Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1847-12-15

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IN Ihe present war. In its prosecution we 4,
seek not her overthrow as nation, but in,
vindicating our national honor, we seek to-
obtain redress for the wrongs she has. done
US, ana indemnify for just demands against
her, 80 We demand an honorable pence, and
that peace must bring with it indemnify for
the past, and security for the future. ~ III ith-.
erto Mexico has refused all accommodation !,
by which such Il peace could be obtained,
Whilst our armies have advanced frona. !
victory to victory, from the commencement
of the war, it has always been with the OIL !;
| i've branch Of peace 10, their hands, and it i.
has been asthepover al. Mexico. al every. =
step by a['sseptihs
One great obstacle TO the attainment of 4
peace has undoubtedly arisen from the fact
that Mexico has been so long held in SUBJ
lection by 0ne faction Or military usurper,
after, another And such has been the
condition of insecurity in which the success
i've governments have been placed, that
each has been deferred from making peace, !,
lest for this very cause rival faction might
eypel it from power. Such was the fact Of
President .Herrea's administration in 1886,
for being disposed even to listen TO the war,
as is fully confirmed by The official CORES.
pondence which took place n the month Of
August last, between him and his govern
ment, copy Of which is herewith commu.
nicated. For this cause alone, the resolu. ?
tion which displaced him from power was
set on foot by Gen Paroles. Such may be
the condition Of insecurity Of the present
government.
There can be no doubt that the peaceable
and well disposed Inhabitants of Mexico
are convinced that it is the true interest Of
their country to conclude an honorable
peace with the United States, but the ap-
! prehenson OF becoming the victims Of some
military faction or usurpef, may have pre-.
vented them from manitesting their feelings
by any public net. The removal of any
such apprehension would probably cause
| them to speak their sentiments freely, and
10 adopt the measures necessary for the res.
toration Of peace With n people distract.
ed and divided by contendng factions, and
a government subject to colistalit changes
by successive revolutions, the continued
success Of our arms may fall TO secure d
satisfactory peace. In such an event it
may become proper for our commanding
4 generals in the field to give encouragement
and assurance Of protection to the friends of
peace in Mexico, in the establishment and
maintainance Of free Republican govern.
4 ment OF their own choice, always willing
to conclude n peace which would be just to
them, and socuro tho indemnify, =, dem nd,
This mayIbecome the only ntsde Of oh.
tainingSsuch peace. Should such be the
result, the war which Mexico has forced
upon US would thus be converted into uh
enduring blessing to herself After finding
her torn and distracted by factions and ruled
by military usurpers, we should then leave
her with Republican govefhmehh in the
enjoyment of real Independence domestic
peace. and prosperity, performing all her
| relative duties in the great fnmily of ma
tions, and promoting her own happiness BY
wise laws and their faithful execution. ,i4o.H
| Ii after uffording this encouragement and
protection, if after all the pe-sevefing and
sincere efforts we have made from the mo.
ment Mexico commenced the war and prior
10 that time to adjust our differences with
her. we shall ultimately fail, then we shall
have exhausted all honorable means in
pursuit of peace, and must continue to &C.
cupy her country with our troops, taking
the full measure of indemnity into our own
hands, and must enforce the terms which
our honor demands. 'f.* Pa i.'a4 -54s.- r.
To act otherwise, in the existing state Of
things in Mexico, and to withdraw our ar
my without a peace, would not only leave
the wrongs Of which we complain unre-
dressed, but would be the signal for new
and fierce civil dissensions and new revo-
lutons, all alike hostile 10 peaceful relations
with the United States F~-
Besides, there is danger, if our troops
were Withdrawn before peace was conclu.
ded, that the Mexican people, wearied with
Isuccessiyeirevolutions, and deprived of pro.
lection for their persons and property,
might at length be inclined to yield to- for.
eign influence, and to cast themselves into
the arms of some European Monarch for
lprotection from the anarchy and suffering
which would ensue. This for our own Z
safety, and in pursuance Of our established
policy, we should be compelled to resist.
we could never consent that Mexico should
be thus converted into monarchy, gov !
erned by foreign Prince. - -
Mexico is our next neighbor, and her
boundaries are coterminous with our own,
through the whole extent, across the North
American Continent, from ocean to ocean.
Both politically and commercially we have
the deepest interest in her regeneration and
prosperity: Indeed, it it so impossible that
with any just regard to our own safety, we
can never become Indifferent to her fate.
1t may he that the Mexican Government
and people have misconstrued or misunder-
stood our forbearance and our objects, in
desiring to conclude m amicable adjust
ment of the existing differences between the
two countries. ..: -
They may have supposed that we would
submit to terms degrading TO the nation, or :.
they may have drawn false inferences from
the supposed division of opinion in the u
nited States on the subject Of the war, and
many have calculated to gain much by pro
tracing it, and indeed that we might ulti-
matelyc abandon it altogether, without in, /,
sisting on any NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. or
otherwise. Whatever may have been the
fn lSe inonressiono ,,odar which thav haya