The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-12-21

rsesmmsnd thsm 10 the psstsd psruaA Of such Of COR
fellow e!tisens - are opposed 70 conquest and would
leave their nelshbofs ITO pursue their own happiness
Resolved in the spirit q the sixth resolution That
entertaining the just pride Of people who may claim
for her armies and military and naval chisftans I'M
matched bravery and skill feel that their cup Of go
~ Ia full to the brim and that in condition to
be agns without the least danger Of FORGETTING
our honor while best preserve the laures gained
| by mo Iteration toward a discomftedfos.
Resolves That We rejoice to hear voice from the
seventh resolution that I'VE positively and
~ dsclam and disavow any wish or desire part
any foreign territory whatever for the pur.
from the United States into tsrritory and the
citizens Of New York do pledge ourselves to sustain
Resolved, That while recognize aud respect the
rights Of the South such domestic in
just power on our part to interfere with them and
while feel desire that additions should now ever
States yet feel bound to declare that If territory
should be annexed which free before we It.
must not cease to be free In our hands, but remain
Resolved That in the late publication of the venera
bic Albert GslatiD, ION peace with Mexico" we hail
with gratitude another evidence that the surviving
fathers Of our republic unanimously hostile this
war Of aggression and conquest ana anxious for It's
speedy close without the acquisition Of Mexican soil
and we earnestly commend thu impressive arguments
and Of the last survivor Of the
socises and cabinet counsellors Of Thomas jefferson
to the candid regard Of ali who cherish the memory of
that eminent statesman and patriot
|
attendant upon our present unnecessary contest with
nsighborng republic, We appeal to the Senate Of the
noble part acted by that urious body In xyertipg
the caanities Of by the settlement Of the Oregon
boundary and look to the influence OF
| such grave and honorable men Webster, Calhoun,
Benton Crttenden, Mangum and their associates, for
some msgnanimous movement to put an end to the
between US and Mexico on honorable terms
Resolved That among the iustrious living men who
by their whole lives have done honor to country
the first In confidence aud affections s Henry
| - AM n
statesman without equal and we trust the day Is at
hand when he An.r.c.n people viii vindisste their
appreciation OF his exalted eervces and his peerless
worth.
Loud cries for Smith, wSits,"' Greeley -
SMITH c., from Indiana, aud spoke as folowe:
When look this vast assemblsge Of the intelligent
important objects for which you convened I am In.
spred with fresh confidence, that however much this
and
the peop the great and only soveregus Of this land
win ultimately bring It back to that state Of prs.ins
purity to which 1t brought by iustrous
who achieved our Independence. The demonstration
which has been made this evening the subject of the
with Mexico, is calculated to inspire the patriot
with fresh hopes-to teach that ell the Of
the government-that all the influence Of the Presi-
dent aud his minions Is not enough tc corrupt the
hearts of the people, to induce them to bend their
knees to power Somsthing like two years have
rspsed n nr; ,n war t WITH MEXICO hc was oom
at An expense OF one buncred million Of dollars and
your rulers piIng debt mountain hisn, which
Is to rest you and your chldrenand not only have
incurred this debt Of hundred millions Of dol
lars but twenty thousand valuable lives have
Of conquest which exists in breasts Of rulers
Here some confusion occurred in the left isle aud there
sS ss enquire for what
are those great eacrihces incurred! tPut him out-
noise and halt dozen pore sshDg and tusssng
outD No individual will doubt the willingness of the
American people to incur any smeuut Of sac.
the country. Our torefathers through the long and
perlous of the revolution shed their blood freely
the Of
fighting for that Independence which We now enjoy
Gr s is
soil of America who would not shed his hearts blood
the object Since then called again to grappe
with the ancient enemy, and then all paytes
ward to sustain the government in the prosecution of
the war: We ure now, however. engaged In another
Is the honor of the country to be promoted it's s
glory to be advanced by 1t, its ncreased
cute it in the trits Language the Presidents organ
vigorously, and more vigorously still" daughter
But before we give our sanction for the vigorous prose-
quire why shall beso arc its Objects?
and how did this begin? Our noble patriots Of 1916
having the history OF the world before Them saw the
evils resulting to the and power Europe
from the unlimited exercise Of the Pow err thsy
deter mined that their descendan should not
to thu evils and therefore, they engrafted the
constitution that the power should he enjoyed
dsclared by the or the
people. Such is your oonstitutlon is the sursst
guarantee of your beItes It is the only safeguard you
have against the power and the evils
Of war. Let ask you, has this been commenced
In this manner. est has from person In the mid
die Of tn. room II hsi not CT has y know there
CRY OUT 1t has Cheers) But let me look at fact
When did Congress- the Representatives Of the people,
the 18th of May ls46 when CoDgrsss passed the Hst
act in relation to the war with Mexico And what was
now war exists (Trsmendcus cheering J Then that
War came and did exist before Congress declared it,
although your constitution has declared that shall
not eXiet till Congress shall declare It. CHEERS How
then came war to exist How, ask you, the war
begun? Why at the time Congress passed the bill
approprsting ten millions Of dollars and fifty thousand
map, Ave hundred American city ms weleriug In
their blood the bal ks Of the Rio Grande The Sat
before Cor gress said word in regard TO the war
How then came this to exist? Why every man can
read for himself and see how was commenc.d twas
Can army, to march into territory which occupied
.nd por4s-sea by M"sino. (Chs.rs) why ark you
oim out - % fusn HIM out" Silence beg genti--
men 10 prsrve silence. II there are Any Locofocos
v soos sink out from among US Laussttrf4 '''
Mr. Smith continu-d-L Lit zoe ag"n call your attsn'
IT, TO this mportsnt fact The President Of the Uoi
army into territory owned and occupied by Msx,oo
the Rio Grapds Ikoow. my frisnds, the advocates
Of the attempt to raise question about the title
this trrtory but will not insult your understand ing
by discussing It, will only say that down to the time
Texas b. osme government her boundary had
been fixed ut the Rio Grande and can furnish evidence
mountains high democratic authority 10 prove 1t,
| without calling upon enc wbig witness. Why In the
year 1885, President Jackson sent special minister no
rexa TO ascertain the propriety OF recognizing her in
Dependence He went there and wrote to tn. STATE De-
partment giving geographical and tspoI graphical state
neut Texas and he stated that the Neuos was its
western boundary You will find that in he official
records of the country, and at the very time
we were negotiating for the annexation Of Tex.
az, Mr. Donaldson writes to the State Department
that Texas had no title to the Neuces and he said In
express terms to General Taylor not to march beyond
tho Nueces But let me call your attention to ano' her
puted territory belongs to that she had valid
claim the territory between the two rivers but con
cediug that, how does the question stand Every man
admits the territory In the possession OF Mexico-
that a the territory this eide Ct the Rio Grande was
settled and occupied by the people Mexico with the
Texas had custom house this side @ the river and