Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1848-02-05

| DIT tHe courage, bravery ana skill OF our
troops and the astonishing victories they
have achieved, he was yet sorry to confess
that the government had lost that reputation
for moderation and justice, which had been
It's GROWING attributes in its early days.
II we shall attempt to hold Mexico as a
province, or incorporate it into this Union,
we shall find it utterly impractcable. We
had never assimilaled any of the Indian
tribes with our people when incorporating
their territory into our Union. We have
removed them farther away. We have
never incorporated any people into this
Union but the Caucasian race-,he free
white man; and shall we now corrupt this
free white population, by introducing into
our confederation the Indians and the
mixed races of Mexico! He protested
most earnestly against such policy. Our
government is for the free white man.
This feature was the secret Of its stability.
The Spanish republics on this continent
had failed because they had mainly at.
tempted to place the coored race on an
equality with the whites, in assuming that
by nature, all men were equally adapted TO
free governments; yet it was proposed to
annex the Mexican states as territories and
place them on an equality with the rest of
the States. He utterly protested against
the adoption Of any such policy, in any
form. He advered to the proofs of his
tory; to show that the colored races could
not be blended in the same government,
and in the same terms with the white races,
that the colored races are always degraded,
and that the whites even in a savage state
maintain some of the elements of free insti-
tutons.
He came next to consider the two points
in one; that the holding of Mexico in subu.
CATION would, in the end. be subvcrsive of
our free institutions, and that no such line
Of policy ought to be adopted. II would
be waste of time 10 argue that the incor-
poration of Mexico would be dangerous to
our free institutions. He who understood
the American constitution; he who had stu
died its character; he who had profited
from the examples Of history, and had
marked the consequences, where large con.
quests had been held by hostile nation,
as territorial! possessions, would need no
other proof to convince him that TO hold
the republic of Mexico either as province
or as territories. must lead TO the subver.
sion and overthrow of our free institutions
In all the examples in which such incor.
porations of territories of foreign people,
bearing anything near the proportions
which Mexico bears to the United States,
the end has been the downfall of the con-
qnering party. With US. Mexico would
add so much to The patronage of the gen.
eral government that it would absorb all
the powers of the States; it would become
imperial; it would usurp the powers Of the
legislative department; all the powers of
the Government would fall into the hands
of the executive, and with the prevailing
rule of party prescription, and the increas.
ing patronage of the executive. our inst.
tu'ions would not be able to combat the
Presidential elections; they could not re.
sist the check.
Mr.. Calhoun admonished gentlemen not
to flatter themselves with the decisive idea
that we as well as Great Britain, could
hold great empires under subsection, and
hold them in safety. OF all the govern.
ments that ever existed England is possessed
of the greatest power of expansion, with
ont reducing her people to anarchy, or her
officials to corruption; this was in part be-.
cause the executive branch of the govern
ment, and the conservative. the House of
Lords, were hereditary. Rome never had
such a capacity for expansion. When the
Roman empire extended east and west be.
yond the barriers of Italy the central
power began to weaken; and soon it be.
came corrupt. and anarchy and violence
were the order Of the day. Yet England
had been going on in the extension of her
dominions, without any visible symptoms
of decay. Yet she could not long escape.
She was even now paying the penalty, she
is paying penalty for her two hundred
millions of dependents, which like dispro.
portionate superintendent weight threat
ems to crush the foundation of the super
structure. Yes, sir, instead of indemnity
from her conquests, they are burden TO
her; and even neighboring Ireland, has
taxed her resour ces for its support and the
labor of the people almost beyond their
power to bear. Shall we 90 and follow
this example for territorial indemnities for
, expenses of our wars! Let US now con.
slider the corporation Of Mexico into this
, Union. There are twenty States in Mex
CO, these we should have first to initiate
as territories. The governors, the magis
, trates, the justices. would all have to be
. appointed by the Executive, as in our own
, territories. made up of our own people, oil
, form the same foreign stock as ourselves
: We have in this first formation of gov
eminent TO take care of them. and they are
, glad of it but when they reach the age Of
twenty-one. when they come to years OF
, maturity, they come in among US as oul
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