The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1847-01-05

come when this republic should declare by law that
savey on the continent Of America That the bounda
viii sxssnd. tAsrs can BE- no doubt Tie present war
with Mexico must result in an extension of the territory
OF the United States peace honorable to this country
cannot be concluded without indemnity from Mexico in
territory 1t 10 whispered that it will not do to propose
law that any such territory should be free territory be-
cause southern administration will take no territory
less it shall be arranged that the territory shall be
open slavery. will NOT listen to or harbor 70 mon
sous an idea Every inch of Texas was yielded to slave
y know that it was reluctantly yielded 10 the posses,
sion Of slavery by many who supposed the acquisition OF
Texas might be hszarded by any dssension about the
of the slave States; but with Texas. the extension Of
slavery it was supposed, would STOP was hoped me
south would not desire to carry where It does not now
exist Il this so! The two millions are distinctly, ur-
gently and repeatedly recommended by the President to
be appropriated There is no other purpose Tor wnicn
this appropriation be wanted except in connexi9n
with cession OF territory by Mexico Mexico already
unpaid indemnites for acknowledged and adu-
dictated spoations on our commerce. repeat we must
have territory from Mexico; and thers. can be no
and every action OF our government ,proclams to
the world as clearly and as unerngly as, words
could do Shall the territory now free which shall
come TO jurisdiction be free territory open to settle
ment by the aborng man OF the free States or shall
be slave territory given up TO- slave labor One Or other
II must be; it cannot be both The labor OF the Tree
will not eat and drink and lie down, and rise up with
the black labor Of slaves free white labor will not be
0eIr1QeQ slavery Is not cxCiuueQ
BY law, he presence Of the slave viii exclude the labor
ing white man. Tn, young men who went with their
into the forests, and hswed out Of the wilderness
nois, and Iowa. and Wisconsin would never have con-
sented in the workshops or in the field be coupled with
negro slaves. These powerful commonwealth have
Il the w an ae b.
wisdom of the legislation of the of the revolution
One act OF this government did for them than all
other acts of legislation the ordinance of July,
hv xThich slavery and involuntary SerVltude.
except for crime, was forever prohibited in all the
territory Of the United States north and west Of the
achieved ACME st our ndepend s and established the re-
public, did not hesitate about passing such an act
They thus saved these popuous and powerful States
we hesitate to do the same thing for territory where
slaverydoe not now exist! trust not The man who
has wealth credit purchase plantation and become
the of slaves. may settle and reside without social
degradation in country where slavery exists, MOI SO
with the laborng white He cannot 60 without So
cia degradation, and he therefore will not Co. He is
mere presence o slavery wherever exists asgrades the
false and mischevous public opinion regarding the
ence and false and recreant to his race and to his
sttuency would be any representative Of free white
and women, who should BY his vote place free white
Of the black slave equally false would he be- Who upon
any pretence, should, by inacton and evasion Of the
question, produce the same degrading result The
measure which 1 Dau the uOnOT 10 propose pTcSeulcu
this subject to the House cannot, and Of course do
not, claim any originality in the principles othe BILL one
feature Of which comes from the earnest recommends
of the last sessions the other from the motion Of my
friend from Pennsylvania, [Mr WnMor, and the adop-
ton Of his proposition BY the House when the bill was
message Of the President at the opening Of the present
session. strongly recommended the favorable attention
OF Congress The history OF the measure is known to
the House and the country. 1t passed the House of
Representatives at the last session. late on the Saturday
night next preceding Monday, the 10th of August, on
which day Congress- had decided to adjourn at Y o'clock
at noon Many other important bills still pending
in that Senate be decided in the forenoon of Monday
and this bill, taken up in the last hour Of the ses-
sion OF the Senate did not receive the final action OF
vote upon it's passage, but lost by not having been
voted upon and without the decision of the Senate.
This measure, in time OF war is recommended by
the President and should be acted by Congress-
peace measure and is evidence to the country and to the
world. that however vigorously it may be deemed just
and proper prosecute the war, while war; of
war; exists still the desire for honorable peace is
measure, recommended by the President, is evidence
that intention exists in negotiating peace to de-
mand terms other than such are honorable both to this
the manner in which it commenced, il would scarcely
be proper for me to speak, even If it were, these
topics have been discussed at very considerable length
by those much more able to efucidate them than am
am one Of those who believe war with Mexico was
inevitable, after the annexation of Texas upon the
selected by President Tyler, should be consuma
gress, or any other mode or terms would have
avoided war. It is now, perhaps, useless to inquire.
The annexation of Texas to the United States
was believed to be desired by the people OF both
tries, and Texas annexed The right OF annexation
by two independent nations cannot be questioned. Rut
to obtain possession Of Tamaulpas and Chihuahua be-
tween the Nueces and the Rio Grande where the Mexi
held disputed possession and get Santa Fe where
the Mexican authorities and people held undispued pos
session. the OF force necessary The OF force
between nations TO decide disagreement between them,
is war The OF force and Of military power was
cessary, repeat to expel the Mexican authorities from
all of these provinces claimed by Texas unless Mexico
should cede them by negotiation. But Mexico not only
refused to abandon Tamaupas and Chihuahua, between
the Nueces and the Rio Grande and Santa Fe, on the
north OF Texas but she asserted claim upon Tex
itself and declared that the annexation OF Texas to the
United States would be regarded by her act of
war the part OF the United States against Mexico
When measures for the annexation OF Texas adopt
from Washington, refused to negotiations, and
prepared to wage In the valley of the Rio Grande,
the Texan side of that river the armies of the two
nations met, hosttes commenced, and actual war
waged. There can be no doubt of what is the duty of
every good citizen OF the United States in state Of
war The enemies Of his country should be his
enemies--her friends his friends. cordial support
and vigorous prosecution of the should be sustained
while the war lasts The war should be terminated
whenever an honorable peace can be obtained and not
introduce, looks to such termination of the war, while
its first feature-the two million appropration-more
clearly discloses what it would be in vain to deny, at
tempt to conceal that the acquisition of territory, at
least of the CALIFORNIA; and New Mexico, as an ndem-
nifty for the war, well as for previous wrongs and in
juries against government and citizens, will be in
sisted upon BY the government of the United States but
upon terms liberal and honorable to Mexico II contains
also principle in the provision proposed by my friend
from Pennsy vana. more important than the war itself