Ypsilanti sentinel. [volume] (Ypsilanti, Washtenaw Co., Mich.) 1843-1900, 1848-03-01
From the National InteIligencer.
Il HE ARYLAND FARMER
AGAIN. -

u AGAIN. k
-H 1t seems that we are now fighting Mexico for
5 S"indemnity and security" ~
e3 Every one must see that the first is utterly
e GunattaIpablc. What can indemnify the nation
Efor the loss of the many thousand brave men
-Ewhose corpses are now fostering in the cbapar
n Erals of Mexicoa Will land or money do. III
b We cannot get them if they will. All the val
}, uable lands of Mexico arc private property: anu
as to money, it is impossible to get from her
the tenth part of the sum required for the daily
Esuoslstenee of our armies. Will her mines in
Hdemnify usl Let us inquire first if they enrich
!; Aed Spain during the three hundred wears that
+ Eshe possessed them. Will they be more pro
: Eitable to US than they were to her?
"a But let us see if we can get "securitv:. for
d A"security' is something that we certainly need.
e Enot against Mexico; fer so far as she is con
kcerned we have never been in the slightest dan
S ger. No one is now so shallow as to believe
Athat, since the battle of San Jacnto, Mexico
tghas ever had the least intention of attacking us
! Irue, she attacked our troops when they inva-
Eded her soil; but she did it for the same reason
Ethat the sparrow will endeavor to defend its
Enest from the assaults of the eagle.
~ The security" that we need is security a,
against the NAL administration of the Executive
r DO we not need an amendment of the constItu-
3 Stion which shall place the movements of our
Farmes beyond the control of Executive power
ELet US suppose that hereafter some "hair- brain
. ked young man" shall succeed In reaching the
s Presidential chair; and let US suppose further,
sthat the ''hyperbolical fend' of foreign con-
n /. conquest shall so get possession of "his weak
!. pia mater that, like second Malvolio, he can
: & talk of nothing" but glory. If such a man be
f sufficiently fool-hardy to throw himself over
into fIofo f G..
: .to be permitted to drag the nation after him.
:. Even now we dared TO refuse to follow the Ex-
, Eecutve lead.
We boast of our constitution the perfec-
a Stlon of human wisdom: let us see if it X, no,
n Gfound hereafter to possess some unhappy de-
: Fleets. @pP' w
Du'' according to others, we are now fipht.
mn 10 SH-. ain sthe honor and glory of the ma
,-$u 1t is not difficult to see how man may
At acquire glory by defending his country; but how
o. che is to gain it by assdutting a weak and pow
Seress people, is not so clear. If /, who am six
ii feet high, attack my pigmy neighbor without
! Eprovocation, and beat and abuse him beyonS
IS measure, instead of glory, acquire everlasting
4 Edlstrace. | exhibit myself to the world as
= sdastardly rufian. But if continue nv assau
N gunt my victim, in utter despair, offers to give
Eup his farm or his purse to purchase respite
Efrom my i'll usage, shall not cover myself will
Eeternal infamy if take them, by thus giving
0gproof that was governed by the meanest anC
kvilest motives in making the attack But il
a 81 we could gain any amount of glory by the pre-
- ssent war, would it look nagnanimous us {,
acquire it at the expense of the blood, the tears
90 and sorrows of Mexicol Would not the heart
lessness and creulty of such course dis grace
~ 1 the name of Christian nationl
i Conquests are in general alike injurious boil
Eto The victors and the vanquished. The mos
# Fof those conquerors that we read of in histor
70 gwere the meanest, viIest, most unconscionab
~ scoundrels that ever dsgraced the world. Thel
I gprincipal characteristic was ferocous reck
a. klessness of human life and happiness. -
q The Cabinet appears to be actuated by
If Esprit so dark and vindictive towards Mexico
IN that it is perfectly appalling. Their only fxet
10 line of policy is to skill, kill, kilI The feel
cling of patriotism, heretofore considered as thu
4 5 first of human virtues, is published in Mexi
N cans as the most atrocous of crimes. Any at
tempt to defend their native country is stigma
atzed as an Instruction and punished by shoot
: Eing its abettors. Every man taken with arms
gin his hands is called guerrilla, and every pet
Ety subaltern appears to feel at perfect liberty t.
% Einfiict military execution upon all guerrla
: swithout the lightest hesitation. Not only so
h Ebut they are insulted scoffed at, jeered, and
Esailed with opprobrious epithets, even when be
- e ing led out to be shot. And if an American i:
& found slain by private assassin, his comrade:
i gimmediately murder a score of the first Mexi
: acans they meet, whether innocent or guilty, BY
/ sway of revenge. Truly,
id "Man's inhumanty tn man,
81 "Makes countless thousands mourn"
"a FIVE will take the trouble to read the history
rss of the American Revolution, we shall find thai
id the noble and patriotic men who distinguished
t, themselves under Greene, Sumter, Marion, ant
Ill gothers were reduced TO a state but little supe
S. Erior to Mexican guerrias. They were at time,
totally dsorganized, and without food
at aclothing, or arms. Yet who does not admir-,
ir the noble perseverance with which they adhered
e, to the fortunes of their unhappy country? Shal
awe insult the memory of such ancestors by pun
Fishing men for displaying the same virtues
(which they exhibited 1t is of no avail to tel
Eus that guerrillas are desperate and lawles
s-smen. What has made them desperate and law
rea less, but our own unprovoked invasion of thci
stA country
8 The friends of the Executive tell us we mus
ra 9send an immense army to Mexico for the pur
leS pose of producing ga moral effect" And, as
ne xtunishing as it may seem, some Wing gentle
,eg men unite with them in the opinion. What d,
aeS they mean by ga moral ehectP Is it not thu
leS effect of fear! The purpose then is avowe'
idG into compliance with our terms. But men VIII
Care governed by the fear Of military power arr
eda sidres. Are we, then, to enslaUe Mexico!
sdI But if we assist the Executive in enslavins
d gforeign countries, how long will it be before h
a-Iwll be DESTROYS of attempting the same process
e4upon ourselves1 Even now his partisans de
4precate all freedom of debate, lest Mexico shall
C. shear oft. Norman is to be permitted to breathe
at whisper in favor oftrnth and justice, lest Mex
re leo shall be encouraged to resist.
e-a We have always supposed that perfect free
IN adom of speech and debate was the birthrght o
Eererv American. Must we now give them ~
a-Eto accommodate President Polk Was their
re eany contract, express implied, at his inaugu
e. Sration that during his Administration the nation
of lshould wear gage
n,a But what sort of Democracy is this, which
H. takes upon itself all the attributes of the mos
an sodous tyranny? A Democracy that seeks t
Eenslaye nations abroad and suppress all freedom
IS aof speech at home; Democracy that demand
Eimmense standing armies, burdens posterit
with prodgious national debt, asks for take
h Son all necessaries of life, and contemptuousl