The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1848-10-06
The Nicholson Letter.

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Granted ia AIcyico rr,il :, ,oo,,,n,IIc in.
/ Jrmnity is ob,aiup3 r,r thc ininr;c. ,,licr
; sho has donous ,rho ,or.i,n,iai ,v,o,, -,
thi, indemnify is. in fine frs, in,ta,ce = sun.
icci or nvocu;;yn con. ;J.,,,i,, T,oro tI,o
constitution has rIaceJ !, and ,ho,o am n
leave IT. no, only because I have C,II CON.
fdencn iti,S iudiciors ev.rcis. but bocruso
in the ever VARYING circumstances If, war
il would be ipii,crect Inc . nrblic dcrl,,o.
tiop. To commit fine crurfrv I, any line u,
indemnity. vlic, ,,iolt I,.o,,,,,,. lac o..
larrcd. a[ the obstinate Injustice .r thc enc.
nav urnlnpo,s tlc contest vi,, five las. -.
blood and treasure.
II arncar, tn me that fine Kind cr uc,a.
physiCgI ,uaruauiuity. vbirh womb. reject
all'iudcupity. at the close ola bloody and
an extensive war. brought on hv a dircCt
attack upuu our troop> By the enemy. and
preceded hv n succession ufupiust arts for
a scr:c, Of wears. is as unworthy oCthc ace
/ in ,,hirh we live. as !, i r.vnr,irn IN Tie
common sense aud practice Of mankind II
would cuGducc but little 10 our iulure ScCur-
jiy, or, indeed to our present reputation, tu
/ declare that we repudiatc expectation Of
| compensation from the Mexican govern.
mcu', and are fighting, not for any pracli-
cal result, bUt tor some vague. perhaps foI
some philanlhrop,cobjgct, which rScapc> my
penetration. and must be defined by those
who assume ihi, new principle of national
/ INSTRUMENTATION. All wars are to be
deprecated, as wei! by the statesman a> ~
ihr rhdanthiors'. lhcy ale great evils
D"' u,'i' are greater ev''> IMAM these ana
submission to INJUSTICE i among '3cH' / NC
h'''"H "".'I' N"""" refuse To "eI'h" us
''-'"> az" "N n"""r' Nue" ">N'''u' "oH''
soon nave i'i'"ei '3't'''o' an" "hr'' CIV
en- 10 war; II Is no, ny PROFESSIONS q o','h-
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w! own a. wei, ~ o''crS' an" ''a' 'oHo'S
ut t'S",, ny ,"','>''NrS NV" c"hN''',o'H'
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me whole SUBJECT Is comprehensive
oH'' ana IiUi'IiI ol important consequences.
IL would be III hmc to discuss 1t here. ]
>Aa" h"l assume mat Responsible task, but
NHaiI CONNIE myself to Suth general views
as are necessary To the lalr exhibition Of
my opinions.
We may all well regard the existence Of
slavery IA the Southern states, and wish
that they had been saved from IT'S i'roduc.
ton. But there it is, and not by the act Of
the present generation. aud We must deal
with it rs great practical question. invol-
wing the most mun,cntouS consciousness.
We have neither the right nor the power 10
iouChit where it exists: and il we had both,
their exercise, by any means heretofore
suggested. mi-,t lead to results which No
wise man could contemplate without auNi.
ETY..
The theory of our government pycSup-
poses that it, various members have re>er.
we'd to themselves the regulation of all sub
iects relating 10 what may he termed their
internal policy. They are sovereign with
ia their boundaries, except in those cases