Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1847-06-11

set forth and the apologies for il have been
shown to be futile. Why, then, is il waged :
This leads TO a consideration of the real OBJ
iects of the war. Whatever may have been
the question on this head in the early stages
of the contest, they are now established be-
yond reasonable doubt, if not beyond cOntro-
versy, by the express declarations of promi-
nent advocates Of the war, and important votes
OF both houses of Congress.
is Var IF Conquest.
1t can no longer be doubted that this is a
war of conquest. The first confession of this
fact which startled the public mind appeared
In the letter Of the Secretary of War to Col.
Stevenson, dated June Goth, 1916, with refer
ence 10 a regiment of volunteers to be raised
in New York. The Secretary says:
The President expects, and indeed re-
quires, that great care should be taken to have
it composed of suitable persons; ! mean, Of
coed habits as far as practicable, Of various
pursuits, and such as rouH be AbeiY to re-
main, at The end Of the War, either in Oregon,
or in any other territory in that regiDn IF The
globe which may then be a part Of tie United
States. The act Of the 18th of May last au-
thoriZes the acceptance of volunteers for
twelve months, OF during the war with Mex
leo. The condition of the acceptance in this
case must be a tender of service during the
war, and it must be explicitly understood that
they may be discharged, without a claim for
returning home, wherever they may be serv-
ing at the termination of the war, prOvided ID
is in the THEN territory Of tie United States,
or may be taken to the nearest or most con-
venient territory belonging to the United
States, and there discharged
In a letter to Commodore Sloat, dated June
Sth, the secretary says: You will take such
measures as will render that vast region (Cal-
ifornia) a desirable place Of residence for emf
grams from ou- SOil.' In a letter to Col.
Kearny, dated June Sd, the conquest of New
Mexico is also foreshadowed. He says:-
Should you conquer and take possession of
New Mexico and Upper California, you will
establish civil governments therein. You
may assure the people of these provinces,
that it is the wish and design of the United
States TO provide for them a free government
with the least possible delay, similar TO that
iDhich eriSis an 0ur territories Other passa-
ges from the official correspondence might be
adduced to the same point.
Prominent Supporters of the war, in Con-
press, have not hesitated to avow conquest as
their object. The Chairman Of the Commit
tee on Foreign Affairs in the Senate (Mr. Sc
vier,) has said that no one thought Of getting
less than New Mexico and CallIornia'-and
the Chairman of the same Committee in the
IL ouse, (Mr. C. J. Ingersoll,) after having
once defended the war, not as the means Of
ambition, or for the sake Of conquest has
more recently declared that every body knew
yes, every body knew-that this was 10 be
a war of invasion, a ,Oar Of territorial conquest,
although it was now spoken of in terms OF
condemnation in that respect. But it can,
not be otherwise than a war of conquest
That was the only use that could be made oil
all the power granted by Congress, and by
Congress commanded 10 he employed
In agreeable harmony with these declara-
tons have been the recent votes in the Sen
ate and House of Representatives, by which
they have expressly refused to sanction reso-
lutions against the acquisition of foreign ter
ritory and the ACKNOWLEDGMENT of the Mexican
Republic.
His Har for The Extension Of Siarery.
A war of conquest is bad hut the presen
war has darker shadows. 1t is a war for the
extension of slavery over Il territory which
has already been purged, by Mexican author
ity, from this stain and curse. Fresh mar
kets of human beings are to be established
further opportunities for this hateful traffic are
to be opened the lash of the overseer is tC
be quickened in new regions; and the wretch
ed slave is to be hurried TO unaccustomed fields
of toll. 1t can hardly be believed, that nov
more than eighteen hundred years since tn,
dawn of the Christian Era, a government
protesting the law of charity and justice
should be employed in war, 10 extend an in
~slitution which exists in defiance Of these sa
cred principles.
1t has already been shown, that the annex
ation of Texas was for this pur
pose. The Mexican war is a continuance,
prolongation, of the same efforts; and III
success which crowned the first, embolden
the partisans of the latter, who now, as be
fore, profess to extend the area of freedom
while they are establishing a new sphere 10
slavery.
The authorities already adduced in regar'
to the objects Of annexation, illustrate the rea
objects of the Mexican war. Declaration
have also been made, upon the floor of Con
gress, which throw light uponit it. Mr.. Simms
of South Carolina, has said, that he had n
doubt, that every foot of territory we shall
permanently occupy, south OF thlrty-slX de
grees, thirty minutes, will be slave %territoryi
and, in reply to his colleague, Mr.. Burt, VIII
inquired whether this opinion was in conse
auence Of the known determination of tn
Southern people, that their institutions shaJ
be carried into that country, if acquired sal
in words that furnish d key to the whole pre-
ject, 1T is founded on the knOwn determine
lion of the Southern people, that their institr
tons shall be carried there; it is founded |
the laws of God, written on the climate an
soil Of the country nothing but Slaue lGboi
can e~uhipate, pr9fiabLy, that region q cou'
hy,'