Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1848-05-24
,renELLAuEous READING.
From the Cincinnati ChroHicie.
observation-disclosures
War!

veekS, 10 nave g'eH'y oo'cu'eu '"' P'
r.;..l vision as TO matters of much high
]. ;moorance. Look back at the history
.frvo years Ask yourself, rcaderi what
,hey have produced, and what there is in
prospect for you and your country! The
..r, total Of the fruits of the last two
S..rs. in the bricfcst manner, is:
I. We have been two years at War
(exacily) without any reasonable cause.
q. We have lost thirty Mousam men.
Nv battles disease and murder, whose
gloomy ghosts will ap ear at the Tribunal
OF Justice-nclancholy Witnesses 10 the
Etuty Of the human intellect and the
deorayity Of the human heart, as cxhibi
ted in rulers.
;. We have paid one hundrcd and NJ
In millions N do/iars, for the vicious
amusement of carrying on a War. begun
without cause, and carried on without
IN object.
4. We have asscntcd to Treaty which
no man approves, that we may conclude
aW ar which no man desires,
8. We have confirmed the acts of a
man. who had no authority in making a
Treaty. all men condemn.
G. We have summoned the Victorious
General in Glorious Campaigns 10 appear
before Court, illegally constituted. to
answer 10 his inferior in rank. mind and
rharac,er-as if, in enlarging the Fame
of his country. and developing the might
Of its power, he were really Criminal,
z. In return for this wonderful series OF
most wonderful follics. made in self sacri-
fee 10 an lmbccilc and Corrupt Admins
ration, what have the People got, They
have 20: the barren rocks Of New Mcxi-
co, and the impracticalle wills Of Cali
brnia. WITH perhaps. Il little meadow, and
harbor Oh the Paciicl
But is this all! Is the Treaty ratified!
Will it be ratified! No man knows
There is as much darkness in knowledge.
and obscurfy in PERCEPTION. as to Mexico.
the War. as there was the first moment an
American Soldier crossed the fatal banks
Of the Rio Grandc! Who knows when,
where, or how the War with Mexico Will
end!
Suppose, however, the very best which
the waImcst friend of the Administration
can imagine. Suppose the Treaty rati
fed. and that We revcl in all the glory. and
all the blessings. which the rock built
peaks Of New Mexico. and the Eternal
Shows of the Sierra Nevada can confer:
what then! is War ended! Is the Ar
my disbanded! Is the Debt paid! Can
We return 10 the Arms Of Peace, and de-
vc!op only these bcnciiccnt Arts and that
Righteousness OF character. which alone
can make nation great. glorious. happy
and permanent Not al all. The thing
isnot ended. There is an Army in the
field. and Il ,nul'lulc Of dependents up
on Government employers. The first
tendency Of Corrupt Executive is to
keep men in Office dependent upon il. that
II may have poicer ntd pG'rondCei No
man ought 10 Be surprised, then. that The
first though, Of the President and his Cab
met IS 10 see how he can keep up The OIL
GERS. and make now ones. That is mhaf
Acdoes. \ pure minded man viii say.
how can he! What can he DO! Easy
enough. Make a new War. Find new
objects of plumber, and prey. il other
lands. Did not Rome do that precisely
Let us see. The Indians have made an
Instruction in the Independent, State Of
Yucaian. The Iucatanesc ask us 10 help
them! The President says. what is more
humane than this! Are they not on the
American Continent, Are VIC the IIeav-
en.born. Heaven Guardians
Of this Continent! Most certainly No
thing. therefore, is more mantcstly jus,
and logical. than that We ought to march
an army into Nucatan
Grant this one moment. and let us turn
10 the Map Of Europe. and see how eN-
actly the same thing will look there
Nicholas of Russia summons the IIctman
OF the CoSSacks TO the saldle:-thc wild
Tartas of Scytha mount and ride. The
days of Rome are renewed vast col
umns como down on Southern Europe
like the avalanche of the mountains IS
The Eagle banner of Russia crosses the
Rhine, it is inscribed with Faith and
on it marches 10 the fair fields OF Italy.
Well. We have had Immense sympathy
Tor Liberty in this country; and We d;rec-
ted our Ambassador to tell \ichola. that
this is an outrage--that these are indcpen-
dent nations-that he has no right to in
terferc. and that we shall take particular
offence if he goes on. He rcpl:cs:-Mr.
American. YOU have done the same.
We look astonished. and sav-"when'
howl Did you not conquer provinces in
MeNico'" "les-but we fought for an
hexa'lon." $50 do |. And did not you
send 'roopst to help the Yucatanese!"-
les, but We did that for humanity
very well. am going to Italy for hu-
manly. think that revolters are very
inhumane." ''Wcll. but we are the An
gio-Saxons. NV ell. Sir. | am Il Sclavo-
man," Our ambassador in this sort of
argument will make but little progress and
hnd that our symPathies for liberty, count
but little. when we cannot let the affairs
Of a naghboring republic alone.
There is one feature of human nature.
whether in an individual or national ca
Pacity. which is everywhere true. When
man or nation has determined to do a
clearly selfish act for selfish purposes. that
man or nation never fails to find an ex-
cusc or reason for it, Let US not delude
ourselves with the idea that we are fight
ing the battles of Liberty and Humanity.