The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1848-02-19

RUARY 10, l848.
to take Queretaro, the present s,.t of govern
meht7 Did they ,rant to. 20 10 San Luis Pc
tosi s-to Zacatecss, Veil, ives there aaywhsr
70 which The forces newin Msxico could not 20
he contended that they had proof, in what Ia.
been already accomplished, that the forces nov
IN Mexico were dequate to any emergency
"Rat the Senator from Michigan seemed I,
think that they ought not to be content I'll
they had force enough to act by intimidation
and terror. Well, how many men did that 70
aairei He believed that neither the gree
lfre9srick, nor any other warrior Of sncien
11tmes had drawn any rule o. to tho amount o.
csby which people cosld BE- terrified int
lsubmission. They had beaten the Mexicans
when they we're not tsrrifisd-sbsy had cen.
qusrsd them In field after held-thsy had bro.
ken them into pieces like . pstsherd-they had
doubled their forces since that day; and yet they
were told that they were not In safety unless
they had more trecps--mors forces. IL Wal
not military efisct that the gsntlsman wished
to accomplish: for he could not point out any
military operation which could not be- effected
by the army now in Mexico. But the Senator
wanted an army large enough to produce .
great moral effect A religious effect could
hardly be expected. it was T. be supposed. in a
Catholic country Ike MEXICO, by sueh means
II was moral effect, then, that was intended
and to produce it, they were called upon to make
this addition to the army. He (Mr. CRIrrKN-
DEM could not consent TO raise armies for such
purpose. He was willing to raise armies to
hght battles, but not to produce "moral ef-
iect" For all military purposes, they had
ample forces now in Mexico. Yet, in order
to meet any possible contingency, although he
did not supplementary danger, still, he was will
ing to provide for any possibility Of danger, and
give to the Psesident the power Of calling out
3o,OO0 volunteers, II, in the exercise Of his dis
cretion, they should be deemed necessary"
SENATOR DAVIS, of Miss, opposed the amend
ment. We wanted more troops, not to fight
battles, but to prevent, not to subjugate Mex
leo, but to hold her towns and s,rongholds.-
He continued:
"But the gentleman, (Mr. Crittenden,l has
made an argument which regard as more con-
genial to his feelings. lie has alluded to the
gallantry of the army, and the battles won by
small forces-affording evidence against the ne
cessity of this increase of our force. But il is
one thing TO beat the enemy, and another to
hold him in subsection and the argument of the
honorable Senator, which rests upon the suppo-
sition that Mexico is conquered, | hold to be by
no means indisputable. Is Mexico conqured
Is any part of it conquered 7 Conquest, as laid
down by some writers, is of three kinds. Ruin
is enc of these kinds Of conquest But we have
not ruined Mexico; and God forbid we ever
should The moral feeling Of this country
would never justify such course. Another
mode Of conquest is to hold a country by con-
trolling its government. That is not suited to
the genius Of our country. We send no pro-
consul abroad-no provincial army TO direct the
government of the country. We recognise as
the great basis Of all institutions, self govern
ment. The other mode of conquest is by colo
nizing country. We cannot do that. In nei-
iher of these modes, then, have we conquered
Mexico.-We have not even suppressed the hos
sertion that there is more hostility against us in
Mexico now, than there was at the beginning Of
the war. Mexico is not conquered.
But the honorable Senator asks, how will Won
employ this large force Not to take cities.
lot to fight battles. And agree with him that
our army could now march through all South
America, and defeat every enemy. But We want
this force 10 hold towns and posts in Mexico-to
convince the Mexcans that resistance is idle /;
and, beyond all this, 10 afford protection to all
the citizens of Mexico who are ready to re-
cognise our authority. and give us supplies.
These are some Of the great objects to be obtain
ed. To effect them, large bodies Of men will be
needed. Wemust garrison our posts with forces
adequate to make sortie, If necessary, and not
be shut up when any partisan chief chooses 10
come and sit down before their gates.
Then, again, the resources Of Mexico must
contribute TO the support Of that army. We
cannot afford to keep down anarchy in Mexico
at the expense of our treasury. We must not
depend on the petty amount Of property that
might be wrung from the poor rancheros. Such
a thing has never been contemplated by our
government nor practised by our officers. In
Zacatecas you can have possession of the mint
In Potosi are the richest mines in Mexico and
If, as has been stated, the annual produce of
these mines amount to nearly twenty mil
lions, and we claim the revenue which the Mex
lean government extracted from mining opera
tons, and, by protecting the entrance Of goods
into the country, furnish a new source Of reve
nue. from the duties on imports, then we have
something to support our armies, without touch
ing private property, and the expenses of the
war are borne by Mexico herself.
The object now is, not to prepare to fight a
battle, but to prevent battle. The great OBJ
ject now is, to allow the ability which yet re-
mains in Mexico to establish federal govern
ment on republican principles to exert ITSELF
Mr.. CALHouN.-The Carolina senator's re-
marks we have given. He thought the absorp-
ton Of Mexico would ruin our country. lie
believed everything teuded that way. Every
step they took only plunged them deeper and
deeper into difficulty.
The vote was then taken on Mr.. Crittenden's
amendment.
Yeas.-Badger, Baldwin. Bell, Berrien, Clark
Clayton, Corwin, Crittenden, Dayton, Greene
Hale, Mangum, Miller, Pierce, Phelps, Spruance
Underwood, Upham, Webstsr--l9.
Nays.-Allen, Ashley, Atcheson, Anterior
Bradbury, Breese, Butler, Cameron, Cass, Da
Wis, Of Miss; Dickinson. Dix. Douglas, Downs
Fitch, Foote, Hannegan, Hunter, Johnson, o
Md; johnson, of La; Mason, Rush, SEWER
Sturgeon, Turney, Wescott-26.
SENATOR HALE.-Mr. Hale's speech we hav,
given. He was for doing right, both to avois
danger and bloodshed.
SENATOR JOHNSON, Of Nd, spoke on the 10th
and llth January. He asked:
"Is the war just and honorable, or notl
think it is; and hope, for the good nam,
of my country, that such will be the judgmen
Of Ohristendom Sir, wish to be clearly IN
lerstood. l am not inquiring into the conduc
of the Executive, into its prudence or its con
stitutionality. Ny single proposition now is
that, as between the United States and Mexico
the former had just cause Of war on the ISL
May, 1886, when the war act of that date wa
passed; and that, that day, war in fact existe'