Weekly national intelligencer., 1848-02-05

own passions. What does this say TO the world Why,
that the Republicans of America govern their own
passions that they ungovernabe desires 10 fake other
peoples property; that they have been pyng upon weaker
neghbor and seriously preparing swallow up her very
existence nation We do not govern ourselves, our own
passions in the view Of the world if adopt any such pro-
ceeding.
In place. however much may have been said about
destroying the nationality Of Mexico should destroy our
own nationality by such an act We shall be the
people that cease TO be the Saxon race Ame-
canizcjthe people coming from proud intelligent ancestry
capable Of reducing successful practice Government with
in ourselves We shall take in eight millions Of peo-
pie IN noway homogeneous incapable Of being reduced TO
mon feelings common interests common desires with u.s.
Again, are told must 90 on with the war; because
must have "indemnity." One single word upon that
What do the Executive and those people who talk about il
q be understood when they talk about "indemniy "
Do they expect 20 obtain dollars and nut
the Treasury cpenish the outlaws OF millions which we
have incurred Now, what is there in Mexico from which
we obtain single doarl Can we derive any thing
from any all her lands take it that nobody supposes
we could take away lands which are now in the hands nd
vdua Propretos Through the whole of Mexico there is
t for cultivation which is not granted away
bypothecaed, and which has been for hundred years
know that gentlemen consider that this people exceed
ingy hungry for land. They say il runs in our race
did when we fought the Indians for land and drove
them the Ohio When ST. Clair defeated by the
Indians and when our men returned to bury their Dead they
found the Indians had filed the mouths Of all our dead
with earth Whatever may be the fact held out on this
pears very obvious that large part Of those people who
Of indemnity know thet there is no land from which dol
lar be obtained Therefore this story about getting in
dennity" is deusion perfect and croundess deusion,
however hungry our people may be for land.
But il Is said We must stay and fight out because
not make peace That plea equally false Was there not
in the ist treaty offer made by the Mcxcsns peace
If you would stop this hungry haneng desire for conquest
you could make peace in thirty days The only difficulty
then, that this Government insisted the whole Of New
Mexico as well as Caoha The pretence therefore, that
have got to go and you got far that you can
better go on than go back, all deluon and fasehood
do not charge any man with lying about it. but it perfect
/ ly unfounded assertion.
The next objection khave the conquest Of Mexico is that
consider when the people bated by tho desire
conquest and deuded by the idea Of military glory, VIC
are morgagng our own country for debt Of millions and
hundreds Of millions yet undiscosed debt Is to be incur
red in this wal Of conquest and what is become Of t II
is to become mortgage, lien all the industry, all tho
results Of industry all the lands and all the property Of th
country for succession Of generations TO come.
My next objection is if the laws Of nations not to be