Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1847-02-23
.se cALHouN.s SPEECH.

- an0OUnceme
- an the 9th inst. filled every accessible POT
n tho Senate Chamber to overhoWing Inc
us I.,. of the lower House left the Hall en-
a.."1. Ieserted to listen to him. We have seen
,be mere points of the speech. lie SAID
.he country was never III Il more CRITICAL sit-
.:.n. We were in the midst of war How
"a hi. war be prosecuted? There were two
"-,he one to push on in the hostile country,
~ IN. other to take defensive position lie
-. for tho last course as being more success
sI-,,.ult in most economy and most honor
,m'.,o.eeded at great length to enforce this view
ne cue,tiop. He thought boundary
..ht 10 begin at the mouth Of the Rio Grande,
s,;rre 10 Pass del NOrte, and then Que vest TO
Calf Of California, and it would strike at the
80 Of the Gulf.
Th;. country he would rcconmc M to be hello
.h..luie, but as subject to negotiation;
set - ~ould saw TO Mexico. He would deal
e.. h.r literally and do so from the first. I'm
IN mel peace should be made, he would hoid all
a.. norts in Mexico which could be held without
,oo great q sacrifice OF men ana money. ne
-ooid impose a low rate of duty, not exceeding
I'm oer cent. and this would yield sufficient rev
".s IA ensure the payment Of the defence,
-h,eh would not cost more than between TWO
and three millions of dollars
H. did not think that Mexico would hold out
nader such u state Of fact. She would see thai
% were resolutc and yet meaning her no harh'.
She was now maddened, excited, bold ana deter
mined Under a different policy she would see
an honorable peace ahead. Surprising TINS not
10 be the case we should not suffer. we shontd
have war without the cost, and without haZari OF
any kind.
Mr. Calhoun went on TO show his opposition
ran offensive war. lie was opposed to IT be-
.,u.c there was no certainty that II would enl
the war, and IL it diI it would lose US men, mon
ey and national reputation. Inc rear ana rue
object of carving OH such a war, We were to'o'
was not conquest and might 50 presume be-
,i,c, line he
was not avowed. To conquer peace was TO make
war, ano how could peace be obtained Dul oy
treaty? A treaty was our OBJECT, not treaty
that would suit Mexico, bat one that would SUIT
The object, Mr. c. sad, would be to compel
Mexico to say that was ours winch we Claimed
A most vigorous war could do no more than th's
and il We could reach the city Of Mexico ihis We
nv campaign would ii be worth wlflei- would
take 10000 men, aud SIJ,0J0,0Jo, and what then
should gain by compelling Mexico to make
peace in her own home? 1t would cost l1,ooO
me and all this money, and all to make Next
co ack nowcdge that to be ours which We alrea-
dy held to be ours
He thought il very doubtful who ther Mexico
could ever be conquered, ana II conquered, could
not be held. The natural obstacles 10 overcome
were very many. There the not country
very extended, and eight months, and not unfre-
auent ten months were most unhealthy. March
was a doubtful month. April unheathy
mouth. Had we now force enough to march TO
Mexico, cncountering the roHiitoi If we coulI
not, Mexico would be encouraged; and 1t We got
to Mexico who had we to deal with! a proud
and an obstinate peope--ful Of delay, renown-
ed for their disposition 20 hold out.
Mr.. c. said if we failed there would be third
campaign, and if we had third campaign. could
we raise the men and money? and If we went on
we should have guerilla war like that between
France and Algers-betwcen Russia ANA the
Caucasus. The spirit Of volunteering was now
gone--mcn were returning sickly an! diseased.
Il would be necessary TO recruit 10000 men,
Could raise them, and If we could, Wheucc
would come the money to pay them!
Many Of the States were oppressed with one
rous debts, and could not bear additional taxa
ton. And if the taxes could be raised, was there
any thing like zeal and unauimity in carrying
the war? There many who believed the
war could have been avoided, and ought to be "a
voided. Many believed it ought to be ended, and
not to be prosecuted further. lie would like TO
give his opinion upon all those topics, but could
not consistently now.
But there another tremendous question re
naming, TO whom should this territory belong If
We obtained it, The forth had come to the CON
clusion that there should be more slavery
there. If this was feeling in the free States,
with how much force did it come home to the
people Of the slave Statcs' Stcrnncss would be
met with sternncss, and he could assure gentle
men of that. But he would not so into this sub
ject, further.
Mr.. c. said he only alluded to it to show that
there could be unamimity in such Il war, aud
il the South should see the subject III this light,
there would not be one man here in favor of Il
vigorous prosecution of the There had
been sixteen campaigns in Africa many in Rus
sa-but the war continued with us, and would be
with us if we were not wise.
He asked how many gns should we be
compelled to have with powerful Priesthood in
Mexico, and great natural Obstacles All our
efforts would be to carry war TO get that
which we now hold Go on, and you will sac
Yfce n hundred thousand valuable lives, and
spend three hundred millions of money. Free
trade W oud also be destroyed. Nor could the
people Of Mexico be annexed 10 US. They were
not homogeneous. They were unlike us, aud
men would hereafter regret it to the longest day
Of their lives Indiana journal.