The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1847-12-28

herewith comnunic uod, Eilf's thus cause
alone, a revolution which Displaced hun fiem
mower was sct on foot by Gea. p4Fedas.777
'5,icti may Dc the condition OF insecurity OF
the present gayeynm4At,
There can be no doubt that the peacoable
and well disposed inhabiants Of Mexico are
convinced that il is the true interest oi their
counlry 10 conclude. an honorable peace Yl'h
The United States; but the apprehension ~
becoming Tie victims Of some military i%ci
tion or Isurper, ahly have prevented lhem
'ffpm hailifesting ther feelings BY any publllYci bllYi
aact Vs9i ah' i',o' R'''' So 20 l..s,,,
2 The removal Of any such apprehension
wauld probably Cause them 70 speak tosetir ost
sentiments, and!o sl5p! tho means n1ccessa-
sary for 1tha ras,urA.im. d pelcs. With =
p6ojpIe harIcs4 / t,i ,tpil d by conlending
tactions, -4anl i ,w9i@n nj subject 10 con
slant cmpges,by s,cc,sslyc rsyollions, tho
continued sicc.s5 ofolr arms may lail 70
secure Satisfactory p3lct. llsdch even,
it hay become propr i,r our commanding
generals in the field 10 give encouragement,
and assurance Of protection TO the friends Of
peace IN Mexic3, in tue establishment and
maintenance Of free Republican Govern
il4nt Of ih6ir own choica; always wlllis TO
conclude peace, which wo'id be just to
them, and secure TO US the indemnity we d., .
mlnd. -.le,,,-
This may become the only mode of obtalL-
ing such peace. Should such be the result
Of this war which Mexico has forced upon us,
it would thus DC converted into all enduring
blessing TO herself. After finding her torn
and disrictcd by factions, and ruled by mil
itary usurpers, we should then leave her, with
republican government, in the enjoyment
of real independence, and domestic peace
aud prosperity; performing all her relative
duties in The great aIly ofnallons, and pro.
noting her own happiness BY wise laws, and
their faithful execution. -..-..-.. , .. .. ..,.
lfutter a.fordihg this encouragement AM
protection, after all the persoyefng and SIN
cere efforts We have msde, from the moment
Mexico commenced The war, and prior &c
ihas time, 10 adjust our differences with her
We shall Ultimately fail, th3n we shall have
exhausted all honorable means in pursuit o.
peace, aad mus, conliuuo TO occupy h9r ter
rlory with our troops, taking tho Iul mels
urc 81 fidemiiiiy with our own hands; and
nus. enforce the terms which our honor de-
Inauds. ,-..,.
To act Otherwise, in the existg state o.
things IN, Mexico, and 10 Withdraw our army
without peace-would not only leave all
the wrongs Of which We complain unredrqs
sed, but woull be the signal for new and
fierce civil dissehiions, aud new revelations
all along hostile to peaceful relations win
The United Slates. Besides there is danger,
If our lroops should be Withdrawn before the
naace should be qssqcluded. that the Me,yi.
can people, wcared with successive revQla.
tons. aud ana deprived ofprotection fsriheiI
persons and property, might be incllped TO
yield 10 foregh iniluonco, aud 10 cast hem
selves upon some Europoan Monarchy !ol
protection from the anarchy and suffering
which would ensue. This, for our own safe
ly, and in pursuance Of feslabl'shed policy, we
should be compelled 10 resist. ..i .....,. .s.
We could never censent that Mexico
should be ttlLs converted into u mon lrcny,
governed by foreign prince. t,g, 4..,f s.,
Mexico is our next neighbor, aud hel
boundaries are cotermnous with on own,
through the whole extreme across the North
Ameriaan continent, from ocean 10 oceau.--
Both politically and commercially. we hwD
ma deepest interest in her regeneration and
indeed it is Impossible, ,that,with a
just regard to our own safsty,we Can becsma
Indifferent to her fate, II may be that the
Mexican goyornmcnt and people have mis-
ane miscunslrucdl our torbsarlnco
and our objects, i'll desiring to conclude an
adjustment of the existing difficulties be-
iweoR the two, countries. She may have sup
posed that we would submit 10 terms degra-
ding TO the nation; or they may have drawn
false inEoTftronce5 from the supposed dtvis-
ion Of opinion in the United States, on the
subject Of the .war; and may have calculated
70 gain much BY pyotrscting iI,-and, indeed,
lha, We might uilimqtsly abandon il alto
geiher, without any indemnity, terftorsl Or
Otherwise. .Wbaloyer may be the. false i'm
pressioas under which they have acted, the
adoption and, prosecution oi the energetic
pplicy proposed, must pqndeaeive them "a q,
lntle future prosecution If the, war, the
enemy musl be made TO feel its spresspre
more Than they have, done Al its com
nencgmen, il wss decmod ptoperto conduct
I in q spiri, Of fqfbeayance, and liberally.-r,
With this end in view early measures were
ldopted 10 coacilisie, as far, as a state ofwar
would permit, lho mis5 Of the Mexican pop
llatioa--to. convince thea that The warswass
vagel not against the peaceful Inhabitants of
4oxice, but agsiust their f.thle.s govern
neni, which had commenced hos!iilies;--to
emove from their minds false impressions,
1hich !boir interested rulers bad artiully al 4
ampted to make, that The war OH our part
'as one conquest, that it was a war ia
ainet thar rali,i,,n and thnir ch,robas