Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1847-03-23

"Stop," said the court, ''stop-that's enough
prove that, ana want NJ more ..Aye, but.
saIi the lawyer, ''untortunately for my client
that's lust what we can't prove.' ''Then, why
did you put it In!'' ITO save appearances, !
your honors please just this case
ITO appearances" the President SAYS
Mexico .struck tirst;" bat, not being able IL
prove 1t, he goes back twenty odd years 10 give
what he calls. "a history of the that leJ
to the war" instead of giving the true causes IN
word, by saying, ''hrst, the annexation of TX
as; second, the acquisition of California"
But gentlemen Dwell much upon the 'glorv =
of THIS CIory.-is there any glory to be
got by the conquest of these miserable demi-
savage, down-trodden, and distracted Mcxicaasl
Is II glory for an elephant to Kill an ant or Ito
to murder mouse? Glory No. sir; that
wont DO There would be more true glory in
exercising CenerolIty InagnaniIlity, and torbcar-
aacc toward poor Mexico, than in killing her
people, and rob5lng her of her territory. 4
war with Mexico can be glorious in no event /,
may be hiSg.aceful; victory over such an enc
my is not glorious, v lille defeat would Be dec
disgrace. Individuals have acquired and NAV
acquire glory by brilliant achievements an.
deeds of noble daring, but nattoaqi eloiy is out,
of the question.
Now, sir, though | disapprove of this war in
its origin and III its objects; though conderpn
both the manner OF its commencement and the
manner OF It's prosecution, yeti have voted both
the men and money asked for by the President
TO bring 1t to speedy and honorable terulina-
ton. Aud why? Because we had no escape
he President had plunged us into the war with
out orr consent Our brave little army was cut
oil from its supplies, and in danger of utter de-
struction. We were obliged to rescue them by
sending speedy succor. But | never voted to
prosecute this war for the purpose OF acquiring
ad4tiona! territory BY conquest. No, Sir, new
er. II we shall succeed IN getting this territory.
what shall DO with it} Shall We holI il Is
military occupaton2 BY sending an army
there, and keeping II there forever, with all its
appendices and oppressive burdens of taxation,
crushing the people OF this country to the earth
Or shall we incorporate it into the Union? And.
II We 20, are those semi barbarian half bIooIed.
negro, ana r.ulatto Mexicans fit for freedom p
Are they capable OF being frce2 Can YOU force
them to be free! No. sir; you know yo,, cannot.
But, even II you could, have you any right to
force freedom upon these unwilling men? Are
We to go and bring them in by force--drag these
resisting people INTO our Union by the hair of
their head But, even if willing to come. what
preparation have they Are they qualified to
exercise the rights of American citizens But
more than that, they in state Of the highest
evaporation against Sir, | would as soon
bring a den OF exasperated rattIeSnakes into
the midst of my family, attempt to force these
treacherou us ana miserable Ncxcans into po!iti-
cal union with ourselves--unwilinr and exas-
perate1 as they The result would be dis
cord, strife, civil war, and. ultimately, ana per-
haps at no distant day the dissolution OF this now
happy and glorious Union. | cannot sanction
this appropriation for another reason, To DO so
would be to sanction the doctrine so boldly and
unblushingly avowci here by the gentleman
from Indiana, over the way, Mr. Wick,) who
says, that we are here simply 10 give the Execu-
tive what he wants; and that, if We are not viii
ling 10 grant ii, and in The form in which he ask
II, we ought to 60 homo. ana let the people send
here those who That is the rule h, pre-
scrbcs for hinseIf an! all good Democrats
Yes, that is the doctrine openly preached on
this tioor--the floor Of an American Congress-
by The gent! ecnan from Indiana, who assumes to
''Sir oracle-the ot'i:i;sl whipper-in Of the Dem
ocratIc party-the grand sheriff and head consta-
bic, set up and authorized TO bring the Democra-
cy TO order And has Il this Is this yoar
modern progressive Democracy, that The Pres-
dent must have not only whatever he wants |
but IN the form he wants it2 The purse and the
sword he already has, and this bill adds the trea
ty-lnaking power. A more despicably slavisl, |!
creed never was taught under the dagger aud the |
cori IN the most grinding despotisms that has /
outraged the rights of man. What does it make
OF the representatives Of free people! The /
poorest meanest, most sycophanfic, subseryicnt
and crawling slaves that ever licked the foot of
power. w c must give the President
all he asks. Indeed! what business, then, have
we here Why not go home and save expense?
Oae man IS all we want And yet that is modern
Democracy, promulgated by self-styled polit-
cal philosopher, who prides himself greatly on
his wisdom, but more on his transcendental De
Inocracy. This Is net Democracy; il is the re-
verse of the OIL! ana true Democracy to which /
belonged, and still belong; it is the concentra-
ion of all power il the President; the one-rlan
power; monarchy IN TACT, and II not checked .
and rebuked by the people, will soon be mon
lrchy in toJm well III fact. But sir the
day Is now dawning in the Last The clouds
of darkness that oVerShadow fast disa5-
oeGr!ng. The decree has gone forth The time ;
: = a;in4 when the people viii redeem them
elves from the doings ana the doctrines Of this
Democracy
SIr, here venture 70 say, that if James Il.
FOLK, when he came into power, had set himself
Town, IN Cabinet council, to devise a system, of
r.s to- g. frnx hf
lis party, he could not have contrived a system /
oetter calculated TO achieve the object than the
me he has adopted and carried out
As TO its effects upon the party, look at the
scenes OF this rnornug-iook at the scenes that {
aily surround us--the divisions. dissentions, !
luarrels, and fights, that daily occurring on
his floor, between the belgerent divisions and
egIments of the charm onIous Democracy. I
Ask the Democrats from Pennsylvania, New {
ork, and ONO, what turned them out last fall,
ma they will tell you, and tell You truly. st
vas Polk and his policy that done it. As 10
IS effects upon the country, look at its cond
ion when he came into power, and look at it
low. Who could have believed that such
hange could have been effected in so short
Ime Then the country WIS in the enjoyment {
f peace and prosperity. already both de- c
troyed Then the national industry was pro- |
acted and prosperous. and the revenue album
ant under the tariff of -; now our national in :
ustry and our revenue have been both put down q
ogether by the infamous British tariff Of OF 10 I
rue. sir Providence has, TO some extent, coun- e
eracted the destructive effects of the Polk poll =
Y. by visiting Europe with famine, I, failure
the potato crop in Ireland. and of the wheat I