The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1848-01-20

cuiiVe oil the country cou'd possibly have
calc Hated. Victory after victory has fol.
lowed ~ succession. without single re.
verse. Santa Anna vas repeIed and defeat.
ed with all his iorccs-Vera C,uz aud the
Castle we're carried with ii. Jalapa, Pc.
Iote. and Pueba fell, and after two great
iiiunphs OF our army. the gates of NJ xlco
opened 10 W.. Well, sir, what has bee
accomplished VIA, has b, en- done 7 Has
the avo~ed Office, Of the war been attain
ed! Have We conquered peace I Have
we obtained treaty. Have we obtained
any indemnify, No. .irY not single oh.
Ieci contemplated has becn effected, and
~ha, is worse, our difficulties are greater
no" than they we're then, and the oil iec,s,
iorsooih, more difficult TO reach than they
we're before the Campaign commenced.
Noe Senators have asked wha. has eau.
sed tbs complete discon.Gur Of the views
81 the Executive for which men and money
we're granted II IS not to be charged TO
our troops; they have dune all that skill
and gallHn'ry was capable of Il citing. II
nus, be charged some y here, aud where is
ito be charged, bul upon lhe fac, that the
plan OF the campaign Was erroneous, that
The otJcc, pursued was mistake. Wo
simej q, Indemnity IN wrong way. five
hsd aimed directly 10 1t, ~e had The mean.
10 accomplish II directly; they were 10 our
hands. But cir, We aimed al Indemnify
,h,ougb treaty. We could not reach II
by treaty With Mexico, and Mexico BY re.
'uaag 10 treat simply, could defeat iba
Whole object Which We bad ia ,iew. We
put out Of our own power and 10 her hand,
to cay, when The war should terminate.
We have FOR oil our vast expenditure OF
money, fof II The loss Of blood aud men, We
have nothing, bs, the Military glory VII oh
tie campaign has furnished.
We caunsi presume estimate the OF.
pen,es Of the csmnaign a, less than 30 .000,.
200 Of dollar. cannot compute The SUN
With any degree of precision. but believe
! may say about that sun, and between the
ssoId and disease, many thousands OF lives.
prcbshls five, SIX, or seven thousand have
been sacrificed; aud oil this for pch,us q,
all.
Bot !, is said that The occupancy of de.
icnsive loe would have been ss expensive
- the campaign itself. The Pre.idea, has
s-si.ned many. reasons for shs, op.n.nn. and
tho Secretary Of War has done the same.
| have examined these reasons with care,
rhis.ls no, the proper occasion TO discuss
them: bot must say, siih all possible de.
frtence. they are 10 my mind utterly falla.
cious. vail pot the question in gener-
oil pom. Of vlcs, and satisfy the minds oil
Senators that such is the case.
The Iluo proposed by myself, extending
from the Pacific Ocean TO the Pasu del
Nofie, would have been covered by the Gulf
Of California, and the ,llJcrness peopled by
hostile tribes Of Ind,ans; and for . defence,
nothing would have been need d hey a
few vessels OF war stationed m The Gulf,
ard a single regiment From the Paso del
Nar.e TO Ii- mouth, se eau readily estimate
the amount Of force necessary Tor It's de.
feucc, IL vas a frontier between Texas
and NeNco when Texas had Nc. more than
lju 600 of n population without any stan.
dtu. army whatever, and very lev troops.
ic, for seven years Texas ma, Iianed that
frontier line ; and that, too, ~hen Mexico
vas FAR more consolidated than sho IS now,
ahcn hcf revolutions were not so frequent,
her resources IN money were much gseatet,
aud Texas her only opponent. Can any
man believe that Mexico, exhausted as she
nov ,s-ptoslrated as she has been-de-
feaied- any man believe tina, 1t will
cost as much to defend that frontier as the
last canpajgn has cos; No, SIR, | will
hazird nothing N asserting thai the very
,nteies, Of The money spent IN the last cam
pat.n snuld have secured that line for an
Indefinite period and that tho men who
have lost their lives would have been more
than sutiicjcn, TO defend Il.
So much tor the pas, we now come TO
The commencement OF another campiign;
and the qles ION recuts, @hatsbaIi be done!
The same measures are proposed. Il Is still
"a vigorous prosecution oil the war;" The
measures arc iden'icaiy the same. II Is
no, COZ conqucst-thh is 20" as emphail.
cal!y dsoNned as il was IN the first IN
stance. The object is not 10 blot Mexico
gu, OF the list OF nations, for the Pfesiden,
i. a emphatic IN the expression OF his de-
sire TO MAINTAIN the nationality of Mexico.
Ito desires TO zee her an independent and
aouti,hing community, and assigns strong
aud cogent reasons for oil that. Well, sir,
tho question IS now, wha, ought to be done!
We are now coming tn tho PRACTICAL ques.
ton. Shall VIC aim al carry ing on anoth-
CT vigorous campaign under present cir.
Mr.. President. | have examined this
question with care, sod | repeat, that
canno, support tho Recommendations OF the
President. There are many and powerful
reasons. stronger than those which existed
at the commencement. Of the las, Campaign
to Justify my opposition nov. The cost l"
money will be vastly greater. There IS
bill for ten additional regiments now be.
fore the Senate, and another bill providing
tor twenty regiments Of volunteers has
been reported, making in all, not less,
suppose, than $4,000 troops, raising tue