Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1847-03-11
speech Of Gen. Cass.

! We give below a very brief synopsis of the speech
Of Gen. Cass, in reply TO Mr. Calhoun, the Three
Million Bill. We regret that we unable to give
Gen. Casss speech in full but makes nine col
umns in the Washington Union, and as we are very
much crowded at present with other matters, it is
impracticable. We shall endcavor present copous
extracts. at least, within short period
Mr.. Cass said he did with the Senator from
South Carolina the danger Of the county. II
never more proud prosperous and happy than AT this
moment He rising cloud, big a
mans hand, threatening widespread ruin We had to
be sure border war; but il was felt but little and the
worst it could would be a disgacefu abandon
II could be abandoned any time, if necessary
lie did not know what were the purposes Of the Pres-
dent, any more than any one here He did not know
that he intended acquire California; but if he could
do So would be the greatest acquisition that could be
obtained. Gen. Jackson attempted acquire il and
snce the eyes of the country bad been fixed upon
H. The exienon of our territory ought 10 be the wish
Of every phanthropist. The man now born who
would live to the population Of this country equal
that of China. No limit could be put the OF
rising population. 1t could be said that any
tent Of Territorial limits would endanger insiiu
tons. We had now new messenger. The question Of
Job answered. Will thou send the lightning
that il may 60 and say here" Yes-the winged
lightning, the proof of Gods power in the tempest
our messenger, and enabled tell all in the
distant paris OF The continent that we are here.
Formerly, required seventeen days send message
to Detroit Ii had often required days GO from
this city 10 Baltimore. Now could exchange
with Baltimore twenty times day.
There no disposition to deal hardly with Mexico
We had Claims upon her, and enough cover, in
demniiy, California and New Mexico. But we do not
demand that. We propose 20 meet the excess of the
value OF this territory by payment TO Mexico out OF
Treasury.
When this proposition made, last August, nearly
every Senator was in favor of IT. Now il was stgmaized
as bribery. But bribery done 10 secret This
compensation openly offered; it known 10 the
whole worId-EuroPean, Asiauc, and Aztec.
There were but three ways TO get rid Of the war; One
lol.
"a line of 2 900 miles, from the Gulf Of Mexico The
Pacific. Our forcs could be, any time, off de-
tail by the concentrated forces OF our enemy. The
enemy could fall upon IN time of sickness. We
follow him. for then would go the line, and
abandon plan No public treasury could bear such
an expense, and public sentiment could endure the
disgrace. There never, in all history, but
pagn like ii-that the campaign of Sysiphus. We
should roll the long he did, and TO the same
purpose, in this The line talked of by the gentle
man from South Carolina be a wall US, but
to our enemies. The force which he proposes, would
allow but man TO each mile of the line.
Mr.. c. went into many views to show that the defen-
sve line would be OF use-and would not the
war, its expenses.
Il did follow that because the offensive,
was therefore Of conquest. Our with England
offensive but did expect to conquer England
So carry offensive against Mexico, but it
is not therefore war of conquest We want treaty
peace-cession
What should we do with Mexico, if we conquered it?
asked the Senator of South Carolina Why just nothing
at all, said Mr. Cass. lie admitted that The
could be anal amated was II well they should
be- He agreed that there a fate that common 10
both countriesbut fate of disconnecton, of
connection-and there nothing " mysterious in it,
as The Senator from S. c. had said.
The third mode to prosecute the war to termlna
ton and that was, in his opinion, the only way do it,
Ii iudispensaby necessary TO take this course 1t
said that the Mexcans would resist forever and with
desperation Ii might be But people seldom fought
for the pleasure of getting killed. They seldom
resisted desperately unless in opposition
Bile demand. But Mexico could have for such
resistance. The loss Of her commerce. the loss of all
her cities, would unquesonaby bring her to her Senses
and dispose her to do justice.
II is that there another enemy, the Senator
from South Carolina said, that had to encounter
Mexico Ii true that there siekly season
there when said man, sit still die Our gov
eminent be careful not expose troops the
danger Of the yellow fever
Whatever said here made known to the whole
world Every word would be scanned by the Mexican
public and leaders Was it well, therefore, say
them from this chamber that could longer prose-
cute the war-that volunteers disheartened-
and that could obtain more money men to
carry It on.
Mr.. Cass then entered into historical of the
origin OF difficulties with Mexico and defended The
course adopted by government in recognizing the