Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1847-12-24

induced the terms Of peace" proposed TO Mex
leo; and Il must be confessed, that neither Roo
Ron, or Thude5ol, nor the most accomplished
hghwayman Of whom there Is any record, ever
relieved travellers Of superluous articles Of prop
crty with greater poli,eness and tenderness, or
for stronger or more numerous reasons.
a Sir, your watch, II you please. II has been
Of no particular value to you, and seems to
have natural affinity e my pocket; and
your purse, ioo--it must be q,aie heavy for you
to carry; and then there arc some hghwaymcn
on the road, who have directed their attention
to Il, and If 'relinquish' Il, they will rob you
of IL So, if you please, sir, hand over Thank
you, sir. Now, sir, this horse and carriage is
very useless incumbrancc to you, and the trans
fer Of Il to me win in my opinion be more In
accordance with the convenience and interests
Of both of US; besides, you are too feeble to
drive SO ungovernable beast, and ought to
desire to place Il under my protection You
would no doubt enjoy better health to rail- 80,
Il you please, sir, III take the rcins. Thank
you, sir. Your civiliiy saves me the trouble Of
blowing your brains out"
Is no, this in substance, the language Of Mr.
Polk to McAicoY How thankful she ought to
be, that she has 50 kind and generous friend
and adviser as Mr Polk lie not only condos
ccnds to inform her what Is an incumbrance to
her, but generously offers, out of mere friend
ship, to relieve her Of Il, by taking il himselfl
How foolish in Mexico, not to listen to the ad-
vice of such a friend
There is another illustrious precedent for the
conduct Of Mr. Polk, which It is probable he has
consulted. The circumstances are recorded in
the 2lst chapter Of Kings:
"And il came to pass afer these things, that Ma
both the Jczrcelite had vineyard which was in
Israel, hard by the palace Of Ahab, king Of Samaria
And Ahnb spake unto Naboih, saying Give me thy
vineyard, that may have II for garden Of herbs
because 1t Is near TO my house and will give thee
for Il better vineyard than IL r. II scemeth good
unto thee, will give thee the worth Of Il IN money
And Naboih said to Ahab, The Lord forbid il me
that / should give the inheritance Of my fathers
unto thee.
And Abab came into his own house, heavy and
displeased And he laid him down
upon his bed and turned away his face, and would
eat no bread.
But Jczebel his wife came unto him, and said,
Why Is thy spirit sad, that thou eaiest no bread
And be said unto her, Because ! spake unto Ma
both, and he said, will not give
I thee my vineyard.
not govern the kingdom Of Israeli Arise, aud eat
bread aud Yet thine heart be merry; will give thee
the vineyard Of Nabothr
Under the advice Of .Jezebcl Nabo,h was
falsely accused Of blasphcmy, and was stoned
to death
@And Il came to pass, that when Aiab heard Ma.
both dead, that Ahab rose up to 20 down 10 the
vineyard Of NAboth TO take possession Of H. And
the word Of the Lord came TO Elijah the Tishbite,
saying, Arise, 20 down TO meet Ahab ling Of Israel
And thou shalt speak unto him. saving,
Thus saith the Lord, Hast thou killed and taken
possession, And thou shalt speak unto hun, saw
ing, Thus saith the Lord, In the place where dog,
licked the blood Of Naboth. shall dogs lick Thy
blood, even thine"
Naboth and Mexico seem to be in much the
same predicamen, Mr. Polk may perhaps be
considered more mercifii than Ahab, in that he
offers life and existence to Mexico, on condition
that she viii consent 10 yield the vineyard =
but probably the Israelites would not, MS we do,
allow n neighbor TO be robbed without even the
Js'.~ ef law, and thcresore "a was necessary, un-
der some preiext, to kin Naboth. But let the
government and the people bewarei
The lust of conquest supplying the place Of
Jezebel, may sednce The President to the des-
truction OF Mexico, for the sake Of the vine
yard" which lies near him; and ne may succeed
in his unrighteous purpose. lie may even take
possession Of il, without the warning voice of
Elijah, TO pronounce the awful and retributiye
doom Of Ahab, for like robbery. But retri-
buiive justice viii not less certainly follow. and
avenge such an act Of national wrong and Oh
preston.
We have not the patience, and will not insult
the moral sense of our readers by supposine Il
necessary, to make further comment on this mart
of the Message. The man who would seize his
neiehbor's land, under such prctcxts and for
such reasons, would be deemed a robbcr. and
sent to the Penitentiary; and we have yet to
learn that the same rules of equity and Justice
applicable TO individuals are not equally bind
ing upon nations
The Presidents objections to the project of
retiring to designated line, and defending il.
are well taken, and in our Judgment unanswer-
able There is now no other mode of terminal
ing the war, that we can perceive. than for Con-
gress 10 declare the terms upon which it is willing
to make peace with Mexico, authorize the Pre-
sdent to submit them to her, and then make the
gransing Of future supplies contingent upon her
refusal to accept them. FMexicc accepts them,
let Congress refuse any further supplies for con-
unung war-if she rejects them, then prosecute
the war vigorously until she does accept In
dong this, we suppose Congress to propose such
terms ms will be just and honorable between the
Two nations 50 that their non-acceptancc will
place Mexico in the wrong.
10 CoRREsPoSDENrs.-"A Eleey," by W.
IT, b., we must respectfully decline. His Pega-
sus" imps litte--for instance:
There the oak and vine together
Irvine hoir tendrils DER and oern
Oak trees are not much given to ilcising
around vines, in this country, whatever they
may do there"
frh. - rLaf Cic,t % L.. III