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

ana sun Inc CanadlanS are hostile. Never
will The time come, from all examples when
Mexico will agree to be blended with the
laws and people of the Union. The nu.
cleus of her ruling population are from
the old stock, equal in every sense to the
original Anglo Saxon; and superior 10 il in
that unconquerabe attachment, TO their soil
and their own institutions
But let us admit tibet all these difficulties are
removed, how will it affect US to introduce some
twenty foreign States into the Union, with ba
sis Of one or two millions OF pure blood, and all
the rest-some seven or eight mllion-Indans
or mixed faces: inferior in every respect 10 our
Choctaws or Cherokees? We are under great
mistake if we suppose all this population are
| ready for our peculiar institutions. | heard
gentleman OF high character say, but the other
day, that he believed it was our appointed mis-
sion TO extend our institutions OF civil and reli
g;ous freedom over the benighled nations OF this
continent. This is great mistake; our nstitu
tons are only adopted 10 a people highly ad
vsnced in intelligence and civilization; and it
was remarkable that in all The revolutions of ma.
TONS the people had been more indebted for any
advantages they had secured 10 their forms Of
government, more to accident, or a combination
Of circumstances, than to any foretaste or pre-
vious decisions OF the human mind. We are 10.
debted for cur constitution more 10 conjunction
Of circumstances, than TO the superior wisdom
and intelligence Of our lorefathers; ard herein
lies our great danger-that a conjunction OF cir>
cumsances to which we may be Indifferent for
the time. NAV overthrow our ins,i,n,;ons W.
seem IN have M fear of their s,ab;li,y. Tho ,,as
erva,ion of orr ibertv is now los, in Tho cIorv "
opr arms. Nobodv talks now of tho hIe,.;nrs
of liberty. In onr earlv history tho groa, avs
~ was to retain opr Eber,y Nav Tho Goa,
anxiety is to convince the world n orr ,,i;,ar,,
mower. The uoto rsed IN he tba, ,bo ,o,rsr
was ALWAYS STEALING from the n7any n the fa,y and
that the price Of liberty was nerne,nal v;gilsnca
Now we seem tn renomber ,beso n,ov;ros M,
at all; but the opinion annears IN he ,ba, ye
hold cur liberties by divine RIGHT, fear ,ba,
If we do not be vigilant. we shall find this n he
The greatest mistake Of all. and !, is c,e,, mis-
take TO SUPPOSE that il is our divine mission IN
carry the PRINCIPLES of our Gber,v hv Corcs nj
arms. over this continent. and that no,hirg ran
effect our security. If we persis, in this deluson
the CIV OF reribu,ion will come. and !, will
bring with it destructive consequences. as surely
as | now am addressing this American Senate
am, therefore, opposed to the policy Of holdino
Mexico by rieht of condnest, and of anneyino
it, either as province, or States OF this govern
nent. But VIVA. are we to do? After snpakino
OF his efforts to arrest The war, and its conseonen
ces. Mr.. Calhoun said he saw not the Smallest
chance of Discriminating ourselves, save in The
defensive Iine by taking, in this wav. the dec;s
ion and indemnify into our own hands. Had
time been allowed when the President sent in
his message. declaring state OF war. Mr.. Cal
houn said he should have vndca,ed a nvan TO bf
pursued. He would have relieved General Tav
lor: he would have had a committee 70 ennuire
and report on the relations existing between Il:
and Mexico, showing, that as vet. there wa,
no actual state OF war. Had that failed or in
ducing negotiations, he would have held the 70,
ritories on this side Of the Rio Gfaode, and main
tanned his position on the boundary which i
might have ceemed proper to cIalm' which would
embrace Iahds OIL some value 10 Us. and OF nj
use TO Mexico. But he had been overru'ed.-
Where defensive line should now be, he had M
opinion now to give. tie was not now prepared
say where we could designate the best line-
but he would say that we should evacuate tht
central provinces. Mr.. Reverdy Johnson
what's that. Mr.. Calhoun we should evacuate?
we should evacuate the central parts OF thu
States now occupied, and call back the troop
TO definite boundary, receiving sufficient terrific
~ Tor all proper 'ndemn,tIes, the hna decision t
be submitted to negotiation, as well as the ex
penses of the war; 1t may take years TO secur
peace, even upon this plan; but one great poin
would be gained we should disentangIe our
selves. we are now tied TO a dead corpse. anc
we should dsentang!e ourselves from it as soor
as possible. II we should only be kept quiet
and pursue our true international policy, wit
mastery inactivity and wait The day Tor our des
tiny, we shall DO better than gain ten thouSa