The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1848-03-09

ment and assimilation, rather than by sudden az
erection; by gradual extension, than by rapid acqu
stion; by honorable and we-earned gain, than b
rapacouS appropriation. The very publicity inSC
parable from all the operations Of our Government
fatal to the successive conduct of aggressive wal
which, like most other crimes, must be planned,
not perpctratcd in darkness Butt is not, perhaps
surprising that the party which aims to break dow
the industrial establishments of the country ant
lie smother those peaceful arts which have hitherto 81
'e largely contributed to its moral and physical pros
" perlty, should seek to withdraw attention from thu
pernicous tendencies Of its general policy, to gilC
:: political decentralization and financial Quackery Will
II the splendor Of foreign conquest and to furnish
though guilty. occupation to hands which are DIES
" tined no longer to find employment in the quie
pursuits of civil life.
A great effort is made to hide from us the enor.
nifty of this war; and to reconcile consciences
its uptude, by exaggerated pictures Of the wrongs
Q we have sustained at the hands of Mexico; of the
. glory which the proves of our troops will reflect
on our national characters Of the advantages which
we are to reap from u few successful camDaigns.-
The south is told that, by the acquisition OF new
territory, shall obtain room for that extension of
slavery, which is alleged to be essential to the per
manence Of the system, the continued political as
tendency of the South, and the future security of
the Shareholder, and shall thereby disappoint the
de!usive hope with which MI Walkers famous let
ter cozened the Democracy Of the North into the
support Of annexation, as Il measure favorable to
the ultimate extinction Of slavery; the North is en-
cou@gcd to hope that, by force Of the WiImOt pro-
vso enSraited on war bill, or treaty Of peace
the further spread Of slavery will be prevented and
will ot Iorrt co,no m lo 20 lo,,[,. ~, ;,l,,d@,t
moc[erv. and thcy who baya riStheJ two Mi
in scarlet ard in sackcloth, and knded the fires of
| hell in ten times ten thousand hearts, would blind
lis 10 all this misery, all this guilt with the dazzling
Iusrc Of the "bri- htest jewell of tic dadem of
commerce" the trade OF the cast, which the balmy
gales Of the Pacific are to watt TO our future com
morciAl marts in the secure havens of California, in
galeons more richly freighted than Tic haf-forgoten
prizes Of Drake and Ausoa.
Ia,,, rat a., on,,,;st for Nvico. st;lI Iess an ,d
,nrcr of bor notv ~ hor iietitnt;ons No NOV con
be- better nersmnded that she has done ns Great
,,rl,,ls f, .I,inh ,n ,,;Lt i,rf,II. 5nyn
cxarf1d ,+onn27o,t bnJ H.. n+ To .n,'rSod h.,
omr i,,;nroIs trc"fm"nf nf hnr. NO ,,, can hone
less f,,,, thr ,rn ronncts or tho t,+,Ire disno!i
on Of co,,ntry ,irsod ,~;rI tin tro ,"nrst ,,nss
HE farms Of ,ryr,,IetLa t,,r,,r,, Of tjo and
the t,.rm,,nt, of thn rriast rba ,,,,,,l of Wv:no
arc terhnicav tIe enpn,ias Of (oIraI'ntr jT,;sL
th, wa '''I ~ H:o
nvnr orr orn,c h,t L,,,n va ',rtb ~ th+
mistaEen Shirt Of reyencc Which ~iorjn in yisitnr
the eos IF ,,n,s NV eI, @
imr subiacts none with that 3rn"i nasan wbrh
g.6ats upon the corses of the slaughtered Indians
The forced recruits, that constitute large portion
Of the Mexican armies none, with that hcll-born
ambition, with
HEro that e,orofo,r, oil II 1oros .,ro,.,,
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Whch scarnS the victories OF peace and vouchSaies
the Ghapet TO none but me minister OF misery and
death: nave 10 desire that single MeXican wife
should De made WIDOW, a single Mexican child an
orphan; and would rather that my country should
Sit Gown III honest shame, tnan purchase, at the
PIce VI taPI''e ana rear" ana ol2ou' tle UNJUST
S.oTy Oh waving her fagoYe all the wide continent
tnat stretches between the stormy Atlantic and the
SHORES OF the !raNQW! sea.
Gone murder makes villain, thousands hero"
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