Ypsilanti sentinel. [volume] (Ypsilanti, Washtenaw Co., Mich.) 1843-1900, 1848-03-29

The PEAeE.,-lf Peace iesults from the Urea
ty which has been ratified by our Senate, and is
now on the way to Mexico, it will De another
example of the superiority of mert blindchance
over the wisdom of the President--no, not blind
chance, we correct that expression-it is proof
positive of the existence of hidden Power of
which Mr.. Polk is but the tool. That Power
is the concentration of the perpetualism of the
South for the maintenance of slavery. We
O nee supposed that Mr.. Polk was the chosen
leader and director of this Power but it now
seems to MS that were that the case-were he
capable of being the Catalina of the conspiracy
he would never place himsels in the ridicu-
lous positions he SO frequently occupies. Look
at the settlement of the Oregon question was
there friend of his who was not disguised at
his conduct as whole, from his Boosting in
augural, to his signature of the Treaty as it
came from the Senate, and which he sent tn the
Senate as it came from the hands of the Eng
glish Minister He was magnanimous in his
first defiance of Great Britain, and from that he
descended TO the last degree of pu sillanimity
in the concluding act OF the drama. But the
Grand design of Southren aggrandzement was
forwarded by the result. A vexing question
was settled, and all danger of collision with a
powerful foe was avoided: the attention of the
propagandists of slavery could now be turned
| toward Mexico without interruption. Now if
Mr.. Polk had been the leader of this Power, he
would, having the result in view, have advan-
ced towards it by the straight course of peace
full negotiation, instead of committing the haz-
zardous bunder of utterng threats. at the out
ct, which must be basely retracted or suffered
! to defeat the final object. Had he even foreseen
the task his masters had assigned him he would
have accomplished il without being COMPEL
ed to toll through it by inconsistent and morti-
flying turnings and windings.
The Trst Treaty, and its concomtant cir
cumstances, is still more forcible proof. Mr..
Trist was sent out to offer peace TO Mexico
His overtures being rejected, he was deprived
his powers and ordered home, BY the President
Instead of chewing, he took his time. formed a
Treaty, and coolly sent it to the President
By the terms of this Treaty slavery propaganda
ism is again triumphant. But not. apparently,
bv the intention of Mr.. Polk: he had again
mistaken his master'e wishes, and the inter-
vention of Mr.. Trist corrects the mistake
This was the mere unofficial act of a private
citizen, and that too, against the orders of the
executive, and against an existing law of the
nation. But the President meekv laws his
thunder aside, and sends the tristfnl treaty 10
the Senate. When the Senate has acted upon
it he dutifully signs it. The result is in exact
accordance with the wishes of the Great con-
trolling Power, Propagandism. An unlimited
territory is annexed at cost as great as it is
worth 50 that all the loss of the war has beeu
sustained merely to bring the Mexicans to a
willingness to sell il. Mr.. Trst is the man
that made treaty with Mexico, but "who is
James X. Polkf'