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oVerpower ana dlsper,c her army, to overthrow
her civil government. and TO leave her without
any farther power Of resistance. We'll. Nh
President, if that be done what is the result
How are you to yet an honorable peace 1t
takes but one party to make war-two parties
to make peace. If all authority in Mexico le
oVertllrown, II there be no legitimate power with
whom TO negotiate how are YOU to accomplish
those Objects which it is proclaimed this vigor-
Gus prosecution of the war is intended TO effect,
Sir, you are defeated by your Success That
will be the clear and inevitable result But
what do you accomplish The very object
which You disavow' For If the war should he
50 prosecuted. where will be the nationality ct
Mexico Where her separate existence Where
this free republic with " ,ipm you desire TO treat?
Go;:c W-,ha.c t'.l3l her out e. Che list of
ilatluils. she has become mere mass of indi.
vduais without any political existence, and the
sovereignty o! the country, ut least for the time
being. is transferred To- us. Now. Mr. President
this is not only a conclusion from reasoning IN.
on this subject, but it is one TO which, if under.
stand the President Alright, lac comes with sin
Gle exception, and that, a mere contingency not
likely to take place, The President has very
much the same conception of the object Of n
vigorous war as have presented. He saws that
the great difficulty OF getting peace results from
this. that the people OF Mexico are divided under
iactious chicNains, aud that the chieftain in
power dare not give peace because his rival
would then be able to turn him out and tina;
the only way to remedy this evil and obtain Il
treaty, is to put down the whole of them Well.
what is To be done then! Is the thing to stop
there No. We are then to build up again
and establish under our power and protection a
republican form OF government from the citizens
who are well disposed. which he SAYS are nu.
merous, and are prevented from obtaining it only
by fear OF those military chiefs. And it is with
this government, sir, which is to grow up under
the encouragement and protection of our army
to be established by their authority-that il is
proposed to treat in order TO obtain peace. |
must confess am little at loss to see how
free and independent republic can grow IN UNI
der the protection and authority of its conqueror.
do not see how such government can be cs-
tabllshed under his authority. | can readily
understand how an aristocraCy-how a knglv
governments despotsm. might be established
by conqucror But how free and indepen-
dent republic can grow up under such circum-
stances. is to me incomprchensibc had al
ways supposed that republican government was
the spontaneous work of the people-that it
came from the people-trom the hearts of the
people that it was supported by the hearts of
the people, and that it required no support--no
protection from any quarter whatever. But, sir,
it seems that these are antiquated notions--ob-
solete ideas.--and that we may now manufac-
ture republics 10 order, by authority OF a con-
querng government.
But suppose, sir, all these difficulties sur
mounted How cap YOU MAKE free govern,
uent H. A}oylco? Where are your materalsD
1t is to be, presume. a contederated government
Ike our own. Where Is the intelligence III Mex
leo adequate to the construction of such gov
crnmcntI That is what she has been aiming
at for twenty odd years, but 50 utterly incompc-