Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1847-10-26

| as there man in this country" asks Mr.. Dali
las in his Pittsburgh speech. ",c.o IS willing to
ina,ct upon the people Of Mezieo more Of suDer'ne
Than they hare already endured do not betiere
there is oHef"
: At the time Of publishing TIL. r~~-h 'oine lev
days ago, the Washington Union took occasion
to pronounce that part Of it which related to the
Mexican war eminsntly sound and patriotic, and
recomnie nded its views to the spec ial admiration
of its readers.
: After this cordial endorsement Of Mr.. Dallas.
phianthropic sentiment; and also OF his further
memorable dAcI..~t.-- .i--' we ash VI VIC
Mexican government "only their own solemn
pledge that we shall not be wrongsd hereafter
with impunity." it was hardly to be expected
that the Union would grow SO frantic az TO in
sst upon the complete humiliation OF that I'M
happy people for whom Mr. Dallas expressed 80
tender a sympathy, and from whom he asserted
we required so little. Yet SO il is. The Union,
forgetful alike Of tho Wise Prssdents benevo-
Ience and its own accordance, thus delivers it
self:
"Mexico must now be made to feel--nnd the
sooner the better-that the question of the con-
tinuance of the war is indeed. fast becoming to
her a question Of national existence. She must
be made to feel that, in thus rejecting our Just
and ibe raj overtures of peace, she IS piaci ng her
self ,choLy beyond the pale Of further torbearance
at hands. She must be made to know
that he nth, at least, this war is her the
suit of her own deliberate election--and SO to be
borne by her, in the full extent Of its evils and
its burdens. Our scork Of smbjugation and con-
quest must go rapid % with augmented forces,
and, as far as possible, at the expense OF Mexico
herself From Meriean contributions, !sr:ea and
seized. if need be. by the strong hand, our armies
must now be subsisted and supported in the field
Henoeforth We must seek peace, and COM
pei it. by inficting upon the enemy ALL THE EVILS
OF WAR;
We have already explained TO our readers. and
has thus far undertaken to dispute our
figures, that the "just and liberal overtures" to
which tie Union refers. demanded Of Mexico, in
round numbers 700 900 square miles, or nearly
one half Of her entire territory; and it is be-
cause she declined TO give US this that her ina
| tional existence" 10 now threatened: and il is
openly declared that the policy formerly recon-
mended by the Union is to be adopted, and her
palaces and churches to be sack cd and strip
ped, and the cherished memorials of her earlier
history and the consecrated emblems Of her an
cient religion to be "sezed if need be, by the
strong hand" and her people. placed "whoIly
hey nd the pale Of further forbearance," are t o
be subjected to call the evils of war.
To all the evils of war; And this was written
by Virginian, who has memory of the
horrors Of Hampton! by citizen Of w ashington
who cannot have forgotten when the British
torches were applied to the capitol. Are we,
then, to have flaming towns, and shrieking wo-
men, and murdered babes, and universal devas-
tation and calamity, and every device of horror
that goes to mako up call the evils of war;
which ono Christian people impose upon
another.
This is, at least, the recoInme ndaton Of the
Union whose wrath points at the destruction Of
the national existence" Of Mexico, and the en-
| tire "subjugation" of her people. We shall not
CONNER upon the furious spirit Of the Union in
the way that it merits. Buthow plainly mus, all
these savage exhortations to blood and massacre
of the Government organ CRATE upon the arnia-
bic feelings OF Mr.. Dallas. who does not believe
there is "a man in this country who is willing to
inhict upon the people of Mexico more of suf-
feEing than they have already endured."-Phl
Mort. American.