The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1848-01-21
Message Of Gov. Young, Of N. Y.

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abominable heresy Of the individual liability
OF corporations, and the equal protection Of
the agrculturist with the manufacturers,
but he endorses almost bodily the doctrine
OF President Polk in reference to the war.
This is as unexpected, as il is notifying TO
the wings. It's decisive as to Mr.. CLAWS
prospects in New York, for without the aid
Of Gov. Young and his friends it is not pre-
tended that he can get even a nomination
from that state.
We subjoin that portion, of Gov. Young's
message which relates to the Mexican war: :
BY communication from the Secretary
of War, under date Of May 10, 1916, my
predecessor was requested 10 cause to be
enrolled and held in readiness to be muster
ed into the service of the United States, sew
en- regiments of infantry.
a rcQuislton was subsequently, received
for one of said regiments TO proceed TO Cal
ifornia, and in obedience thereto. the 7th
regiment, under command OF Col. Jonathan
ID. Stevenson, sailed from the harbor Of New
York in the month of September, 1896
received since its departure.
In the month of November, 1916, the Sec
rotary of War made a requisition for anoth-
er regiment from this State, and the LIST reg
iment was mustered into the service Of the
United States, and sailed for Mexico in the
month of January last, under the command
Of Col. Ward b. Burnett.
BY the report of the Adjutant General, TO
be forthwith transmitted to you. you will be
furnished with all the official information
possessed by this department, in relation TO
the two regiments mentioned, and also TO
the military condition of the State.
| The war with Mexico has imposed new
and delicately interesting duties upon you.
1t may, and probably will, in its progress,
claim further sacrifices from this State, and
/ rely with the utmost confidence upon your
readiness, a the representatives Of n gallant
and patriotic people, TO discharge, " it'll alac-
rity. any duty that may be cast upon you.
In the Legislature Of this State, in 1916,
when the first intelligence was received that
American blood had crimsoncd the waters
of the Rio Grande, upon proposition TO ap.
proprate money forthe enrolment of troops.
in expressing what then believed 10 be nv
duty as member OF that body, said /:
"That our country is in state of actual war
with Mexico, none can doubt. The causes
of that war are tome now uni,nportant. All
here know that, from the first, | was oppos-
ed TO the annexation Of Texas; but that is
now matter toregone. Texas is now bone
Of our bone and flesh Of our flesh, and they
who invade any potion of that country, in
wade the United States; and will as soon
vote for the enrolment of troops to protect
the soil of Texas as to protect the spot on
which now stand. Whether the conduct
Of the Government, in ordering our army to
be marched into that country, has been such
as ii should be or not, is also n ioregone con-
clusion. Our country has been inv AIDED
and the blood Of our citizens has been shed
and will sustain that country, and those
citizens, against foreign enemy, at all
times, and under all circumstances, right or
wrong" Although these lnpulSive sug-
gestons were naturally consequent upon the
receipt Of intelligence that the blood of onr
people had been shed, such impulses i'm mat
tiers OF this description, may generally be
trusted, and l said nothing which. upon
mature consideration, l do no, feel i, my duty
to reiterate.
| do not, however, mean TO be understood
as saying, nor can such an inference be fair
ly drawn from any thing have said, that il
is unimpor'ant, IN war with foreign coun-
try, that the government should be right.
1t has everywhere been truly said, that war
is among the direst calamities that can befal
a nation, particularly if its people have felt
the subdning and refining influences of chris
tianity and civilization, and can only be re-
sorted to for just cause, and be justified by n
high regard for the integrity and honor of
the nation. National honor is not merely
etherial-the echo of high sounding words.
1t is intimately connected with our weil-be
ing, the power of self preservation, and in
deed our very existence as nation.
The power TO declare war is vested in the
, Congress of the United States. and when
once engaged in war, either under deciar-
alton by Congress, or into which we have
been Involuntary plunged by the aggres-
sions Of a foreign government, the power to
make peace rests with the President of the
| United States and the Senate: and thatd
trine which teaches obedience to municipal
laws, whatever their character, until they
are modified or repealed, requires of us s
citizens of the United States, and in our cor
pornte capacity as one Of the members of the
coniederacy, to come mp TO the help Of the
government against "ioreign encmy,o
however we may have been involved in the
war, and whatever its causes or objects.
Suchis orr condition now. We are in a state
of war with Mexico, and in It's progress the
country has responded TO the demands OF
patriotism with spirit and zcalaS pure and
ardent as that which burned in the bosoms
of those who fought the battles Of the Revo.
luton. Under officers whose names will
live as long as the knowledge OF letters by
which their heroic deeds have been record
cd, our armies have achieved a series Of the
most brilliant victories known TO the history
Of ancient or modern times.
The country, always indisposcd 10 war,
would receive with joy. intelligence of an
honorable peace. But 10 render q peace
honorable, think she would demand, and
has right TO require, that it shall be accom-.
panied with such indemnity osupon the page
of history will be evidence of an acknowl.
edgment by Mexico, ofthc superiority of
arms. Butthe character and extent of such
indemnity, may not speak Of in this com
munication.
With the return Of peace, will come sea.
son for calm deliberaicn and searching in.
quiry. The causes, the conduct and result,