Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1847-01-26

the arm of your Government so as to pre-
vent it from carr, ing the war into Mex
icr! Ii this you Lave deceived them to
their own destruction. By this have yen /
opened the veins and destroyed the lives
Of. many Of our braves soldiers! And yoll
will deceive Them still further. Are they
not now publishing in their papers that
there is probability of revolution in
The north of this Republican, tie New
England States would secede from the
Union--and other such nonsense? Will
they ever treat with us whilst they believe
this? And what is to lie the result! Will
you fulfil the hopes which your conduct
has inspired! Never! You cannot, if YOU
would, and you would not, if you could.
make your Government recede. No, M
honorable peace, with Indemnify for the
past and security for The future, or an
utter annihilati, n of the Mexican Gov.
ernmcnt,will he the end ofihs war And
you dare not, in the face of the American
people. take less. How, then demand,
are you to answer at the bar of enlight
rncd humanity, to say nothing OF that OF
your God, for all this blood wanonly spill
led! How are you To answer to the wild
"ws and orphans of the gallant dead who
have poured out their warm likelihood in
defence oftheir couniry's honor? How
are YOU to answer to the thousands of
Mexicans h,m You have thus deceived
To their destruction And, finally. how
will You meet that gallant portion of Your
O"n political friends who have braveIy
rushed 10 their coun1ry's defence. and
who are daily caused to blush with shane.
for your dpgeneracy!
There was one ai!usion made Isy Tho.
gentleman from Tenne Ssce, which rath-
er horrit;ed than surprised me. He. with
something like a snrer. referred To what
he seemed to hope would he the ultimate
result OF the acquisition of Mexican terri
tory. He said The Northprn Democrats
would never suffer any other slave terri.
tory to exist in this country, and that the
Southern Democrats would not sufIrrany
free States to exist west of Texas. And
he seemed to gInat over the possible dis.
SOLUTION of the Union. Had this come
from northern Aoh!itionist, could have
rccaOunted for and excused it. But com.
Ing from the qlarter it did, it seemed like
the parricide inviting to onslaught upon
the devoted heads ofthe delencpiess pa.
rents. Does the gentlemen desire 10
court the strong energy and f'rvent zeal
nj the teeman of the North, to turn their
Irresl tih!e power to the destruction of
pecu.I institutions under which he lives.
and where the gambois Of his innocent
children are secure? But forhar. Not
Content with that hint. he reminds the
friends of Oregon that the President had
not secured to us all we Tad thought
ourselves entitled to. This was Gone
avowedIy for the securing, if possible. II
bad feeling tow ards the President. Aud
does the gentlemen really think so poorly
OF our patriotism as to suppose that be
could thereby induce us 10 quarrel with
the President whilst he is engaged in
the conduct of foreign war? feel nv
self under no obligation to defend IL e
President in all hi, acts. nor does he need
my defence But if had any little piqne
as have none: or il | thought in some
things in which | felt peculiar in:ere Il
he had not done exactly right, which, 10y
the way. do not-f,r. to do him justice
and nothing more, do think that he has
in his whole conduct as the Ane ;can
President. ably and honestly pcrnrnpd
his duty, aud his whole duiy:--but if
though otherwise, would wal! until M,
country was extricated from this foreign
war before would wrangIe with its Elk,
ncutive.
Such is the course duty points out to
me. and ] will follow It. Aud in conc!u. .
sion, | say to the gentlemen on the other
side, &c on, iIyou choose, in this constant
d"nunciati"n ofyour conntry'S cause; the
end of it all will he either YOU ill render
| Your constituents wholly mrrcemary and
umpatrioiic, which God in his mercy fore.
'end; or. which IS more likely. you vii!
sink Yourselves ID your very names to
that intamy which always overtakes those
who are capable ofsacrifcing their ccun
Try I" self, and sinking the patriot Into the
partizau.