Weekly national intelligencer., 1848-02-05

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lie would be glad il friend of this Administration
some advocate OF this wawould inform him with what OBJ
ect prosecuted He should be glad if the President
any of his friends would point out clearly the line Of opera
which it Intended to pursue He had heard great
deal said about this being prosecuted vigorously obtain
honorable peace, and yesterday gentleman asked if
they desired dshonoIabe peace All certainly desired
honorable peace and when gentlemen told the House that
they would this for the purpose Of obtaining
honorable peace he should be glad if they would
and define their meaning, and let the House end the country
know what they meant by an " honorable peace"
But there another phrase, which he believed originated
with the President for the first time he was in Pre-
siena message whence caught up by the friends
Of the Administration and became current II was this, that
past and security for the future" Indemnity for the past ~
Perhaps they could oil understand what that what
the cabalstc phrase security for the future " Was
security for the future TO be found in the possession Of all
Mexico Were provide against breach of the peace
by aking the whole country Was to be done by The
tabishment of military force there, keep the people of
Mexico in subjecon He would like to know what
really the meaning of these words.
Well the President desired indemnify for the and
security for the future" He very desirous to obtain
honorable peace. The President told us in his late
sage that he had authorized Mr. Ts to negotiate peace
1t appeared that the President in such negotiations desired
to obtain New Mexico and California His language in his
message of the 7th December was this;
he boundary of the Rio Grande and the cesson to the
United States of New Mexico and Upper California, eonst
tued ultmatum which our Commissioner was under no
circumstances to yield"
| And why did he want New Mexico and California Oh
there the expenses of the and spoatons on our
commerce, and to have this territory indem
Rty The President repudaed conquests yet he told Us
that this territory worth than the amount OF our
claims and, therefore, Commissioner instructed 10
give liberal equivalent The following the terms in
which he spoke on this point
GAS the territory be acquired by the boundary proposed
might be estimated be of value than fair equiya
lent for just demands our Commissioner was authorized
stpuate Tor the OF such additional pecunary
| sid wa deened reas
What the of that equivalent the President did
not inform but from other sources appeared that Mr.
Trisi offered S20 000 000 So seemed the President was
favor Of conquest but he did desire to obtain portion
of Mexican territory which he entitled, and they
called upon to prosecute the for the purpose OF COM
peng Mexico to sell portion OF her country, which the
President acknowledges have right 10 claim Wasths
to bc indemnity for future peace There never
conqueor that his design of conquest openly the
design Of President shown to be- lie tells US ne de-
sres conques and yet be continues the until he
compel Mexico to sell or fair price such portions OF her ter
| riory may fix upon.
But he would be glad know by what we
obtain security for the future" Were we to obtain some
guaranty from Mexico that she will not attempt 10 disturb us
Was she TO give bond in addition to treaty We might
suppose, from ntimaon in the Presidents message
another subject that security to be found in building
civil governments Of choice in Mexico and by keep
ing up military establishments TO the people Were
wild, reckless hope to do successfully Did
the history of Europe furnish precedents to deter US from
such course I When Napoleon Bonapate oyerun Spain
place his brother the throne Of that country he placed
armies there to retain the be obtained and while we
initiated his conduct should profit by his example and take
warning from his fate. II shall build up governments in
Mexico and attempt keep it in power, should
qure army there OF fifty thousand men for the next twenty
years.
When this war first commenced he stated his opinion
this floor that the commenced by the Admnsta
ton for conquest He knew the Administration had repeat
edy denied all intention to makcconquess buthe asked any
look the evidence and then his mind could
game that being played He believed il not the de-
sire expectation Of the Administration to make any treaty
with Mexico. He believed the coupty tob dlded with
hopes of teace until the next Presidential election shall
have passed by He believed during the time that would
intervene, the public mind would be often excedly
OF that kind and they succeed in securing the Goyern
ment for another Of four years, the mask viii then be
thrown off, the real intention viii be ayowed, and they would
then be iod they when the annexation Of Texas
under dcuson that the American people had decided in
favor Of annexiDg all Mexico, and it would be pressed though
Congress suddenly Let them look for moment at short
extract rom speech which had recently been made this
subject He in the papers speech reported Of gentle
who stood intimate with the Adminisraoa, in
which that gentleman said
"Therc cases, all tending TO the point
that whenever becomes mpacticable obtain Territory by
purchase ny All that strip of country
lying between Nstehez and Baton Rouge taken possession
Of IN that way And we have done in all when we
could obtain territory by negotiation aud this has
been pursued throughout the world, in all times all
Powers"
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on Foreign Relations, (M SEvIER, delivered in the United
States Senate the cath January ls4sa gentleman who
stands intimate and has confidential relations with
the Executive Of this Union, avowing it TO be practice to
take territory by force when able to acquire by
negotiation
But he had also extract from the speech of another gen.
tlemsn, follows:
@" repeat what before said, that the longer Mex con-
nucs her obstinate rejection Of reasonable indemnify and the
greater the Cxerton she compes make, the greater will
be our demands and the heavier her losses What would
have accepted last year, at the d the
present campaign, may well refuse and what
would accept we'll refuse after few months And
how much the public sentiment OF this country may demand
years hence it the continues long, Do
pretend 20 predict We have TO make the expert
ment dreaded by the Senator from South Carolina aud The
Senator from Keniueky and the domains Of Mexico 10
often been called pay and which Mexico may be preparing
for hersciln
This the declaration Of gentleman (Mr. C,ss who
generally understood be the candidate Of The De-
mocratc party the Presidency. He tells US that the in
demniy 70 be required from Mexico be increased in pro.
portion 10 her obs,inacy that what would have satisfied US
ditona month will increase our demands until we reach that
point much dreaded Of engulng the whole county and
bringing under government
We have often heard that democracy was progressive II
docs indeed progress fearful and il its progress
sion should moi be arrested will involve this country in run
He had shadow Of doubt that this war would continue
until after the Presidential election We were now t1d that
peace negotiated by Mr. Trist with Commissioners
o Mexico; but how often have been deuded with The
rumor After every battle in Mexico the sane siren
On haah heen