The Middlebury galaxy. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1848-1850, 1848-01-25

party TO it. Neither would he vote man or a
dollar to continue the war to get indemnity.
He was for having Mexico pay what she justly
owed us. and no more. He wanted none OF
her territory by conquest. he would nave
none of it in any way. If any was required
by us, we should get 1t by negoclaton ana pay
| fori its fair value. Gentleman, said Mr.
Pearce, on the other side OF the chamber, and
tbe President and his friends have said We must
get indemnity to satisfy us for our "sallled hon
or" for the attack made upon us by Mexico.
He despised such sentiments. l despise, said
Mr.. p. the man or the nation that would thus
be satisfied if their honor had been called in
question. He had read Sir John Barrington's
account Of the Kilkenny Club, an association
of gentlemen, who, actuated by high sense of
honor, had made list of all the offences which
one gentleman was likely to offer TO another,
and he had graduated the penalties which
should be inflicted in PREPARATION; but among
them all he had been unable to find that mon
ey, or indemnity in its equivalent, was to be
demanded. No said he, the demand IS sordld
and unworthy an honorable man or resPeF-
table nation, and despise it from the bottom
of nay heart.
I To continue war for indemnity Is a new
feature in the policy of the country Inns Is
the third war in which we have been engaged
For onr expenses in the war ofthe Revolution,
we claimed no indemnity; for our loses and ex-
ncnditures in the last war with Great Britain,
we claimed no indemnity, and yet no man IN
the nation and no nation abroad over thought
! that our honor had in consequence been tar
nished. Yet both of those wars were Just on
| our.part We were the aggressed party; we
/ had real and substantial wrongs we fought to
redress them; but in this war with Mexico, we
were the aggrcssors We had marched our
armies there, took possession of her towns; and
laid waste the dwellings of her people. We
were powerful, they were weak. We have
that nation now at our feet, bleeding at every
pore: her government almost blotted out, and
her people little better than disorganized
mass; and yet because they show the spirit IN
herent in man, particularly Of those who have
tasted freedom, and refuse to sue for peace,
preferring rather to die than give up their
country, and acknowledge their weakness, we
are called upon to strike still deaper 'into the
vital parts of this fallen prostate foe, until
they accede TO our demands and accept OF
peace as dictated by us at the lannon's mouth
and at the point of the bayonet; until they give
us money and land as much as we in our Gu
pidity and power may ask; and all under the
miserable plea that our honor demands it
Once more, said Mr.. Pearce, despise and re-
jcct it.
He then went into an examination Of the
mission of Mr.. Trist, and showed that the Mex
leans offered to cede to us 100000 square
miles of territory in Upper California. tract
larger than all the New England States, and
New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, and
we are offered also the part of San Francisco,
but we rejected this offer. We demanded
both Upper and Lower California and the
popuIous and important State of New Mexico,
making upwards of 100000 square miles Of
territory. This the Mexican authorities
would not agree to, and for reasons, said Mr..
Pearce, for which | respect and honor them.
They would not expatriate their people who
were Mexicans by both language and blood.
They would not sell their countrymen, who
loved their country in its glory or its decay
they wished not union with US, they were Mex
leans. Such sentiments as these, said MIR. p,
honor and respect. They find an echo in
every honorable mans heart, and never will
do an act which will outrage a feeling so man
ly and Just.
lie then went to show the evil effects which
are inevitably if we 90 on in this mad career.
llc uOIc liz QcSlICu
Mexico and the United States to prosper as
Independent Republics. If we add Mexico to
our country, we will snap under our own
weight. There can never be union between
two such people, except on grounds of perfect
national Independence. He also speaks Of the
war, and concludes by re-aflirning the position
he had stated, and on which he was determin-
ed to stand
Although have given you apretty long alb
stract of the speech, yet feel that l have done
nothing like justice to it or its distinguished
author. There was a manly honesty, an unc-
ton and earnestness, in the appearance, voice
and action of Mr. p, which cannot be con-
veyed by ink and types. Mr.. Pcarce is, /
should think about 45 years of age, of medium
height rather stoutly built. His complexion
is fair, and his face full and open. His hair
curls all over his head, and is of an auburn
color. He dresses in black and in good taste,
and is altogether a fine looking man. Old
Maryland may well feel proud of such Sena-
tor.
Mr. Pearce is evidently fine classical schol-
ar, and possess such exquisite taste His quo
taions were admirably put in. will, in con-
clusion, once more recommend an extended
publication and circulation of the speech.
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