The daily national Whig. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1847-1849, 1847-11-24


And who can foresee or fortell, If Mexico yount,.
riIy or by force. were to share In the common GOV
eminent what would be the consequences to her or
10 us3 Unprepared, as fear her population Vet is
for The practical endowment of selfgovernment and
of habits customs language laws, and religion. SO
totally different from our own we should present the
revolving spectacle of a confused distracted, and
motley 9overnment We should have Mexican
marty n pacific ocean marty an Atlantic party in nd
dillon To tho other porties which exist. or with
which we nre Threatened each striving 10 execute its
own partjcunr views and purposes. and reproachng
the others with thwarting and disappointing them
THE Meyican renresentoIion in CONGRESS- would
probable form senarnte and imnenetrable corps nj
ways ready to throw itself into the scale of any other
marty IN odvanco and nromote MEXICAN interests
Such s,a,s 81 ,hnas cnnld moi lono end,,re THOSE
whom God and peo9rnnhv have pronounced should
live as,lnder could never be permaneutly md har-
moniouslv united together ~
Do we want for our own happiness or greatness the
addition Of Mexico m The Existing Union of orr
Smtes9 If onr nonnintjon was 100 dense for our
territory and there WAS difficulty in Obtaining hon
orably Tie means Of subsistence there might be some
excuse for an attempt ID enlarge our domlnions hut
we have no such Apology. We have already in GU.
glorious country yast md almost boundless terri
tory Beainnine Mt the North In The frozen regions
of The British Provinces II stretches Thousands Of
miles along The coasts Of the Atlantic Ocean and the
Mexican Gulf until Il almost reaches the Tropics
II extends to the Pacific Ocean borders on those great
inland seas, the Lakes which separate us from the
nORSnaeOua
great father Of rivers from its uppermost source 10
the Balize. and The stiI longer Missouri from It's
mouth to the gorges Of the Rocky Mountains. il
compartments The greatest variety OF the richest soils
capable of almost All the productions OF the earth
except tea and coffee and the spices and Il includes
every variety of climate which the heart could wish
or desire. We have more than ten thousand millions
of acres of waste and unsettled lands enough for the
Subsistence Of ten or twenty times our population
Ought we not to be satisfied with such a country?
Ought we not to be profoundly thankfuto the Giverof
af good things for such vast and bountiful land? Is
1t not the height of insratitude TO Him to seek, by
war and conquest, INDUCING in spirit of rapacity
TO acquire other lands, the homes and habtatons OF
a large portion of his common childrenq II wepur-
sue the object ofsuch conquest besides mortgnging
the revenue and resources Of this country for ages
come, in the form of an onerous national debt, we
should have greatly TO augment that debt by an as
sumption Of the sixty or seventy millions Of the na-
onal debt Of Mexico. For take it that nothing Is
more certain than that If we obtain voluntarily or
by conquest foreign nation we acquire il with all
the membranes attached to it. In my humble
opinion, we are now bound, in honor and morality
to pay the lust debt of Texas And we should be
equally bound, by the same obligations, to pay the
debt of Mexico If it were annexed to the u States
OF the possessions which appertain to man, in
his collective or individual condition, none should be
RENTING care than that of an unsulled character 1t
is impossible to estimate il TOO highly, in society,"
when attached to an individual nor can it be exag
aratsd ~ ,no orea,ly raanifed IN = natjon TSose
SsYha se ~ are idiarani n II become inst obects
W us' =, "le nf III the ahnmnable
oc,ons which snllv fho ,noges az history none ex
EEL 4; a,nrn,;ty hot 4, tSe Observation-Disclosures md
ceeu m ~ pniayd ,i a. thraa ran
b. b .on 80 p,oa;a ,in az od prSss;a Arcs nav
ass ,,a an5 ca,r;as All aro,,nd hn, as ong ~
human records endure ali mankind viii unite in ex-
ecrauhg me rapacious ana aetes.apie ueea. ~
was accomplished Dy overwneining iorce aha , t.e
IN he o P % ~ avoid axne
to our name and national character similar II MOI
worse, stigma; am AFRAID that we 40 not now
stand wen IN inc opinion OF other parts OF onils'en'
dom. Kepmdiaton mas brought upon US inuch re-
proach All the nations appreheha, look upon US
IN tne prosecution q .ne present m; as A.
.ua'ea W Split - ant ~ ne nn forfsi,
siIe iot ia ;.ein ~ ~, no,n,nani
their annause bv noble exercise Of forbearance and
~ ~ ~ aotnd sta,nn vh;ch ,ve hnd we
justice; a sa e,eV $500 ~ C.ad,;Lo ;rtna,s a,
Gun sl,oiy aiiU s ~ THO inno series al
nnh nnSinxnd ~ our aallant command
sioilous ,tiuinPs, ~ ~ ~ s;,,rio
CTS aia se M ;,h, INC Least dnnGer nf tsr-
reverse Justly ~, witou. ue nna"i,, u h III
ia , iio i;,,a hrari ~ nao Wa do nj wan,
ny ou: 'ie oso ,.,.; T., M orosses and he
MI ~ Li.a, w M"u;n A. hor No ioss' IF then,
s.eii9 ~, anus " -, ~, ar.a,,oi oo,,rca ~
Wouu DC huIllig, alu r " pap e;,h, .r n
IN anu , %S a;ssers;or
ii,i a;, p;sm;s It ,hetfora ma III
tearitv f he nof{ona md natonnI terrific
nv Of Mexico remain ,Indist,Irbed For one i desire
to see no mart other territory torn from her by war
Some of our people have pIaced their hearts upon
the ACQUISITION Of the Bay Of San Francisco in Up-
Der California To us. IA great maritime power II
might prove to be Of advantage hereafter in respect
TO our commercial and navigating interests. To
j Mexico which can never be n great maritime mower
1t can never be of much advantage If we can OBJ.
tain 1t by fair purchase with a lust equivalent
should be happy to see it so acquired. AS whenever
the war ceases, Mexico ought be required to pay
the debt due our citizens, perhaps equivalent fol
that Bay may be found in Tint debt, our government
assuming to pay to citizens whatever portion o
itmay be applied to that object. But 1t should form
no motive in the prosecution Of the war; which
would not continue solitary hour for the sake o.
that lhrbor
I But what, It will be asked, shall we make peac,
without any indemnity for the expenses of the war
If the published documents in relation to the lat,
negotiations between Mr.. Trist and the Mexican
Commissioners be true, and have not seen then
anywhere contradcted, the Executive properly waiv
ed any demand Of indemnify for the expenses OF thu
i war; And the rupture of that negotiation was pro
duced, by our Government insisting upon cessior
rom Mexico, of the strip of mostly barren land be
II tween the Nueces and the Rio Brnyo md New Mex