Ypsilanti sentinel. [volume] (Ypsilanti, Washtenaw Co., Mich.) 1843-1900, 1848-03-08
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sroEs TO Liberty.
from the Spccca Of Mr.. BELL in thc
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J'0M inc SPCCCa ~ .HT. DILL w tac
< aate, FEB. 3D..
now propose, Mr.. President, to address my
self TO another branch of the subject. What |
will be the effect of subjecting all Mexico, and
holding it in the form OF States as indepen- |
dent provinces upon our system OF Government, |
our free institutions!
The distingui he'd Senator from South Car
DINA showed great deal of hardihood, or rath
or that he is statesman of a by-gone sge, |
when he broaclsei the obsolete idea OF execn-
tive patronage and the duty OF keeping in just
and reasonable limits, even with our present
extent of local power and dominion. Who can
now speak of the subject of patronage without
being thought far in the rear of times! Why.
sir, does not the distinguished Senator know
that, from the moment when the doctrine Of
prescription could be openly ayowed, and the
ruling party to the exclusive enjoyment CT the
officers and honors of the country was rigorous
ly pract;ced by one great PARTY, aud the justice
and propriety of the policy, sustained by large
portion Of the other final extingaisher was
applied to all hope OF limiting the patronage Of
this Government upon any old-iashoned notion
of economy. Yes, sir, / remember the time,
since nv entrance into public life, " hen the cly
of prescription, of retrenchmeft t. ofreform was
potent enough with the people of the country
To overturn an Administration distinguished a
like for its economy, honesty. and ability.
But, sir, we should not despair of resisting
successfully the avalanche of power and patron
age which now threatens to ovewhelm US. Let
us inonire for moment what will be the amount
of patronage which will accrue to the Execu-
tive when Mexico shall be added to our domain.
and laid off into separate territories or provin-
ces.
We shall have not less than twenty -four new
anddistant territorial or provincial governments,
each of which must have a governor-twenty-
four governors-and as many secretaries to their
excelencies; then the judicial corps in each
province of two or three Judges, an attorney
GENERAL, and marshall; then will follow the
collectors Of customs, at numerous ports on the
Pacific and on the Gulf of Mexico; the dlrec-
tors of nine public minis; then. for perIol at
least, we must have military chief OF grade
not lower than general commanding 'ne LOT
oaveroar Co.. III hi .iha,,nh nj least
John Bull need not swell himself out, and vannt
himself SO Justify any longer. We too, shall
have our Indies; our subject millions; our rich
provincial governments; our large standing
army; and though We may not boast an EN-
pire on which the sun never sets, yet will it
soon extend from the line to the frozen seas of
the north. With such prospects of extended
dominion, what visions of national grandeur and
magnifcence NAV we not indulge? Then such
magnificent scenes as we shall behold al this
seat of our great republican empire, and all
over the country; generals returning from the
distant provinces laden with wealth and honors,
making their triumphant progress through the
country, and suing for the consulship; troops
Of applicants for inferior Offices of every grade
What gorgeous spectacles shall we behold on
levee occasions at the White House, or rather
TIE imperial palace; what glitter of e?aulets;
what CHATTER of dangling swords; what way
ing and dofing of white plumcs! But all this
will be eclipsed on presentation day: when the
iwenty-four new governors shaft attenu to Kiss
hands, and take their departure for their distant
provinces. Sir. the imagination fires at the
thought. already see the grand usher or mas
ter OF ceremonies leading in the successful ap-
plicants, and hear him saying TO the President,
"This, sir, is the gentleman whom your excel
lency has had the goodness to nominate as
"governor of the Californas, this, OF Sonora,
"ths of Sinaloa, this Of Guanaxato this OF ia
"lisco, this of Oaxaca, this of Michoacan, Chi
.apas, Yucatan. Queretaro, Tamauipas, New
1sLeon,r and so of the rest. g Ind have the
"proud satisfastion to announce to your Excel
"lency that the august Senate confirmed the
nominations Of all those gentlemen without
sthe slightest inquiry as to their fitness, having
1.-THE most unbounded confidence in the uner-
ring judgment and long tried patriotism OF
"yonr ExcelIency r all that pertains to your IL
"nstrious station"
We'll, sir, this will be proud occasion. And
then, sir, what limits can be set to our grow
ing grcatnessl We shall have railway uniting
the city of Washington to the city OF Monte
zuma-I insist. sir, that the name Of Mexicl
be changed to that of Montezuma-the two cal
i,als of the United Empire. This shall be ou
Ie n A ai if TIE h8e a1lafeuea can be CONVEX
siantinople.
Well. sir, do honorable Senators tlnnk tina
we can stand all this more than imperial splen
dor, uithout danger to the constitution and thu
liberties of the c0uutfyf Why, sir. the prz
OF the Presidency is already SO great that ever.
proceeding election threatens to convulse on
: WHO does not remember the excite
ment winch per--ded the whole country III on
more recent Presidenrruf excite
inent so intense that society could bear NJ
morei But when we shall have standing ar
my Of fifty thousand men; when our empir
shall be enlarged to the contemplated limits
when the whole country shall have been intox
icated by this passion for distinction and glory
personal and national; when the Prosidartia
purple with its power and patronage, present nj
temptation almost too great for virtue, sha
receive this vast accession of strength and in
flucnce; when, instead oftwenty or thirty, tn
President can annually dispense hundred mil
lions among the partisans and followers, wh'
shall saw that our institutions will be in no dan
geri But we may console ourselves with thu
reflection that TIE forms of the republic vii
Fill be preserved. The Republic in ruin vii
still flourish in name; ours will still be demon
. mated the great Republic. Bus what are forms
and what is namel The Roman Republic
Icing survived the crushed liberties of the PEG
PIE Of Rome. Augustus and his mmelia:'
successors carefully observed all the forms O
the ancient constitution. Consuls were elect
ed: the Senate continued to debate and regis