Litchfield enquirer., 1847-12-23

facility and prscipitalicy with M lich the pur
 poses ii the Executive catse to h sNstained D. the Legislative auihority, we csssatst say th' same We were both surprised and alarmed to hnd how e siis on the linpnise of the mo ment, olindfoisledand E aggeti, Iansrtss coule oe driven to lend its counIcnailee ss, those pun poses. BliHdiotded ani gagEed ese repeat. .
 Nor IS the expression too sirong tor, bt0re lne news iot inc dang rous pusitasn Dt our Ar i my was cptnmu1icated by the Executive to I Congress, CoAmittees of bold Houses had been got together. (on the Sabhalb. and meas uTns prepared in concert with kile Executive, whieh, fhe next day, on receiving the Presl- dents Message Ut fo m. wifhopt waiting t have the papers accompanying q reads'yer, toi theAinfurinalIOn of members, were forced thTo the House ol Representatives. Nor, even 10 2
 seds eKcitrd as aIs Hppse ixqS l,x the stirring assss lss'ga lhs Re fsndes rHlipg par, f v fh the House Velt6Ee to prdP0se the false and obnoxious Preamble oithe Bill until aiier all dellberation and debate had been precluded tm question as monenious certainly as ever came before Congress. Had there been no;h- ing else alarming il this Declaration ot War with Mexicu, the despotsm thus exercised O. Yer the minority ,t She Representative body, | repeated the following day in the Senator Ial bedy, (the-etotere exempt from such sharp praclIcc) was ol itself sufficient to appal the ht arts Oi those accustomed, ds we have been, to regard he rights ot mlnotilles as not less sacred, than those of malorlles, and among the right of proposing amt ndmenls to or re- monstraling against any proposition coming be- fore them. The minority m each House was thus subjected by a mes. arbitrary malignant exercise oi party power, without being allow ed moment sior deliberatioa. to the alteIna. tive of voting for blll with a preamble, the | falsetood 0I which they saw and detesteds Q: ui refusing to vote for enac lmenis, (supplies oi men and money J 10 which, all lavish as they | were, there would, perhaps, but Tor the Pre- alnble. mol have been dlssentient voice.
 Whatever alarm we and our readers felt al this beginning, has certainly been fully jnsti- cd by the progress ot events. Even that pre- l cipitatiun m the action of CongresS-thatpre- anble attivmng two distinct talsehoods-that tyranny by wnie h vote was extorted from the Houses, nave been continually appealed 10 by the Executive organs as evidences oi ,Ihe una nimlty oi the national will in appreciation oi the war In the message before us, that ap- peal is repeated. accompanied with states mept in terms, that the declaration that the War exists by the act of Mexlco. was passed with great unanlmily' in Congress; though II must be known to the ExecuIve that but small majority in either House ot Congress ap> p.oSed that declaration. many members de | claring their r. pugnance 10 Il. some thelr ut ter abhorance of it. Woes taken ln both Houses ot Congress al the second session oi the same LongIess plainly established this fact, had he, before been any reason to doubt it. The popuisr elections which have iniervened certainly leave no excuse for doabt upon
 ny mans mind that majolity ot the People oi the United States are agatHst this war and its authors.
 Instead ot relinquishing, in deference tothe popular wil, thus c.eariy expressed, any paft l ul his nrIginat seheiDe oi cnndusIiRg and an. I nexIng a cunsiderabi~ portion t5 the terrTury uf Mexico. the President comes io Cong es" and demands ,,s concurrence m plan for coi- oRlzIng and annexlng almost one hati oi Mex icO, with recommendation 10 continue the war unlil he ihs conqueror eonqne's all the ,esidue of that unhappy Republic in the event of her nol ~ill.ngl, severingtrom her body her mos, valuable provinces Instead of advising Peace, hlch mi. Government might have at any day on terms ot houor, he ihloims C1ii> gress, In sanguinary strain, and almosi m .he dialect of the shambles, that he ls pcIsuaa' ed .lh | the best means of uindicating fhe nG- hOnd hOnOr, and interest, aud oi bringing me ar to an h0uO,abie close. will be !" prose cute it with increased energy and power m Me vHai Purts cf the enemy's c0unfry' Heknows that he and his war stand coI deinned py ms OWH ctu0tFNWeU TIC IT "S~'>'i mistake tue seniimen, of tie people; and vel he craves more conquest, more butchery; he demands deeper penetration into the vltal'
 of our adversary, and yet further wa>ie oi 'h'
 hood and treasures si his own country.
 Before he takes captive our senses by the SC R ductive !ncitements, in which his message
 bounds to yet wider course of rash ambtlio
 and suicidal aggrandizenient. let us stop for
 mon ent to consider upon what grounds
 places and justifes the career of cruelty an
 conquest in which he has already embarke
 our country. We are glad that the IresIden has, in his Message, preiaced his recommend
 atlons as to the future with summary slate
 meni oi the causes of compliant heretofore al edged by him ss being ot irIoT date to in ] war. single paragraph includes the whoi . story, and, as we propose tn examine II will
 some particularly. we here re-rubiish II,
 "lt Is sufficient on the pfhseht occasion
 say, that Ihr wahlon tI' laiioh oi ihe tighls C
 person and property "i "ni cilizens c"inni,'e = b, Mex Ico, nel tepeal,d acis ai bad iaiih lhrt long .e,I.s oi years, and ner disstgaid oi sol emn reaiIes stlpuiaiing for indehnity to ou lalul ed ciiJzerr, mol Unly constituted aiBpi cause of war on Ourpail, but were ot sucn aggravated character as would have justine
 Us before the world in resnrlihg tO Othis exirelI'
 remedy With an anxious desire 10 avoid.
 tuplute between ilie two countries, We iOrOoF
 for yearstO assert our clear rIgbis by ioIcesan
 C hiInued Iu seek redress for the wrohgs W , had suffered by amicable negotiation, n th hope lhal MexJco might yieid tO pacihc conn sei< 4nd lbe delLanaS pf justice. lnalhls hop
 were disappointed. Our minister oi peace sen to Me iico was iusuiiingly rejected. ! he Mex ic an Cove. ntnehi refused even 10 near the term oi sdjusimen. which he was authorized 10 pre- pose, aud finally under wholly unJusl'iiaei preexls. involved the Two countries in awal by invading the territory oi the State oi Texas striking the first blow, and shedding The bioc' of our own ciilzens on our own soil" A . In undertaking ogain to review these aver ,. menls by the Executive now that they are 2 gain offered in his justi6caiisn, and in suppol | of that var ad infeyneeOntuDa sgainsl Mtxies , which he recomniended tO Cohgrefs, we ar . well sware that no force can be added to tn reasoning, nor any strength 10 the concIusior , ot that admirable tract from lhe pen of tn , venerable, patiioiic and learned -ai6evt Gall afi,. in relation. to the Mexh an War, whic we have lately had the satisfaction of spread . ,ng before our readers. 1ohis authority up on any question oipublic law or nsllpnal obii
 gation. we, a. least, who have kno~n mn Aassa ,f k.a IlnbI SerUlce5 tl