Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1848-01-27

leeal people amonssl ", or bsen driven into tho
forests. -.
/ know farther, SIR that We havensrer dreaso
Of Incorporating inio our Union anv but,hs CO.
cassian race-lhe lree white race. Taincuroorsls
( Mexico, wouldbs Ihc very NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Iof Incorporating an Indian race, Tor more than
ball Of The MeXicans are Indians. and The olhrr
IS composed chiefly ofmixed tribes. lpraiesi a.
EaInsl such union as ihail Ours sir. is loo
.gosenmcns Of the vhne men. The greatest
im'sIorunts Of Srsn.sh Au eri-a are 10 Be Traced
10 lhe laia error Of placing these colorad races
( % an equality with tao whiie race. Thai error
destroyed lhe socia grurg meui which formed
'he ta.i' "I society. Tho Pouugese and our.
s-lves have escapej-ih3 PurluRass at least 10
some exlrni-anG We ara the only people on this
continent which have made revolutions without
\ being followed by anarchy. Aud vet il is pro.
lessed and talked aboul 10 erect these Mcxcsns
INTO territorial government, ard place Them nn
an equality with the people ofibe Unilsd Slalcs.
/ protest utterly against such a projsct.
| Sir, il is a ramarkabe fact, thai In tho vhola
history Of man, as far as ms knowledQe er,snas.
there IS no instance whatever ofnny civilized co.
lored races being found equal the establishment
OF Tree popular government, although BY far Tho
largest portion Of The human family is comgoIed
OF these races. And even in the savage state We
scarcely iud Ihsm any where with such govern
meni eXccPtit be our noble sayuges-ior noble
viii cal them. They Tor the mosr part had free
Institutions, ba' they ars ea.i susla.ncdamongst
"a savage p-o J.. Are we 10 overlook ihis iacli
ar: W. 10 as6oc.a'e with ourselves az equals.
companions, aai fellow. .citiz.ns, the Indians and
NIX rae, Of Max.col Sir, | should consider
sch lhirg as fa'u! TO our Institutions.
The nexi two reasons which I assigned, were,
tIaI i!w,uli Lc in coaGci with The g.l.ius AID
character Of our Institutions and sub,,rsive Of
or free gyreramca. I take these two lggeIh.r
a. hey arr 81 Infinitely connected: and now Of
The fr.i-Io hI.l NJ CO in subj .clion.
Mr.. Pr1Hd nj, tayr, are some propositions too
c.cgr for arcImcal; aad before such bsdy a7
the mate, should consider il q loss Of fms 10
undertake 10 prove that to hold Mexico asa sub.
Jectnd province woull BE- hostile and in conflict
win our free po1u ar institutions. and in III, end
sjlycrslye ct them. Sir, he who kaows ia.
American Constitution weli;-ha who ha, da'y
studied is CharaclcT-he who has looked al
history and knows what has been the clf.ct Of
ccn1rc5rs Off states iGvar' 'ajy, will r.qu;rs
no proof atmy hands 10 show that il would be-
=
10 hold Mexico as 4 rroylnce. There il moi an
example on record Of any free sote even having
attempted the conqa1stol any territory approach
ing the extent OF Mexico without disastrous con.
sequences. The nation conquered have in tim.
conquered the conGueror5 BY desiroving ;heir
liberty. That viii BE- our case, sir. III, con.
quest Of Mexico would add so vast an amount 10
The patronage ofIh government, that il would
ABSORB the whocpywer Ufihe State in the Cmon.
Ihl5 Union would become imperial, and the
States mere subordinate corporations But he
evils will not end lhere. The progress will 90
on. The same process by which the power
wol,Ibs transferred from The States 10 III. Union,
will transfer The whole from this department of
tn government 4 speak oftho egs.aur.)totho
Executive. AIl ID. added power and added pa
tronage which conquest will create. will pas; 10
The Executive. In The end you put in The hands
Of the Executive the power Of conouer.rE YOU.
You give 10 it, sir, such sPendor, such ample
means. thai with the principle of prescription
winch unfortunately prevails n our country, that
The struggle will b. greater al every presidential
ctecHonlhaaour IasaIauons can poss bly, endure.
Ine end o II will be that that branch of the IoY.
eminent will bcroma al-power.ui and the re.
suit IS lneEIiabIe-anarchya and dcspmism. lis
a7 certain Us that am this day addressing the
Senate.
Sir, let II not be said that Great Brian Fur.
nishes an example 70 the conlrary-lhat she
holds provinces olyast extent of population with.
out materially imparing the liberty ofthe citizen,
OF exposing her 10 anarchy, confusion or cor.
mpuon. Il is SO. Bat what is the expanmiopY
OI all government that ever existed atfordinpauv
protection Whatever TO liberty, the English Cow
erhment lar transccnd5 Them all in that respect.
Shecan 5.ar more patronage in proportion toh.r
population and wealth than any government Of
That form that ever existed, nay, TO 60 farther,
than can despoiism in lis most absolute form.
! viii not 90 into the philosophy OF This. That
would lake me fLr.her from the track than /
d3sIre. BLI VIII say ln very few words, il
E:suits from the fact that her Executive aud The
House O! Peers, The conservative branch of hsr
government, are bolhhereditary. The Roman
government may have exceeded and did exceed
tbs BRUSH government niIs power for Conquest;
bat no people ever did exist and probably, never
will exist, wnh such capacity for conoues, ns
that people. BlI the capacity OF Rome to hold
subjected provinces, was as nothing compared
TO that OF Great Britain, and hence, us soon as
the Roman power passed from l!ay bevond tho
AdriaIic on one side, aud rho Alps on tho Other,
and The Meditcrran can, their liberty eIlpros,ra,e
Ihe Roman people became a rabbs--corru?tion
penetrated everywhere, and violence and anar.
chy ruled the day. Now, VIC sac England with
dependent provinces Of vastly greater territorial
extent, and probably not less IN pOpulauDa--I
have not examined-we see her going on without
impairing personal liberty or exposing the gov
violence oranarchy. letlhe English
have not wholly escaped. Although they have
retained their liberty and have not lalen in,o az
archy and despolsm, YET We behold the popua-
lion of England crushed to The earth by tho SUI
perncunbantweighl ofdebt. Rtlleclingon THAI
government, have often thougEI that there was .
)nIy one way in which 1t could come 10 an end
hat Inc weight OF The superstruciurc would crush