The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-01-04

consistent from the time became independent pow
or to the present day. in ier opposition the formation
of States while the democrats that Quarter of the
Union, actuated by impulses OF the purest patriotism and
the desire make their country the asylum for the on
pressed voaries of liberty throughout the world have stead
lastly favored the acquisition Of territory behind noun
tains. The federass are informed by Col Gray
required secrecy in the ordinance disc They
conscience stricken the enormity Of the ourages
which they intended to commit, and Were unwilling that
the unhallowed motives which governed them should be
communicated 10 the public The ederasts
them as they now, warning with humanity-wth the
national wea-wh justice aYh reason self-except thai
reason which is founded ii Selfish avacious grovelne
exclusiveness
There anything that contra disnguished
the democratic the federal party than the they
have each pursued uniformly upon the question OF the
extension of the national domain. The late sage OF
Mon.icelo-whose principles embodied democracy--ut
tered his belief long ago, thoroughly was he i'm
pressed with the favorable practical workings of hi.
political eneis that the Union would ultimately embrace
the entire North American continent. Since Mr.. JEFF
ersOns death, scientific discoveries have contributed
mpart additional value to his opinions, and populaze
his doctrines in circles where they formerly objection
able The railroad, the steamship and more recently the
magnetic telegraph-5o efficient in the dissemination
knowledge, and in extending the commerce of thou CHIT
powerful auxiliares in the of universal liberty
They Fastening the completion of the work which,
if by magic, the genius Of Gut,enburg The
gull which divided the plebean from the patrcian has
been annhilated The people everywhere rising in
seli-esteem, and cease to be viewed brute
physical force. In Europe there is among the mighty
masses and potentate has the einerity attempt the
staying of its progress The sentiment of Milton is be
ing universaexcept among regning houses and their s
pendiariesthat "men born and created with better
title to their freedom than any king hath his
And liberty person and right of selpeseration is much
nearer, and more NATURAL and more worth to oil men, than
the property their goods and wealth." The
multitude prepared for the enjoyment of freedom, and
they taught to admire and attach value republican
institutions from the spectacle which America pre-
mankind From the grain OF mustard seed planted in 776
they behold of such gigantic dimensions that thou
sands thousands of their brethren and kindred repose
under Its bougls In security against tyants will and
in their knowledge Of this fact their soveeigns find
ing to desist from of cruelty and oppression.
This is the Acknowledgements and unknown
home-that exercising over Europe; influence
sautary in its results ii ea
1t is this influence that makes the great empire
Austria powerless in the Italian peninsula, and places
weapons in the hands of the statesman Pope for the
dempon and regeneration of the country OF his nativity
He that would knowingly circumscribe the limits of this
influence, would commit offence as henous against
humanity, though he to mplore Divine Providence
the longer shed his rays south of Mason
and Dixon's line.
But apart from the foregoing considerations, the taking
of Mexican territory into the Union, il strikes me, is
dered indispensable from the existing state of affairs
When army in the vicinity of Mexico, the cons-
tuted authorities refused to treat upon terms that should
not likely be disposed offer again. If, then,
what guaranty could we have that its stpuatons would be
faithfully observed The moment the capital is restored
forces withdrawn from the territory would be said
by the Mexican that this treaty
while the nation in the eagles clutches and that as
forco-pu should not be regarded obligatory Alone,
could help ITSELF but under the auspices of foreign
PRINCE sovereign, the of the lost country would
be attempted the Nuecas and possibly the Sabine Is
not more than problematcal that sprg of royalty in
the divisions and distractions of the people, would be in
vted throne-parculay under the burning desire OF
infatuated leaders for revenge!
will not that in view of the Withdrawal OF our
troops from Mexico, king has been agreed upon
proposed that nation; but will what is currently
reported and believed be trneposvely asserted be
so by the Morning Overwhelmingly: that Paredes be-
fore he sailed for Havana, frequently with Christina
1.-THE cousin and wirewoker OF Louis Philippe the
Court of the Tueries Now, let suppose in the
of our of Mexico, that the French premier
should intimate Lord Normandy that the Spanish ques
ton could be easily adjusted, and the entente corale
il England would signify her willingness
unite with France and Spain in establishing and maintain
ing the sovereignty of Montpensier in Mexico Would the
proposition view of the preservation of the equilibrium
Europe etrogradation Great Britain be rejected
by Lord Palmerstonl / imagine no-especally if there
was that the debt of ELL 900 due
from Mexico British subjects to be liquidated
Or suppose, without any consultation with England the
Prince de Jonvie should, upon the invitation of the dom
nant party in Mexico, ascend throne there should
not find in neghborhood dangerous power-backed
he would be, by France, Span and probably his broth
ern-law of Brazil, with all the advantages of Cuba
place of rendezvous
My zeal new born with respect the preservation
ola republican form OF government in Mexico Two years
ago. when European Prince frs. spoken of, in dis
cussng the subject in the "Union," remarked:
'he United States have their path oduty plainly mark
ed They cannot, without opposition suffer any stand
ard designated by royalty be reared in the city of the
Msntezumas AS they the first to recognise the in
dependence OF Mexico republic they would scarcely
consent while there shot in the locker the
of monarchy upon its ruins though every crowned
head in Europe should marshal their forces aid in its
contamination Ii battle has to be fought between
monarchy and Hbcrtyif Mexico is to be ensaved in order
that the United States may be shorn of influence and
strengit well for all concerned to know that American
citizens shrink from the calculate
chances against themselves They will march resouey
meet the enemy OF free institutions, however ea rul the
odd who feels himself thrice armed because his
quarrel is just
At this the wing leaders may hesitate in the
enon of Mexican territory and successful appeals pro
ceedng from the meanest motives, the vest passions
may made by them put it forever beyond reach
This would indeed be calamity calculated make Free
dom shrek" The steady amelioraon in the condition OF
species characterizes the age much the wonderful
improvements and inventions by science. Shall it be
checked by acquescence of the republic which
Kaled bertys home in the rearing OF monarchy in
adjoining State Ia State, virtually in possession OF
that republic
cannot expect the Message in less than month";
and yet am already impatient to give it perusal feel
confident that the President will continue faithful to him
SELF and the true interests political and other, Of the
country. The federalists i'll wage ferocous against