Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1847-03-23

: ident IS no. sustained" IN BIS patriotic
purpose = What have wa refused him
We granted hum ten millions of dollars
aad fifty thousand volunteers. who prompt
y rendered their services, and he has NOT
called out mach more than half Of them.
W hat havo we mol done And after II +.
wha, has Mr.. Polk dono Has he prose-
cuted this war as he ought 10 have done ?
No. He had authority 10 cali OF: 4 sniff
cient force, bu. 10 declined to 90 Il, We
offered him troops enough, bat he lef, them
behind. Aud now, when tho Mexicans
have cntrencAed themselves nave strength
cned Their t3Tt!ticCtuns, pat down their
factions. and arc united Is one man. with
their Old AID a5.est chiuttain, Santa Anna
at their head-noW. aitor oight or nine
months delay, the President is ready 10 80
forward he IS busting about. and com
Plalnlng of want Of means. Gen. Gaines.
knowing that the true course was 10 strike
quick and heavy blows. promptly called TO
tho field all the forces at hand, 20 act with
energy, before tho enemy had iino to har-
monte and concentrate their strength and
thus to put an end 10 The war at once and.
for doing this, be has been contaminated
by the President. and removed from his
command IN the ) uih. And uha, did the
President DO ln~load of striking viror-
onsly q: tho heart Of Mexico, he 10 found
Invading her remote and dotonceless from
tiers. in organizing civil governments. and
IN securing territory to 10 held as inLen-
nifty for the expenses Of tho war. rs ''paY
for heating the poker" By taking pos
session OF her frontier provinces. the Pres
iden; has essentially strengthened Mexico,
by relieving her from tho necessity of
keeping up troops on her frontiers 10 hold
IN check tho fierce and wariike savapes of
the North, who were continually making
hostile incursions. and robhing aud muir
dering her people. These Indians are
now held in check by our troops, and Mox- /
leo has Withdrawn hers to strengthen her
defenccs at homo. The whole Of those
movements show conciusivoly TINT the !
purpose ana policy Of tho President, in tho .
commencement md prosecution Of this
war, has been the acquisition Of territory /;
and although he may deny il in his m s.
sage, who that looks to his nets can be- 7
iieyo him Now, | sabmit "a my friends
Of tho South, IN all kindness, ask them /
ought they not TO be satisfied Have we /
no; given them Florida at n cost of forty
millions Have not purchased for
them Louisiana, which has given them
four or five States; ana have wo not re-
Gently annexed Texas, which has given
them four or five more Al these vast
territories have boon acquired partly by
tho blood and treasure of the North, and
hayc oil been surrendered 10 the South
and yet il seems that Southern mon are
not satisfied Is this reasonable; is j,
right When we claimed tho whole Of
Oregon for the formation Of FREQ States, by
Il title declared by the President to be
:" clear and unques:iona be- We. nearly
ono half of 1t was given up by him.
tel my friends In the South, that they had
better stop IN their course OF acquisition
by conquest. IF they proceed,
they will establish a geographical line as
party line; and that will in tho end de-
siroy this Union. Suppose parties arc di-
vsdcd by geographical lines, with northern
and southern candidates for The
Presidential Offices. Suppose the North
should triumph IN tho struggle will the
South submit We arc told they vi not;
hat they vii! nuilify and set up gov
s-nmcn. Of their own. But in a different
'osuit tho North might do the same thing.
These arc fearful consequences; may
hoy not follow tho further acquisition Of
erritory by conquest These dangers
nay be remote; trus. they may never
,ccur-lhat wisdom and moderation may &;
brewer avert them from our beloved coun- {
ry-but fear nothing can stop them (ifl
Unrestricted territory is acquired by con- {
Iuest) from swallowing up in the end all
hat is precious IN our prcseu, happy I'm {
on and free institutions. Such are somo {
# the sad consequences which fear will
low from this war, if its original purposes {
nd objects DO carried out. |
This war which is 10 be prosecuted at T
he sacrifice of all the other great inter :
'sts of our country; for which internal |
are to be arrested private /
iaims vetoed and postponed; in short, c
We are told by the President in his Mes a
age, TIM: no appropriations that arc not 7
bsoutely Indispensable, nro to be made r
While this war lasts. What would the /
money. already expended il killing those Il
miserable Mexicans, havo done for the !.
Of our country ? II would
ave improved all our harbors, cleared on, !:
Ir rivers, and saved millions Of property /
nd hundreds Of lives, lost for wan, of
hem it would complete railroad from h
he Mississippi 10 the mouth of tho Ore Ii
ION i: would have conferred Countless II
iessings and benefits upon cur beloved /
o1ntry IN q thousand forms bu. instead L
f this. what has i, done. and VIVA. will it c
o. 1t has DESTROYED thousands OF lives. n