Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1847-12-11

Papal See.
But suppose it to be Impossible tina, those
who favor, if there be any who favor the an.
nexaiIon of Mexico to the United States. can
think that II ought 10 be perpetually governed
by military sway. Certainly no yotary of nus
man liberty could deem it right that violation
should be perpettated Of the great principles
OF our own revolution, according to which,
avs ought not TO be enacted and taxes ought
not to be levied, without representation on The
part OF those who are 10 obey the one, and pay
the other. Then, Mexico is to participate in
ur councils and equally share in our egsla-
non and government But, suppose she would
not voluntarily choose representatives 10 the
national Congress, is our soldiery to follow the
electors TO the ballotbox, and by force to COM
pei them, at the point Of the bayone,, to deposi,
their ballots? And how are the nine millions
OF Mexican people TO be represented in the Goa
gress Of the United States Of the Republic OF
Mexico combined? Is every Mexican, without
regard tn color or caste. per captum, 10 exer-
else the elective franchise? How is the quota
OF representation between the two Republics,
10 be fixed! Where is their Seat of Common
Government to be established? And who can
furesee or foretell, if Mexico, voluntarily or Uy
force. were 10 share in the common govern
ment what would be the consequences to her
or TO us? Unprepared, as fear her population
yet is. for the practical enjoyment Of self gov
eminent, ard Of habits, customs, language,
laws and religion, SO totally different from cur
own, we should present the revolving spectacle
of confused distracted, and motley govern.
ment. We should have Mexican Party,
Pacific o 'eun Party, and an Atlantic Party, in
addition to the other Parties, which exist, or
with which we are threatened, each striving to
execute is own particular views and purposes,
and reproaching he others with thwartng and
disappointing them. The Mexican represent
ta,:Fes. in Congress, would probably form
Seperate and impenetrable corps. always ready
20 throw itself into the scale OF any other par
tY. 10 advance and promote Mexican Interests.
Such a state Of things could not long endure
Those, whom God and Geography have pro.
nounced should live asundar, could never be
permanently and halmoniously united togeth-
tr.
DO we wan for our own happiness or great
ness The addition Of Mexico to the existing
Union Ct cur S'ales' II cur population was too
dense for our territory, and there was a diff
Guilty IN Obtaining honorable the means Of SUBJ
sisIencr, there might be some excuse Cor an
attempt 10 enlarge our d0nnions, But we have
no such apology. We have already, in our
glorious country, n vast and almost bound.ess
u.
zen regions Of the British Provinces, i; stretch.
es thousands Of miles along the coasts the
Atlantic DC, an end the Mexican Gulf until il
almost reaches tho Tropics. Ii extends to the
Pacific Ocs0H, borders on those Grea, inland
seas, the Lukes, which separate US from The
possession OF Great Britain. and i; embraces The
great fathers Of rivers, from lis uppermost
source "a the Ba.ze, and the still ,,nger Mis-
Sonrl tror is mouth to The Corges Of the Rocky
Mountains. It compartments the creates. var!-
ETY. Of the richest soil, capable Of almost all the
productions oi the earth. except tea and coffee
and the spices, aud it includes every variety OF
climate, which the heart could wish or desire.
We have more than ten thousand millions Of
acres Of waste aud unsettled lands, enough for
the subsistence OF ten or twenty times our
preseu, roTu'pton. Ought we not to be salts
fed with such a cruntrSl Ough, we not TO be
profoundly thankful TO the Giver Of all good
things for such vas, nai bouutiful land? Is i,
not the hciga Of ngrat.ude TO Hin TO seek,
by war and conquest, induIGng in 4 spirit OF
rapacity, 10 acquire ether lands, the homes and
habiratiunS o! L large portion oE his common
children? II We pursue lhs object of such
conquest, bes!!as morgsgirg The revenue and
resources oI this country for ages 10 come, in
The form Of al "Hsrols National debt, we should
have greatly 10 augment that debt by an as
sumption Of the sixty or seventy millions Of the
national dsb. Of Mexico. For ! take il tina,
noihing is more certain than that, if we obtain,
voluntarily Or by conquest, foreign nation,
we acquire il wiki all the Membranes attach
ed 10 il. In my humb3 opinion, we are now
bound, in honor ard morality, 10 pay the just
debt OF Texas. and we should be equally bound
by the same obligations, TO pay the debt Of Mex
lcO, if il were annexed 10 the United States.
OtaIl the possessions which appertain TO
man, in his collective or individual condition,
none should be pre- served and cherished, with
more seiu|ous and unreml!ing care, than that
of an unsulIied character. !; is impossible TO
estimate 1t to highly, in society, when attach
ed 10 an individual, nor can il be exaggerated
or too greatly megnlfed in nation. These
who lose or are indi!feren, 10 it become just OBJ
Iecs OF scorn and contempt. OF all the abomi.
nGbIe Transactions, which suly the pages Of
history none exceed in enormity that Of The
dlsmembe rmcnt and partition Of Poland, by the
hEee great Continental Powers of Russia, Aus
trIa and Prussia. Ages may pass away, and
centuries roll around, but as long as human
records endure all mankind will unite in exc
Grating the rapacious and detestab'e deed
Tia, was accomplished by overwhelming force,
and The unfortunate xstence of fatal dssen-
slons and divisions in the bosom OF Poland. Let
us avoid GiiXng 10 cur, name Gai national
character q similar, if not worse, stigma. |
am a raid that we do not now stand well in the
opinion Of other parts of chriSlendom. Repu~
datlon has brought upon US much reproach-
All the nations, aPprehend, look upon Us, in
the prosecution OF the present war, and an in
ordinate desire for territorial aggrand cement.
tusnol forfeit altOCe; her their onOI Ooininns