Wisconsin herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1846-1849, 1848-04-15

he wants. and I'm bis confidential friend
and | shall take tho liberty TO interfere in
this business. This high handed business
of yours must be nipped off at the bud
What sort of bargain have you been ma
king! jest let me look a; the treaty."
! ssCan't 10 it." says he, s. it'S half way to
/ Vera Cruz by this time | sent it off yester-
day"
g Blood apd thunder,n says |, "then you
have knocked the whole business in the
head sure enough. You've committed an
outrageous crime, and great shame; and
don't you know, sir, that great crimes de-
serve great puniSsmentsi don't know
what Col. Polk viii do; but know what
Imv friend old Hickory would do if he was
alive he would hang you up to the first
tree he could come ats
What, hang me for doing Jest what
was sent here to doS' says he. :: For
have made Jest sueha bargain as the Pres
ideut told me to make; only leetle better
one.'
"That's nothing here nor there" says !,
'svou know circumstances alters cases
And you know well enough, or you ought
70 have sense enough to know that the Pres
ident don't want a treaty .-NOw," says |,
g MIR. Trist, answer me one plain question:
Do YOU think YOU have a right at all to
make a treaty after the President has order
ed you homeH'.
g Well, says, he, 81 think circumstances
alters cases too, and when the President or
dered me home, ! suppose he thought
couldn't get through the job he sent me To
do. but thought could, and so kept try
ing, and Fge got throughit mt last, and done
the business all mp according Ia my first or
ders: and don't see why the Presden,
Shouldn't be well satisfied"
"Weli," says I, whats the items of the
Ibargainl What have you agreed upon;"
sWhy," SAYS he, "we have the Whole Of
Texas clear 10 the Rio Grande; we have all
of New Mexico, and ali of Upper Ca!itof-
mia, and we pay the Mexicans fifteen mil
lions of dollars, aud pay cur own citizens
five millions that the Mexicans owed them.
And we stop firing, draw orr charges from
the guns that are loaded, and 90 home,"
"Well, now" says J, "Trist, don't you
think YOU are pretty Teller to make such
bargain as that.at this time of dayi The
President win be mortified to death abont
IL. lIe're we've been fightn' near two
years to make The Mexicans pay over that
five million of dollars they owed our peo-
pie, and now you've agreed that we shall
put our hand into our own pockets and pay
ii ourselves. The whole plan of the war
has been carried GA by the President upon
the high minded principle TO 20 strait ahead
and conquer peace man-iashion; aud now
YOU'VE agreed % back out oi'the scrape, and
buy peace and pay the money for it,
You know very well tile President has de-
clared, time aud again, that the war should
go on till we got indemnity for the past aud
security Cor the iuture-ihcm's his own
words--and now, you've agreed to settle up
without one iot of either. For the past, we
are at least one hundred millions out Of peck
ct, besides losing ten or fifteen thousand
men, As for the men, spose you may say
we can Offset them against the MeXicans
we have killed, and we have Killed a little
more than they have, maybe it ioots up II
little more in orr favor, and that's the only
advantage you've secured. As for the hun
dred millions of dollars, we don't ret pen
ny Of it back. SO all the indemnity you get
for the past, is a few thousand dead Next
cans--that is, as many as remains after
substraeting what they've killed of us, from
what we've killed Of them. But the cap
sheaf of your bargain is the security for the
future. The cities and towns aud castles
that we have fit 50 hard to take, and have
rot our men into, and all so well secured,
YOU now agree 70 give EN- right up again TO
the eaemy, and march our men home with
their fingers in their mouths; and that's our
security for the future. AS for the fifteen
millions of dollars You agree 20 pay for New
Mexico and Caiifoma, you night jest as
wen thrown the money into the sea, fur
they wax ours afore; they was already con-
ouered and annexed, and was much ours as
ii we had paid the money for EN-.
Here turned on my heel and left him
for was so disguised at the conduct Of the
Teller that / wouldn't have any more talk
with him. and now, my dear Colonel,
there is nothing for Us but to look this bust
ness rlght IN the face, and make the best of
it we can. II there was any way To keep
the thing out Of sight it would be best for
YOU TO throw the treaty into the fire as soon
a. Won get it, and send on word TO Gineral
Scott 10 90 ahead again But that Is impos-
s;lle il will be spread all over the country,
{ and known to everybody. And Pm CON
vinced il will he the best way for you TO
turn right about. make out 10 be glad Of
what cant he helped, and accept the treaty.
The nominations for President is close at
hand. aud YOU must be ready to go into the
election for your second term on what
yoa'ye got; and make the best show you
can with Il. Il YOU should reject the irea-
~. q. opposition would get Tic adyaufaae
al Vou ag1in th-y would fbci cry oar fh0s
the 8evicaus had asked Cor peace, and yoa
bad refased 4 and there would te 20 end
~ their tcDwllng about thi- oppressive aaf
Of ura~iuf. 8ut II FDu Hreepi the treaty,
il puts ~ end % their gruubiiug about tbs
war.
10 pacify our friends thar are VERY Gageg
about the whole Of Mexico, you uiu.f tell
en- 70 look ont and see hSw tnucn we have
already got; keep telling u en- that haif
loaf = better ban ~ bread; tell them to