Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1848-04-14

lean pecple will not submit TO your dominion;
thev HAZE ns. and we shall hate them when
we thoroughly know them. We are now to
take all The desert country tlal borders thelf
cosntry and ours. aud we thus bfing me
slaves of the South in contact win Inc de-
based people Of Mexico, and Kew wars won!d
be the consequence, as surely as they we're
with the Cherokeos aud Semipoles. IL can
rot be avoided. and this is well undersigned
bv the administrator. Look at The ifesty'
and they would see it contemplated Tie ne
ne wal Of hosliltics, aud provision was made
for tho emerg ncy.
He looked uoonsthis as but the beginning
Of this land-robbing. He was opposed TO HE
acquisition of any territory. lie believes we
should, Ia oue form or another, certainly get
a portion Of it now; but he should resist Us
long rs resistance was practicable. rms,
however, be would say. il you taka as much
as is provided iG by this treaty, yeu Mad bet
ter % on, and take the whe'e al once, and
have done with 1t, for the whole OF Mexico
is not worth orc war. II you are determine
ed TO turn robbers, take the gein as we'll as
the guilt If the fobbeTy. II We are to saerl-
tee our fair fame among ne nations OF the
earth. do not lei us do il for nothing. lsub.
init 10 gentlemen Oh all sides, if il is not bet.
ter, since weare intimately 10 have the whole,
to tike il all nov, while cur hand Is in, and
thus ubiais, by leaving nsthlny TO quarrel a.
bout, 'indemnity fer The past and security
for the future" That was Ihe protested OBJ
ircl Of the President, Of which wehave heard
so inurh. "Indcnnity for the pasl!" Where
are we TO ret indemnity for the hundred mil
lions Of dollars sQuandered in this accursed
wall here are we 10 get indemnity lor
the thousands Of lives OF our citizens which
have been sacrificed in this war; VIII this
...,. ,,AAt..tto. r s,yrEfrrNr md arfIN .Na tor
all this! II may be satisfactory to Mir. Polk
it may be Satisfactory TO a majority on this
floor; but where shall the widow lock for her
indemnityl Where shall the mother, made
childless by this war, look for her indemnl-
tyl Where shall the orphan children, whose
fathers have fallen in battle, or 10y disease in
that distant land, look for their indemnify
Can any of these new acquisitions under this
treaty indemnify iheml Oh, sir, these are
things of which our Government seem to lose
sight. "lndemnity for the past!' What
kind of indemnify cen be obtained for the
pastl II does seem 10 me, sir, That, in all
this bloody business, the men who have been
the most active in it have only regarded this
war in relation to The entc it is likely TO
have on future elections; and they have not
once thought how it will be It garded by the
Judge of all. And, when | think Of these
things, ! lhauk my God, hunbly thank. him,
that he gave me the nerve and the iirmness 10
stand up here in my place, and say mo
first, 'no" at all times, on every measure de-
signed for the prosecution of this accused
war. And, sir, | rejoice that, when | sp-
prudci the last agony Of earth, whatever slh-
er guilt may press me down, none Of the VIC
Tins Of this var can meet ne, and say
"Le, my fate s., heavy on thy soul to-moT-
row."
: Sir, what will Congress have 10 DO with
d this territory " hen we shall have acquired
o it! Some sort o! government, must be provi-
ded for it, OF course; but tho difficulty will
IS he 10 determine what sort OF government 1t
lie shall be. Old-fashioned statesmen would
e think the Constitution settled that question,
n but they are green. Laughter. They are
not up to the progressive spirit OF the day
Of 1t was not settled whether the government
d should be civil or military. There were a
h good many arguments in favor of a military
n government. In old times law-givers requir-
a ed previous training and cXperience-some
knowledge of what was called the science Of
government; they had been sent to school in
c their youth, and had been diliEent in study
h in matIrer years, and even i'll their old age.
c Even then there might be found some who
IA confessed TO some doubts, and distrusted their
own judgment. But not so with your mill
E taTy ruler. All that is wanted in his case is
to clap spaulets on his shoulders and nous
J tache on his LIP, and you have a Lycurgus,a
Scion, in fall uniform. lLaughter.l Aud
II the way they manage affairs is d caution.
y Why, they will legislate for "A whole province
s in one evening, over the bottle; and then, rs
10 the iudicinture, they will settle that over a
e pipe in the morning. Tie way Hey dispose
$ Of their criminal durkot-and | believe they
have no other in their courts-is truly admi-
rable. From the highest crime-from high
:, treason against tine United States in Mexico,
: down 10 the killing OF a Mexican babe, com
, plant, iIidl, execution. all is done in one day
:, Error is impossible with them; doubts never
" embarrass them. They act with a prompt.
=, tude that ought to excite more attention here
~ at home than it appeared TO do. But if We
-, are 10 have a civil government, then, IN tina
- case, we may have something 10 say about i
n then We might interfere.
ha The time had been when we had some
y thing 10 say on the question wheIhtr VI
" would or would not have territory; and if thu
~ question could now be submitted 10 the pco
pie, he really believed they woul5 say. "Le
~ Mexico and the MexicaHs alone-ayold tina
90 leprosy." But they have given the contro'
no. over the subject to you; and you, sir, have
- surrendered it to the Executive, and even nov
no are granting him all the moSey he asks 10 car
w ~ out his plans, not yours. The gentleman
~ from Tennessee (Air. STANToN) yesterda,
~ taun,cd members on this floor with being pro
-, fessedly opposed TO the war and the con4ues
,s Of Mexican territory, and yet giving the Pre-
cs sidcnt every thing he asked TO carry on tn
war. Thank God, that shot did rot hit m
-, at all ro'e as | talk. But 10 proceed
cd The President II ,ht soon communicate
te them the fact Of the acquisition Of this ne
,ht territory, and then they might refer II to III
M Committee OH Territories to report a plan f
vi. a territorial government over it. Now, wha
as ever form Of government shall be decided ~
81. on, there is one little extract from the old o
in. dinance of l7S7-one little %proviso, whic
ac. certain Of us wish to put into it, just to pleas
-, any constituents and ourselveS-somethln