Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1848-02-09
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- All persons are respectfully invited to
mend meeting, to be held at Fair Ha-
ven, on Wednesday the 10th inst, to con-
alder the prac,icability Of constructing q
Rail Road up -Four Nile Valley 'f0"'
Hamilton, Ohio, TO Richmond, Indiana.
A Fa1sND OF THE CAUSE.
IT, u.ven Ohio, Feb 9th, 1913.
n:..s-Aes from Major Jack Downing
rI.-rsK. Polk, President ofthc United
States If america, Merieo, DC.
CRY OF Mexico. ANNEXED Us,
- - Dee. 80, fG47.
- Dr.x CoLoSEL:-l feel a good deal
.n,;ous 10 hear how you arc getting along
there 10 home, and 'spose you are full as
.nxious to know how we are going 1t OCT
here. I got your message TO Congress,
md their Mstthrce days doings. and that S
,hr last I've heard. When ! found the
SVh;rs had fairly CARED the House, see
!, moment there was bad time ahead
c,r us. Says I, look out for squalls; the
al .hi, will have rough time OF it this
,,;n,cr I had good mind to come right
home 10 help stan by the helm. for knew
,-ou wonld need me- But than ] sec at
anc. that wouldn't do. for our officers have
.ot into a dreadful snarl here, and |
sho,,Idn Z dare to leave till things is settled.
G,r fear the annexin would all 60 back
.oin. and we should lose our two years
work So, as I can't come, all can do
i 10 give my notions about things little,
BY way Of advice.
I see how twill be, the House will be
auarreIling with you all winter: they'll be
asking YOU all the hard questions they can
think OF, and all the time pryin' into yonr
secrets about the war and anncxin. And
don't believe the Senate will be a copper
hotter. IT'S true there amt SO many
Wings there, but there's them there that is
full as bad You never can do any thing
with Mr. Calhoun; you know he always
splits every thing in two, even to hair;
and the most he'll ever do for US about
this anncxin business, will be TO split off Il
little piece Of Mexico. If he finds out we
arc anncxin the whole Of it he'll fight agn
US till all is blue. Then there's Col. Ben
ton don't think is Il whit better than Mr..
Calhoun. You know what fuss he made
when NC took in Texas, because we set
out to take a little strip of Mexico along
with il: only little reasonable strip, too
inst or, our sid: of the river. SO as to max c
square work Of it. Col. Bcmcn's cbcnc-
ger was right up about it: he said Il didn't
belong to us, and it didn't belong TO Texas.
and we had no right to it, and should
touch it, Now, if he made such q fi.ss
about the little strip on our side Of taa
river, he'll be likely to raise Ned and turn
up Jack if he finds out We have notion
Of annexn the whole Of Mexico. And
he's n terrible enemy 10 have. ] can tel
you: don't believe there's another man
in the country that can look down opposi-
ton equal to him. Now, with such men
as these in the Senate. besides all the thun-
der of Webster. and all the persuadin of
Cri.trnden. how are YOU gOin TO get along,
I think there's no way TO get along safe
but to keep such men in the dark. Keep
coaxin the money out OF EN- to conquer a
piece. but never let en- mistrust that We in
tend 10 conquer the whole. We must
look one way all the fine and row .tothcr.
| know you'll have a hard time Of it. for
Congrc IS will keep divn into you all the
time with this question and that. and pryin
into al! the secrets about the war. and
want to know what orders YOU give to US
are goin TO do. and where all the money
goes TO, and thousand things that they've
no business with. Now, when they keep
coming to you with these ugly questions.
think the only way will be for You to slet
your mouth right up, and keep a stiQNp
rerlip, and not say word. And do pray
be careful what you tell TO good Old Mr.
Richie. for YOU know he never could keep
his mouth shct. There's some dogs. YOU
know. that always bark at the wrong time.
and frightcn away the gamc.-l on never
can train EN- TO keep still when they ought
to- You remember. more than two years
ago. before the war begun, when YOU was
layin out the work privately and carefully.
and getting your ships round 10 the Pacific.
and giving the officers their orders to stan
ready and wait till the train was touched
on this side. and the moment they heard
the first sound of the war to snapup Cali
fornia and annex it. and hold on to it. so
lha, if We found the people wouldn't let
the war 90 on. we could come to a settle
ment. and each side hold what they had
got-you remember how Mr. Ritchic got
so full of the matter that he liked to bowed
the whole matter up by letting on about
the conquest Of Mexico. 4 little more
carelessncss at that time would been
likely to upset our whole kttic of fish
we might lost California, and Santa Fe.
and likely enough even that little strip on
our side of the river lining Texas. And.
as for the whole of Mexico. our jig would
abeen up at once: We might a whistlcd for
it till doomsday. but 'twouldn't come.
l think you did right in yo,ir message to
make believe YOU had no idea Of conquer
ing the whole Of Mexico. don't believe
it would be safe TO take that ground till the
work is all done. The people of our
country are too skttish vet about conquer
ing other countries: they amt got use 10
it. And for this reason YOU will have to be
very firm with Congress. and not let EN-
etossquestion you too close. and get YOU
INTO a bother. Call upon them boldly for
large armies. and all the millions of mo-
Mt all