Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1847-03-25
From the National Era.
The Objects Of the War.

The Objects Of the War;
During the late session of Congress, a prop
ostion to dsclaim all purposes Of conquest, any
intention to dsmember in any way the territory
of Mexico, was voted down in the Senate by
decisive majority, and similar proposition nI
the House commanded but &c votes out of 22S.
The same Congress passed bill approprlaing
SO 900 900 to enable the President to makeI
peace, it being understood on all hands that it
was in contemplation to obtain large portion Of
Mexican territory.
The same Congress, after having for one
month in both Houses discussed the proposition
to exclude slavery from any new territory to bel
acquired by conquest or purchase, voted it down
in the Senate by majority Of ten, in the House
by a majority Of five.
The conclusion is inevitable The Govern
ment of this Union is now waging war with
Mexico with the fixed resolve to obtain large
portion of her territory, and to establish therein
human slavery. Slavery-propagandism, by the
SgOrd and By the Purse, over territory now free,
and belonging to sister republic, is the policy
of the American Government
I There can be no mistake about this. The
votes Of Congress, the acts and revelations Of
the Chief Executive, demonstrate that it is a
flct. Lying demagogues, a prostuted press,
may deny it-may talk Of "patrotsm" and"our
country right or wrong" and the ''extension of
the area Of freedom" and "n?tonal honor" and
all that-but the hypocrisy is too transparent;
tho Hind thou mr.
see that the great object Of the Government is to
despOil a ncighbor Of her territory for the az
grdndizement of siauerv!
For this glorious purpose is debt of one
hundred millions of dollars to be contracted and
whole hecatombs of victims are to be driven TO
the slaughter
The proceedings i'll regard to the Wimot pro-
vso are highly instructive. Last winter it pass
ed the House by majority Of SO, almost every
member from the free States sustaining it; and
in the Senate had it been brought to vote, there
,, can be no doubt that it would have commanded
the undivided support of Senators from the non
slaveholding States. Then no time had been al
lowed for Ererutiuc intnposition Members were
obliged to act before they could offer themselves
for price
At the late session the subject came up at all
; early period Signs of waverng were betrayed.
Incorruptible integrity few politicians believe in.
To change 36 votes seemed almost hopeless, but
patronage in our political system will remove
mountains. Members from the non-slavehoIding
Staes scofed at the threats of the dissolution OF
the Union. This bugaboo had lost its terrors
They were not to be blown away from their po-
sition by windy measures
But it was evident that some Invisible Mflu-
; ence was busily at work. What was it, Why
did members from the North and West begin to
falter? Whence the mutual tistrust among
them, and the confident bearing of the Southern
members With the latter, against the former,
was the whole weight Of Executive power Bills
were passed creating many additional Offices, to
f be filled by the President Northern knees be-
gan to shake, Western virtue to limp
! Finally, the vote was taken and 10 the ma
ority for Freedom has gone down from thirty to
/ nine! "Vlctory !" shouted the Tribune 1--WE
!, shall see" said South Carolina
The question is transferred to the Senate and,
discussed there quite leisurely. No haste about it,
| Why should there be? Let the IuviSibh Infht-
ence have time to play its subtitle engines O.,
for more Offices Ten additional regiments are
, voted five or six hundred new offices are placed
in the gift of the President Directly, a war
meeting is called in Northern Ohio; it depre-
Gates exraneous topics, and goes for war bills,
; without any encnmbrances. A central press in
No,, IL, -
er presses, in blind submission to tie Admins
tration, swallow their own words and repeat the
echo. Then one or two Western Legislatures
, rush to the rescue. All who has done all thisl
The Executive has long arms. The Invisible
, Influence has been at work.
[ But the session draws to a close. Push the
vote at the last hour, when elaboration will
be impossible, and the victory is won 1t is
, done. Five Senators from the free States betray
. their trust, and vote substantially to conquer
tree territory, and convert it into the habitation
Y OF slaves. The bill goes back to the house.
Alas where are the immortal thrty-six, who so
resoIutely fixed limit one year ago to slavery
Disappeared; and instead of them, the ncorrup.
tlbIe House gives fUe myOrrty for the extension
of slavery Is any man so stupid as not to see
the hand of Joab in all this ? What has wrought
these wonderful changes Too changelings
from Ohio haze obtained for their sons the az
pO'nment Of midshipmen l. Another of the
faithful was nominated to high mission, but he
fell short of the mark--the Senate rejected him!
Let the country keep watch, and it will find,
, before half year shall have passed, OhO are
the traitors, and Ohat was the price of their
treason.