Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1846-06-30
From the American {Whig9
THE WAR WITH MEXICO.

who love worship at a shrine of blood arr, nvts5 to
enter We are involved in with a ghborinr peo-
pei, occupying portion of North America con
Hnent, and dwelling in land contermnous with our
own--a sister republic of the New World-a neonla mn,
bering nearly nine millions, considerable portion of
whom rejoice in the pare blood Of gallant ana noble a
race belongs either the New World or the Oi,-a
people who not only ghbor u.s. but with whom
we have been, and let not hesitate with whom
we ought now TO be friends. And 4 war-re a
Republic to which war peeuarl yam and az
state never 10 De Vehturei apon for conquest,
Tor glory for short of the national
ndepe ndehce liberty honor. the defence rights
in which such high involved. We the eafinr
Republic of this american Continent of the world
sometimes called the model RePubc-have gone to war;
We whose sPecai mission 1t was TO show the world what
pre-eminent gain be found in the assluols cult
Walton OF the of peace and the practice OF the imam
ntious virtuesusuce, moderation contentmcnt-so
dispenslbe to the preservation of representative forms
and the maintanance of personal and popular freedom
And 1t not light unimpOriant that
IN going to the first disturb the repose of
thrstentom, after continued peace thirty wears
Inc nited states and Mexico the first Christian
nations of any considerable thirty wears no have
appealed and arbtamcnt bloo to settle their
national dlfhcutes and disputes We the
interrupt that delightful tranquility which
of Christendom have reposed amongst themselves
long period, and which the heart of philanthropy every
whore had began look upon promising to be
eternal We have broken the spell-that charmed secu-
rity in which had begun rest as if the nation
would learn Surely, u fearful repspons
by rests those who have brou gIt these two coun
deadly strife and conflict terrible acconnt
finally be found 10 fall 1t late in the 1fnctcent,
cenury-ie sentiment OF peace and the love of peace.
universal, OF peace
sally felt, to be at all safe for Christian nation to
make another, without demonstrable necessity
strong enough to hash all complaint and silence all cav
Let those who have made this look it, they be
ready to render which the flashing indig-
nant eye of wronged humanity can discover gloss
faiiacy, no defect Closes will do. Spacious argu
ments will do The justified on grounds
which reason religion and humanity approve. And
1t must be shown TO be a necessary war; lust
which is not necessary. If it be of policy merely
whether the side the other, is odious and
abomnabe, and will bring the rod and of viz
t"ous men on the head of its guilty authors If be
war of ambition waged, either side with view
t. national aggrandizemcnt or the eNenton of territorial
limits, or with view any the profits the
spolis of wart is utterly indefansibo cxecrabIe
Above all, If 1t be war. undertaken by either party,
which national considerations, of policy ambi-
ton, gam have entered, but where npelling and
governing motives be looked the petty afnb-
ton upStart revolutionary party Chief or of
miserable Cabal seeking crafty the unrcasoned
love of and turmoil portion of the pom
uation, and the savage which burn in another for
the sake of personal party advantage support
If be war; then let those who have brought it
the countries beware! There is dav of reckon
ing at hand. Wise and good men will desire o know
and they will know. very exactly, why the of
peace have thus been exchanged for
And let none among us say--Why, it is only a
with Mexico; as if war 18th Mexico was small affair
and OF trivial Importance if any a
affair Mexico, we know very well, is England;
does not all with her fleets borne
armies, dot the round world with her military posts
She lacks the vast of wealth and power
en- terprse and energy which belong other ma
tons But Mexico Is a respectable power, civilized I
and Christian nation, ourselves vastly most
on the Western Continent with a broad, beau
both the great of the earth and altogether in po
stion climate and SOIL and generally natural advan
tages, unsurpassed by any country the globe. She
every way entitled to respectful consideration and regard
at the hand of all other nations and above all She is
titled to the deepest sympathy of those nations, whc
like herself have had to conquer their nde
and freedom, by their vaor and their blood Nor she
altogether despicabe power to be arms;
tho still she is weak enough to make great achieve
nent of renowa glory to conquer her i-traned and
i'll dscipned forces in the field. The com pose
the bulk of her armies small in ough
brave rather reckless of danger holding lives
at pins fee yet they physical strength
rance and the training and discipline of others.
would take five Mexican soldiers they run to make
one the equal of rst-rate American soldier But then
they unused and they gallant spirits
10 lea tenso gallant deserving of better fortune
that highsouled American officer might almost blush
find fame being their conquerer considering the disad
vantage which he would them. nd We NAV find it
an easier thing TO conquer Mexican armies when can
meet Them than to CONQUER Mexico Yet she is distract
ed with intestine divisions and connections, she can
be red, though she Will be to present
broken front to an enemy which berns with ofaring
what taken a mortal offence the lofty prete ntions
of her Castian pride and honor The hiialgo will brook
ything but that 1t the pride of the Mexican
attempted Witness the obstinac with which that peo-
pie chung Independent Texas for long years the
monstrable jmpossbiIty It that same pride that
wounded to undurable sensibitv, when a powerful
naton-and friend!-sepped in to decree
the eonsumation of that dsne and bear off
the anputated member spoil and trophy
: Anna declared to Gen. Thompson then our Minis
Mexico, perhaps, the last Interview he had with
him. that Mexico should never never cease TO STRUGGLE
ana hight Tor the re-conquest and suJugaon of Texas
But this was before annexation. Up a period
the United States, and the people Of United States
were regarded with unbounded admiration and strong
ataclme Mt. by the Mexican everywhere. Now ne
a hates and there apprehe nd. little difference
Of sentiment feeling towards among Mexican from
one end of the country TO the other
General Taylor encountered this feeling everywhere
his original march the banks of the Rio Grande
and he informed the Government He entered
the proctaming that the rights and religion
all peaceabe citizens should be respected; but every
naughty spanard refused his protection The
inhabitants retired he approached. abandoning
invader their cherished homes Says a writer the
spot: This Mexican State Tamaulpas, which we are
is beautf ul delightful region Far
the reach, level surface presents
view, dotted with cotton and sugar fields inter
spersed with lovely gardens. after the Spanish fashion,
the whole cut up and divided all Of ways by
groves of the finest &c He adds, forcibly.
1.-The is rich and peaceful, with nought to its