Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1847-12-01
How are we to Terminate the
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platform in relationto this war with Mex
leo, that it could be settled with honor to
US, and that speedily. We have repeated
y expressed our opinion in relation to the
course proper to be pursued. 1t is sub
jugation and occupation. We do not sup
pose all are Of this opinion, but it is our
opinion that this will have to be the case,
before the war ends. If subjugation and
occupation is adopted, the disarming of
Mexicans must follow As is said in the
letter Of Mr.. Van Buren,, the question is
no longer whether the war might have
been arrested or not We must go on
to withdraw would subject US TO disgrace.
We must levy contributions-fo forage on
the enemy sack their towns, if necessa.
ry to success-treat their guerrillas as out.
laws and murders. To make treaty
without indemnifcation, would be as dis
honorable as to withdraw our army. We
must take territory, for the Mexican gov
eminent has not money to indemnify us.
The National Wing, established at Wssh-
ington, for the purpose of sustaining Gen.
Taylor for the Presidency, has recently
taken its position in favor Of annexing the
whole; and as that journal may be regard
ed as The organ Of a large portion, if not a
decided majority, Of one of the great par
ties of the country, the following remarks
ofthe editor upon this subject, will be in
teresling to our readers:
"The representatives Of the people and
the States will be compelled, by the nature
Of things, to rise above party. and meet
this question Of the pacifcation of Mexico
upon its own intrinsic basis. The fury of
patty brought our relations with Mexico
to their present state; but that fury is ut
terly inadequate to extricate them from the
difficulties with which they are surround
ed. Constituents and representatives must
now look at this matter with steady eve
must handle it with an iron nerve. 1t
is no time TO tritle-no time TO delay
Wing and Democrat must rally upon the
same platform, must there forget their diff
ierenees, and demand OF the Executive the
same sacrifice of his party animosi,ies.''
"The grand means, then, of pacifcating
,Nerico is, for the Americon Congress, in
December neat, to declare the Territory of
.helico, to be. the Territory Of The United
Nates by right Of conquest, and then 10 erect
Territorial Governments in The sererul
States Of INerico, by mhich the Church wiH
be forever separated from the State, and the
military poper be nude subject to the cira."
"WiIl our Congress make this declara-
ton, and thus legislate for the acquired
territory? We believe it will, for the
simple reason that the American people
viii never submit to any other settlement
of the question. Mexico is ours--ours by
right OF conquest. 1t is useless to con-
denim the war by which it was achieved.
The war has resulted in the fall Of vast
Republic. 1t is our duty to close that
war by the best measures of pacifcaticn
which the circumstances will ADM, of.
This is said by political opponent, and
by one who will claim to be the organ of
the majority in the popular branch OF Con-
gress. Will the wing party come to the
rescue, and assist the government in bring
ing this war to a close? Now that the
fall elections are over we shall look for
more patriotic sentiments from some Of
them, for there can be no doubt that their
abuse of the government has been for
political object. They supposed the war
unpopular and hoped to ride into power
on that hobby. Detroit Free Press.
I5Cap'. J. w. Reid, OF Saline county,
who distinguished himself by bis gallant
conduct at the battle Of Sacramento, and
on every other occasion when called into
action during tie long and arduous cam
palgn under Col. d nj phan, made speech
IN Marshall on the 1T inst, in which he
renowned all connection with whiggery,
and declared his intention of acting in flu
iure with the Democracy Of the country.
fof some time past, Capt. Reid has been
held up by The Wings as the Hero OF DON
iphan's ca,npaign-hard!y second to the
Col. himself; but now the whole party are
cut against him. The following extract
from his speech will, however, explain
the reasons Missouri Metropolitan.
81 believe there are many wings who
vii! condemn the course Of the Arch
Traitor of Ohio, Thos. Corwin and his
satellites Bebb, Schenck, &C. Men whose
cheeks would mantle with shame to think
them Of American birth. Yet whilst
their hearts revolt at the treason instead of
scouting the traitors from their party, and
consigning them over to the intamy they
have WON'T they do not turn apologists
for them. themselves, they at least coin
eide with those who do. and continue
them not ouly in the membership, but the
leadership, of their party.
| find ii incompatible with my notions
OF the respect an American owes himself
or the duties he owes his country to be
one of any party which recognizes among
its leaders, men holding such sentiments
asthose avowed by Thos. Corwin, Of Ohio
or Daniel Webster, of Massachusetts, or
which selects as the favorile organ for The
PRONUNCIATION of IFS opinions and views
such journal as the National Intelligent
Ger at Washington, whose editor an Eng
Iishman by birth, is as much one in fell
ing and is evinced SO to be by every ari-
Gle which appears in his columns, upon
a matter Of controversy between our own
and his nation, as the man who occupies
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