The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1848-01-29
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which was "The true boundaries of the Uni
ted States, the whole American continent"
This sentiment had been applnuded, and
mnny of like character nre expressed daily.
He said he felt alarmed for the liberties of
his country, at the power and magnitude OF
the Executive, nj tho little attention given by
the people to this subjecr.
The President was, at this moment in
command of a vast army in II foreign nation,
decked with lis trappngs and endowed with
It's patronage. He was laying ont plans OF
campaigns and conquest and ordering the
whole revenues ofMeXico TO he seized, lay
.ng rates Of duties on imports, assuming, in
short, the whole power fan absolute mon
arch, and Congress was refused even the
right 10 call upon the Executive for an cX-
planation ofhis purpose; for copies Of letters
or plans ofcampuigns which he may have de-
signed. lie openly refuses 10 respond to The
requests of the House ofReprcsentativesRn
his friends in this body, when a resolution is
prcscnted,as one was presented the other day
by my colleague (Mr Manguml vote it down
and il is laid upon the table, and the inturma-
lion asked for is denied. CThe resolution,of
which lspoke in my letter yesterday, was
this morning laid on the table by n vote of 22
to 20,--one Of the most fragrant ouirages ev-
or perpctraIod in the Senaie.)
MIR Badger next came TO the plans ofpeace
spoken Of Ey the President in his Message.
The President says three, but, said Mr. Bad
ger, there are but two named. lie says one
is TO take defensive line. This he repudi-
ntes The next is 10 take the whole country;
this he repudintes; and the third is, To hold on
Ia all Lh ~ hare, AMI 10 smead our armies oucr
The ,riole Of .Herico seize upon its revenue,
and wholly subjugate it. This plan he dp-
pr9ues Of Now, said Mr. Badger, hold that
this is the same as the second plan, which he
disavows. II is the same thing, and the bill
upon our table is to help him carry it into
execution.
have not time to enumerate anything like
the whole of the points made by the honoru-
BILE Senator. He spoke against annexation.
lie snid he would not have foot Of the Mex
lean territory taken from her by force and
conquest. The only part we really wanted
was the bay and harbor of san Francisco,
aud n small strip of territory adjoining but
not even that would have, (said MIR b. or
take from her without giving her full and am
pie indemnity therefor.
lie spoke of the love of conquest, aud of
its demorasing effect. Many gentlemen
seemed to take it for granted that the people
were for the plumber Of Mexico, but he said
he wanted evidence ofthe fact lie spoke
in highly eloquent terms ofthc people of his
own State, who, though comparatively poor,
were endowed, nevertheless, thank God,wth
sufficient to live and TO educate their children
in the ways Of religion, liberty and virtue,and
not to look with covetousness upon the prop
erty or country Of their neighbors. Bur, said
MIR b., should they be imbued with other sem
timents and designs, his course was still fix
ed; his own self respect, and the love he bore
his country and the people ofNorth Carolina,
would never permit him to do an act which
he believed was wrong, and which would
strike fatal blow TO the union Of the States
and the honor and good name ofthe Ameri-
cen Republic.