Weekly national intelligencer., 1848-01-22

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As make the angels weep"
And how appropriate the language of Solomon to the sign
Of the times When the righteous in authority th
people rejoice bat when the wicked beareh rule the people
mourn"
Then he asked, under all the circumstances, shall thu
Congress of the United States shall the representatives of
great and free peoples shall representative from the noble
State of Georgaone of the good old Theen the lane
of Gwynet and Hail. and Walton, Of OgIethorpe and Craw
ford-wh folded sit mutely down, and with closed
lips and silent tongue the great of liberty pantet
and cultivated by our ancestors and under whose gcna
branches the nation has propered and reposed in safety
more than half century shall il quiverng in every
branch beneath the cahng halbcJ Of Executive folly and
usurpaon and make effort protect it from Executive
msule and party violence Shall witness eradication
and make attempt the spoilers blow Shall we
sound the tocsn of alarm and sunberng in
dgnation OF too confding people l know not what
course others may pursue for myself only say that
Though periis did abound thick thought could make
them,
And appear in forms more horrid
Yet my duty as doth rock against the chidng iood
And stand unshaken"-by the Constitution.
g For great were the hearts and strong the minds
OF those who framed, in high debate,
The immortal league of love that binds
Our fair broad empire State with State"
And what sir the condition Of Mexico The reverses
and the vcudes of that Republic have been varied and null
udnous. After the conquest of Cortez, dating from 1872
she remained Spanish colony for more than three hundred
years, and in 1921 having shook of the fces of Castan
bondage, she became independent republic But eaily
1885, find her rlarsing into consolidation and central
sm In ls4s find her realizing the horrors Of anarchy
What night in regard TO the things of yesterday may be
wrong when applied those of day. Our present relations
to Mexico not what they the ncpiency Of this
unhappy conflict few years ago, and she with
out hope She had the courage and the energy to gain her
independence but lacked the virtue and intelligence main
tain Hers delusyc dream and widely different has
been the reality And the history of her brief striking
ly exempifes that scIptural admontion, Let him that
hnketh he sandch take heed lest he fall" For now her
nd kar1
tay affairs she blceds at every PORE Imbde and Hago,
Aende and Moelo Bustsmenie and Santa Anna each
in their and regned and fallen, and Mexico is
dependent Mexico Torn pieces by the eachey
and the intrigue Of her corrupt and ambitious leaders, and
calling and crngng beneath the iron yoke Of boated and
mercenary priesthood home, and driven seaboad to
mountain and from mountain 10 seaboad, by the nvncble
sodery Of Taylor and Of Scott proud and obstinate
YIELD and yet feeble much longer to defend and protect
her silver serras and her vcrdan valleys unwilling aban
don her redes and her aas that soil which she has
long and prose watered with the blood her heroes
she presents melancholy picture OF humiliation and disgrace
only equaed in modem times by the tragic fate Of unfortunate
and down trodden Poland And though grim visaged war
hath not smoothed his wrnked front, the waichwod
warcry OF parcan and plebeian is God and Liberty"
Imagination porsys the last gallant platoon Of her army
camberng up the pyramid of Choula, and with Warsaws
last champion
"oh, Heaven, they cry, cur bleeding country save
Is there no hand on high TO shield the brave
Yet though destruction sweep these lovely plains
Rise, fellow men, country yet remains
BY that dread name we wave the sword on high,
And with her to live, for her to die"
Or raying within the walls OF her ancient
cemeteries and clustering around the crumbng toms Of their
fathers and their mothers, and exclaimng-
"When Hopes expiring throb DER,
And even Despair can prompt no more,
This spot shall be the sacred grave
OF the last Few who, vanly brave,
Die for the land they cannot save"
To be brave be generous to be nobcs to be just
and 10 be great to be good The American eaee guided
in her upward and her onward fight by the dauness spirit
Of unwaveng chvay, and sustained and supported by the
ndomtabe prowess Of American arms, spreads in ri
umphan grandeur his broad and potent nons over that mag
nhcent palace where halls and the
golden domcs Of the Montezumas.
The banner Of country IN victory upon the
cmbalcd heights Of Monterey and throws out its start
scintatons from the lofty towers Of San Juan dc Uua, and
along the walls Of the great city Of the Cross while the Sc
puchra voice of death whispers from the Accdamas Of Buena
Vista and Ceo Gordo and up in wang notes from
the CORY plains Of Chapurpec Churubusco Conera and
Molino del Rey, crying "enough, "enough !-while the
Alameda and Pazas her political capital and her commercial
emporium are the Champ de Mars OF amy The scep-
tre Of the ancient Azecs has well nigh departed and the
hope of tho Mauranan has fed forever Exhausted
and emacaed she is toterng upon the verge Of national
annhla1n, and to be not 10 be is now the question She
is now left TO chose between desperation and disgrace But
would ask this House and this country has the virtue end
the maenanimty Of patriot fathers dcgeneraed IN no bo
Of her sons Let me hope not would ask, shall the
hitherto spoess fame Of gallant army and navy be tar
nshed by participation in the sangunay scenes OF savage
warfare Shall they become polluted by the sPols OF war
and Yandalic lccntousness Never, never True glory
is the reward of virtue, and not OF vice.
The mighty and the tribes OF the red men OF the
forest have given back and yet further back at the approach
of and ourselves Twice have the egons Of
Aons Islc acknowledged the supremacy Of our arms and
the vctos Of CASTLE and Aagon more recently succumbed 70
the Of Washington Looked up to as the model Gov
cnment Of the world and holding out the nss Of freedom TO
every land let he unmndfu that righteousness
slteh nation and sin repioach 10 any people great
has been committed keeping Let US be faithful
to the trust The political dcstnies Of twenty millions people
perhaps suspended on the deliberations of the both Con-
gress Our fathers pledged their lives, their fortunes and
their sacred honor 70 bequeah freedom many Of whom
paid down the price Over this rich boon lei US watch witt,
vigilance that never ecps and guard with jealousy that
admits no encroachmen,i and protect i with yalor thai
never surenders.
There are other facts connected with this subject which
should like TO notice. but the want Of time me to re
uctan conclusion Though not satisfied with the manner
which The war pending commenced must be aowc'
to say that from the the first gun fired up 10 thu
present ume no has advocated the defence Of his county
more zealousy than myself and shall always advocate il
defence to any that circumstances may require Iw
stand BY the country in glory In gioo In peace IN
But will the time when may honoraby hur
the tomahawk, and pass round the calumet Of peaecwhe