Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1847-12-09


war, in the unensaable and humiliatirg
attitude of tyrants and oppressors-
commencing and carrying on a war a.
yainst Mexico without proTocation or
Just cause.
Mr.. Clay further declares, that ave
do not want the mines, the mountains.
the morasses, and the stefffe lands of
Mexico. 70 her the Toss of them
would be humillating, and be a rerpet-
ua1 soofse of regret and modification.
TO US they might prove fatal acqui-
sition, producing distraction, dissen-
sion, division, possibly disunion. Let,
therefore, the integrity Of the nationaIex-
aas1vns-c and national territory of Mexi-
CO remain unds!u,bed. For one, I de
sire to see no part Of her territory torn
from her by acar.'' This & clara,ion
against taking forcible possession and
permanently retaining, tpahc~t any
equiuolenf, any portion of the territory
of Mexico, is utterly gratuitous and un-
fair, amounting, as it does, by the fair
est inference, 10 an assumption on
the part of Mr.. Clay, that the grand
object of the President is to conquer
and take possession Of "Mexico, in all
its boundless extent" for the purpose
of annexing it to the United Sta,es.-
Now,we venture to say, that no such a
design or idea, at which Mr.. Clay pro-
fesses to be so exceedingly "shocked
and alarmed" WAS ever entertained for
moment, either by the President or
his cabinet. Wien the administration
shall asow that the object Of the war is
to conquer and annex Mexico to the u.
States, it will be time enough for Sir
Oracle and his party to denounce it,
AT present, when so monstrous a
scheme has not been ad9ocai d in any
quarter entitled to serious considera-
ton, we confess that this looks like one
ofthe spokes in the great "raw-head-
and bloody bones" electioneering par
ic-whecl which OUR opponents are
wont to roll over the country, thunder
ing "acar, pestilenee and tamine'' in
the ears of the people, just before i'm
portant elections. In vain are the
s.sokes of this great wheel knocked out
by sae Hercules Of history; for, like
the discovered heads of the Lernian
H1 dra, where one is knocked out TWO
others spring up in the place Of IT,
When our friend, Jolas, of Pennsy!va.
MIA, shall be called upon 10 scar the
ends of these "fe1lows," as they are
knocked out, then, like the Hydra,
shall they be destroyed, "root and
branch"
But although Mr.. Clay is unwilling
TO take any Mexican territory "by wars
yet he is willing to acquire, by pur-
chase, "the bay of San Francisco in
Upper California" Between him and
the President, we presume there exists
no difference Of opinion on this SUBJ
ject. They stand upor equal grounds
here. atuJ XII
What are, in view Of the .doc-
trines of Mr.. Clay's manifesto, the du-
ties of the Wings in the presen: Con-
gress, relative to the further prosecu-
ton of this war? For what specific
"purposes and objects'' will they de-
clare it shall be longer continued p
indemnify is. out of ,he.4 Question: The
acquisition Of territory IS monsirous-
"conquering a peace" is impossible
They will recommend a farther pro.
secuiion for these objects. Perhaps
they will declare that the object Of the
war, in future, shall be to ascertain and
define the boundary line between Mex
leo and Texas! They aret to determine
where the boundary line shall be- our
army shall be Withdrawn from the Ter
ritory of Mexico and be planted upon
that line; thus acknowledging, that
although, as Mr., Clay said at the COM
mencement of his address, the war was
the consequence of the annexation Of
Texas TO the United States" zoe are
only fighting for doun dairy line be-
tween Texas and Mexico What stu
pendous folly! s