The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1848-03-30


been makings Jest let me look At the ,rca.
ty.' r
Cans doit,' says he, its half way to We
"a Cruz by this time; | sent it of ycs,er-
day.
BLOOD and thunder says !, sthen you
have knocked tho whole business in the
head sure enough. You've committed an
outra gsous crime, and great shame mud
don't you know, sir, that great crimes de-
serves great punishmcnts? don't know
what Col. Polk will d.; but know what
my friend old Hickory would do il no was
alive; he would hing You Up 10 the frs,
tree he could como A.
sWhat, hang mo CIR doing jest what I
was sent here 10 dor says he. Fer have
made jest such a bargain MS the l'residcn.
told me to make; only leetlc better one.
That's nothing here nor lAcrc,' says ],
syon know circnmsia nccs alters cases.
And you know well enough, Or ynu Ought
10 have sense enough, 10 know, that as
things now stand, the President dout want
y treaty. Now saws l. mir. I'ris,, answer
the one plain question: Da you think Won
have right nj all, to make ireaty after
the Presidcn. has ordered you homc?
sWell,' says he, i think circumstances
slters cases tor, aud when tho President
ordered me ho,ne, suppose he thought ]
couldn't get through the j,b he sen, mo 10
do. But though. could, and SO kept
trying, and Two got shroueh with int last,
and done the business all up according 10
my first ordcrs; mud ] dan't SEQ Why the
President should'n, DC well satisfied
WELL saws |, whats the items Of tho
bargainf What hnvo sou agreed uponr
Why says I've, we have the whole Of
1'exas clear 10 the Rio Grande; wc hive
al Of New Mexico, and oil 81 Upper Cali
fornia, aud We pay the Mexicans fifteen
million Of dollars, and pay onr own citizens
five millions that the Mex;cnns owed them.
And wc stop firing, draw orr charges from
the guns that arc loatied, aud 90 homc.'
We'll, now SAYS l.Trisi, don't you think
you aro pretty Teller 10 make such bar
gain ~ ihut at this time of day? The
President will lie mortified To death about il.
Here we've been fighin near two years to
make the Mexicans pay over ,ha, FIVE mil.
lion oil dollars they owed our people, mud
now, you've agreed that VIC shall put our
hands into our own packets aud pay il our
selves. The whole plan Of the war has
been carried ON BY tho President upon the
high minded principle 10 GO straight ahead
and conqaera peace man.!ushion: and now
you'vc agreed 10 bnck out of the scrape,
and buy pence, and pay the money CIR il.
Yon know very we'll tho President Inns de-
clarosi, time aud again, that the war should
20 on till VIC got indemnity FIR the past and
security for the fnture-lhcm's his own
words--and now, yon'yo agreed 10 settle
up without one jot Of either. Fur tho past,
wo are At least one hundred millions out oil
pocket, besides losing ten or fifteen thou
sund men. As for the men, sposo you
may say we can Offset them against tho
Mexicans we have killed, md We have kill.
ed little more than they nave. may TO i,
foots up little moro in our favor, and
that's the only advantage you've secured
: As for the hundred millions Of dollars we
dent get a penny Of il back. So oil the
indemnity you get for the past is few
thousand dead Mexicans-tha, IT., ~ mrny
ns remains after suhtracling what they've
But tho cap shenf IL your burgain Is the
security Cor the future. Tho cities and
towns and castles that we have lit so hard
10 take, and have got our mcn Into, aud all
90 we'll secured, you now agree 10 give 'em
right up ngain 10 the enemy, and mnrch
our men homo with their fingers in their
mouths; and that's our security l"r tho f,-
turc. As fur the fifteen millions Of dollars
you agree n pay for New Mexico and Cal
itornis, you might jest as well ,hrown
the money into tho sen, for they was ours
sfore; they WINS already conquered mud m.
ncaed, and WINS NJ much ours as f we had
paid the money Coz EN-
Here | turned on my heel md left him,
for ! was 20 disgustet ~ the conduct Of the
Teller that wouldn't have my more talk
with him. And now, my dcnr Colonel.
there is nothing Cor Us but to look this bust
ness right 10 tie face, md mike the best Of
il wo cso. u there was any why TO keep
the thing ont Of sight, il would be best for
you 10 throw the treaty into the FIRE as soon
40 you get il, and send word on 10 Gineral
Scott to 20 ahead again. Bat that il i'm
possible; il will be spread all over the coun-
Try, snd known 10 every body. And I'm
convinced il will b the hest way for YOU TO
turn right about, make out to be glad Of
what cant DO helped, aud sccept the treaty.
The nominations for President Is close Mt
hand, nsd you must brready to 60 into the
election Cor your second term on what
you've GIT, and mako tho best show sou
can with Il. Il you should reject the trca-
", tho opposition would get the advantage
of you again; they wonld ,hcn cry out that
the Mexicans Ind asked fur peace, and yoa