Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1847-05-05
THE HERALD.
THURSDAY MORNING. MAY
MEXICAN MATTERS AND THE WAR

dated itih Apui, It ~ clearly sppsfeni tbs,
TIC passage Of The Amenosn amy to Men.
co - 60 he Gcrc,ly con,csed--ihat more
blood and more valuable lives are to be Of.
tered up sacrifice to Me war spirit. and
that The bones of our slaughtered ooun,rymcn
are sii.l to mark The track pursued by the
American arm, IN the INVASION Of his IN.
happy AM distracted country Were this a
war for re, ionl-was the conics, now wa.
ging. ono for tho further ex,ens.on ct Liberty
and III. institutions Of freedom, how differ
81, would he the feeling ei every true heart
c3 friend of its country as he looked upon
the bloody scenes attendant, upon ,hIs war
fare Bul This fcelng--thc only pleasure.
Vie emotion that can ever lie INDUCED in
contemplating such scenes Of bloej and car
n,rs Nc HISTORY Hh,s ws,--canno,
90. '.c ..... ..,.aaco, g.. :. o.. y, ~ .. .-ca'.
lind place "a the heartfelt the true PATROL
the sincere lover OF freedom aud lis race
Whilc we chronicle the results OF this
contest, and while We rejoice as heartily q.
any, over the victories achieved by our gal.
Ian; army in THIS war--a war which is forced
upon ,holn and upon the cosn,Iy-wc can.
no, drive from us the unweloOmc thought,
Ma, the clorious banter o, our country is
In strange lands not TO uphold the cause Of
freedom. bu, TO el,cad the dominica and
pcipe,uaic tie institution Of Slavery. TWAS
lot tins iha, Texas was ANNEXED. ], was
for tins tina, tive present war with Mexico
was commenced. And az humIliatins as
NAV be the reflection 10 every true hearted
northern ltccman, 1t should sill be constant.
Is borne IN mind that we are in this matter
playing the jackal's part. The whole North,
Of all parties, are forced TO this from the very
circumstances of tho case. The war was,
Ivy tho combined action of the slave party.
brought upon US our entire army is burned
OF to engage IN n rouilic, wilma foreign na.
ton, al the dic,aiion Of this power, through
It's instrument, JAS X Polk, ard we now
feel ourselves compelled, IN order to sustain
the houof of our flag and TIE p,oly of the ma
ton. to render all aid, that IT mt, be brough,
to al honorable, speedy and successful ter
mIna,ion. Suce,s,tI hvm,nancn. What
northern fresmrn can repe at these words, as
used by the Slave party in connection with
tins subject. wi,hou, blush '--wi,hout feel
ing a sense Of shame, as he contemplate his
prcscn, abJcc, position he fore his arrogant
and mperious master OF the South With
US, EQUATION Of hos,iliiies would bc regard
ed rs successful termination, but not so
with those who a, present control the desii-
mics OF this na,ion.and who above everything
else look for tho successful continuance OF
the war Of the South against the NORTH
Who Then among us can look with any de-
gree Of oOmposure upon tho needless and
wanion waste of blood an! treasure, already
expended IN the prose cution of this nonsen.
seal and wild crusade in search OF the "IIalls
" the Mon,ezumas Already has New
England pai' her full quota Of the one -
and when a scttlemcn, comes and the one,or
fco,or tire hundrcI millions ofdoi!ays, which
maybe needed for the prosecution of TIN,
war. comes TO Toe called for, how large por-
ton Of ;hls - 10 come from The free States OF
'ir Nu-'h And wha, do we Get t. repay Us
lof he lives 0i our noble sons, and OF. mill
ons Of h,td earned dollars' We honestly
fear tina. II may only be large accession Of
stripes WI, float, bu, INTO which will be car
red 4 system at variance with the true prin.
cIplcs Of our government, and al war with
the interests and well being of the Free
States and thus by 'ish,isg Tor our coun-
Try we may widely extend the area OF
Slavery, and place ourselves as much under
the power Of the Slaveocracy, as are the
chained and manacled slaves already in iheIr
possession.
Appenici 10 one OF III" letters which we
publish 10 day will be found an expressed
hope that treaty OF peace may be made
By Gen Scott and Santa Anna a, CeIra
Go'do and thu. cause ,he termination OF the
war We sincerely hope this expectation
may be verified and that the ultimate ques.
lion OF slavery may be brough, before the
people o. tbs nauon as soon 4, may be.
Ia thus g.sng expression to our wishes
for peace. we shall doubtless find ourseli a,
variance with our more patriotic locofoco
iuo"d'--a,l biaNlins d,magosuc.-and
all who look with dis,cnled mouths and
rc'knc cy's uion he battle field only as
bloody gaming table where political hon.
ors are 10 be won, and Presidential candi
dates are 10 be made 70 confouul cnem les
a, home Ec this - We can have bu, In.
lie sympathy win such a: look upon the
horrors O. war ih0s cooliy
4 Ircn Mmbcr- Hon Dixon II
Lows q Alabama. las week became n