Washington telegraph., 1848-01-19

ieellng, mal be pervetpd from thai eanse.
as was but Too lamentably exhibited in the
prosecutions, even unto death, Of those wh1
@ore deemed hereles. II Is not, there.
lore, astonishing, that patriotism, carried
10 excess, should also be perverted. In
the eHifn deyotedness 10 their country. the
nfople every where aud al all times, have
been loo apt 10 iofgei tho duties imposed up.
on them by justice towards other nations.
II Is against this natural propensity tina,
You should be specially Oh your guard
The blame does not attach 10 lhnse who,
led by their patriotic feelings, though er.
foneuns, il0ek AROUND the national stand.
ard. On the contrary, no men are more
worthy ol aImialiGn better entitled 10 the
thanks ol their country, than those Who,
ailef war has laken place, aeiuaird unly by
Tue pnfesi motives, daily aud with the Ut
mosi sell. defoleduess, btase death anl
slake their own lives in the tunliet against
the actual enemy. musi confess that |
do not extend The same charity 10 lhuse
civilians who cody aud deliberately plunge
the country into any unjust or unnecessary
war.
Ne should have but one eonseieaee. anl
mosi happy would il be Tor mankind were
Statesman and politicians only a. honest in
Iheir management oi the internal or eAlef.
mi national eoneefs as they are in private
iiIe. The iHeproaetable private ehafae
ter ol the President aud oi the members
u hi Administration Is known aud respect.
el. There Is not one o. ihum Who would
nat sPufn With indignation the masi femlle
hni that. on similar fIeifnces 10 lhose al.
legad lof dismembeHing MeAieo, he might
b Capable Of attempting Ia appropriate 10
himself hs neighbofs lam.
In tie total absanee u any Argument
that can justify the var in which We are
a0R involved. fesaH has been had Ia a
most extraordinary assertion. Ii Is SAID
thai the people oil the United States have
an hereditary superiority u taee over the
Nesieans, which gives them the right 10
sahinghe and keep in bondage The interior
nalipn. This. II Is also alleged, will be
The means Of onlighening the degraded
MeAieans, Of improving their soeial slale.
aud Of ultimately increasing the happiness
of the masses.
|. il compatible with The principles oI
Democracy, which REJECTS every hereditary
claim oi individuals 10 admit an hereditary
superiority of facesl You very properly
deny thai the sou eau, independent OF bis
own merit, derive any right or privilege
whatever from the merit ol any other social
superiority ol his father. Can you Tor
moment suppose that very doubtful de-.
scent from men who lived one thousand
years ago has transmitted 10 you n superi
oriiy over yeur fellow. mcnl But the An
glo saNons were inferior 10 the Go,hs, from
whom the SpaniaiJs claim 10 be descend.
cd aud they were in no respect superior To
the Franks and TO the lurgunGians.
Il is not to their Anglo Saxon descent.
but 10 a variety Of causes, among which
the subsequent mixture Of the Ficnchiicd
No'mans, Augcvins, and Gascons must
not be forgotten. that the English arc in
dcblcd TOT lhor superior institutions. In
the progressive improvement oi mankind,
much more has been due to religioss and
political Institutions than 10 races. WHEN.
ever European nations, which from their
language are presumed to belong 10 the
Latin or Sclav0nian race, shall have con.
quered institutions similar 10 those OF Eng.
land, Ihsre will he no trace LEFT ol tho pre-.
tended superiority Of one Of those races
above the other. At this time tho claim
is but prc,c1I for covering and jusli5ing
unjust usupaiion aud unbounded ambition.
Bat admitting, with respect 10 Mexico,
the superiority OF race, this conicrs no su.
pcfiorily of rights. Among ourselves the
most ignorout, the most inferior, either in
physical or mental faculties, is recognized
as having equal rights, aud he has an equal
vote with any one, however superior 10 him
in all those respects. This is founded on
the immuiablo principle that no one man
Is born with the right Of governing another
man. llo may, indeed, acquire a moral
influence over others, aud no other is lcgil.
innate. The same principle will apply to
nations. However superior the Anglo.
American race may be 10 that Ot Mexico
this gives tho Americans no right 10 in.
fringe upon tho rights of the Inferior race.
The people OF the United States may
righliuliy, AMI will, If they use tho proper
means, exercise u most beneficial moral in.
llucnce over the Mrsicans and other less
enlightened nations Of America. Beyond
this they have no right 10 60.
The allegation that the suljuga,ion Of
Mexico would be the means OF cnlightcn.
Ing the AloSicans, of improving their so.
cal state, and Of increasing their happi.
ness, Is but tho shallow attempt to dis.
guIse unboundd cupidIly and ambilion.-
Truth never was or can be propagated by
fire aud sword, or by any other than purely
mora means; by these, and by these alone,
the christian religion was prUpagacd, and
enabled, in less than three hu1ired years,
10 conquer idolatry. During the whole Of
that period christianity was tainted by no |