Washington telegraph., 1848-02-02

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meet your expenditures, II will all have to come
out of the pockets OF the people Of the u States;
and aftcr ALL the talk Of indemnity, Of pushing on
this war vigorously 10 success, at the end Of the
next campaign instead of Indemnity, you will
have heavy peeuuiary burden imposed upon the
present aud succeeding generation.
We'll, Mf. President, We have now come to the
salemn question proposed by those resolutions,
have shown where this line Of policy will, Ia all
probability load you-l may say, will inevitably
lead you, unless some unexpected contingency
should prevent. II would lead to tho hlotiilg out
Of the nationality Of Mexieo. aud tho throwing Of
eight or niue millions Of people without govern.
men, on your hands Il Will compel you, in all
probability TO assume the government, for, think,
there will be very little prospect Of your retiring
iou must either hold the country as province or
incorporate II into your union Shall we do eitheri
That's the question. Far from US be sneh an
act, aud for the reasons contained IN the rcso.
lulinns
The frsl Of thesc reasons IS this ii wonll be
inconsistent with the ayowed object for which the
wat has been prosecuted, That deeds no argu.
ment after wha has been said. Since the CON.
meneemcnl of tho war till this moment, every
man has disaYowed the Intention Of conquest of
eslinguishlng the existence Of Mexico as people,
II has been constantly proclaimed thai the only
object was indemnity. Aud yet, sir, as events are
moving on, what We dsayow may BE- accom-.
plished, aud what we have ayowed may be de.
ieaied. slf, thus result will b. dark and lasting
lmPuiaiinn on either the sincerity or the inle.
geure Of this country on il sincerity because 50
opposite 10 your own ayowals; on your intelligence,
for the want Of 4 clear loTess st IN 50 plain case
as not to discern the consequences
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country has acquired in this war. &C
knowledge il In the full amount, Mr.. Pfesi.
dent, so lar as military glory is concerned.
The army has done nohly-ehivalfonsy- y
they have conferred honor on the country,
for which | sincerely thank then.
Mr. President, beiieye all our thanks
viii he confined 10 our army. so TAR as |
know in the civilized world, there Is no ap.
probation of the conduct Of the civil por.
ton ofour power. Ga the contrary, every
where the declaration Is made, that wo are
an ambitious, unjust, hard people, more Civ.
en- 10 war Than any people Of modern timos.
Whether this be true sr no, is no, for me
10 inquire. | am speaking now merely o.
the reputation which we bear abroad. Eve.
~ where, believe, Tor a. muehas we have
gained in military reputation abroad, regret
10 perceive, we have lost in our political aud
civil reputation. Now sir, as much as |
regard miiilafy gloiy-much as rejoice
to behold our people in possession of the
iadomiiab,o energy and courage which
surmoun, al difficulties, AMI which class
them amongst the first military people of
the age, would be very sorry indeed that
our government should lose any reputation
TOR wisdom, moderation, discretion. justice.
and those other high qualities which have
distinguished Us ia the early stages of our
history.
Tho neat reason which my resolutions
assign, is, that II is without example or pre-.
cedcni, either 10 hold Mexico as a province,
or 10 incorporate her into our UnIon. No
example o: such line ol policy can be
iound. We have cong infcd many ol the
ncighboring tribes Of Indians, bat we ncv.
or thought Of holding thcm in subleclion
never Of Incorporating them into our
Union. They have either been leil as an
independent people amongst US, OF been
driven inlo tho .oresls.
know farther, sir. that We have mover
drcampi Of Incorporating into our Union
any but the Caucasian faco-lhc Tree white
race. To incorporate Mexico, would be
the very first instance Of the kind ol in
cooperating an indian race, lor more Than
hall Of the Mckcans are Indians, and the
other is composed chiefly OF mixed tribes.
protest against such union as lhall-
Ours, sir, is the government Of the white
man. The greatest misloHunes oI Span
ish America are 10 he traced TO the lalal
error Of placing these colored races on an
equality with the white. race. That error
destroyed the social arrangement which
llrmrd tho basis Of society. The pouu.
gcsc aud ourselves have cscaped-the Por.
lugese at least 10 some cItenl-and we are
tho only people on this coniinen, which
have made revolutions without being fol.
lowed by anarchy. And yet it is proiesscd
and talked about 10 erect these McEcans
lulu ANliA'iiAl EH'NlHlNtHis hHl pace
them on an equality with the people OF
the United States. protest utterly against
such project.
Sir, il is a remarkable fact, that in the
whole history OF man, as lar as my knowl.
edge extends, there is no instance whatey.
er oi any civilized coorcd races being
lounl equal 10 tic establishment of free
pupular government, although by lar the
largest portion Of the human lamiiy is CON.
posed OF these races. And even In tho
savage state we scarcely find thcm any
where with such government, except il be
our noble savages-Iur noble will call
them. They for the most part had free
institutions, but they are easily sustained
amongst savage people. Are We to over.
look this iactl Are wo 10 associate with
ourselves as equals, companions, and fol.
low.ciliKens, the Indians and mixed race
OF McKicol Sir, should consider such
a thing as fatal 10 our institutions.
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