Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1847-05-25

that wssupen the point q being ssnsd ID Jsnusr sSa
under The poweris son OF Great sssin and France
when The then Administration broke up The peaceful ne
goustion. Dispersed the MINISTER'S sssunaed the war and
placed the and under the control OF The Pcsi-
dent Of Texas 10 hight Mexico The rejection Of the treaty
stopped the then assumed but tho midnight transmits
sion Of the House resolution started again. and soon
placed the two republics in the unhappy condition in which
Mr. B. repeated. Hi. policy from beginning to ending
had been TO get back Texas without war; even
OF friendship with Mexico. lie gresiy averse To such
war lie great and extraordinary evils I'm H. Be-
sides the evils common To all waloss OF lives distress
OF families interruption OF commerce. TO many mer-
chants, and load oi debts and taxcs-bcsdes oil these
ordinary evils incident all wars, no saw others OF ne ~
| aud extraordinary Kind i'm with Mexico. She was
republic. and weak and neighbour had done
US the honor TO copy constitution and form ro,erp
ment, and had maintained civil home , Keen il nm
She Of the Spanish American State. which
rom the southern boundary of the United States 10
Horn. the whole OF which had copied our form of govern
meni. and established close political aud commercial rea
tons with us All these States had JUS, cmancipa,rd
themselves from European dominaon adopted the rcpub-
ean aud taken the United States for their mod
ell and acr endthe elder and parental guardian
ct the Gordon OF republics which across tho two
Americas The position Of tho United States the he
OF this long chain OF republics grand and
and imposed upon her enlarged and
which had been carefully acted upon by oil American
statesmen fro tho tmo these Spanish American Stat
began TO establish their indepe ndence Europe had n
systsm OF monarches, consolidated by a holy alianc.
The new world had its OF Republics to be
and united by sympathy and friendship To man,.,n our
position at the head Of this Republican syste m in the now
cherish and pcfpetuate these Rcpublics-to preserve
friendship and their continue IN n. tb.
hnes men'or-to continue them-'n the republican system
ut the world and prevent their relapse into tho
archcal system OF the old word-this was our I'm, nn
noble policy War with any of them would on5,n,.,
that policy for being all OF the origin re,ioo
gaaee customs they would naturally sympahz. with each
othor and in having war with one, tho friendship Of ali
might be jeoparded.
He (Mr b. had endeavored to act upon those en,,ssd
principles originating not with him but with enlightened
statesmen before no came into public ifc lie had endea
'ored To get BACK Texas without with Mexico and
certain II might have been with all eas, nv III,
simple process leaving Mexico and Texas TO make mace
and treating Mexico with the respect and ncs u. 90
sister Repubic-the proud and sensitiy, bec,us.
weak and unable TO contend with The first great er
rot was the annexation treaty of 1872 and the ,na1., i'm
which IT was conducted: that the work of the TYLER
Administration, aud for selfish aud unworthy purnoses
Inc second great error or worse than error the reiec
on OF the Senates alternative resolution and despacb Of
the midnight messenger Texas with absolute resou
ton OF admission, on the night Of tho third March lsi5
that also the work OF the Tyler Administration and in
the last moment OF its expiring existence The 6s IN
these seps-the ,resy-woud have made instant war N
II had been ratified by the Senator the second ,de m, ,
and the great question finish IT, How 10 fni.h
III That the question which every body was pu,rs %
hm and on which every on present. doubt would wish
To hear nm speak But this the sneak non
that point. The time would come but II was no, nov,
His opinions had been asked by the President and CIV,
to him. and approved by him, and in would be given
the public. $780,
But he could say that he relied moro upon polev than
upon arms 10 finish this with week and proud neigh
nv.I
from san Jaclnto TO Cero Gordo and wherever the two
races met from the Gull of Mexico to the B,v of San
Francisco, victories would often as fights came.
but there danger 10 be fearedthe dagger of f,na
cism-and the conversion OF the war into death con.s,
for county and religion The Spanish race IL suscenh
OF deep national emohon-a tanacal emotion-boh reli
gl1usly and politically, and OF which their history r;.h
abundant examples both in the Old aud in the New World
and from the time OF the Carhagenans and the Rom,n,
TO that OF the French under Bonapare Policy more than
arms but combined with arms he considered the road 10
peace.
He would not say that victories alone would not bring
peace-they might do So but no, the kind peace he was
IN search OF. lie wanted the peace which was moi merely
cessation Of hosutes, but restoration of the fu, and
blessings OF peAeethe restoration friendship and com
meree ana OF our position as head and chief parental
guardian Of the Of the republics in The New World
The peace which leaves all the anmositss and rrsen,
ments OF war behind, was the peace which the inter-
esis OF the countries, and the good OF republican sy
lem, and the safety and independence OF two Ameri
cans, required.
Mr. b. said he stood upon ground which no eoud M,
eIPore;he alluded to subjects which he could
he could say hiatt was confound the whole
Mexican PeoPle-the whole eight millions of their m,ed
popuauon-under any one general view, either
morally or intellectually, their feelings towards m.
eoniound this large and mixed under any one gen.
era view and worse 10 either militanly or no.
uealy that view Ii had divisions both Of races
and OF political paiuss and, leaving the ieate mpoye-
hed and depressed part of the Indian race which sgn
he'd nothing politically though the halt OF the whole popu
aon and the sole for day aborers and the rank
and file oil the army-eaving depressed half the
other halt radically and irreconcably divided in polcn
systems, and in all the affections and which result
from that division The largest half the ba
IS republican, and has struggled since 1924 for our form
OF government aud always carry the elections The oh. ,r
Is The monachica and the strongest though nuner
ous, because II has the snews OF war-money and
II rests upon the church and a standing army of non,
twenty thousand officers, and twenty thou
sand men.
The policy Of the republican part leads Them 70 peacc and
friendship with the United States; the policy Of the mon
archists leads them European affections and American
annpahies But there points which they oil unite
the PRIDE OF natlonay-he love Of religion and Of eoun
and which makes them all equally formidable equally s
ceptbe Of being fanatcised both regiously and politically
against foreign invader This untes both parties
US now: but su there great difference between bose
who wish to be friends and those who no-belween
those who willing make permanent and cordial peace
on terms Just and honorable their Country and those
who peace, and II they make one will only in,end
Il for ueacherous and hollow truce This diGeIencc ~
parties should be known the American statesmen and
acted upon Unhsppily the present had given the mo-
narehca party the ascendant the very moment that the
elections were bringing the republicans power and
enabling them to stablsh form OF government
Mr.. H. said he had expressed his opinions publicly and
responsibility the Senate both speeches and in votes
and privately and frankly the President whenever
lie had done more. lie had been willing 20 resign b.
place in the Senate and 90 the field Of operations not So
much TO command armies as TO make military movements
subservcnt TO diplomatic policy, and produce peace
should he restoration Of friendship and mere truce
exofed by force from weakness, and leaving the
ties Of war behind lie who had refused embassies to tho
first Courts OF Europe, willing 60 to Mexico he
who had refused TO let his friends propose him for first
Molor General IN May 1876. which would have put him AZ
the head Of the willing have taken commission
when tho war began take the appearance Of continuing
long, ard Of becoming fanaca and giving strength TO tho
mUnafchical European party. e willing have
ken tho place Of Lieutenant General; for that would
have shocked military feeling aud displayed no mill
tary man. and would have allowed policy approved by
the President, 20 have been completely carried out He
could say this time upon that point but when
the plan which he submitted the President comes 10 be
make known, IL would be that the military men would
have bad nothing TO complain of-that General Taylor;
instead Of struggling Buona Vista with 5000 against
2OOOO, would have been advancing Santa Anna with
2OOOO that General Scott, ns cad Of enenched army
AT Cero GordO. would probably have found tho road open
TO Mexico that the Generals would have probably
met sooner at the city Of Mexico aud found
attended by diplomatic mission, nationally constituted
both IN geographical and in n pOtcal sense and pre-
pared to take advantage Of all the way to
a so ID and lasting peace.
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