Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1847-12-29
spRIT Of THE FREE PRESS.
r,om the CircleviIle (Ohio) Herald /.


FEARFUL DocTRINE.-Late develop
-. lead US to believe that there is now
n.;"g organized in this country party
nSering in its ranks some OF the lead
Iocofocoism, who do not even ia
the conquest Of part, but the whole
Mex;co. and are determined not To stop
80 of the entire subJugation and moor
..,;on into this Government oithe whole
..;can race. This is no secret IN wash
:"s.on. and indeed the Union, the govern
., organ, has already thrown out
feler on this subject.
This does not astonish US. for we believ-
ID since the first attempt at the adqnisi-
ton Of Texas, that such would eventually
hs the tendency Of those who favored II,
ID tina, n desperate effort would be made
20 accomplish it.
No doctrine was ever advocated III those
,,,ea, Republics that now live only on the
n.ve of history, gilmore fearful import, and
hone more certainly toretold their down
iall; for in the same proportion that for
,eien territory was acquired. containing a
5reign and rebellious population, IN that
proportion were the Governments weak
ened.
Suppose we acquire the whole Of Mex
leo. containing. as it does. population OF
over eight million souls. we must take that
population with the territory. and we must
Govern il. How! BY civil laws. such as
govern the people Of the United States; or
by standing army selected from It's own
people! No; we can govern ii by neither,
II we consult the history of those republics
that have persisted in the attempt. Did any
foreign nation submit peaceabiy to the clc-
ta,on Of Rome and other republlcs!. Not
one. WHY notl Because no people are
willing to destroy their nationality, and
Weld TO foreign dictation. The thought IS
too humiliating, and every lireside OF
nation has been cheeriully desolated. and
the blood Of father. mother. and child will
lncly mingled together. and their bodies
hewn into pieces, rather than wear the
woke. Did the Holy City. the habita'ion
of the chosen people Of God, yield to the
republican generals of Rome until they
had eaten their own offspring, driven TO the
last extremity by faminc,
We might lcngthen the catalogue Of
conquest and annexation. but it is unne-
cessary. Enough instances have beenci'ed
10 serve as a warning against lncorpora-
ting eight millions of alf,civilized, ungov-
ernable, nnwiiIing people into our Union
"a people who love war and desplsc Ia
Dor; whose ignorance makes them brutal.
and who never can be satisfied with honest
enterprise. incorporate them into this
Government, and large standing army
will be necessary in every town, and inn
mense revenues to support It. Mexico
will not come in willingly. and if. by an
act Of gross injustice. we should force her,
on us will rest a fearful responsibility.
Our country is extensive enough. and
ages on ages viii roll away before our ter
ritory is supplied with half the human be-
ings it is capable Of supporting When
we have peopled our own land-that
which is ours--we shall be rich enough
10 extend our dominions by honest pur-
chase, and not take our neighbours pro-
perry without compensation, unwillingly
yielded.
1t is the duty of every lover Of justice.
of honor, Of his country and her institr-
tons, to warn his countrymen in time.
that such dcathblow to freedom may be
arcrtcd by their united voice.