The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1847-11-06
~. Dallas ana the Mexicans.

Mr.. Dallas and the Mexicans.
"b there a man N This country,'' asks Mr..
Dallas, in his Pittsburg speech, "spho is triling
10 iatict upon He people Of Merico more Of sy-
Jertng than they hare already endured2 lido not
believe there isH
At the time of publishing this speech, some
few days ago, the Washington Union took oc-
casion to pronounce that part Of it which re-
lated to the Mexican war eminently sound and
patriotic, and recommended its views to the
special admiration of its readers.
After this cordial Endorsement Of Mr.. Dali
lass philanthropic sentiment, and also Of his
further memorable declaration, that "we ask''
of the Mexican government ''onLy their own
solemn pledge, that we shall not be wronged
hereafter with impunity," it was hardly to be
expected that the Union would grow so fanatic
as to insist upon the complete humiliation Of
that unhappy people for whom Mr.. Dallas ex-
pressed SO tender a sympathy, and from whom,
he asserted, we required so little, Yet so il
is. The Union, forgetful alike Of the Vice
Presidents benevolence, and its own accord
ance, thus delivers itself:
"Mexico must now be made to feel-and the
sooner the better-that the question Of the
continuance Of te war is, indeed, fast becom-
ing to her a question Of national existence. She
must be made to feel that, in thus rejecting our
just and liberal overtures Of peace, she is
placing herself Wholly beyond The pale Of further
6rbearance at our hands, n y She must be
: made to know that, henceforth, at least, this
war is hers-tho result of her own deliberate
election-and 50 to be borne by her, in the
{ full extent of its evils and its burdens Our
p trork Of subiugdtion and conquest must go on ra-
: pfdly, with augmented forces, and, as far as
n possible, at the expense Of Mexico herself
From Merican contributions, lepied aud seigea
= If need be, by the strong hand, our armies mus
be now subsisted and supported in the field
n v Heneeforth we must seek peace, ant
compel it, by inRictiag upon the enemy AILT H
: EVILS OF wAR!m
We have already explained to our readers
q and no one, thus far, undertaken to dispute GU
u figures, thai the "iust and liberal overtures" Il
which the Union refers, demanded Of Mexico
in round numbers 100000 square miles, o
nearly one-half Of her entire territory; and i
! is because she declined to give us this, that he
t'national existence'' is now threatened an
it is openly declared, that the policy formerl
10 recommended by the Union, is to be adopted
h and her palaces and churches are to be sacke
Sc and stripped, and he5cherished memorials
&c her earlier history and the consecrated en-
lg blems Of her ancient religion are TO be ''seizet
le if need be, by the strong hand; - and her pee
pie, placed "whoIly beyond the pale Of ful
rs Their forbearance,n are to be subjected to 'taI
the evils of war;" IL
/" To all the evils of war! And this was wriI
ten by a Virginian, who has some memory c
the horrors of Hampton!- by a citizen {
ID Washington who cannot have forgotten whe
e. the British torches were applied to the capita
We Are we, then, to have flaming towns and shriel
OF ing women, and murdered babes, and unive
sal devastation and calamity, and every devic
is Of horror that goes to make up sail the evils
gs war'' which one Christian people can impoi
lg upon another!
Id This is, at least, the recommendation of ii
at Union, whose wrath points at the destructio
e. of the "national existence'' of Mexico, an
the entire "subjugation'' of her people. "
er shall not comment upon the furious spirit
ce the Union in the way that it merits. But no
o. painfully must all these savage exhortations
er. blood and massacre Of the government org'
Sc CRATE upon the amiablo feelings of Mr.. Dall0
is, who does not believe there is "a man in tn
let country wro is willing to inhict upon the pc
lst pie of Mexico more of suffering than thu
he have already endured .n-.4naericon and Gas.