Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1847-12-30

n more snlendd snectace n examine more high
10 usefnl To mnnkind Mt large. canpo, well be [
conceived than that of the victorious forces of
tho Tinted states Voluntarily abandoning all their
conouests. without reouirincr ANYTHING else than
that which was strictly due TO our citizens.
- -. 90. ,r,or
~ Il, i.l'uS c,,,,.,.d oiair, Of 10Y
~ sa,G ua' ,nv ,ho Nnacos and the
d. MI ,'s *, ,rroo,cs, in,nedi,non, to ncace
~, ,his ,h,ro can 6o M doubt. For il relin.
onisbinc Tho snir, IF military conquest. nothing
Iii h roa,,i,pd I'm, tho ,ndcmni,ias dnc IN our
ci,iyens ,bn limited States have only to accept
,ho forms ,yhich have boen offered by The Mex.
oa, Cn"o.n,or, II consents IN vield n tnrr,to.
70 Gyo do,,oos IF ln,itnde or nn1rlv 35g miles
j., hro,d,6 onL eytc,,diny from New Mexicu 10
,h, pnciGc Anhouph tho greater pnr of this
il mir wnr,blns,. vSt tho norton of California
lvin,r Lo,woon The Sierra Nrveda and the paci-
Gc enJ Including the mort of SIN Francisco. is
cer,oiniv worth ,nnch moro Than The amount of
in1en,niiios instlv due TO orr ci izens. 1t is on
To- in orJer 10 satisfy those claims. that an Access
sion of territory NAV become necessary.
II il no, believed that the Exucuriyc will favor
The wild suggestions of a suhupaton, or annex.
o,i,n nf the wbole of Noyico mr. oranv oriis in.
terror nrovinces, Anil iii understand the terms
offered bv Mr. Trist tho,e was no intention to
include within the e..ions reoured the Prov
;nco of Nov Novic, I'm, tho demand Of both
n "A
more Than thirteen hnnIred miles in length Qat.
% degs to II dens..l Is cXtravacant ana unne-
cessatv. The Peninsula Is ultnrelher worthless
and there is nothing worth contcndinr Tor South
of San Diero. or about lat 81 dprs
In saving thai. if cuuouest is not the object of
the war, and if the pretended claim of Texas to
the Rio del Norlo shall be abandoned there can
not be any nsuperabe obstacle to the restoration
of pence il is hv no means intended to assert
Al. ,t.
~ are ot This time nrnDcr And I aporehpnd that
tho dilI,rnnt viows of tho subipct entertained nv
,Loso ,,ln si,cn,oiy lcsiro n .nrodv AMI ;ust
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pe"O'' "'oy O..a'o 'o''o u;'noo' ', i t
SUM- i,'Poit""t 1o"s'Io'"'lon9 "n'u" ''ay '0
In. 'io " suO'.
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"ouu o"iy ilc'ee a. te'','o'y sun'C'e"' iu' nc NV
PURPOSE anu leaEe II III ,ie Po9SessIo" Vi VIC ~
n,tou ''o'e' u"''' 'o "'''''''''e' '' o1'" ''''y
pay, -
were 10 iisleh eNcius'c'y 20 my o"n lee'-
i'es anu upuoHS, "ou'u soy' maj 1t NC P'oP-
osulons Wii'Gh nave attempted 10 es!uo.'sn "l'
IT ntl liot li's.uhcIl III NY Ni
.Nioi', u,u' t'I wal was unP'oNOhCu 'y '"0 w
leans, ana nus oeeh one OF injurious uSS'ess'o"
on our part II necessarily lo!lo"s tha'' UceoIu-
ing 10 me uictutos OF justice tne Ohlteu otates
are nouhu 70 luGctnhliy tleli, loI huVIhS iNuueu
thelr territory, oomolTdeu 'Helr 'o"hs' ana iuiilc
yea an tIie nisef'eS o. war Oh PcoP'c' ""o welI
nsh'HS III ue,eHCc Vi .ic" own "Oi"cs' II al
ihis oe true' tue United states wou!u give out an
inadequate compensation lot inc injuries tlCy
nave 'nnicleo, ny assuming inc Pay'hehI Vi '''e
ihGehhitieS justly que 10 their own ctlZehs.
Even II a iair purchase OF territory should DC
ne 10y 20 uU,i = ~ 1t Nc Ia,
! Or rnasons m or,lcr thnl !, shnnd nat have the
| onnonra,'o, ~ hai,,,r 1o.,l ~, uaviro 'rhorn
az aI, 40 in,rnri.,r, cor.,leratinns IN winch
!, 40, No ;,,,rrara. - ooI q, ,hi. ,i.oo tho
n,hIic oiton,ion
ar nInmI,,io, p,ov =, ,h;s FIN, ba ossuped
nc o",orYtin,r N iwnn,v ,nillions Ahbongh the
r,,i, of roi,,poI ircrnos.o has already been loss
anod f,o'', ,hir,, throo =, nbon, ,L;riy nor cont
in 70, ,sars ," ,he Gefcencs has hoe1 and will
u:ohabIv continne' tor while IN he conoonsn.
led bv ihe nrodiGious increase of inui1ratior
from FOREIGN countries. An increase of thirty
rer cent yould add to our populalon SIX mil.
lions. within ten. and near fourteen millions il
twenty wears Al tho rate Of orlv twelty-fyt
per cent it will add five millions in ten, ant
mo;e than eleven millions in twenty wears. Tina
RI the Ielte uuCultlyatel land within the limits
the States admitted. or Immediately admissible
IN the Union, could sustain three times that mum
Der is indubilabe. But the indomitablc energy
The locomotive pgopeusites, and ali the habits o
the settlers of new countries are such, that, lao
even the united efforts Of both Governments Cal
Oh will prevent their occupying within twenty
not within ten years every district, far us th
Paciic, and Whether within the limits of the U
ned States OF Of Mexico, which shall not hav
previously been actually and bona fdc occupied
and settled by Others. 1t may be said that hi
, is iustifiable by Natural Law; that for the sam
/ reason, which sets aside the right of discovery
4 if not followed By actual occupation within
i reasonable time, the rights Of Spain and AleXi-
have been forfeited by their neg ect, or nablii
h ~, during period Of three hundred years,
: COLOMBO a country. which, during the whole {
that DerioJ. inv held uujspuled by any othe
). foreign nation. And it NAV perhaps be obser,
ed that. had the Government ofthe United State
- waited for the opera,on of natural and irresist
n Bile causes. these alone would have given then
y without n war. more than thew wan, at this m,
ment.
However nl,usibic NIL This NAV npDcar. it
nevcr,haIosI nor,.in ,L., !, ,yiU Ia nm ocouis
Tim nr ,n,ri,or c,r ,ha hnnaf, of thr nrnnle
l. H. Ir;,I - ,;, g Ii.