Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1848-02-26

country by Spain have heard shall hear OF no such
allegation This act therefore, like that OF 1909 was an act
Of aggression and designed to prevent an invasion Of the
territory OF the United Sates but authorize the United States
TO invade the claimed occupied by the subjects
q ne spanish monarch On such subject it necessary
and proper that Congress should be and Congress
was consulted, and asened the mediated INVASION I'm
der the act OF 1906 nothing ever done Under that az
1913 we took possession Of the Mobile country and subse-
quenty ncorpo ated into Alabama where il today. These
the casesa aggressive all contemplating an invasion If
country occupied and claimed by other Powers with whom
we were at peace gentlemen cannot the difference be-
aggressive, act and one Of and
preventive Of INVASION shall have conclude that thev
duler in intellect than had supposed.
will now very briefly consider the second count Of thisn-
dciment against the Administration and that is as 10 the
manner IN which this has been conducted When this
declared with but dissenting voices in the Sem
ate, and with but fourteen in the House, the President sent
IN his estimates for the necessary men, money, other
means to successfully These estimates men and
money and voted with great unanmy by the two
Houses Of Congress The President devised his plans
for carrying this and these plans have been faithfully
and brilliantly executed And what have been the results
In less than two years. without any previous preparations for
such results the President has overhown subdued nearly
the whole OF Mexicoa country nearly large own
and containing population Of about millions of nha-
bans II such glorious results these which have marked
and distinguished the prosecution of this war; are not concu
sve to the skill and energy with which has been con-
Quoted by the Administration shall DO justified in saving
that our opponents are very unreasonable and very hard
please Under what circumstances have those results been
achieved They have been achieved in spite opposition
party IN this country, who, from the beginning this day.
have underworld to embaass the Executive by rendering this
odous and unpopular At the very time that this war
decaredthough voting for it and every measure con-
neced with tive find denounced by the opposition as
unnecessary and unconstitutional They indicated as the de-
bates at that time will show their purpose at Soma ntra
period Suitable in their Judgment fof such proceed
ing than at that me bring the President an account for
his SINS in bringing this unnecessary and unconstitutional war
upon the country.
The Pesden, has achieved these results in spite Of these
mpuaons and in spite Of these appeals party 10 faati
and bgotry and sectional ealousies He has achieved
them in spite Of the teors held counymen in the
form of the fatal diseases of the Mexican climate her deserts
and her mountains, and her nvncible Spanish blood The
predictions of her prophets land what nation in time Of war
has ever been without them Of ruin TO Treasury
bankruptcy to the whole country and OF having after the first
or second campaign foreign upon hands without an
army in the field money the Treasuy-these predic-
tons have not been obstacles of sufficient magnitude inter-
rup materially to prevent glorious Such
opposition formidable only weaker minds has not deferred
Executive from the vigorous prosecution of this His
umphs have asounded the opposition, and surpassed the
expectations of his friends Ever regretnp the exist
Of this war; and DESTROYS at all times close hon
orabe TERMS he asked for an appropriation three millions
of doas the last session, enable him to terminate il
and on that occasion the opposition, though camong for
peace, refused in body to vote for it, The cry then was
WIN you buy your peace Of Mexico J" In short, the OPP
position denounced the they threw obstacles in the way
OF Its prosecution by endeavong render il odous and
when money, and not bullets asked as peace measure
that IN lis turn, is denounced What shall we do What
be done that can and will satisfy our ens over The
way
Mr. President the last chief point which propose TO
notice. the Interior objects of this The uterior objects
OF TINS war are to obtain speedy and permanent peace upon
Just and honorable terms These the full payment
OF the claims OF our citizens against Mexico and reasonable
indemnity for the expenses and sacrifices which this war has
cost us This demand expected in the shape territory
Al The last session OF Congress authorized to state and
did state what territory regarded as of sufficient yalue to
satisfy demands and that territory was New
Upper California This statement it will be recoected was
made before the battle of Buena VISTA and before the fall of
Vera Cruz and her celebrated castle These terms our agent
Mr. Tst authorized to propose before our army march,
ed from Vera Cruz After that agent had received his in
structon our fought It's way the very gates of the
city OF Mexico and there the entrance Of our
victorious army that city, armistice was entered into
for the purpose OF saving the further euon of blood by
treaty. Notwithstanding the favorable change in the posture
OF our affairs in that country after the instructions had been
given Mr. Observation-Disclosures the many successful IN,
bloody battles army had fought after Mr. Tnst had re-
ceved his insructons-the many cities, and castles and for
uhcaons the arms and munitions of belonging to the
enemy which our army had taken subsequent TO those in
strucons-he rout capture slaughter OF her armies
and her capital within all these
favorable changes, which occurred after Mr. Ts had re-
ceived his instructions affairs in that countrychanoes
that would have well justified the United States in erac;n
terms more onerous upon Mexico-we find Mr. Trist our
agent, offering TO receive Of Mexico Uppe California and
new MEXICO oil both OF which we then in possession
and as conqueror had the unquesonabe right to hold or
dispose Of These provinces not only satisfactory but
were regarded than satisfactory for our agent pro-
posed to give for them, in addition demand important
moneyed considerations besides restoring her all the residue
OF our conquests in that country These tems-too liberal
the estimation of msDy-were rejected by Mexico The ar
msice then terminated the capital taken and her army
and government driven from it, These occurrences having
been communicated our Government Mr. Trs our agent
recalled by letter from the Department Of State on the
9th Of October ls47 And that recall was reiterated on the
25h Of October 1917 and the receipt of the first letter Of
recall s acknowledged by Mr. T letter Of the date Of
the 9th Of November, lS47 Since the recall OF Mr. Trst
there has been in Mexico, authorized by the Govern
ment OF the United States, TO make treaty with Mexico
But Is well known in Mexico that the President is willing
and is really ANXIOUS to make treaty with her. II the terms
offered by Mr. Tst had been accepted by Mexico that
would have had the sanction of the President These terms
now, with probably slight modification as to boundary and
the withdrawal, in whole in part the moneyed consider
ATOMS would be approved by the President The President
did DESIRE and does DESIRE the whole Of Mexico
or the extinction of her nationality, the incorporation of it,
as States Provinces into this Union No such policy ever
found favor with him. His messages and all his con-
nected with Mexican affairs furnish abundant proof that he
never contemplated desired any such results The Pre
dent in my judgment, than any other America
desired to avoid this and that oficermore, probably,
than any other in Amerca-has ever been derous
Of terminating il speedily and honoably With this convc
ton upon my mind not prepared hear the Senator
rom Tennessee M BEIL) that the President did
desire peace with Mexico and that the President desired
conquer and hold the whole Of Mexico.
Sir when the Senator (Mr. BELL) stated that the Pres
dent did not desire peace with Mexico really supposed
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