The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1848-02-05
Extract from the
Speech Of Mr., PCarce.


On the Ten Regiment Bill ddtuc,ed in tn
| Senate Jan. 18Th
What is the condition Of Mexico! Be-
fore reply to that inquiry, let me say tina
| am perfectly disposed TO demand Of NJ ex-
leo compensation in damages, not for the
violation of national honor. but for the inu-
ries done TO our citizens in their commerce
We are their guardians-guatdians Of theil
pecuniary rights, which we are bound to
maintain as against Mexico and all the
world, and 10 see repaired by pecuniary in
Identification. | hold it TO be perfectly
right 10 demand indemnity of Mexico on
that ground. If she cannot give indemnity
in money, let rs take it in land. But dc
not let US make that preteXt for robhing
Mexico. She is plostrate and bleeding at
your feet. Your armies have triumpned in
every combat, from that of Palo Alto 10 the
last battle at Chapultepec' She has beer
and bombarded-her seapor is in your pos
session or beleagerel by your heets-her
Government tugitive-and your armies, in
the fashionable phrase ofthe day, ''revelling
in the halls of the Montezumas,H VIVA,
more do you WANT Is not this enough2
Did you ever hear oGthe bulley who, when
he mad knocked his man down, thought il
his vulgar duty TO pull out his eyes? Do
you recollect, sir, the epistle of Tom Crib
10 Big Ben?
''What Ben my old hero is this your renpwn:
| Is this the new go;--kick man when he's DOWN
| When the foe has knocked under, to tread on
| him then!
BY the fist ofmy father, blush for thee Benz
Mexico cannot bring any army into the
field Her revenues are exhausted. Her
means of military defence destroyed-the
military spirit of her people is broken
She is helpless and hopeless, except in your
mercy. Yet you propose TO carry the war
fuHher-"nio the vitals Of the country"
Not satisfied with the blood already shed,
do you thirst for more! Do you desire more
towns to lombard, fresh armies to defeat
When there are none of these TO be found,
will you rejoice in the slaughter of the mis-
cradle guerillas!
Mr.. President, let us take care that the
disgraceiul guerilla warfare 0 Span be moi
renewed upon this continent. Is there 10
be no end of this state of things9 do not
believe that the violated honor Of the coun-
try requires such vindication. That honor
is in much greaet danger of being tarnish-
ed by our own conduct in the further prose =
cuton or this war
But, it is said, Mexico must sue for
peace! Will you persist in this, when
she is too proud to sue for peace? You
must know that she is anxious for peace.
I know that treaty OF peace can be OBJ
tanned from Mexico. / make that asser-
ton after perusal of the correspondence
between the, Mexican Commissioners and
Mr.. Trist. She offers ample indemnity
for every thing but the expenses of the
war. She proposes to cede California,
from its junction with Oregon to the
thirty-seventh degree of latitude. This
comprises nearly two hundred thousand
square miles of territory, as | have been
told-thrce the Territorial extent of Vir-
ginia, and larger than all the New En-
gland States; New York and Pennsylva-
MIA together, and it includes the harbor
of San Francisco-the coveted object of
our desire, and which, sir, alone, is
worth more than the claims OF our cti-
zens against Mexico. Our President and
his cabinet were not satisfied with this
cession. They demanded, in the draught
of the treaty which Mr.. Trst took with
him, besides all the disputed territory, all
New Mexico, all Lower California and
almost the whole of Upper California
all that which lies beyond the Gala Riv-
era region, in the whole, Of nearly
100000 square miles-twice as extensive
as all the old thirteen States of the I'm
ion, and nearly half Of all the Mexican
dominion. Well, Mexico gives very
sufficient reasons why she will not yield
to these enormous demands-to this mag
nifcent spoiliation. She says that Low
er California commands her province of
Sonora, and that she cannot be asked to
give up what would make her vulnera-
bic in her weakest point. She cannot
give up all Upper California, because a
portion Of 1t Is necessary to maintain the
land communication between Lower
California and the other portions of her
ldomlnions. She cannot give up New