Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1847-10-21
THE ANNEXATION OF MEXICO.

The Baltimore Sun, paper which, although
professcdly independent, has been 50 successful Of
late in foreshadowing the measures Of the admin
isiration that il has come to be generally regard
ell as a sort Of scln-oficial organ, expresses the
opinion that the Government will, in order to eff
feet an honorable termination of the war, be fore
ed TO subjugate the whole Mexican Republic, and
annex it to this country. Under ordinary circum-
stances, and coming from different source, a
suggestion of this sort might be regarded as the
mere idle speculation Of reckless paragraphist !;
but the Sun has established reputation as an
exponent Of the views of the administration and
its adherents, which il would be 10th to hazard
lightly. We may, therefore, safely assume that
whether openly avowed by the Cabinet or not,
the opinion ofthe Sun has no uncomfortable num-
Der of 'backers' in the ranks of the Progressives
Az the commencement of this bloody drama,
the annunciation of the most remote probability
of such termination Of the war as the .annexa-
ton Of whole Republic, double the size Of Great
Britain, and continuing many millions Of people
ignorant of our language, and mbued with the
most implacablc hatred against our country,
would only have been suggested in ridicule of our
annexing propensties or if seriously proposed
would have been regarded as an emanation from
the brain of mailman. But alas like the king
of Pontus who partook of poison, increasing
the potion at every succeeding dose until il be-
came his daily food, the votaries of modern
Democracy have been gradually drugged with
the corrupt and disorganizing doctrines Of the
times, until to-day, they drain with eagerness,
the cup from which few months ago, they would
have turned with loathing and horror. We are
confident that this state of things proceeds from
no want of patriotism on the part of the great ma
jority of those who lend their support to the Ad-
ministration it is sheerly the result of an indis-
position to undergo the labor of examining min
utely the subjects of complaint against their
rulers, especially when the candid prosecution of
such an investigation might have tho effect of
sunderng party ties to which they have been long
welded, and withdrawing their confidence from
leaders it has become sort of second nature to
trust.
We only hope that they may be brought Sc
rouly to reflect upon the subject before it be too
late to repair the effects of past and foies,
and to avoid those which are looming upon our
future prospects. For now, nothing seems too
daring for the Administration TO propose, or too
monstrous to be applauded and recommended by
the boated recipients Of the spoils
With regard TO the proposal to subugate and
annex to our Republic the whole of Mexico, it
may or may not be cherished design of the Ad-
ministration. The idea of erecting subjugatod
territory into free and Independent States, would
have been strange doctrine to the of the sign
ers of the Declaration Of Independence. Mr..
JEFFERSON would have certainly regarded
prophecy of such an event, as Mr. RITcHIE did
the first nomination Of Gen. JACKSON for the Presi
dency-a a rich joke. But modern democrats have
read that Rome annexed foreign territory and they
are unwilling that the progressive democracy of
Republican America should be behind that of Re-
publican Rome. Manifest Destiny is the God that
rules the hour, and we have no means of divining
what new schemes offolly and madness are yet to
be revealed.