New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-01-07

By fa1 he a-s.st por-ioa VI be h8sa fan eomposss
~ thess acss- And the SAVAGE ,is;e We scscy
cuf rots ssssesar rots ~. cal them they ior th-
uos; pst Cd free Esr-uions Bot they are easily ss-nea
Are o. l.scci-e with equals. ali1rs
suc f-.oWcilzsns h- nd.ars ard mixed ace Of Mexico
Sir should eonscer sesh ihrs a. i-is % saf niii1
hons
TIE mex. tuo rss.5-s which as.sasc. we're, that b.
would be corf win the Genius AID eaaTt-tcr 81
insigtori and sltvsrsyc 81 cur rec u,'-i-lt it-ss
tes- two Gether So hey % lnfiln-ey connected
and uow Of the ffl'-to bod Mexico u snhJsciicr.
Mr. President there sen- proposition TO- elesr icI
Argument alr before arch b - 81 iAr S7-r s4ui
consider % oss of tine io ur--ftAsr 70 "a % o.
Mexico ss subjected province Weaa % he.ie ala ~
eonhct With free popular irEni1torf acc 10 ne snl
SIR be- = b. tro~s n. Anencsa Corsiitatioa we'll
be who hls day stud Jed IT, chsflcte Re who has loos
cd a. history AID wh, las been tA- eject Of con
y hans. 10 .h 81 IL Won be entirely hostile - the
.nstfston, o. tie country bod Mexico - province
There example on record OF any nee state even
fsvns pfed the cor OF any territory approach
i1E the extent of Mexico without ds2t ous cons iences
Tie matters conquered have no time conquered the n
1uerors by desroyns their Liberty Itst viii BE- our case
The conquest 0l Mexico wcIl s1a ~ N's "a aolhi
= The uafronase II Govern that % would sbs0b
the ~lole power Of the states To- - tlcl tnis nien
would become imperial, sud the states mere subordinate
B- The EVIL will no, end there The process will -
The process b. which the power ~ol'd - trsns-
efrsd from the states 20 tic ncn viii snsief ne noe
from this department OF the Government "a tpta. OF me
Legisalurel o. toe Executive All me t-nrA io"t4 q
uleo priIcnase which conquest VIII etea-- VIZ 49, 70
tie Execu-se. Ia TIE you rot 1 - hAn's y he IA
scrtive the power 0i c0rqusrng you lou ave % i 81
such spiendor, such ample means win W pi-ep.s o.
that h- sfgse viii be -reater ~ every ffesdeuta &c
ton han Institutions csu possibly endure me rna VI
10 will be ihat that branch Il the Government vii p-cems
snO~eiiu and the gssu. Is vltabie-snif ciy tna
despotsm 10 ss certain o. that am this dsy undressing
the senate.
SIR et il not be sai that Grsa, Britain furnishes
exam pie % the c0nfrsrYhst - holds provinces OF vast
extent Of Population without waterway i ~. 49,, i,.
eIty Of ths citizen ci exposing her 20 anarcAJ IN,
or CORFU ption. 10 j. But what Is the explanation VI
oil governments that ever existed afordirg aey loteeton
whatever 10 liberty tine bnsish Co eininent ist
them al IN that respect She can heA more patfohAse IN
proportion 10 her population ana wealth lnin any s,fh
meut Of that form t1at eyef existed nay ~ 20
than car despotsn iu it, lowest form will not 20 to
the philosophy Of ths That would ias me farther iom
But will say in very few words results from the
fact that her Executive snn the II use o. fetfs-het NV
ernmsnt-afe both hereditary. The Rcusn Government
mar have exceeded sud did exceed the British loren
m-nt Ia ITS power Tor conquest bat 90 people ever u-
exist, and probably never all exist Win .lcn Satacy
for conquest ta people But the capacity Of Rohe 20
- CO. p,i, - 49,. II. s-,r 49, Sc komsn su,ser
passed from iely beyond the Adsuc on one sia' t1u
the Alps the other and the Nsdsrr an, their nd
eriy fell PROSTATE Roman people hec nne ra'p'e
corruption penetrated everywhere aud violence aad "a
archy ruled the day. Nov, We see husand win Depend
ent provinces II vastly greater territorial extent inl Psou
ably not ess 10 population have LOT ~ 90
her going without mpain1- personal hbrfl or eA'
posing the Government @ violence ~ anarchy .,
Yet Tho English have not wholly efctPed- Atnolsn
they have their liberty ana have not tate into
anarchy and despousm. yet We behold the popuaton Of
weight Of debt. Rejecting on that Government have
often thought that there sas only one way IN "hlen IL
could end-hat the weight II me .uPersyuc
ture would crush the foandaiion-thai TIE wssI seIu
uaed In part BY these very c9nquess by the lhef cas-
obtained indemnity from ell her subjected ptlyinees
On the contrary ir.tred Of drawing the means OF sup
porting herself from thea has she not o-ea eompsnga
20 resort % the labor q her own repulAtfh y uo
them IN subsection. And has she not ihro"n oefeen
on hem which vita sil their 9usty 900 -.
their vast accumulation II capital ana po~ef :.
~ ihey incapable Of bearing without h@ns reduced
70 poverty Take even h-r earliest aud nearest conquest
the ue ghOcriug Island VI Ireland uol 20 ts uay
source OF heavy expense ana bufdento h7 instead u
source Of reveluet
But while the English Government has suc vast power
Of holding subjected provinces In subsection without I'M
pairing lib-ry-WithOut the evils nctrnt 70 ~ our
goveroment Of all Zee governments that existed
has the capacity to bear PATRONAGE IN proPelon 70
s wealth aLd power Ia this respect The genius o. me !"
Governments - precisey the oppoinei h'"ese' .nueu
alike 10 their exterior forms, and their laws and cus.o.
The cause OF this difference cannot unaersSs 70
on The present occasion but must content ~ SAYING
h., results from federal character and the naiui oi
its principles sbGil We TIER WIN tes
certain and inevitable consequence 10 government p@t'
ter calculated to resist them than any otef tAapt sien
rtnou. policy, aud reject the lessons Of experience -
much then Mi President for hoidns Mexico as prov
come nov to the proposition OF Incorporating her inio
our Union Well - far ~ law j. concerned thi = easy
Won can establish territorial government Tor every STA
In Mexico and there some twenty OF them. lou can
appoint judges and magistrates you S-n s.e
tbsu subordnate government allowing item 10 esi'ate
tor Themselves while you defTay the cost 50 Tar a.
law goes the thiag is done. There - 40 sNs,oS De
riIoes are ony an oset Of own people or foIeleb
ers from the same regions from which We came lnoy
! are small IN number They are Incapable oi tofmln
Soyerneut 10 would be nconvenient tor them 70 sus-
tain government II 10 formed ara they are very
much obliged 70 the United States for ladefakinS me
trouble knowing that on the attainment OF men ~
when they come manhood-at twenty ole-they VII bs
introduced equality with OIL the ohef nsHoei' o
y, ia entirely different with Mexico Ysu have no need
ofsrmes 20 keep your territories IN suoectioh pu Nhsn
YOU incorporate Mexico you must have Po~rfiul ah'
IN Keep them In Subsection. You may cal u inneAseon
bui In 4 forced aunexst which 3. oonti- ia
terms according 20 my conception fou VIII DC lhNoFd
an me word In all the evils which e--itute 70 hodin
a. xico g. province In fact II viii ne pug pi1Fucl
rxernusut andcr the name Of -errtJ-ia Government
fs I'M ysili th.t ia,, How onz will be before Ne x
leo will be capable Of iucofp rsuon into oar
in~ ,n, Ireland hss been be 10 SUGGESTION y England
Ion seven or eight hundred years, ana yet sun Irna
hostile although her PEI PIE are Of Aaaiea race VIII" .
-w French Canadians on th. Continent yet main.
tain the attitude Of "a hostile peofe % ns' , 80.
! he time come, 10 my opinion, hf RE dent thA'
,h,s Ws,issns viii BE- heartily rseeuciIcd 70 youI
authority They have Csstilian blood 10 .heif veins
IN old Gothic quite equal % the AnglosSAon IN nanJ
r-.perts--in som. respects superior. Ot an neuon'
II The earth they the os pertnaeli-s .li'
vita the least prospect OF snsstlI. @ - IL s,,r-
tot. suhjtct also have conversed win oneei' 2. &c
and they eli entertain the same opinion thai ihess 7oP'
/ are nov hostile aud Will continue 90 ,.,
a., M Pre.deut 50 pose IN ese de ed
suppose these people s,iaehed to our Ion .u ss
N incorporating - ith rs ought ~ 70 DIT t7 ~ S
they III 1, be connected with us' Are tnsJ n- ~. ser
oyerurs nt and for governing You are YOU ~ u ~
| ,vans thaf yOar states should be governed ~ Ics.
twentV God Mexican States, with Iopr auea ~ so'u
onlv one lion Of your bood and twg Or thiee mioos q
,nieed blood better Informed, all the s,t pure AIS
mis- I'd biooa equally ignorant and mint iof merry impure
r,re. not A. 2 "a A. tue Cherosres or Nlocta~s D.,
We make 3 great mistake sr. when Ne suppose tna-
oaons are capable Of self gOvsInment we arc
10 force free government ALL aud 80 ina ~ mas %
urged In avery respectable quarter, that - ne ihs-o
o this country spread civil and rel si'is oefJ ot7i
the world. and especially Cy-I this co.tlIehL ~ -
great mistake None but people aHvan-en 20 feis u.s.
cate OF moral and intellectual Improvement arc SAp-D
ia civilized state, OF maintaining free ko.efnm-nt aAn
among those who luflh-l yery few in-Scu nAs
hsS ne GOD fortune Of foflnE Cousti uti eApaos "
srsur.nce ftt.a remarkable fact In me history e., lan
thst scarcely have Tree popular instt'yhs Ooeu
| fo-,.sa h, vsi.dom alone that hsye endured
IL rs been the Of fOft1nsie crcuista "a OF
combination Of circumstances, sncces-on OF Iyflua.-s
incdsut OF .on- and, which give 20 AIRY peofe ifs
s,v.rnrusu, ltisaveiy chcnii tass 70 maze IONS.
Iutou % last though u may Be supposed oy soue la
thsv ear be made % order and furnished sine shortest %
49, s. mi. sfmirsbls Consultation OF our own vas VI
/ ss.,f+ vi Fortunate combination OF cncgmstsnee'-
,r.s .aneror 10 the wisdom OF Tie nen wh9 mais H.
vs. ne force Of cifc 1n4stsnces which Induced hen Z.
- of ifs wise provisions Well, ~ 81 ne is"
,--. h. % have lad The gooc fortune q adopt seFtoF
-,n-n few have hac ~ good fortune l0ns ~ preserve
r-nt. for il harder q preserve than % torn
~ E@,, o-opls s.l ysays Of prosperity fenemo-f th-
s,, h, "a heir Liberty u he'll and fear Senators
,bss !. r or conS toa fer thst W. shall eontn-s 70
| -. r,,.eIv-. nnnl oar system becomes ruin
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