Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1848-03-24

thls Is a pretty piece OF business. How 10
you dare TO do such a iliugl You know the
President has ordered you home"
EYES," says he, SAND | mean to 20 home
as soon as | get through the job lie sent me
to do
"Wcll now" says I, "Trist, | claim, to
know what the President is shout, and what
he wants, and I'm his confidential friend and
private ambassador out here, and | shall take
the liberty to interfere in this business. This
highhaudcd doings Of yourn must be nipi OFT
in the bud. What sort of bargain have
you been makingl Jest let me look at the
treaty."
Cant do IT," says he, ''it's half way to
Vera Cruz by this time; | sent it off yeoleT-
day."
"Blood and thunder!" says |, "then you
have knocked the whole business in the head,
sure enough. You've committed an outra-
geous crime, sir, and a great shame; ana
don't you know, sir, that great crimes de-
serve great punishmentsl | don't know what
Col. Polk will do; but ] know what my
friend oid Hickory would do if he was alive;
he would hang you right up to the first Tree
he could come at"
"What, hang me for doing Just what | was
sent here 10 do?r says he. "For I've made
Jest ouch a bargain as The President told Inc
10 make; only a leetle better one"
"Fhat's nothing here nor there" says J.,
You know circumstances alters cases. And
you know well enough, or you ouahtio have
sense enough TO know, that, as things now
stand, the President don't want a treaty.
Now, says |, MIR. Trist, answer Inc one plain
question: Do you think you have any right
at all to make a treaty after the President has
ordered you home !"
G.Np1l ~ cn,c ba ,irrNn,ctaprp alters
cases too; and when the President ordered
me home, | suppose he thought | couldn't get
through the job he sent me to do. But
thought | could, and so | kept trying, and
I've got through with il at last, and done tue
business all up according TO my first orders;
and | doH't see why tho President should
ut be well satisfied"
"Well," says l, whats the items Of the
bargainl What have you agreed uponl"
"Nhy,' says he, ave have the whole of
Texas clear TO the Rio Grande; we have all
Of New Mexico, and all Of Upper California.
And we pay the Mexicans fifteen millions
Of dollars, and we pay our own citizens five
millions that the MeNicans owed Them
And we stop firing, draw our charges from
the guns that are loaded and go home."
"Weil, now says |, "l'rist, DON'T you
think you are a pretty Teller to make such a
bargain as that al this time Of day! The Pre-
sident will be mortified to death about it,
Here we've been tightin near about two years
TO make the Mexicans pay over that five mil
lions Of dollars they owed our people, and
now you've agreed that we shall put our
hands in our own pockets and pay it OUT
selves. The whole plan Of The war has been
carried on by the President upon the highest
principles to 90 straight ahead and conquer
a peace man-fashion; and now you've agreed
to back out Of the scrape, and bug a peace,
and pay the money for it. You know very
well the President has declared, time and a.
gain, that the war should 90 on I'LL we got
indemnify for the past and security for the
f~uture-them's his own woyds-and now
you've agreed TO settle up without getting ono
5 iot of either. For the past, we are at least a
hundred millions of dollars out of pocket, be,
: sides losing ten or fifteen thousand men,
As for the men, | spose you may say we cal
D Offset them against The Mexicans we have
@ killed, and as we have killed more than they
/, have, may be it foots up a little ia our favor,
and that's the only advantage you have Sc
cured. AS for the hundred millions of dol
lars, we don't a get a penny Of il back. s.
u all the indemnity you get for the past Is
g few thousand dead NieNicans-lhat is, a
many ar remains after subtractlng what they
J We killed of us from what we've killed c
o them. But the cap-sheaf Of your bargain /
n the security for the future The cities AM
towns and castles that we have fit so hard 1
or take, and have got our men into, and all S
10 well secured, you now agree TO give 'em al
y right up again to the enemy, and march on
men oil home with their fingers in thei
mouths; and that's our security for the fl
al ture. As for the fifteen millions of dollar
YOU agree ~ pay for New Mexico and Cal
f~ornia, you might Jest as well a thrown til
mercy into the sea, for they was ours aiorC
they was already conquered and annexed
and was as much ours as if we had paid tn
money for EN-
!, Here | turned on my heel and left him, fl
e was SO disguised at the conduct Of the fe
u Ter that | wouldn't have any more talk VIII
s.. him. And now, my dear Colonel, there
>, nothing for us 10 do but to look this busine:
RIGHT in the face and make the best we ca
y OF it. If there was any way 10 keep The thin
~ out of sight, it would be best for you to thro
u the treaty into the fire as soon as you get i
" and send word on 10 Gineral Scott to 90
~ head again. But that is Impossible; it wi
" be spread all over the country and known
! every body. And In convinced that It wi
=, be the best way for ynn 10 turn right abou
~ make out TO be glad of what can't be helpe
-, and accept the treaty. The nominations +
u President is close al hand, and you must @
" ready to 60 into the election for Your secpt
:. term on What you've got, and make the be
show you can with it. If you should reje
"a the treaty, the opposition would get the "a
81 vantage of you again; they would then C
"a, out that the MeXicans had asked for pea
Il" and you had refused Il; and there would
=, no end TO their growing about this oppre
AZ siye war of invasion. But if you accept Il
mr. treaty, it puts an end 10 their grumbling
- bout the war.
MS To pacify our friends that are very Gag
He for the whole OF Mexico, you must Tell e
elf to look out and see how much we have
or ready got; keep telling of 'em that half a 10
we is better than no bread: tell 'em 10 keep qt
Dur ct ill after your next election is over, al
may be you'll c%onlrive some plan to be CT
It's ting into 'toiher half. Keep Mr.. Richie blo-
an ing the organ, all weathers, to the tune
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