The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-10-28

sovereignty be- dss ruthless spoaon Of your rights
upon the ~
deceptive offers Of assistance and atvice and malicious
misrepresentation Of the intentions Of your nsghbors and
natural friends The others falling, ~ fall they must
agar power whish can repel and them there
reason to believe that these last will be tricd-ndesd
that to some exeent they have already been attempted
It against acts Like these that feel AUTHORISED and in
duty bound in justice alike to your country and my own
to caution and warn you What reliance shall republic
have upon professions Of friendship from monarchy
Az between individual there may be confidence and
ties OF friendship between people living respectively
under 2 monarchy and republic But speak Of them
political government each founded
upon principles antagonstical to the ohsreach holding
its form to be the besteach knowing and feeling
other is to itself reproach and injury. As such,
there can be interest-no sympathy between
them. They are natural enemies and it is beyond
All profession to the contrary, come whence it may,
is deceptive-al agreement to be otherwise is hollow
truce You and sir both well know from the dealings
our governments have had with European monarches,
the bitter truth Of all have said. When they come to
US them leaving, they have now begun TO 90 their
arms behind them, with professions OF friendship and
advice (al for good) let not merely recall to
mind but act upon the warning Of the prophecies
when the willy Greeks sought ey unworthy stratagsm
force. "Tin.eo Danaos dond fae'es. That warning
unheeded, and Troy was lost. sh. we be wise In
day to disregard similar one, when 50 assaled
Let the future answer But you have doubtless, been
told that "the United States grasping people,"
with unhoy desire to appropriate the territory OF
other nations to their use-for these are the
terms by which our European enemies have charac
terzed u.s. whenever for the interests and protection
in thwarting any Of their deep laid schemes of mo-
narchical ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. We are not in the habit
Of indicating ourselves by words; conscious Of rec
'itude, content to let deeds defend us-and know
whether my government would approve departing
from the rule. But in order to more proper under
standng Of our rel. and to reps sander that
to be false And appeal to you, sir who are not unac
quainted with history if there be any act of
.laln aa 10 trckif croh
charge against t us al the facts Connected with every
acquisition Of territory we have made is open to the
QUESTION was in 1903, when comparatively small and
feeble nation, purchased Louisiana from France them
perhaps tho most powerful Mark we purchased it.
and paid all that France demanded. We took not one
inch force 1t to by the free will Of its owner
for valuable consideration and with the free will Also
S know for an outlet to the n
was in 1919. when we purchased Florida from
Spain. No force WAS used in that case, It was a
and purchasers, satisfied 1t worth nothing to
any other nation and we paid for it certainly its full
in s45. There surely force used to bring that
about nor was 1t purchase 1t was the voluntary union
oftwo contiguous republics who believed their mutual
welfare would thereby be promoted Happily the result
has justified the expectation but this not done
in haste nor with grasping Inland by the United States
But when our estimation the time appropriate and
there existed ast impeachment why the two
might not be Joined together the union was contaminated
and failed to snatch rich prize from the influence of
repubcapism and appropriate it to her own purposes Of
ehagrn charged the United States with rapacty in max
ing this acquisition. 1t so happened sir, that stood
the British Minister in the Senate House at Wash
lngton at the moment of Texan annexation; and
heard him give what perhaps, was original utterance
to the phrase which his cOuntrymen habtually
peat in spirit of reproach, that 'the United States
graspng people," Much must be excused, h0wev-
to defeated policy thwarted avarice and dsappoint
ed ambition. Our fourth and latest acquisition was the
-t<Ar~v n1na o1ro
with her. in ls4s. Did this part show ava
rice or graspng disposition If Wherein We for.
her sought every fair and to
avoid it. We had liquidated balances due us on ac-
count which she had long since acknowledged to be due
In the hope of adjusting them satisfactorily sent
minister Of peace represent her government
Unwistly. she refused to receive him. insultingly
she repealed our offers of amcable intercourse; and,
without the usual warning Of declaration Of war, in
vaded our territory and murdered citizens,
own soil T hsa it was and got till then when
made war upon her. and, certainly al
lowable, not only. defended own, but carried
out going detail is enough say that Mexico
conquered and lay helpless at feet. Did we show
ourselves grasping people them II it had been will
for all time, and, well assured, with the joy
full freew Of large majority fits inhabitants But we
The no OF At
Indemnity for the past security fer the future" But
Mexico yet owed us large sums Of money, and had
Phy s'no nv eson
year. If should restore it to her. What
tribute and In default OF its manifest grasp
ing disposition by retaining all her territory as
might easily have done? Far from it. On the contrary
forgave her the debt she owed Us; and then, pur
chasing from her, with her free consent certain
distant portions of her territory which not only
PRICE ahh Sa Conceded By s to
at the tme the amount SIS GOO OOO gave her back
her country and her returned her captured
md fyradf he md
left her richer and in better condition every way than
when the war begun. The treaty which ended the
hesitate to say far better for Mexico than for the United
States; except in the consciousness it affords that
acted not with justice merey but with unexampled gene
rosity towards sister republic, that should always have
been our friend Was this in avarce of acquisition
or ambition Of aggrandzements If So am proud of
such reproach it entails upon my country. On the
subject Of annexation and the make of it. let
say few words in addition to principles and
policy Our federal constitution provides that new
States may be admitted by Congresslsno this Union.'
This admits of two odes Of augmentng the number of
States in federal family. First by the admission Of
foreign State, already Organized under government
in harmony with our system-that is republi-
in orm-and who appropriately manifests her desire
TO become member of our Union OF this class, fexas
is the only example Second by the formation of new
States from territory already belonging to u.s.
any portion of it shall become sufficiently populous for
State organization and claim undertake for themselves
that form of government And to favor and facilitate
this process have instituted intermediate stage of
organization, called Territorial government sort of
Congress whereby the ucpient organization is aided in
it, efforts trained in is duties and encouraged in its
growth until prepared for the higher functions and
greater responsibilities Of independent sovereign self
government. With this view, and to this end, have
made all our acquisitions Of territory. We neither want
it, nor could it, for any other purpose And all
the States formed and admitted stand upon the
and equal footing with all the other States old and
Proceeding upon this principle and pursuing this course
we have been emnenty successful in making country
prosperous and our people happy From thirteen have
increased to thirty one States; from three Millions
population numbers twenty five millions aud from
poverty and weakness have assembled to wealth and
power. do not mention these things Ia spirit of
nifty boasng but, simply to show what regard
the consequences of free publican system 1T unob
sTucted to work out its natural results its benign and
legitimate functions seng protect rather than to go
veID to advise rather than to instruct rather
u an to punish and, holding that men free and equal
and equally entitled 10 e liberty and the pursuit Of
happness it farther intereres with the perfect free
dom Of speech and action than msy be in pensabe to
restrain the vicious protect the good Living under
such system and enjoying is blessings is 1t strange
that we should love IT, and be proud OF IT. And, b..
levDg as we honestly do, that II is the freest AMI
best government earth, would II be stfange, unna
tunl, wrong, IL desired TO other people, and
Of NAT a. pitie II