Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1847-03-05
SALEM, OHIO, FRIDAY, MARCH 8, 1917.

fought for their rights. They conquered
They conquered a peace. (Laugh-
ier.) They were your citizens-not Mexi-
cans. They were recent emigran;s TO that
They were there for the very pur-
pose Of s%eizing on that country, and making
1t a free and independent Republic, with the
view, as som Of them said, of bringing il
into the American Confederacy in due time.
Is this poor Celtic brother of yours in Next
the Mexican man sunk SO low that he
cannot hear what fills the mouth and ear of
rnmor all over this counlryl He knows that
this is the settled purpose of SOM of your
people. lie knows that your avarice has fix
ed his eagle glance on these rich acres in
Mexico, and that your proud power counted
The number that could be broughtagainst you,
and that your avarice and your power togeth-
er marched on TO the subjugation Of the third
or fourth part Of the Republic Of Mexico, and
took 1t from her. They knew this, and know
Ing 1t, what must have been the feeling and
sentiment in the mind Of The President Of the
United States, when he tells you that with
such a people-with a people at least in their
own opinion so deeply injured by us, as were
these Mexicans-he entertained that divine
benevolent sentimental desire to preserve
peaceful relations with the Republic of Mex
leo!
This Republic of Texas comes under the
Government of the United States, and it hap
pens that the Minister resident at your Court
and 1t is a pretty respectable Court, Mr..
Presiden,-we have something Of a King
not Tor life it is true, but IA quadrennial sort of
monarch, who does very much as he pleases
the Minister resident al that Court of yours
stated at the time that this revolted Province
Of Texas was claimed Ivy Mexico, and that if
you received it as one of the sovereign States
OF this Union, right or wrong-it was impos-
slble to reason with this people aboutit-ihey
would consider it as an act of hostility. Did
you consult the national feeling Of Mexico
then? Not at all. You spurned it away as
a weak and trivial thing, whose complaints
yor would not even hear; and when she muir
INJURED in humble supplicancy and begged Of
you not TO do this, which must disturb the
peaceful relations Of the two countries, while
she was at the SAM time acknowledging he
debts to your citizens, and agreeing to tht
award Of your Commissioners, who had glveT
to them two and a half millions Of money, Il
be paid out of her Treasury, and which coult
be got only by forced loans from her owI
citizens. She begged Of you, while doinl
all this, not to enter on this new plan, but t
let this Republic of Texas alone-if indeper
dent, to let her enjoy her Independence
free, to let her enjoy unmiXed freedom cain
Ny and securely, as she said she could, in d
/, hance of Mexico. But you said, "No!
will strengthen mine W arm by uniting
f this body of The United States that which h
f been severed from yours by citizens Of tn
country. | will take Texas into the Union
: | will throw the political shield of my ms,
tutions around her liberties, and the sword
my power around her right, and there it sha
= stand as that which guarded Eden, turnir
every way"
That's the way you threatened Mexico
t Her minister, in spite Of his remonstranc
{ failing, leaves this country. He leaves tel
ing you that because you had brought you
selves into this hostile relation TO his %countr.
E it was impossible for him to remain at yoI
f Court as accredited Envoy Eytraordinary.-
, Well, what did you do? After some tin
: you were told that it is likely the Republic
Mexico will receive from you, if you will col
t descend TO send him, an Ambassador to ire
of this question Of boundary between Tex
and the United States. Now, Mr.. Presiden
what did it become the great people Of Il
United States to do when that profier WI
made by this weak, degraded, contemptib
, and condemned Mexicol Why. your Mini
ter goes there. A Minister Of the first grad
, just as though all your relations with Me-
! leo were of the most pacific character!
, man then trembling on the lettering throne
some fiction which he represented, says
= your Minister, "In Gods name delay tn
= mission! Don't ask to be received! II "
receive a Minister from the United Stat
to treat with us on this thing, we should |
dethroned, lose our power, and you will e
! tirely fail in your object"
, What does your Minister do! They Re
HIM at the same time, "Come in the chara
t ter of a COMMISSIONS to treat about the que
ton of boundary and you may be received
, | speak, Mr.. President, in general terms
the correspondence between Mr.. SLIDELL al
: the Mexican official at that time whoever
e was. What does your President do? OF
= his heart painting for peace-desiring abo'
all things TO treat these d~espised MeXical
k in such a way that not a shadow of complai
can rest on their minds-he "says you sha
: receive me as Minister. will not come
the capacity of Commissioner. You sha
:. receive me as if there was no cause OF qua
rel between you and the United States, or v
u won treat dL all. INONi h"S IL Npli
: this, that the North American Rerubllc-h
it come to this-I ask of the peace-loviT
: people Of the United States-l ask of Il
! philosophic and rejecting men Of the Unite
: States-I ask of the mothers of this RePu
f lie if they are willing that their sons shou
: pour out their life blood on the parched san
t of Mexico, and heap up the graves of tv
thousand men along this river, dying wi
5 disease, simply because your President won
j not name Mr.. JOHN SLlDeLL "Commissio
= en-" but mus. call him minister PleniT
Tertiary and Envoy Extraordinary to Me,
COZ" Mr.. President, are we to force o.
4 selves into gord society abroad "a laugl
! Gentlemen do not act that way in the We
: Mr.. President! We don't fight becau
: somebody don't choose to admit us into
| society there "a laugh;) nor do Christi
men, Mr.. President, fight for that reason !
We m now to the year 1915. N
t SLIDELL writes home that il some militia
demonstration should be made, perhaps
8 would be received as JoHY SLIDELL' " MI