
bound 10 protect. Nor should the persons who
justify their treason On this RI leave out Of the
account entirely the hundred insults and outra-
ges, sufficient, of themselves to justify the present
war, which our country has received at the hands
of Mexico, through long series Of years, before
the annexation Of Texas was thought Of. Asto
the other plea, that the country beyond the Ncu-
ees is Mexican, or at least disputed territory, we
copy an article to-day from the Washington I'm.
ion, headed "The Del Norte the true boundary
Of Texas" which leaves this plea without
thread to hang on. And in addition, we have he.
fore us speech delivered in Congress on tae 18Th
.ult., by Judge DouGLAss, on this subject, which
.disposes Of this plea so admirably and triumph
unity, ahat we cannot forhear giving an outline
Of il aud gu citing some OF its parts
Mr. D. had arisen to rely to Mr. Delsno,
wing member from Ohio, who argued that the
country beyond the Neuces was Mexican terrific.
ny, that the war commenced by marching an mr.
my into it was "unhoy, unieh,eous, aud dam
nabe," yet said that he was for sour country
right or wrong" aud would vote for supplies 10
feed the army. Judge De reply TO ,hess dccla-
ra,ions is SO admirable, that VIC give it in his own
language:
~, What reliance shall we place on the sincerity
Of pent,easn's professions, tina, they are Tor the
country rightSr wrong, when they exert all Their
power and influence to put their country IN the
sss<ong in the eyes or Chris,endom, aud invoke
the wrath ofheaven upon Us Tor our manifold hn-
,ional crimes and uggressions' With protest., ms
Of patriotism on their lips, 10 they not snow ,ha'
their heats are against their own county , 'Hey
appeal To the conseiencca and religious eelingsoi
our coanirymcn TO unite in exrrraiion oi OUT
Government army citizen soldiers, and county,
2 Cor prosecuting whs, they d,nounce as an unho-
", nnrghteous, and damnablc cause. They
predict that the judgments Of God will rest
upon us-,hst sickness md carnage. and death,
will he our portion--ihat defeat and disgrace will
attend our arms. Is there not tressoi. IN the
heart tha, can feel and poison in the lscnth that