Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1847-07-31
Communicated
HafvN RoUaf June i4fh, 1847.

tiFn Els subject demands, aha the reply
due to lie Importance -Yati sayi
"Begefal leading wings Of Tie Third
HCongtessiona District whom | have met
tai different times within The last faW
''mgnths. have, probably pfeslhihs upon
tiny acquaintance with y6u, asied me II
''Yba WUHl5 permit Touf ilahie To be Used
ttin The nest Congressional election, For
aqhe sake ef d reply that will meet with
your appreciation please give the your
aWi4has Ihga letter In answer 10 this.
III answer ! beg leave to say II The Ma
lieh IL to be sustained In its s~rfesdht ots
wHri course, aud the conquest 8fant p9ra
ton Of Mexican territory be deemed essen
tiaI 10 MAINTAIN The Nation hon on, d seat
IN Congress hath no charms Faf me, hei.
Tier ambition hef patriotism could induce
ms ~ seph IT, .
ii was d Roman maxim no less rite than
itBt that any post WINS honorable that Of.
f6fttd a citizen 81 opportunity Of serving
HE country W. The time was when ! 50
thought, end soatlei. and became a ''shtp
hog" ttf the sols purpose Of contributing
NY tHitg u The "mlitiBas" devoted 10 fee
otf National character from the fepfoaeh
0f submitting To the e~&aUtiah dfan unjust
tfibutp, and 10 free Our entntfytdBn from
Al4sfins bondage, Fhesp1st | then filled
beLtfe the mast, although al hnthble one,
IN my opinion Was far more honorable
Than any situation IN the gin Of the Ma
ton Al this tines There Ia no situation
81 humble, That | would not speH ietr, glal.
lg seeh, ifby 80 doing, d hope could bB
revived Of once myfe restoring Off Nation
al character as lovers Of Justice and civil
liberty, bit The time ! fear Is past when
any feeling will he deemed patriotic that
dies not sptt 10 extend 1ur National do
mihioh. "leaeeablf If we cat, ibf6Iblt
if wa miist."
The 9etA Congress fBpudiated The hale
lowed maAiml "Amuy Hih III Nations, en-
taHgttHg attttHeeg phh a0Hs.' and toti
mehttdthe work VI 4if National destruction
by tho annexation d Texas. for The purs
pose 0fbhtainihg q right Of way for The
conquest of Mexico. II IL now unblush
ihglf aruwed ~ al 'tHadshidbie .tdtt thai
1fatiF3 by HaF roABifatHB ne tinted stalsg
70 take BY conquest tehR ihaV hare been
stricihE foget ~ purchase"
| have before me q map Of Texas ana
the countries adjacent complied IN the
bureau Of The Corps Of Typographical
Engineers from the bpst authorities, tuf
the state department IN latl,
This map IA projected south of'Fahfteo.
and west Of the Pacific Ocean embracing
four HHhs Of The Republic II Mexico, ehs
o1gh by d patriotic aud economical raletis
latien mule in l544 10 pay Tho expenses If
the war Of conquest and would now suffice,
did not the pefvtrae ebstinaey OF tho Mbta
loans render II necessary tF d ttll its
tlrmnity for this nation 10 look 10 tho lsllta
nuts of Iehmnteprp, while others ara loe4a
Ing to thIs acquisition, which tho next Com
gress Will he called upon 10 e]ensutnnate ~
tho mtasufe Of ah honorable peace.
have no other aspiration Than 10 bp
known as Al humble Hhig. u IFhiF In
tho true atttptalion If tho term rttogatB.
Ing the principle as bting more honorable
for d Nation to atthhtit 10 a wrong than
70 do wfong-a Wing 1T al times and uns
der all circumstances ready to ro#fst an ina
just aggression upon Our National right.
considering that true National honor viii
always respbetthe National righta ofothefs,
My yiews OF The principles of the Mes.
lean war, and Ia ayowed ohtaets at III In
t0pttoh are before the world unanswered,
If not man#wefnhle-the fule Of right con.
duet which should govern mon IL appIIea.
bic ~ Nations-neither can ever get right
by persisting In wrong, The laws Of ne.
eeaatty palliate no wrong inatigatsl with
malice aIofethought.
Love Of country haa ii hallowed ip1u.
enCe on the feelings 81 men; that influence
cannot exist unleaa we can answer de finite.
~ the questions, Ia II country I
Who are our eountrymenl A mans love
for his country and eountrymen ore com.
mensufate with his admiration Of the de-.
votion of other Nations for their kindred
mud birthright. The shade Of Benedict
Arnold negatives the presumption, that
true Patriotism consists IN ha wing fought
aud conquered your country's foes. "De.
lnocraey and love Of country ends, where
The spirit Of conquest begins"
Should the next Congress sanction the
acquisition ofoue inch Of Mexican terrific.
~ NJ the liults Of the present unjust aud
unholY war, thence will be introduced the
drama that must close our Republican ca.
i,teaee. 1henceforth will be seen a horde
ofPolitical Hyenas whose morbid appe.
titos can only DO satisfied with blood and
carnage. In that drama | have no am.
bitton to become an actor, md facilitate
the downfall Of this republic, for fall ii
must unless the American peq spel
the fatal illusion which so dal eir