The northern galaxy. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1844-1848, 1847-03-16
Speech of MIR. COrWin.
fCoNCLUDED.)

TO fight for their ishts. They could not fight
for them in their own country. Well, they
fought for their rights. They conquered
iheml They conquered peace Laugh
teri They were your citizens-uot Next
cans. They were recent emigrants TO thai
country They went there for the very pur
pose of sezing on that country, and making
il a free and independent Republic. with the
view. as some Of them said, OF bringing IL into
the American Conlederacy in due time. Is
this poor Celtic brother of yours in Mexico
is The Mexican man Sunk so low that he
cannot hear what fills the mouth and cal oil
rumor all over this country! lie knows thai
his is the settled purpose of some of your
people He knows that yOui avarice has fixed
his eagle glance on these rich acres IN Mexl
co, and that your proud power counted the
number that could he brought against you.
and that your ayarice and your power toseth-
CT marched on TO The subJugation of the third
or fourth part Of the Republic of Mexico,
and took it from her. They knew this, and
know ing it. what must have been the feeling
and sentiment in the mind of the President OF
the United States, when he tells you thai
with such a peoplc-wilh a people at least in
their own opinion so deeply injured by us,
as were these Mexicans-he entertained that
divine, benevolent sentiment-a desire TO pre-
serve peaceful relations " ith the Republic OF
Mexico
This republic of Texas comes under the
government of the United States, and it hap
pens that The minister resident al your CourI
and ii is pretty respectable Court, Mr.
President-we have something of King
not Ion life, il is true, but quldronnial scrt
Of mouarch, who does very much rs he
p'eascs,-ihe minister resident at that Courl
| ofyours stated at the time that this revOlted
province Of Texas was claimed 10y Mexico,
| that if you received it rs one Of the sovereign
states of this Union, right or wrOng-it was
impossible TO reason with this people about il
they would consider it as an act Of hostility.
| Did you consult the national feeling Of Mcxi-
co then?
Not at all. You srurned it away as a weak
aud trivial thing, hose complaints you would
not even hear; aud when she murmured in
humble supIcancy and legged of you not
to do this, which must disuib the peaceful re-
latiuns Of the two countries. while she was al
the same time acknonl lodging her debts TO
your citizens, and agreeing to the award OF
YOUR Commissioners, who had given 10 them
Two and a half millions of money, 10 be paid
out of her treasury, and which could be got
only by forced loans from her own citizens
| he begged of YOU, while doing all this. not
20 enter on this new plan, but TO lei this re-
public Of Texas alone-if independent, 10 let
her enjoy her independence--if fec, to lei
her enjoy unmixed freedom calmly and Sc
curely, as she said size could, i'll defiance Of
| Mexico. But you said No | will strengthen
mine own arm by uniting 10 this body Of the
United States that which has been severed
from yours by citizens of this country. ] will
throw the political shield of my institutions
around her liberties, aud the sword Of my
power around her rights, and there it sha II
stand as that which guarded Eden, turning
every way
That's the way you threatened Mexico
Her minister. in spite of his remonstrance-
failing leaves this country. He leaves, tel
ling you that because you brought yourselves
into this hostile relation 10 his country, IL
was impossible for him to remain at your
Court as accredited Envoy Extrao Urinary
Well, what did You dol Alter some time
you were told that il is likely The republic OF
Mexico will receive from you, il you Will
condesccnd TO send him, an amba ssador TO
treat to this question Of boundary between
Texas and the United States. Now, Mr..
President, what did il become the great peo-
pie of the United States to do when that prof
fer was made by this weak, degraded, CON
temptibIe aud condemned Mexico! Why,
youf minister goes there. A minister OF the
first grade-just as though all your relations
with Mexico were Of the most pacific charac-
teri A man then trembling on the toite'ine
throne OF some faction which he represented.
SAYS to your minister, In Gods name, delay
this mission Don't ask to be received! II
we receive minister from the United States
TO treat with ms on this thing, we shall be de-
thrcned. lose our power and you will entirely
fail in your object
What does your minister do They feh
/ him at the same time, Come in The character
! Of a commissioner TO treat about the question
of boundary. and you may be received.
speak. Mr.. President, in general terms Of the
correspondence between Mr.. Slidell and Inc
Mexican official at that tune, whoever ne
was. What does your minister do! Oh
his heat painting for peaee-desiring above
all things to treat these despised Mexicans IL
such way that not a shadow Of complain