The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1847-11-26
Herry Cis, has SPOKEN.

long time they have lahore" under q heavl
difficulty ia reference to the Mexican war
Some were for lis prosecution moderately
some vigorously; some were for drawing !
line. some for Withdrawing our troops entire
/, and some even went 50 far a. Ia c>pou,
the Mexican side Of the question, and advo
ca Q the withholding Of supplies, and the
starvation ct our troops out of the country
Thus whisgery was sorely le:plrxed, ant
u add to their troubles. by dIm of their ger.
rymaadcring six yearago they unexpected
" found themselves in possession of a sma,
majority in Congress, so that they were ac.
ITALY obliged in some shape or other to re-
concile their differences, and determine ny
on definite course Uf action in reference Ia
the war in the new Congress, else the dem
ocrats might carry their measures over the
wing majority, aud thus whigSery woul.l
stand disgraced before the country.
Ia this trying yo,ition Of affairs. what else
callJ whigery do but look to their leaders
for instruction how TO proceed? The lead,
crs, too. saw the importance of their posi-
ton. and they determined to turn it to ac-
count i'll making presidential capital for
themselves. lie thu, should succeed in get
ting the wing, 10 adopt his Chart, would
clearly be the iruns for the presidency.
Tom Corwin, ''the wagon boy Of Ohio
first issued his DrOnunciaDiss'O: but il was
so thoroughly Mexican, that whiggery was
unable to gulp it. Then Daniel Webster
came forth and pronounced, but his Mexican
sympathies, too, were SO apparent, tina,
ehiggery turned away from him also. And
now the only hope was in the great racifi-
cator Of the west, and all eyes are turned to
him. To the inexpressJle joy of whiggery
he agreed TO pronounce for them at Lexing-
ton on the 18th inst, and the fact " as tele-
graphically announced all over tie country.
The eventual 18th came, and with il "ln
due course" the promised speech, that is to
Harmonic wiggery, stand as a chart for
the party in congreas, and make Henry
Clay president CT tue United States in 1919.
The speech being thus one Of so much i'm
importance, o,.r readers may well expect
from us some account of what Mr.. Clay has
aid. Bu! on this head we eau but partially
satisfy them this week. After the delivery
of the speech, Mr.. Clay, duly approaching
its tremendous consequence, was unwilling
that il shoall be published until he shall
have had time to revise it and prepare it
himself for the press. So the world must
stand still few days longer; but in the
mean time the resolutions which Mr. Clay
submitted to the meeting arc published, and
q brief outline of the speech, SO that we are
enabled pretty clearly to trace the leading
outlines of his cl,gf.. The resolutions
amount in substance 10 this: That the pri-
mary cause Of the war with Mexico was the
annexation Of Texas; that the immediate
cause was TIE order for the march Of Gen.
Taylor from Corpus Christi to the Rio
Grande; that the order in question was ille-
gally given, but tina. congress afterwards
having recognized the war, il became ma.
ti'nal; tia. in the absence of any declara-
tion by congress, of the objec: and purposes
of the war, the presiden. Is left to the guild
ance Of his own Judgment in conducting it
that it is the right and duty Ct congress, by
Aome authentic act,t declare the objects
and purposes Of the war; tina. the war
sho I'D be prosecuted with vigor unit! these
purposes are attained; that 1--WE view With
surprise and alarm aud are utterly opposed
TO any purpose of anbexing Mexico 10 the
United States" that in view of the many
splendid victories achieved Ivy our forces
the United States can without the slightest
tarnlsh 10 her honor exercise the virtues ,f
moderation and magnamimity 10 the dis
committed Zoe: and that ''wc do positively
and emphatieai. disclam aud disavow any
wish or desire, Ola our part, TO acquire any
foreign territory whatever for the purpose
OF propagaiins slavery, or of introducing
slaves from the United States into such for
cign territory"
ms last resolution is without doubt iu-
tended to be a decided declaration in favor
OF the Wilmot proviso, which, to the south.
ern wings viii! be the hardest part TO sulp.
mus twill he seen that Mr.. Clay has not
had the folly to come out with Corwin and
webster in opposition TO his own country
ana IN iayor OF Mexico, but is for "prosecu-
ing the war with vigor" when its purpose
snail have been definitely declared. Mr..
Clay was too old, and understood his own
eoun'rynen too well, lobe guilty of the Cor.
win and Webster enormity. In his speech.
VI course, he attacked the administration
una denounced it with great bitterness, but
he ald not abandon his own country and adj.
Voca'e Mexico. Uponthe whole, his course
- ihuch more democratic than we had n
nshi to expect, and II the wings faithfully
,'how his chart; there will be less treason
in the land.
we understand from Peru tina, Mr.. Cor.
man. 0f fhts nlon.