The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1847-01-01
The pIcsiJSnf- Escsrr sc.

! Thc President las given the mos, complete
AMI satisfactory exposition # all our compiled.
ted ii lcu,irs with Mexico, that has ever bee
l.il before the coun'ry. NJ rational man can
pofuse this very abr aud Interesting document.
without being fully convinced, that the admins.
iraiiou have been entirely justified in all thai
they have done in this ai'',ir and that they have
adopted The ony course consistent with national
+, ucpNr.
tn, i,rs array Of facts; re simple statement
ofuu,hs; and The Gee anl satisfactory areu nents
Of The prcsiie,l, have disPcll,d the horid Phan.
toms aod ri htiuI visions conjnrrl into shape by
/ the Wig orators to alarm ard dslrac, the coun-
try. The light Of modest lrn,h has unnasked
aud confoundtd lheworshippers Of i-'Schood and
folly. TIE dtfmcrs Of their country, and the
Iibel,ers Of Amercan character. are abasi.sd into
silence. T. en- The grta, Daniel" the Goliath u
The whg party. who 81 yaun'it ely boosted Of
lis s'rers h, and threatened impeachment off,,
President, auI total nnnhilatiun of the Demo
cratic party, is nov meek aud silent as a re-
r'niaat siHncr upon the ln,i'ns-scat
The purrst spld IF pltriolisn brearhcs through.
out tie Message II strictly American in I'll
rs sentiments. The grca, principles Of the dem
octa.ic party are ably Sustained. The Mexican
war Is incouIestaIy proved to have been forced
% m Us by the blind faulty and coaceite AFRO.
slnce Of The Mexican milton. With US. At the
commencement, it was simply war of defence
protecting only our own soh against invasion:
sud the lives cf Amercnn citizens, against the
nufdefous ATTACKS of rathIess f,c. \ long and
patient endurance Of repeated insu!ts-anv one
Of which would have justified Us in declaring
war against Mexico - led the litter 10 presume
that our strong aversion TO wGr, would wafrtGt
them in still bnldcr bets Of auiaciiy and yilIany
Hence their daring Invasion If our territory, in
unc ofrroiound peace.
The President shows most conclusiycly. that
the Rio Grande is, and always has been. the
western boundary Of Texas; and that he WINS
consequently justified IN considering it as a pan
OF the United States after the annexation Of Tex.
a.. lad be failed in protecting the lives and
property Of the ciz.ns living between the Nuc.
cos and the Rio Grdude, he would have been
guilty # The most culPabc negligence, and the
very men who are Nv SO loud in their abuse Of
him for having done his du,y, would have been
sill more cllmorous in their ienuncia,ions had
he neglected his duty.
President Polk also shows that il was not the |
occupation of the country between the Nueccs
and the Rio Grande by our troops, that caused
the war; but that il was TO rc-conquer the whole
Of Texas that the Mexican army crossed the Rio |
trlnde. The occupation Of any par Of Texas
by US, would have given Mexico equal p,e,cSl
fer war.
On the Tariff, The President speaks like
Statesman deeply inbued with p1'riolic feelings;
and kee"ly sensitive To those phanthropic sym.
paihics for the sulierinss Of the abornr classes
that warm the breast of every good man, aud
makes his heat melt with pity br the DOOR
How sublime, TO beho'o ;he ruler of q grea, ma.
,ion using oil his energies and ability to alleviate
the sull'rines and am, lorae the sorrows of the
lo'lny millions, whose destiny il is, TO "earn
N'N' " VIC SWAT NI me tTJN.
The dcath-kncel Of Protection" has been
sounded: AMI never again, will the intelligent,
people Of the United States sustain a doc,rine SO
rrepos,erous and absurd. The crv Of "Protcc.
ton TO American labor" has had a charm that
enabled the lords Of the cotton mills TO perpetu.
ate their system of Cypress on, but the penple are
beginning to discover that their protection i.
such as "vutdrcs give to lambs"
The American farmer asks no protection, nor
does the mechanic; then why should the rich
capitalist, who cnbaiks in manufacturing J.
W here is the justice Of esisIating to secure him
IN annual interest Of forty aud fifty per cent. up.
IN lis capital, while the farmer and mechanic
ire restricted to six per cent upon theirsl WHY
compel the farmer and mechanic 10 pay fifty per
cent duty upon all they wear, while the rich man
pays no more towards tbs support of the govern.
ment than they do Why seek by legislative
interference, to render the disparity already cy.
sting between the rich ana poor, still greater. by
giving the former sill more power over the lat.
ter! Weath has a sufficient power within il.
sell, to protect and give i, undue advantage. |,
always concentrates when in few hands and
readily controls all that which is more dilfusej
throughout the country, as was seen in the oper
atoms Of the U. States Bank The concc.tra. ,
ton OF manufacturing capital in Boston has been
impcTcepubly forming a moned influence tina,
began to pcrvade every branch Of business in the
United States. Look nj the increase in the y,luc
oi property in Boston Ms compared with New
York since the passage of the high protective
tariff Of 1912.
Boston.