The Arkansas banner., 1849-10-16
From the cineina1;i Eaquirer.l A Representative Abroad of the American
 


 The Pennsylvsnian holds up to public view the kind Of Representative that the AmeTlean people are 10 have at Constaniinople, under the present adni nisbation. few moaths ago tt was annoa need that Hoa. George P. Marsh, of Vermont had been appointed Minister so Coasfanslnopie. in place of the able and accomplished DABxxT CARR. ~hO has rendered such distinguished service 10 the ronatry by hs patriotic devotion io her interests and her Lonog while surrounded by intriguing dipiomat,sts and violent moHarehists. On the 10th o( February. ls4s, while our troops were in Mexico. ihIs same peFson, Marsh, delivered . speech upon tha var, which we find reported at length in ih4 Appsndx io the Congressional Globe Of the l6h of the month. We give the following extracts to show it's quality. If ever there was falsehood and irrason crowded into A speech. we cannot discover where it is 10 be fou1nd Hear this Rerresen,a- i've ofthe American Upioa al the Court of CoRstan tinople:
 .I shall not venture 10 affirm that after the nor tai wound which we had indicted upnn the honor and the interests of Mexico. oy oar rapscsnus ah- sorption of territory once indisputabiy hers, and 10 which she s,t isvs claim il pssible 10 avoid war; bal 10 sFgrt ras evs mddt m good fattA t0 prDpttiats flat Repeolr, are Tot entitled To pre- sume that we shoud have turned deal ear 10 honorable proposals of peace aad tRasmach Gs NsK- ico kzd e0mmtiisa no hostEie 5c, The 6sh not be considered as having occurred, uBii the President iorcibIy occupied a territory not only claimed but quietly possessed by her. Ihe CuT, ksrefore aras mol only prorassd, bt eozmsnced bg us
 Entertaining these views upon the origin and pur- poses of the var. can consider t in other light than as national crime bat independently Of 'his It is an offence against the moral spirit of silne a retrosrade step ln the movemen; of humanity; a violent wrestling of our national resources To unna- tarsl, inappropriate aipi misc hIevous purposes"
 Thus much of the wai BOW for 'he opinion of the sane traitor, rewarded by General Taylor, oi those who have fought in the waF-Of those who were odefing for the new regiments then proposed to be organized Read iAis roluaissTS-ye who fought in The bloody hatles o the Valley oi Mexico and who have returned 10 your bones scared, weathsr-bes'en and broken by disease. Remem- Der that the man proeialming these odious seGti- nents is one of the leaders oi the Taylor pa'Foas jus, been appointed 10 office worth 5000 year. with an outfit of S9.o GOO more, by Gen Taylor "Bat what are the mass these valorous bobadlls ids fe6gschki LoJfsfs, rho fsIiag 70 rocaf1sH for tabor and hartag SrpsFiMsntay Prored thsr tacapd- city Q do aagst beisr. eoaeees smserss 10 ot gVed giih military geatus," and charged with mission to destroy and lay waste wha, creative nature and human industry have produeed--votiiieai jscs-7sd- diogs whose in party straisgem has inspired them with lofty notions ot their own abIliies ID military s,raiegF-Bakempt MRSaareA ceETozs5S, ra'- eroscopic maTftaiiNs--hHeHieaf Ton IAHahs-ver- dent, oyefgrown Juveniles-butiy thFasonic AHaSim, Wi;h an air that reminds oi the gIsnrs chant m the fable:
 Fee, flaw, fun.
 l smell the blood O. Mexican,
 Dead or alive, will have some
 Truly. Mr. Chairman, I can say. with the poor young prince;
 My eyes are out
 Even with the heFee looks of bloody men
 Of such ckeap sfgf tais are eA,Sfy made he self psftd citl=sn- -oLisr pseYdo heroes of this Mext- eaa Tsr whom bsinded patty z~al permits 10 usurp honors denied to the wiser and peter men, whose courage and skill and heroic self devotion, have en- abled the atven;urers who have suppIan;ed them 10 reap transient harvest ot false glory. that as Ill becomes the wearers as borrowed pluiHes The jack daw Brute courage, indeed, these doughty Pala- dias may have i; see reason ~hy thsy should not Risking themselves. they risk little, and vAla ing their own lives at nothing, they estimate iheH al just what they are worth"
 We to not remember to have heard oT read . more seandaIoas tirsde against the AuseriesR sol unteers, than that coatained above from The mouth of th. American Representative al a foreign Coari Was 1t TayIor's appreciation o the merits ol ,ha sreech that induced him to confer sueh honor ot Mr. Ma'shl A pretty Representative abroad, he ct American sentiment