The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1847-04-16

Mr.. coTwin says OF the var "ltwa by The
act and win efthe President alone, and not
by the uct OF will Of Congress-, the war-rna-
King department oEthe Government."
~ sHet he was one efthoss who voted that
.arsswar existed by the uct Of Mexico" and au.
thorized the President 10 call out $4,000
volunteers, and expend $lO,0OO,oOo in ear
: rying on war which vas This act and will
alsne."tl ogaHeWat si.5le Is .l5as
,s-' he stripes to qaench the ardor Of our SOL
~ ~ = " diers,. -.
"a, sli"l cannot but lament, for the permanent,
and laslng renown of my country, that she
should command the service of her children
In what l'must consider wanion. unproyokcd
unnecessary, and therefore unjust war"
~ could wish that your brave soldiers,
whilst they bleed and die on the battlefield,
might have (what in this war is impossible)
The consolaiiollto TO feel and know that their
blood flowed in defence ola great right, that
their lives were a. meet sacrifice 10 an exal-
ted princiPls." ai.
'"Sir, with my opinions as TO facts conncc-
ted with this subject, and my deductions, IN
'avoidable from them, / should have been un-
worthy The high-souled Slate | represent,
had voted men and money 10 prosecute
further war conimenced, us i, now appears,
in aggression, and carried on by repetition
only ofthe original wrong"
Hereioiees mthe rssistancs Of Merico.
"You may wrest provinces from Mexico
ny vsr-you may hold ihcm by The right of
tho strongeSt-you may rob her, but trea-
Iy Of peace 10 that effect with the people of
Mexico, legitimately and free made, you new
or will have! THANK God that Il is so, as
well for The sake Of the Mexican people as,
ourselves. For the sake of Mex
leo then as well as our own county, re-
,jcics thai il is an inpcssibty that you cun
sbtainby treaty from her those territories un-
der the existing state Of things"
His inriiation to Mtaice to rcsist.
s-"lf ] were Mexican would tell you,
s"Havs yon no, room in your own country L.
bury your dead meni If you ceme into
mime We will greet you with bloody hands,
'and welcome you TO hospitable graves"
The requirement Of California.
= awe ought 10 have the Bay Of San Fran
cisco. Whyi Because il is the best harbor
ON the Pacific! 1t has been my fortune, Mr..
President, to have practsed good deal in
criminal courts in the course of my life, bui
Inever yet heard thief, arralgned for steal
ing horse, plead that it was The best horse
that he could find in the couhlry"
Hisremedy-retrsat
=, "Oh, Mr.. President, i. does seem to me, if
hell itself could yAwn and vemit up the 6sndt
that inhsblt its penal abodes, commissioned
TO disturb the harmony of this world, and
dash the fairest prospect Of happiness that
ever allured the hope. Of men, The FIRST step
in the contamination oflhis diabolical purpo' Q
would be 10 light up the fires Of internal war
an plunage the sister States OF this Union,
into the bot,onsiess gulf of civilstrife. We
stand this day on the crumbling brink of,hat
rulf-ws see ito bloody eddies wheeling and
boiling before us--shall we not pause before
II Se too late7 How piaia again is here the
path, aay add, the only way ofduiy, ofpru-
dsnce, Of true patriotism. Letus abandon
all idea Of acquiring further territory, and
by consequences cease at once to prosecute this
,,rar. Let KS call hsms our armies, and
bring them at once within our opn acknotcl-
edged limits"
ID. II would 30 injustice to Senator Csrwin'selo-
ausnee to say that it would be without effect. 1t
is trae i, will not produce favorable impression
in this State, bu, it will ,be1eceivsd with Joy in
Mexico. There those who are butshering our
Nolunteers-stabbing the wounded and dying as
"a, Buena Vista--will be consoled with The know
lsdge that the leaders Of powerful party in this
county sympnthise with them in their resis.
atance-nnd cheer them on to deeds Of blood by
the assurance that they are right and our country
in the wreng. That this is 90, the following sx-
Hact frsm aleading Mexican journal will testify:
From thu Mexican Diafio
"By the late arrival from w'Orleans, we
have been placed in possession of late pa.
psrs from the United States and majority
of them magndnimously denouncc and con-
demn shis war against this country as" in
famous, unhoIy and unrighteeus."
: "Daniei Webster, the most liberal and
enlightened statesman Of the country, says
That the expenses Of the wal are over half
a million Of dollars day" and he has intro
.duced resolutions into the Senate TO impeach
the cowardly jim Ponk, and turn him out Of
office. These" northern barbariahs' cannot
csiry on ,,he war very long a, this rate, and
Mr.. Webster deserves the thaHks Of the
whole Mexican nation for tho noble stand he
has taken on the side Of right and justlce!-
Arise, Mexicans, and drive the invaders from
eur soil! NI H<h, AL.
"Meuicans can derips COMFORT from the
tacttldt tie greater part Of The people Of the