Weekly national intelligencer., 1848-02-19

army AT this rate, one million may be derived from the
eleven States now In power within year. You may be
receiving S. OOO 900 from the customs and $500 900 from
all other sources not abandoned surrendered
the States Thus, the whole amount Of revenue, after all
your brilliant you now in the receipt Of n pur
suance Of the policy compelling Mexico pay the expense
Of the military occupation Of the country, does exceed the
rate Of So, 500, 900.
ter ALL Of little importance 70 the country This question in
wolves higher BY the time you shall have per-
feced your financial regulaions in Mexico and long before
shall have given such strength and power to the Gov
you propose to ere long before you shall the
day when you can safely withdraw your army from Mexico
with the securities you desire, new element Of control will
have interviewed and potent will have sprung
up to set all your plans y naught Sir the moment shall
become your known and settled policy continue the armed
occupation of Mexico that you propose occupy all the
large towns with comptent force to tranquility that
you intend to extend your protection to the highways and all
other channels of trade and intercourse and that this military
protection is endure fr series OF years. it endure,
what must be the inevitable consequence current Of inn
migration will towards Mexico from this country, as ire.
sistble the torrent OF Niagara The youthful ardent and
enerpsng classes Of this country attracted by the thousand
which go forth Of the untold wealth Of the Mexican
mines of the wide and yet unoccupied field for successful
teprise in every branch Of industry will spread them
selves over the whole country They will become pro-
preors OF the soil under the guaranty OF the Govern
ment of your formation they will become agrcultuss es-
tabsh factories and become the most useful and productive
class in the country They will send for their families
sir before two years shall have passed the execution of your
present policy hundreds of thousands Of your citizens
will have become domicled in Mexico Your citizen soldiers
too will have become reconced to permanent residence in
the land their have conquered They, too will have
contracted ties and obligations which they will not be willing
abandon Them when you shall suppose that the time has
when you safely Withdraw your army, cry of
monstrance will up from Mexico, such will find
echo, lively sympathy at home, in the hearts Of
Of thousands who imagine that necessity
arise strong enough to reconcile them the subugaon of the
whole of Mexico. These influences will be felt in all the de-
parments of the Government they will be felt in this cham
Der. II will not be the Puros only, but it will be your own
counymen who will call upon you to hem their fami-
lies tir property from The resentmept oppressioD and
spoiaton Of the powerful factions which will be ready to
spring up and overturn the Government That force
of circumstances, SO often and significantly alluded to in
this debate, will then acquire teniold power the sen
and opinions of the people Of this country, and
the public councils heretofore strong enough impel
you to the policy of continuing this war, by carrying your
to the heart Of Mexico, and then to you in the
plan of creating new Governments and will at last mpe
you, with far greater reason hold the sovereignty
of the whole country by right Of conquest.
This sir, will be the last act in the great political drama
enacing This is to be the consummaton Of the
policy already shadowed forth in the message This is
merely nasccn policy it exists not in embryo only have
attempted to show that has terminated already That
not merely vague floating idea in the brain Of the Pres
dent will fully appear from the message beg leave read
few passages from it. After alludng the probable fin
security Of the present Government in Mexico and suggest
that may become proper to give assurances of poec
ton the friends Of peace in Mexico in the establishment
and maintenance Of republican government of their
choice and thus converting the "war which Mexico has
forced upon into enduring blessing to herself the Pre-
sdent concludes what he had say upon this part Of the
subject in this significant language:
I after afordng this encouragement and protection and
after all the perseverng and sincere efforts have made
from the moment Mexico commenced the war; and prior
that me to adjust differences with her. shall ultimate
ly fall then shall have exhausted all honorable
pursuit o. peace, and must continue occupy her country Nth
our hoops taking the full measure c indemnify into
hands, and must enforce e terms zchch honor demands"
What the taking the full oindemnly into our
bands points to, whoever doubts cannot be influenced
by any reasoning it is in my power to employ.
But it not the President only who appears to have look
ed to the permanent acquisition of all Mexico the probable
result of the policy pursued in the prosecution ofthe
have in my hands copy of letter addressed by the Sece
of State (Mr Buchanan upon this subject, to public
meeting in Philadelphia in which he the views upon
the war question in the following language:
The capital of Mexico headquarters of our con-
querng army and yet such is the genius Of free ns
tons, that for the first time its peaceful and weldisposed
citizens enjoy security in their private rights and the advan
tage OF Just and firm government From all that be
learned they appreciate our protection its proper value and
know this would be the signal for and fierce dssen
sons among their military leaders, which the Mexican peo-
pie would become the victims In this wreched condition of
affairs justice to them and to ourselves may require that
should protect them establishing upon basis
republican government able and willing conclude and man-
tain equitable treaty peace the United States After
every effort obtain treaty. should we finally fail in
accomplishing the object and should the military factions in
Mexico still persist in waging upon utless war, then
we must fulfil the destiny which Providence may have in
for both countries
In any event, to the glories Of the past, the
duties of the present. and the hopes future fall
ter IN the vigorous this until shall have
cured and honorable peace The people of the United
States will act upon this determination surely that in
domabe perseverance in righteous characteristic
OF our race"
But other powerful and influential supporters Of the Admin
istraon have also furnished pregnant and alarming evidences
that this idea OF conqueng and holding all Mexico has been
largely entertained Need refer the resolution introduced
HASSEeAS) TO the resolution on the subject intro
duced by the Senator from New York. (Mr. DIcKIssos y
They speak for themselves.
There others who have spoken upon this subject
prominent IN the country to be passed without notice
nere aude TO opinions expressed by officers of the army
have understood that letter has appeared in Of the pub
c Journals OF the country from distinguished and gallant
general recently returned from Mexico General Quman)
in which he expressed himself favorably to this policy.
would be sorry to mscpesent this dstng guhed officer for
have high respect both for his patriotism and his nege
and II am IN error and any honorable Senator has in his
power to set me right will thank him to do Another
gallant and distinguished general General Shelds) OBJ
serve, has expressed the sentiment on public convval
cason that the Wings are warring against high and in
domitable necessity"
The distinguished and able chairman OF the Committee on
Military Aars has told that although he does not anic
pate the annexation of all Mexico yet that he sees nothing
alanng in such result could multiply the proofs, be-
yond the patience Of the Senate listen to- that this gigantic
scheme Of annexation has been gavey considered and found
favor with the Administration If be not its settled policy
But whatever may be the real views the President and
his Cabinet upon the subject have, think concusyely