The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-05-17

difference between us but he could not be heard He
spurned; and the very thought OF the thing produced
revolution, and deposition OF the then President. AT
ter our most brilliant victories when our conquerng
army was at the gates OF the capital, had COM
missioner with it, with full powers TO make peace,
who was met by commissioners on the part OF Mex
lco and what was the result Could we have done
ought we to have done--more than we have' put
TO the SENATOR and to others his side of the cham
ber TO say if they would have concluded peace the
basis proposed by MeXco' Would they have accepted
the Mexican propositions, any of them Would
DO senators recOlec the Mexican propositions of the
9th of September last What do they say to the twelfth
and fourteenth arcles' If understood the honorable
senator of Maryland, not now in his seat [Mr PEARCE
he would have accepted them; but never would and
doubt very much there is respectable number OF the
opposition who would Do senator's remember the
twelfth article, requiring guarantee IRON US, and that
guarantee Great Britain that we would NOT az any time
hereafter, matter how necessary might be for our
And that as provided in the ouri.enh article we should
indemnify Mexico for all the injury army had lnict-
ed And with the further stipulation, and mentioned for
the first time in the history Of this controversy IN Mckee,
that the Nueces should be the boundary!
Now in all sincerity put it to senators, would they
consent to dismember Texas Would they Acknowledge
claim Recollect that her preensions to Texas were.
and always have been, to the Sabine. Would any OF
them agree that we should degrade ourselves and our
country to give the guarantee Of Great Britain, that
we would not annex to our Confedeacy any contiguous
territory for all time Gomez and above all, that we
sheud indemnify Mexico for all the injuries she has
ceived from her own aggressive acts Let the senator
stand forth and avow It Ii senators on the other side
sincere however, they must agree to the last propo-
sitOn for If the UNJUST they asseverate IT IS,
we are bound to make full reparaton to Mexico They
then bound, if they sincere and who can doubt
their sincerity y to go before the people OF the uned
States on this as OF the issues at the coming fall
election They assert the war is unjust II It 49, must
you not on the restoration Of peace, make full repa1a
Is not tins well established G n "bsr :" Rase
recognise this prncple' And is it not correct onee
If opponents sincere in the belief often ex-
effort to obtain the government carry out TO It's con-
sequences And, sir, il unfortunately they 40 get INTO
power, and negotiate for peace how can they escape
the demands which Mexico will make Tor indemnify,
based, they would be, their admissions, that
the unjust TO her
Mr. President at the outset of this war, and in its first
year, it distinctly avowed by the Executive and re-
iteated by his friends, that 1t brought upon us
by Mexico he had other desire in waging it than an
honorable peace including indemnity for the past lnu-
ries had sustained at her hands, and such security
against future aggressions as Mexico might be enabled
to give And is it unreasonable sir, that as the war is
protraced by Mexico, she refusing all offers OF accom-.
mediation, that demands should rise in proportion
In my own opinion, in the view ! have taken OF this
matter we would not be doing justice 70 our own coIn-
try by show of too much lenity to Mexico and that
sheer justice would demand from her full indemnity also
for the expenses of this and in her peculiar position
the cesson Of the sovereignty and jurisdiction over part
of her territory should be insisted upon as sine qua
non for believe with the President that the doctrine
of territory which preached here at the last ses
sion and found many advocates is the doctrine OF no
indemnity In territory only can Mexico make repara
ton for the past and afford security for her future good
behavior and although strong nation, yet,
like the strong who desires eecnn against the at
tack of lurking cowardy assassin, should we insist
VS. against future aggessons. Yet sir, it seems to
be doubted by some whether the President is willing to
accept treaty eedng New Mexico and California as
rity he demands. l suppose though do not know it
from him, that he would accept such treaty, if he
thought the government of Mexico was so established as
to piV a rpaS n n
desire for the sake of it, peace admitted to
be our true policy but on what terms this shall end,
Our policy, sir, is, emphatcally, peace with all
tons, but with at the sacrifice Of national honor,
the dearest possession of nation We have sir,
since the birth of nation. given occasion for war.
not with the barbarous tribes upon borders 1t
pride be able to say, that whole history may
BE explored and no single act OF national injustice can be
tona escutcheon. We, sir would have never disturbed
our peaceful relations with Mexico, by any act of oar
own she has brought the upon herself, under de-
fusion that of our sister States belonged herr and
resolving to possess by force OF arms and refusing to
hear minister upon the matters in dispute, sought to
end them by the swod and she has appealed to that
dread abiter she must abide its fortune But Sir,
is said, full of evil that this ought to be terminated
at the earliest moment some senators believing that the
glory have gained by is sufficient indemnity for all
wrongs and Others deprecang further advance OF
army, likely to bring about the result alluded to in
the resolutions of the honorable from s. CaOll
na MIR CALHOUN, ] and which he deprecates much
It is true sir, evil-a great evil; but it has
also its advantages and though the land may be, for
time, crushed by its armed heel it but preparing II for
the reception OF that seed whose fruit is commerce.
science the arts and the highest and purest forms OF CIV
ilizaton. Alexander in opening Persia and India, by
his sword, the of Greece founded more CT
ties than he conquered and the worlds whole history
snce shows most clearly that lis permanent dement's lar
outweigh its transtory evils. The roads traced by Inc
soldiery are soon followed by the merchant greatly ia
ciitang the of ldeasfavOrlng the sympathes
of nations and in the end will raternze the whole hui
man race 1t of the great instruments OF Gods
providence, by which to accomplish such grand results
and can any doubt that this most remarkable war
will not greatly rebound to the advantage Of Mexico
securing her, in the end, every blessing so abund
antly enloys
1t has been war waged thus far, not against the peo
with view only TO its destruction, and upon principles
Of the most enlightened humanity Not one single act OF
oppression injustice has been committed by us-our
PATH have strobe from victory to victory has not
been lighted by the flames of their dwellings, their de-
fenceless and children given to the sword nor
their cities sacked nor churches deled, nor fields LAID
waste Though we have been terrible to the comDatan,
we have been generous to him when vanqusned-never
forgetting in the midst of the excitement, that the air
est chapet victory is that which mercy twines
These sir are what make it most extraordinary war;
and The faithful historian he writes its varied and stir
ring events will dwell with peculiar pleasure and pride
on this its bright and most distinguishing feature. SO
humane and generous has been our conduct that the
people of Mexico those who have most suffered by the
oppression of the military yrants regard our armies rather
as benefactors than enemies and if accounts be
relied on are utterly opposed to their withdrawal This
has been the fruit of policy adopted at the ouset
for early in June 1885, general in command issued
proclamation, prepared at the War Department here in
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