The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1847-04-01

common with those of all of the nations of the world
Peace the policy and ardent desire OF the admnsra
tom but has been frustrated by the peverse obstnacy
of Mexico, in the war which she has unjustly COM
menced and still more unustly insists upon prosecuting
against our country This war occurred at the very pc
Rod when the administration engaged in endeavor
ing of fulfil Of its sacred trusts, by reducing the du
ties, and interfering the of the American peo
pie The greatly embarrassed and endangered the
success of this benign policy, although il did not ei
feet its overthrow. The question now is must the
| American people submit to and heavy loans
and grievous taxation, or shall subject the en-
envy by every lawful contribution during the war to
those burdens which Mexico lists upon imposing Oh
us by refusing to terminate the contest' We have en-
deavored by every offer of peaceful negotiation to preven
the occurrence of war the itself has been prosecu
ted on our part in spirit of leny and forbearance al
most unexampled; offers of peace have been again
made by us to Mexico and again, since the rising OF
Congress- contumaciously refused Our orbearance and
enity have not been appreciated by Mexico; they have
been mistaken by her for weakness and tmidty ouI
part and would seem that nothing short of the
most rigorous war; and the largest practicable conbu-
tions will compel her to restore our peaceful relations
Money being the OF war; the of the bel
ligeren are necessary their armies or
ves and these revenues, being public property may be
seized and confscated and diverted 10 during
the contest Mexico herself seizes public prop
ery and revenues wherever sh can find them She is
endeavorag also enlist the whole world general
spoaton Of and revenue by the seizure OF
American chant vessels and cargo on every sea- SC
as to weaken our resources and augment her I'm
der these circumstances, she have just cause OF
complaint, if divert her derived from duties
from her treasury, where they used against and
collect those revenues ourselves, the best OF
bringing the contest speedy and honorable conclusion
1t will be seen that the Secretary of the Treasury
whose estimates to heretofore have never
exceeded the results calculates large addition to our
resources from these duties He estimates also thai
this revenue will be largely augmented by the oc
cupation of the ports each side of the Mexican
sthmus, (Which is about hundred and thirty mes
from sea and securing the free transit that
sthmus for and that Of all the world Al
this ishmus the navgable waters of the two oceans ap-
proach within about sixty miles, the intermediate dis
being practicable for canal railroad Whenev-
such work, at period, may be completed, it
would bring New Orleans within four days of the Pacific,
and withntwo weeks of California and Oregon the dis
lance from New York would only be about one week
greater and whole commerce would be brought with
in nearly thirty days of Asia This important subject
is thus alluded to in the extract which we quote from
Mr. Walkers last treasury report of the 10th December
last, in which, speaking of the warehouse BILL he says;
"Our chief CONNIE rcal cities already than
those of Europe to the centre of the territory com
merce and popu aton of the world, and destined at
distant day, to be brought still nearer, when the wa
tiers of the Atlantic and Pacific shall be united at the
Mexican IT'D mus which, combined with possessions
the Pac ic would revouonize in favor the COM
merce of the world, and more rapidly advance great
ness ah, and power than any event that has occur
red since the adoption of the constitution" When Mr..
Walker wrote this sentence, he could scarcely have sup
posed that the great should be its
pshment as to be ranked among the great achievements
to be accomplished by the administration of President
Polk.