Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1847-02-26

before can form my Judgment
But am to- take it for granted that there must
b. some prospect OF an end of this dreadful war
Tor it is n dreadful war. being aS believe III
my conscience it is an unjust war. 1t is posi-
bic that for three millions YOU can purchase
peace with Mexico llowl By the purchase
of California Mr. President know not what
facts the Chairman Of the Committee of Foreign
Affairs may have had access to. know not
what secret agents have been whispering INTO
the ears OF thcauthoritic- of Mexico but ct one
thing am certain. That by Il ccsSlnn ct 'hl'lor-
MIA and New Mexico you can never purchase Il
peace with Mexico.
You may wrcSt provinces from Mexico ny
wor--vou may hold them by the right ot the
etronuc .t--yo,imar ,ob her, bat treaty of peace
TO that effect 1.-THE people OF Mexico. lcgitma-
tclv had. Won never will have thank God !
that il is So n well for tlIa Mexican paoplc--tor !
unlike the Senator from Alabama (NIr. Baghy.) |
! do not vl ic the If ol II citizen of the United .
States above the lives OF an hundred thousand /
Mexican women and childrcn--a rather cold /
sort of philanthropy in my iudgmrnt--iort the
skc of Mexico then rcuicc that it is IN npoS- /
sibili,v that You can obtain by treaty from hor
ioSe territories in the existing state of things.
But how is it What do vou mean
Here comes the Senator from Michigan and
TIC S..nltor from Missouri. at the head of the
Committee Of Military AilhirS. and demand OF
us thirty millions Of money and ten thousand re-
yular trools--tn do what to conquer Il peace
,f thos, ohsti:a Cells WHO will not give it till
we beat them still farther. We are told that is
the way 10 do it, There is very curions and
sud commXiure of things on the other side OF
the CMmbcr. Scarcely have these military
r.ntlcmrn--thcir instruments all bullets and
rnnpowder--mlde their drmlnd-, when up
comes the Scnrtor from Arkansas mir. Scricr)
with three millions of dollar, in his hlt--nphing
warlikc about him--(a laugh the trumpet oI
war i. taken from his lips, and he comes in soil
and gentle measure and says to the poor tcIt.
:" In Gods name since vou don't wait to be Kill
led and slaughtered. let Us lay aside the spear Of
Achillcs--thcrc j. the olive of Minerva in the
shape Of American doll9rs. according 10 our
Yankee fashion y a langh)
don't understand this. Ii We are 10 vin1i-
cate our rights by b,ttlrs--in bjupIy fields OF
war--ct lis do it. If that is not The plan. why
then let us call back our ar;hcs into our own
territories and propose Il treaty with Mexico.
based upon tIn proposition that money is better
for her and land is better for w. Thus we can
treat Mexico like an equal and do honor to our
selves. But what is it yon ask You have
now taken from Mexico one fourth of her terri
tory. and you now propose to run ilnc comrrr-
bending about another third. and for what
ask. Mr.. President for what What has McXi-
CO got from you for parting with two-thrds Of
her domain She has givcn You ample redress
for every injury of which you have complained.
She has submitted to the award os your Com
riis,ioncrs and up to the time ui the rupture with
Texas faithfully paid It.
In return, up comes your Ango-Saxon gen
tlelnan with the New Testament IN one hand
md Bill OF Rights in the otiIcr--yonr cvan9cli-
cal Colonel ana law-practicing Divine, Don
Walter Cotton. vino gives up Christ sermon
on the mount quits the New Testament and be-
fakes HIM to Blackstone and hcht--ls elected
Justice OF thc pPacc--'aEeN possession oi ,"ll-
fornla--aid instead oi leac'''hE inc way o! re-
pehtancc ana pan OF atpnemrht 10 inc inSera-
Die hcathch' holGs one "' 'oIt pistols ~ hiS car
ana says axe Una ny jury Or Inc
Remainder ct tins sentence was lost III The &C.
neral bnrHt OF laughter WiHch mere broke FORM
from al parts OF tue Ihihlrr.
What Is the territory, Mr. PRESIDENT. winch
von propose to Wr'sl from n'N''o II Is Goa
secra.eu 10 'he hrart OF inc AeA,'au ny 'h''iy i
WeH-longht 1aI'c WIN ms oIu ''N'l'',A muster
his bunker mus ana NAra'ogaS an" lothto"h,
are there ! me Mexican can say mere
b.ed Tor merry ana shil.l surrender 'la' con-
tetrated home OF my affections To Inc Anglo
Saxon invaders " nat do they want with 1t
They have Texas already. lh'y have posses
scd themselves oi the territory between The Nu-
COS and Rio Granlc. What else 10 they want
10 what shall point my children rs memorials
oi that independence winch b'Iuralh olhcm
when those ba'ilc-!elds have passed from my
possession ?
GA had one come and dcmandcd Uunorl tll
&c the people Of A!asSacAusclts--had FL, gland
Lion rampant on his field Of Tnd. ever showed
himself there. is there Il man over 3 OF under
% who would not have been there TO meet him
i, there a river on this Continent that would
not have ran red with blood. there a field of
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