The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1847-12-09


we'd without ffishtlul carnage, dreadful
Sacrifices Of human HE, aud the creation
OF an onerous national debt; nor could II be
completely effected, 10 oil probability, until
after the Lapse OF many yeas. IL would be ne
cesslry to occupy ali is sttoagholds, TO dis
arm rs Inhabitants, & 10 keep them 10 con
stan, fear and sablecuon. 10 consum nate
the work, | PRESUME that standing armies,
not less than hundred thousand men, would
be necessary. 10 be Kept perhaps always IN
the bosom OF lheit country. These stan.
ding armies, reyaiing IN foreign Iand, and
accustomed To trsmple upon The liberties OF
a foreign people, al some distant day might
be fit and ready lns;fum nls, under he
lead Of some daring and unpuncipled CHEF.
tain, TO return 10 their country aud pros.
trate the public liberty.
Suppos,ng The conques; 10 be once made,
What i to b. done Nth III i II 10 be
governed like Roman provinces, by Pro
coasuls Would il b compatible With he
genus, caarac er, AMI SAFETY Of our free
institutions, 70 keep such a great country
as Mexico, VIII population d not less
than nine millions, u stale OF constant
military susJocugai
Shall il be annexed 10 the United Slate.l
Does any cons.defaie nun believe Il pos
s.be that two such lmmgn-e countries, with
territories OF nearly equal extent, with
populations so Inc0ngT0o1s so different n
race, 10 language. 10 rel gion, and 10 laws,
could be blended together II one hlrmoui,
ols mass aud ha?p.y governed By one
common authority uutmurs, d,sconlent,
instructions, rebellion, would inevitably
ensue, Until the incompatible paris would
be broken asunjer, and possibly IN the
frigh,i0l struggle cur pfesen; glorious l.
mon itself would be discovered or dissolved
We Ought not 10 forget The warning voice
of all history, which teaches the difficulty
of combining and cous Ilda!tng together
congaerng and canqgeted nations. Alter
the lapse OF eigh, hundred years, during
which the hJoIs ned tier conquest o.
SPAN, the injomuabe courage, perseter.
ance, and o5stin ey et the Spanish race
finally lrurphed aad expelled The Arr.
can invaders from The Peninsula. And,
even "ithin cur oau tine, The colossal po".
er Of Napoleon, "aen a. ~ !oluesi aei-ht,
was incompetent y slbdue end suhIngi.e
the proud CasiiIlan. And here IA cur
own neighborhood, Lover Canada, which
near one hundred years ago, after the con.
clusioa OF the seven years wat, was ceded
by France 10 Great Britain, remains a Tor
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