The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1846-12-31
KAlDA PUTNAM COUNTY OHIO THURSDAY ~

OF patriotic RdcyoIon had been ilniuried
Those 10 whom il had been presented had
rallied beneath'ii, and were ready 10 CON
quer, or sleep whit enthe field Of duty and
Of glory hut, The ealing canker Of parlizan
favoritism iufned these brave fellows from
the camp Because they could not talk Eng
lish! Was !. ever complained that they
could not shoot Englishf Was this the
standard by which men were judged 9fsf
their services in our two wars Of ipdepen,
dence? Were the, services Of Baron de
Kalb refused because lie was Germani
Did we Turn away Lafayette, Pulaski, Sieu-
ben, and others because they we're French
men, Poles, and Prussansi But still, if we
are 10 tako The Eord Of gentlemen, on the
other side, they are the legitimate descend
ants Of the wings Of seventy-six, and not the
degenerate sons oftbe old federal party that
their words and actions Indicate. Such were
the men who, in the face o(ncollected null
tiludes, and the volunteer forces Of Ohio,
were turned out cf camp TO make room for
mere shavelings, or, in other words, to se-
cure the promotionof your vauntcd colonels.
And under such state of facts, gentlemen
have the unblushing effrontery 10 rise up
and tell US that the wings are fighting tise.
battles, and take much credit TO themselves
for the fact, when, in truth, therd Atfe ihiot
twenty wings in all this array Of the first
| Volunteers ,sa Ia
The resolutions of The gentleman iron
Trumbull assert that the war with Mexce'
I is the necessary result Of the ianncxatiop.of
Texas. The opposition is ;untcnable True,
the immediate cause Of hostiliiies was the
Mexican invasion Of that Territory after our
acquisition Of it. But we had many just
causes for chaslising that perfidious despo-
tism. before they Glled up the measure Of
their folly by an invasion of our territory
As e early as in 1887, the President of the
United States and both houses Of Congress,
through The appropriate committees, de-.
clared that the multiplied wrongs and ag-
gressons Of Mexico upon the persons and
property, of our citizens, would fully justify,
| at that time, resort to arms on our part, 10
yindcate our rights and redress our wrongs.
From that time until the breaking out ofthe
present war, the United States continued 10
urge upon the Mexican authorities the me-
cessiiy Of adjusting and paying our claims;
yet at the breaking out Of the war we. were
no nearer the settlement Of these old claims
ltban al The beginning. But new causes oi
complaint had arisen. By convention en-
tered into in 1889, more than two millons
of dollars were found TO be due us. This
twas iust-liquidated debt, acknowledged by
Mexico 10 be such, and she agreed to pay
'|it; but she trampled undeI foot her own
solemn treaty stipulaions, and this just debt
sill remains uapaid. She entered into oiheI
Itreaiies with us, the stipulations Of which
], she has wholly failed 10 comply with, but
has continued to commit fresh euirages upoi
the persons and properE Of ourcitizens. Il
lS45 she saeed 10 receive our minister :,
settle the disputed points between JUS. and
when that minister presented his creden
tials, they refused TO receive him. Thii
! last act alone, even in modern times ane
between Christian nations, has been regard
ed as declaration Of war. = ~
!. And yet gentlemen over he sway--gen
tlemen who Claim that their party are th'
supporters sof thiswar-Etellu us that the unite'
States is the FIRST aggressor--that this war !
the necessary result uf the annexation Q
! TEXAS. Suppose Texas had not been an
nexed Had not Mexico disregarded he
soIemu treaties with us in three instances
':lIIad she moi acknowledged herself in deb
n 10 us millions Of dollars:~ and agreed TO pa
4 us within given tine, which she aftcrward
I evaded and refused 10 dot Had she NJ
9 in sultingly dismissed our minister after agree
q ing 10 receive him, and thus put an end
9 ali hope Of a setllementby negotiationf Ha
!, moi every diplomatic resource failed? Ha
! we any other means ofrctiressing our wrong
: than resort to arms, and the arbitrament I
!. .baule? And did notalIz2 laws Of nation
and a due respect Nm honor an
g ouI own interests demddd thIsf steps Sir,
9 take il upon myself 10 say that the Mexica
!. war must have resulted from these cause
q liz Texas had never been annexed. II
q therefore untrue tha, the war Is tile nece
n sary result Of annexation. Annexation VI
p the pretexi, but the perfdiuus ambition
& 1.-The military despots who have SO long co
y d[nolled The destinies Of that ill-staIred peopl
J, was the real cause Of the war.
: Bdk sir, could the annexation Of Texas
!. : a lust cause Of 616n the part Of Mexic
! Texas was 4 IA ~ time Of ahnexati'
4 AZ Mexico n Is6| El6 was free, and
= full liberty n d >|'os6 0f herself on the d
j j that the fed9tG!ive government Of Mexi
! I was abolished, and consolidated despotis
= buIA upon its ruins. By the consiitut
!. y under which she took her place in the me-
: lean confederacy, the great principles OF c''
: /. and religious liberty were guaranteed, al
: Texas was as free . { The central goyernme
y !, as Ohio is Of The general government.
y When lie rights acknowledged by u
!. constitution, and that Of tho Mexican 60