Wisconsin herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1846-1849, 1848-07-01
The Treaty.

treaty. They 90 in for conquest and have
nevr hsd anything else hat plumber in view,
from The commencement Of the war. Il
woaldb unsafe for one to sleep with his
pockei-book in the same apartment with one
Of these cut throats. Nothing hut the fear
of The halter, keeps such fellows from com
uniting highway robbery. The New York
sun is one of this stamp Of ruffians. The
Sun Of June 9Th says (" The last and
most farcical net of the war drama is end
ed The patched-up Trst Treaty, con.
coct.d IN defiance Of the instructions of the
Executive, and in every way odious 10 the
interests, honor, and integrity Of the Amer
lean, people, has been ratified. Mexico aud
Markimo.h have won n camplete triumph;
shut " from II passage 10 the isiiniI% OF
Tehua,irrpec; robbed ~ Of the prospective
sovereignty Of The Pacific; and, for God
only knows how long, delayed the glory Of
what viii yet he .accomplished--the cam
,leie supremacy Of Anglo-Saxon liberty, en-
ierpri>c, nrt, and industry on the Nurih Il
mcrican continent. The United States may
now heat the rappei of retreat; recall her
vrtorious armies AMID the hootings Of the
Mexican rablile; abandon the ports, capitals,
and inrtrcsses where her banner has waved
20 glprnu~y; give up the blood bought tro-
A. A. c.ll alt, ia. hl,unh-
ing bones af her thousands of inundated
soldiers; md. pockeiing the cnniuWely Of
thc warll. rhnrre herself with the old debt
mud rl,in,. against Mexico, and the hundred
mllions expense of The war. and prepare To
pay the fifteen. millions more spuandered for
a di-honoruble peaccl
Never mind the shame, the dshonor!-
Down with the American flag, from San
Juan TO Chapulteper, and send homc those
heroes whose lives have been periled for an
ignominious prize. Send them home, that
they may he dispatched to the sand wastes
and chaparrals of New Mexico, Santa Fe,
Sonara and Upper California, to bivouac n
mong alligators, mosquitoes, and Indians,
the latter of whom we are bound by the in
famous treaty 10 keep from depredating up
on Mexico.
The treaty is ratified Let the people
chew il as sweet morsol of taxation and
war for perhaps generations to come; for
into this wilderness civilization shrinks from
penetrating with her enterprise, industry,
inventions, and arts. while there Is decent
spot Ell earth left. Our Senators can now
glaat securely over their territorial conquest
They have freed Mexico from the trouble
vi protecting nearly a million square miles
of Swamps. desert, and rock land, which, in
the face of all their boasts of fertility and
wealth, have IN three hundred years accum-
Mated less than 1000 white inhabitants,
aud those of a very questionable character
The treaty Is ratiicl Mark the slnrious
boundary wen by the new indemnity. Trace
il up the centre of the Rio del Norte to the
ella; AMI fran thence west from the mouth
Of the C,,loron to the Pacific. What an
area. New Mexico, Santa Fr,part of So-
nora. and all Upper California ours, includ-
ing natural wealth anil products worthy Of
Patagonia ami the African deserts, and saw
ages sufficient to breed Srn'uole and Creek
wars 10 employ the whole of our grand ar
my for half century! But we hear no
shouts of reieirine from the American peo-
pie. WI, Is thiS' An, the gold, the sill
yer. the charcosl, the pearls, the rich fancy
and dye woosls, the glorious ganlens of trop-
icsi fruits, and the mcstimahle passage from
the Quito the parifc, holding the Key to
the treasures of India, ani commercial SUI
prs,nacy on the glnhe, Oh De souih Of thsl
oaieus nesr boundary. Al thai was worth
having Mexico has saved, and We have Ia
ken her tcrritarlal scunl--lleasra grant II
NAV not give IA national ~cnrsy--at a cn<i
of no, les. than t,so hundred millsoas q
dollars and thousands OF priceless lises!
For the purposes and interests of tbs
present we have gained no,hing hus pros'
pect af bloody Indian wars and expensive
territorial settlements; and be ], remember
berel ,hi. Treaty provides that the present
white inhabitants of our asss wilderness
have the privilege and are to he protected
in the enjoynen, Of the righis ef .uszieaa
sii,.eus, u. tkey Dc net choose 10 eone va