Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1847-03-25

of century have made HIM burnished and shining
mark in the history Of his country II my objections
we'll grounded any plan Of defence and
9nent inactivity utterly inadequate the desired end
Instead of promoting peace, such defensive measures
would procrastInaie the They would increase
rather than diminish the eiusion Of human blood Upon
the score of expense, it offers advantage; for
cannot how retain military possession along
the banks Of the Rio del Nore and the entire Gull
OF Mexico with less military force Than would be suii-
cent Tor all The purposes OF INVASION. The whole plan
Of the Senator from South Carolina is resolved in three
words armed possession and Inaction. My limited
reading and reflection have taught that determin-
ing upon plan Of military operations, it is fatal
sight not TO consider well the probable effect which the
plan shall have upon the mind and condition of the
enemy well upon the habits aud predsposIion of
their lives This one oversight IN single instance
arrested IN his towering and consigned 10 lOnel
ness and death upon a barren rock, the mghtiest Of
ears conquerors the oiiies of all her prnces-he who
burst upon dazzed world with all the brightness of
IN the zenith, and " before whose deeds the
achievements Of Ammons son grow pale" So far as
the boundary proposed be defended by the honorable
Senator from South Carolina is concerned am we'll
with it a permanent boundary in fixing the
future limits between this country and Mexico, and 10
this purpose | willing contribute by proper
indemnify upon iua adjustment Of our difficulties.
II has been coneusvey shown by that senator, that
and unoccuPIed territory the only accession,
which in sound policy should think OF making in that
quarter Mexico aud the United States peopled by
Two distinct aud utterly heterogeneous In no
reasonable period could amagamate. Nomadic in
their habits and grossly ignouni, proportion of
them they utterly unfit for the blessings and the
restraints Of rational liberty, because they compre-
bend The distinction between regulated freedom, and that
nnbded RIGHTEOUSNESS which consuts only the evil pas
snns of the human heart making each the avenger
of his wrongs, and go, eminent itself play
thing at the caPrcious pleasure Of the infatuated
With them with our own savage tribes, liberty is the
utter absence Of civil restraint and OF laws For many
long, long years before they could be adapted
stituiions New England have her schoolmasters
there in every hamlet and district Sir in my opinion
no plan part will be eeciua in restoring peace
between the two countries but that which includes the
most vigorous and efficient And therefore
trust that all the energies Of the nation will be directed
to the prosecution of offensive during the campaign
in progress So far victories have been produc-
tive Of results other than The individual glory which
all concede TO the gallant officers and soldiers who have
participated in the various conflicts. Our operations
hitherto have been confined the borders Of Mexico
we have inflicted upon their country Of the severn
Ties of The great mass of the Mexican population
have heard of the DIN of war but II is only in the far
distance The feeling Of security the absence Of appre
tension, is as complete with them with | think
do not venture much in saying that far this
has been serviceHble 10 them nation 1t has united
opposite, cOnendng aud bloody actiOns and for the
first in their history the government begins
the appearance of stability, which mere defensive wal
part, Think would be apt TO strengthen. Thai
there is peace for under such a of things,
must frankly say is conclusion irresistible with me
We must seek peace with armies IN their seats O
power and wealth. the homes and palaces of their ruler:
this way lies peace. The road to the city of Mexico
is the road TO peace Their capital and other principal
cities in the hands Of we-appOined army eyncing al
every step decided purpose, controlled by clemency
but acting whenever Tie occasion requires with proper
severity and determined thus TO continue the war 10 II:
close, will insure a peace pro1ered by Mexico before
the autumn leaf has fallen. La this position sup
port armies because avail ourselves Of the
revenues, by enforcing the regulations which pre-
scribe; we can command their contributions; car
conflscate their public property; enforce all the
rights Of conquerors for the time being But any such
vigorous and decided hear objections founded
IN the nature and constitution Of the Mexicans, de-
scendans of the Spaniads whose indomabe resistance
TO the Moors several centuries back and TO Napoleon
within time, has been arrayed here argu
ment against the prosecution OF Of invasion
part This argument if it agreed with the would be-
very good but under existing circumstances IL worth
nothing. In The first place all the information posses.
teaches me that vast majority of the Mexican people
have scarcely drop of Spanish blood in their veins
They principally Indians and mongrel race with
the negro stock engraed the Indian and OCCASIONAL,
mixture of Spanish But Spaniards and their descend
ants do not constitute onef fifth OF the entire population
so that the great proportion have not this inherent obst
macy in conflict. But admitting that they were all Span
ards, all descendants Of high CASTLE lofty Aragon,
to make the argument Of value the must be parallel
Between the M0oTs and SpanIards the war was
determination both Sides the object the excuv,
possession OF the country, winch covered with Ihe
respective Cities and temples and palaces and sffec
the purpose Of either sde the entire de,Tuction of ht
opposite race was necessary. Ii a be
tween two contrary systems Of religion. 1t the
cent arrayed against the cross the mosque against The
monastery And the deep Struggle whether the LAND
should be dedicated to Allah and his bloody prophet,
the true and living God. The objects of Napoleon
in Spain scarcely less offensive u people Boosting
their independence from the extinction cf the Roman
rule over mankind. He came amongst them TO dspac,
their ancient dynasty, de,hrone the descendant of
long Of their kings and dspossess their nobility
with immemOria descent, of the homes and the lands
and the palaces, and the castles where, for hundred
generations their ancestors had held undspued authority
And here again the could be reused by appeals
their piey, for well known that the soldiers era
died in the French revolution carried religion in hei
ranks and regarded mosque and abby with equal indfe
renee The object of Napoleon was The substitution of
new race OF monarchs IN the person OF his brother thar
which nothing could be offensive Spanish pride
and Spanish prejudice There had existed 70
ages an inherent warlike rivalry between France
Spain Their bloody conflicts had often resouuded ami,
the passes OF the Pyrenees and the Alps struggling 6
empire on the plains of Italy, where the field Of Pav
pears eternal testimony To the glory of SPan hack
France where Rocroy witnessed the utter humiliation
the famed and dreaded Spanish infantry Here wer
motives as strong notuate the human heart end
less resistance They fighting for all that
nations hold dear this side Of the grave. The memo
ries of long ages filed with the heroic deeds OF hci
ancestors reused them the of their
and their counIrys Independence. Their cities carried
by ASSAULT their ,ages smoking 10 ruins, the midngh
air filed with the cries of their unhappy
forth naked and PeIishing from the alters where they
vowed themselves 10 God aud sdncty their consecratet
costers resOundng with the reveres Of brutal sodery
all combined, would have reused madness and to flame
the lowest human heart that ever beat responsive thu
words home and country. What parallel is there in al
this with the proposition for offensive
part against MexIco In what single point does the
semblance EXIST In marching upon the city of Mexico
and possessing ourselves of her srongholds what is thu
object which they we'll know entertain Reparator
for wrongs which she has inflicted on US, and wheel
reparaon desire her mako by the conclusion of
treaty Of peace and limits honorable her
be TO US. We ask at her hands, have often asked
before in kind language, the payment Of long withheld
Indemnities, and the establishment of a fixed boundary
These are The terms OF peace AS TO the acquisition
territory included in the terms, we ask il jointly by wal