Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1847-12-04

annT,na lhtt 1 nave boon shp'kei hpf nv.
st,cA hy manifestations Of il IN various
a1AAa-A 0f An lha dangers an mist'f~
,,,@u ,4hlth 70 I'D fmftil tfis Bttios, /
,,tnab, tayAri that oT Its heeotning = war.
Ne "a b ,u4 ,stipg p'"o' IN III vat Dire
VA a.i fatal History tells ihe M" nFhl
I.ls II raarlgrnz naiions ani eonqner1rs,
The ,hrps mos 80 erratevi c'nqterr 80 N
The civilized wotil. vfrs Alexander, Caslr,
n,9 Va ,sEson Tia Hf3t, alef 8yefrni-
htpe ! sarpa pD1'Un vf Asia, an1s'gbinE
asB vi 7,saItnR that l'1rfs were no more
~eofli4 II s0itiNs. met n pr,'nstture and Is.
noi,Le dpA n. Eiis lieutsBants qasrrelht
Al WArt.j with each other, "a n the
ep1tIs If his victories, AMI iaallV Inst them
Ak Gear, AFTER cohql8r'Hg stu1, re-
turned with his triumphant kegIons 70
Rptne, pasaad the X ,hieon. ~oa the battle
Il Ph4rpaiia. frauipIaA upon the liberties ri
hi country, and expired by th" patriot hand
ur ufutis. But Rome ceasrd TO By free
War and conquest had enervated and cor.
rupted thp m,saas. The spiril Of lrHe lib.
srty was extinfuisbed, aud a long line Of
EInparors succepled, sntne Of whom wire
the nost pserraltla monsters that ever az.
iatcd IN hu nan form. Aud that most eS.
tfaorltbaty man, perhaps, 10 All history,
aAsr s~uhiurating MI continental Eoroir',
occupying alnest all III capitals, seriously
threatening, according III MIR. Ihlers.
proud Albion ItaslE. and decking thr hroys OF
various members Of bis family, witherowns
tnrn from the heals of ether monarths,
lived 70 behold hiE nvu dear France Itself
IN tho passp salon Of It's enemies, and wac
made him,nlfa wtctchel captive, and, far
removed from county, family, and trends
bFeathed hls Iast nn the distant and In
hosnitsbls rock uf 81. Helena. The Alps
and the Rhine had been claimed M the
natural boundaries 1T France, but even
the,e eoull not b. s,curod 10 The tteahas
10 which she was forced 10 submit. Do
yon believe that the people If Mac ydon or
Grcrce. Of Rem, mr. If Frame, were
hansatea tn1ivilu dly nr collectively by
thu trtutnuhs Of their great Cnptaiha1
Their Hti lot was ttancnse sacrifice 81
life, heavy AM intolrrahle hurdeRs, and The
ultimate loss Of liberty ttselC
That the power ut the United states .s
competent 10 The conquest o' MeAlro' 's
quite probable. bt " c""'d not 10 a"h'eT'
Cd without frishlinl carnage dreadful saeF''
hnea or HUMAN life, and tho creation oCan
unerous n%atioanl debt; nor could It he com
pIrte'y effected, IN all probabl n.y. uht'I
a. -. .Il l..
alter the l'psh OF many YFar7. 1t "on'i 10
necessary % oecupY All t. strenEhoId', 10
di3arm Ia tnhafitahi'' and 10 keep them
'n constant iear and su'1eeiion' 10 con
RumFnste the work, presume that the alOud
'1g armies, mot l"F3 than indrrd thous.
and mott, would he necessary, to b. k,pt
perhaps always in tho bosom oil thcir co1n
try, Th"sa 9t1nlins arW.es. rcrP ing n
a foreign IA u, aud acc 'sion't 10 tramp'e
upon tn" liberi's ola foreign people, nj
come distant day, might hh fl and ready
Instruments, uidar Tho lead OF soma daring
and unprtnttrifd chtrtath, - return 10
their country an Prostrat' The 5ubIpo lib
oftf'
S1pros'ng tho conquest 70 10 once made,
what ia TO he done with III Il Il 10 he
governed. like Rom'n provinces, by P-o.
c 'nan'at Would It be eomtt'ttle with
tho genius, character, and ent'ty oGour free
tu5titu't"n5, 10 keep 7'1ch a great cou'try
~ Mexico, with af piIat'H' ut not les'
ihan nine mllItonsr in q 'tate OF military
Fudir G,oni
Shall 1t he annexed TO TIM United Statesf
W"ss nay eonstdrrtte MAJ believe Il poss'
Ihlc that w Hnoh immense countries,
with t'rr'torths OF yearly eQia' c1fent, with
Poph atoms 50 t~neonsruore, 50 different h
race, tu sangutE', IN religion, aht IN laws,
Coutt be blended together IN one harno.
u'o'e mass "A happily governed ny me
romo1oh aothortft Moriaurs' d content,
thsurrFc'lohe, rebellion, would inevitably
Until the incompatible parts would
broken asaador' and possibly. IN the
lrlghttal struggle our Pfeeent glorious
Union itself would DO dtstnvorcdo " dissolv.
ct. We ought not to forget the warning
Foice OF All history, which teaches ihe diff.
ruIty OF combining and consolidating 10.
Z 'lher conla'rtng and conquered nations,
the lapse OF eight hundred years, du.
ring which the Moor' held their cbnqiret
Spain, the tndomi,ahle courage, pe,sr.
'erance, and "hsitnacY of the Spanish
finally triUnPhrd, and expelled the
invaders from the Pontn>ula.
And, even within Our " time, thu celos.
tai power ct Napoleon, when al It's Hottest
was incompetent 10 subaue and sub.
ugate the proud CasttItan. And here In
'Hr own nelEhborhood, Lower Canada,
near enc huadred years aga, after
he conclusion ofthc seven years war, wal
'ndea by France TO Great Britain, ~rntntjns
! foreign land in the midst of the Il ltish
Provinces, iotoign in feelings and attach,
nent, and foreign IN laws, tanguas", aud