Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1847-12-03

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languss', laws AMI religion, 50 tosIy dir .r,,,
from on own. NJ sh~uj prlseu, a.. revo;,ipg
spOctaclc Ofa confused. disiracIsd and motl,.v
government. We sIoald have Mexican nary.
Pacific Oecan Parry, an Atlantic Pary in adii.
ronto all other Psues. which ex.a. or with
which We are Shr .aIened, each striving TO execute
ia owa peculiar views and purposes, aud rpproa.
ching the others viii ;hwdrl.ng and disarooiptino
the a. The Mexican Repress n,aiion in Congress-.
would probably form a separate and impon,,ra.
bic corps, aways reedy Ia throw itself mo the
scals Of any OJher parry, 10 advance and nrouo,,.
Mexican iulsresis. Such state Of things cou'd
no' 10 e. gendurs. Those whom God and G. 90.
Eaphy have pronounced should live a-und. r.
could never b. permanently and harmouous,y
united ptehrr.
Do We want for our own or pra,,nes,
The addition OF Mexico to the exs inc Union of
our Slaiesl Ii our population was too dsns, r.
our terriOTy, and there was difficulty in ob,,in.
lFg honOrSbly the means Of subsistence. tn r.
nlshI be some excuse for an auemrt 10 en- ~, /,
our JUminlons. Buiwa have no such A. ,,Ioro
we have already, in our glorious country, n vast
sue almost boundless territory. B. min, a,
me Norh IN The frozen regions or the British
Provinces, it STR iches thousCns or ,r,los an,
a laFz %
Rrea' inland seas, TIM Lake., winch separate US
ir'H' tue poSs sSlons OF G,oai Brian, aud il en-.
V"eeS '"- great 'a,a q. rivers, from is upH~r.
most sourcs to the BaiEo, and III siili longer Ms.
sour from Us mou'h 10 the gorg-s o. the Rocky
'i'un'ain'' II com frshends III. greatest variety
tnt uenest so''', capable VI almost all The pro.
~Ve''ohs oi iae ,UGh, except tea and coffee and
'ae specs and Il Includes every variety Of eli.
mate which IA heart could wish OF desire. We
rave more vase AID unsettled lands than wonId
oe required iOr tbs sub islencc Of ten ur twenty
I'h's our present population. Ought We not tn
Le sati>n,d wsth such countryi Ought We rot
10 be profoundly thankful 10 The Civ Of all good
Ihlngs TOR such a vast and bounuuI Iaudl Il il
Io' 'he heght ot lugrsliiude To- Him 10 seek. by
war aud dTonquest INDUCING in spirit Of rapacl.
~ 10 sc1uIro olhsr land ;, Ih- hDm.5 anl habia.
tons ol Il iarg. portion OF his Common children!
4 W. pursue lhs object OF such conquest, BE-.
SSes morgoglng The revenue and resources Of
@Nls country Oi ages 10 CONF, ia the form of an
Onsrou5 national debt, W. should have greatly to
augment that debt, by an assumption ol Dhs sixty
or seventy millions of III ua'i0na debt of "A x.
loo. For Iakg il that n1lhng il more car,ain
than that, we obtain, voluntarily or by conqucs,,
foreign nation. W. acquire II with all the in.
cumsraIccs atached to It. Ia my humble opin.
ion, W. are now bn mi in honor all morlIuy,
~ pay tho IuV1 d b. OF Texas. And should be
equally bound, hy the snue obligations, 10 pnv
ias debt oil Mexico, were It annexed 10 the IuI.
ted S,aCa,
u Al, the polNcs5ions which apcr'an To man
IN his collective or individual cundIon, nonn
Eaoad be preserved aud cherished, with mora
seduous aud unrsmIltIug cure, than that oi an un-
suiueI character. l. is impossible to estimate it
too h ghiy, when attached to an individual, nor
eau II be exaggerated or too greatly mOgniicd in
q nadon. those who loso or who ara IN.
different 10 il become just obj,cH OF scorn aud
Contempt. OF all thu aapn,nab,e lral,artion1,
winch sui y in: ptgaI o. history, nol, exceed in
enprnuy lal1 of thl dBm Imo irnsnl ani parli.
ton OF Poland, by tbs thr;c great Continental
PUwari Of RuSna, Austria aud Prussia. AgiS
may pass away, AMI centuries roll uruund, bul AZ
long as human records endure, ali mankind will
unite IN rX X,crdIng The rtpuclOui and dttcslable
deed. That was accomplished by ovcrwhrlm.
Ing torce, and The unfortunate existence OF fatal
ulssenuoMs and DIVISION ia The bosom Of Poland
LIT US avoid Hflying to our name aud national
character, slmIat, # uot worse sigma. am
afraid that we do not stand we'll in the opinion OF
ohrslcndom. Reputation Ina, brought upon us
much more rrprouch al The nations, appr,.
heud, look upon Us, in lh3 prosecution Ol Ihb
present war, a. being acluHed by a splrt OF rapa
city, and an lnordluNlo desire lor territorial ug.
Eraudlz menr. Let US not forfeit at & ther their
tnod opinions. LyI Us command I'll. Ir applause
W noble exercise OF torbeardnce aud luslicc.-
In thd e,cvaIcd station winch wa hold, WI cah
sMeIy aIiord 10 praclce the liudIkJ virtues of
moderation and magaaHimny. The iorg series
OF giHoui trumphi, achieved 10y our gallant
commanders and their brave armies, unattended
by single reverse, justly US, without the least
ndng'r -, iarlsnllg lna NATIONAL hOlor n diSln.
tcTlsnrhly holding out the oNc branch ol peace
VI g do HOl want The mines, the mountains, the
nnrssseS, and The sterile lands Oi M,X,Cu. 10
hei the loss OF lh,m would Oc humallng. aud
be perpetual soucce Of regret aud moruf,anon.
10 " lh,v m.thi prove ia'ai a TulsInon, prwiu.
eILg dlSna,lloH. dIS'CItun, DIVISION, possibly dts.
unlon. Lgt ih.r"tore, tnc ntreny ol tn na'
G"nal eXl,lrlcn and 4HloLnl lcin"y al Mexico
TamH.n undIalurO d. rur onc, desire 10 $40 no
Pan oi 10 territory torn Jrom h,r by war
Some OI people have p uccI N II hears mp
On he ltq ',sil, ol Ihe bay ol Sa9 francls'o,
Ia Upper CallIuT"Ia. 10 us, as n great Iuardllme
fs"tr, II might prove TO bo OF akan,Hga hrr al'
ter III respect lo our c0mmrrCla' aud ,avkaine
muress. 10 Mexico, which can never Do u
great uaraume Power, it can never b. OF M" III
Stvan'a5a. Ii We can Obtain i, by lair purchase
"nh just equivalent, ShouId b. happy 10 SEQ
II ucqu.red. ~, wucncvcr ,he war ceases. Mex.
Ico ought 10 bs required TO pay the deO, due our
cIazen'' parhaPI "a elnNalnl lur thar Bay may
be found N Ihu d.b, our Guvcrnmanl assuming
10 pay 10 our cIuzIns whatever portion oil It may
be al PIled 10 THAI urjecr. But Il ahoa,d form nn
m0nEc III the prosecution ol ias war, wach /
would not commune a SOLITARY nour lor Iha sake
al tiIaI harbur
BI whal, il will bs ask3l, shall W, max, p ,acs
MlnnnI anY md .nnllV lnr Tho eXn.nsna m IN .