New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-03-25


e,uston need nc, say that ihs, 4. n rot NE und'
viisd the prepondsrsiing sentiment OF Al nv sou.
pg, We thinf we must skr territory For the SAKE OF
neses we must take territory This II the VIII o. we
Pre.isenil Il DO not take II 40 may isfe worse =
Mr. Pol. Will iske no less! inst 10 hHed np"n u.
immov,bl.i He has put down bis foot He had put u
,oun sir on any four forty" but II didn't stay
sneak Of the President Of the UGlied states as !
see.k Of all Presidents without disrsspeci, but kno"
no reason Why bis opinions, rs VII ma pnfP'" 20
s,,,es % be fixed should control any more than
our purpose formed upon equally conscientious mouve'
ard nav add formed under A. nigh responsibllues
a. those which should control him. we MINK no -
fru ana will not I should DC sorry ~ WY
sorry nGeet thu, we should entertain more respect 'f
the nmness OF an Individual At tho head Of the Govern
Inent than cen entertain for our own himhe's re
will stand out, 4 said AGAINST US DO "e lear 10 sAno
out against him For one 30 not Iiappears TO me 20
ne slavsh doctrine. For one am wiling 70 meet tLe
issue and % the people, over al ms broai ano
II VIC will tske peace without new states and the Adm
ra,on will have no peace without States, am will
ng 10 stand upon that and trust the people 90 that be-
esuse the frsi place think ngnt aid IN me rex
place have no di5rust OF the people am not unNH-
Ing 70 put that 20 their sovereign decision and NDraton
Sir hold This question 10 be al-permsuent-ele-
neu,ary-n the future prosperity Of this Country ard ne
maintenance Of the Constitution, and am willing 20 trust
that question 70 the people prefer that should be sub
it,ed 70 them because n Whist Ireesrf az great con-
sttulonal principle or principle essentially Important
10 The maintenance Of the Constitution be broken down,
let Il be the sc Of themselves. IL shall never be my
act / therefore 20 not AitIust me peQfes -W
wiling TO take their sentiment on this issue, from
the Gulf 70 the British Provinces and from the ocean
70 the Missouri. | am wiling o ask them VIII
you continue this war for ierrtory-ior territory 10
be purchased after al for an enormous price, thousand
times the value Of all that purchased or will ycu take
peace csntenng yourselves with the honor that TIE coun
ty has reapcd by the military achievements OH armies
VIII you take peace without territory Grf preserve the
integrity Of the Constitution AID the Union am willing
70 20 on that. for one
lam wiling sir to take thi1 ssde-pesce without new
States keeping our money 70 ourselves Or war tI ihels
states shall BE- acqlTe1 That's the question II
g question Tor the people themselves. II they support
and those who think with me In the view take o. the
matter very well. II they WI have new icrriiory-i
they VIII AID states - this Union, why let them DO
.ni they viii be- The ar;ncers OF Their oFn fortunes
for good or for evil.
But. SIR. we tremble before Executive power. The
truth cannot De fc lc,go tfemoe before Executive
power Mr. Po will AXE nothing else than this end %
we 90 not take this ire kirgs anger may kndc,' and
he may impose still heavier burdens. VOW, VINO ana
what is Mr. Pok l speak Of him in no manner OF
dsrespect. / mean only 70 ask who and what u
the President Of the U1ed states for the current mo-
mcnt lie Is In the las. year OF the term Of bis
aiminstraton-forma officially II can only be drawn
out til the Fourth Of March WHY reals and substantially
know that two short months will or may produce
events that render the duration Of the Official term Of very
little importance We are on the eve OF Presidential
election That michirery resortei 20. 20 collect public
opinion or party opinion 20 be put In operation two
months hence. We shall sec iis result u may be
that the present incumbent Or The Presidential office
mrers for their SURFACES Tor toe next Presidential
term / do not say how probable or improbable that
may be-perhars 70 IL not entirely pTobihle-supro9e
that not 10 be the result hqi then Why then, Dir
Polk becomes as ooly Insignificant any respectable
man among the public men OF TIE United SfateS-honor
In bis private fcvauabe 10 his private character-
respectable eminent public liie be WILL from The
moment that arises. have Just Gs little influence
as you Sir Isnd 80 FAR respects myself God knows
that will be- very little Sir political partsans and asp
rants and ofceseekers arc not sun-h0wers-they do at
"turn their god when he sell,
The same face which they iurnes when he rose ~
Now SIR If The respectable gentleman wno now al the
head # the should be agreed upon there viii
De ihose who will commend his consistency. and be bound
20 maintain il and the integrity of the party his rerds
sl require that this should be dore. If otherwise VINO
there In the whole length and breadth OF the land who
will care for the consistency Of the present incumbent
Of that Office There will then be new objects
Manifest destiny will have fixed upon some other man,
Sir; the euOges now written; The concentrations
Ol the press arc already elabOratcd | viii not 50
every thing fu.ome. out will say every thing pare
gyrica already written with bsnks for names, 10
re filed when the Convention shall adjourn. When mani
fest destiny shall be reached then, Sir, all these strains
OF panegyric made Def rehand, laid up In pigeon notes.
studied framed eribaz0Hed and embossed, viii all come
out and then there will he there Is bound 10 be- some
body in the United states, possibly, whose merits have
heretofore been Strangely overlooked marked by Pro-
vidence-s Kind Of miraele-it is wonder that no
body thought Of him before o. man, and the only
A. man 10 De at the head Of this great Republic
[ shrink not therefore from anything that | feel 10
NY duty, bY sny apprehension Of the power, and I'M
poranee and imposing dignity and the powered T which
sscrbed the present incumbent Cf that fcs wish
we had that power Of will wish nat that fTmness-
hfmucs-frm 81 Sif NIL an Gbs. II We had
adherence / wish could gather something from the
shirt Of our brave corps the under
the most adverse and have stood the shock
wish could initiate Zachary Taylor In his bivouac
ucOu the field Of Buena Vista He said he would remain
tor the nigh he would feel the enemy In the morning
try his posi- Ton. wish before surrender that we
could make up minds feel the enemy and try
rOsitfpn and think should nud him, TAYLOR
td, under the early his way to San Louis Poosi
That IS my judgment.
Owing the length Of the Speech, have not space
for the whole oft IN this mornings paper The remain
Ger will appear In the Evening Edluonl