Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1847-10-30


correct In the second there be loss of honor If the
people, even at the eleventh hour take upon themselves to
review and reverse the eng action Of their Government
These are the real positive questions propounded by the
existing crisis 1t is these that the thoughts of must
be directed They present the actual merits Of the that
IS to be decided For if The can be abandoned without
wrong and dshono ought to be abandoned having been
commenced unnecessarily unfortunately, and without ade-
quate knowledge or consideration OF its probable results
FOR ourselves free TO declare that we scarcely
imagine any national act dgnhed, more noble, than
would be the act Of the American people, through their re-
IN Congress- duly instructed to that end calm
and conscientiousy reviewing the war in all its incidents
and features from its origin the present hour, and, being
IN conscience satisfied that ought to declaring that it
shall cease This would be- conceive magnificent
realization Of republican theory which holds out the Go
vernment as only the servant of the people, the creature OF
their VIII, and the mere agent OF their authority.
FROM THE CINCINNATI DAILY CHRONICLE.
THE NEGOTIATION AND IT'S CONSEQUENCES
Now that the Administration has refused to make peace
face OF their declared anxiety for peace, the country should
inquire what has been refused and what has been asked
Let every man remember that the Government has
yet dared 10 say that it carried this for conquest al
though it has conquered in fact Democratic meetings
continually passing resolutions that the object Of this is
not conquest but to obtain peace and indemnites.
Now compare these declarations with the results of the
negotiation Mr. Trist demands all the country the Rio
Grande-all of New Mexico-al Of Upper California
all of Lower California The Gulf of California and the
Colorado of the South be the boundary This
territory of six hundred thousand square miles, equivalent
in surface to fifteen States like Ohio. Now is there
living who will hold up his head and say, pursu
ing this for coagest This peaceful Just republican
Government whose declarations in all its public documents
from first to last have been for peace equality and justice
now proclaims In this negotiation that is breaking the peace
of the world and sending armies thousands of miles over
foreign territories for conquest
Let us look at what Mexico offered. Santa Anna,
through the commissioner, offered the United States Up
per California and all the territory north Of so. This
cuded the Bay Of San Francisco River Sacramento and
all the Pacific territory which of any real value to the
United States From the 49o Of latitude he northern end
OF Oregon) to the 37 is eight degrees of aude-abou five
hundred miles Of Pacific coas-whch would then belong to
the United States including the mouth of the Columbia river
and the Bay of Francisco Mr. Trist claimed
l. All OF California.
O. The whole country between the Nueces and the Rio
Grande.
g. A right of way over the Isthmus of Tehuantepec
Now observe that of these three claims Upper California
was the only one for which the American people cared cop
per- Lower California is barren territory and the right of
way over the shmus OF Tehuantepec not worth the
Bile OF asking for it to any part of the American nation. II
is humbuggo up believe for the purpose of making
an additional claim upon Mexico and covering the papabe
plumbers of the Administration with little smoke.
Did Mr. Tst offer to yield these absurd demands con-
tton OF having part all the territory between the Nue.
and the Rio Grande We have evidence that he
did and without that there is no evidence that proper e
forts have been made for peace.
Of the territory between the Nueces and the Rio Grande
must be ecoeced by all persons that Government has
admitted it territory in dispute "a very different thing
territory held in absolute right must also be recoleced
hat is not north Stra,o, and 1t is covered with the
'actt family, and other plants indicative of the barren
soil is further to be recoected that that and all other
matters in dispute, the legitimate subjects Of compromise
Now, look how the thing stands practically before the
American people On the hand Mexico oilers peace and
Carntaa territory with bays and rivers the Pacific
equivalent in magnitude 10 SIC of States. Admit that
ought TO claim the Nueces country, in matter of bargain
Upper California worth ten Of it.
The conclusion Of the tcioe matter them is that the Pre-
dent and his Cabinet have pessed seek peace and have
eected it, although .nied by and valua-
'e territory This is the fact and of argument or
'ophistry make il any thing else.
Now, what TO be the conseguences2 Whether the de-
iecson be right wrong the consequences likely to be
erous beyond all previous IDEAS l. The will be con-
inued aud, according the declarations of the Union with
ncasion and occupation This will require a standing army
u about fifty thousand and annual expense Of
hundred millions How long this is last no one can tell
More territory will be taken and the STARE question at
nce agated and there party bounds strong enough
control IT, How, then, any treaty he ratified What
lave the slave States TO gain by this agitation The time
when they longer control the politics of this
country and whatever may be thought if an agitation is
,nce raised, it will overcome them.
continued war, enormous expense, and slave aga-
ion the consequences of the the Administration has
pursued in this negotiation. In the end not only the Ad-
but the party which belongs must lose by
: and the Southern Democracy who have supported
emeny the measures of this Administration, will find that
overwhelmed in ruins unless they make peace either by
reaty or by taking defensive line.
FROM THE nALTIMonE AMERICAN