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VOLUME XLVIIL
earls.
..ttiel,ol,42t,:ona. mats rotrain
Graguale;pf-the,Jeffereon- , l l leilical Collcge of
~. ;-- Plaladclilua.);
rivEOFte'rF,l3LLN:ollors to. the 11 , 011031de pro-
JlLllliifitsaioncl n aeriicesial the, practice of Medi
'.3 iPPLP,,UrgVIIIy,,A yd ,Aiki 1 W i ref. Y..-.... • .
••" Or V l ief.l - a the,.reciacee of lag father in - S.
il444yer ateiot, directly opposite '.ll tweets' (tide
oherii)''Hot6l. 'sad the Second Prealoyierian
liiiiiiii:' '. ' ". ' •
Lr•earlisie, April, 7., 1847. , • . '
J...DIVERS • ,
#AB IiEMOVED HisS, OFFICE arkd_
• D'Ortit4:4 NC; to r 'the 'tem 'story bri , el
°Use: aditiinting Ids Drug S tore,. ul? West
40,0,Attle't. •
•
18417,:
• II;00 4 1 1 / 4 11)1t3 AID MILU'IMIEgi
Samoportiliic Physician.
OFFICE:- Main street, in the houeo fn . !
/ tnitrly oacapied by Dr.•Frod. Ebrman.
Carlisle, Anril 9. 1646.
SST 110 .
.. . .
Peribith
,Operattons upon,-the
Teetb that are retp/16111or'the1r prset.-
ora t lon,saohas Sailing, Pi!IRO,' Plugging , Ef c.;
hr will restore the loss of them, by i nserting.Ar
'reeth, front single.. Tooth" to a full
R.7 : l)(fice on Piltstreet,a rew'idoorsS6uth
tbe Railroad Hotel; _
' • lc. B. II:. Loomis will be absent from Car
iisle the last ten d syti, i n eetlh moat h.
June 11.1846. •
• - OCOSEPA Cala; •
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Pittsburg, Pa,
pi.AS returned from Carlisle, to lir:ratite
of his profession in Pittsburg, Allegheny
county„ 'Pa. •
- Vel,„ 100847,- ,
bumLAut , A:ME%
Attorney at Law.
.
ft VOW Gin South Gtvover. street „ few duo
below 11. Gallium, Eq.
Ju1y46,1845
abAza — mg 31`222M 9
Attorney at Law..
'ink FINCH with S. Affair, Enn„ in Graham's
10 new Wilding, opposit the Post Office.
March 31,1841..
- CARSON C. MOORE.
Attorney at Law, ..
riFFICE - itt . the rear of the Courthouse. in ti
_ , IUF -room lately occupied-by Dr. Foams, dee't
March 31,1847. .
Me. 6St.
Attorney al La*,
HiIiRISBURG, PA. -
April 28, 1818.-Iy..
• • 41 , 113A.V. aileariagraNith,
Justice of the reuse and Scrivener.
(MICE in South Hanover Street, opposite
V the Poet Office.,
Corneae, 411128, 1847.
SURVEYOR :AND SORIVENER.
:30M10. IVEITCRELL, •
LL be found tit his Office in the rear of the
Court House, reedy at all times—unless etipg e d
to the business of his profzesion—to make Stir
' reys orlands, roads, etc. •1-te will also prepare
deeds of conveyance and any other instrument of
writing. •
thirlisle,3une 23. 1917.
.P/ainfield Classical Acadeiny, • •
I'uur miles west of Carlisle, between the Ne w.
villa State Road and Cumberland
• '
Valley Rail Road.
rfflHE..,third session (fivo months) will cam.
'nonce on MONDAY, Nov. 1et.,1847:
The tieunber of students is limited,, and
'ovary effort, made to accure,linilr moral and
tinintal,,iniproVderi9rif, ae Well 'apAbeir fonifort
Dirring,t4o4'yoaintiyiblvigri of
fertY,studouterhave Veen ,cppraedo ihe
institution., ;.,, . .;., .• -
• , studied . embrace. all.that aro, requisite
ror.Ccdhige .or,any business or profession.—
"Every effort will be made insecure a cantina
tinediiiMitroniigitetrom theftlandworeduention
„Rtaferonees, Torme k ,/p..c., 'made knowe by
00u . liSny;iai' by , letter dd rhea od
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'kepi by , 'Mr." , AridievO'-Roboits; where'
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In good Ng‘V En~idln7llong tiro
An odirold phigop dwelt:
Whose Imippy'hico reflected wOl
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Pnc lireezing tiny in winie 4 c
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To coil upon hie imilsitioni t ra,
Ahil 6( theit'ivonl inquire.
Ai fainnar-time ilio pnrion slow!
—Baskin
ebViinning a Widaw'a bean,
• lin'ait htid been batbie.
•
.The willow's fete ,was lit with Smiles,
'To see the weiceme sheet;
Who Mewed lite children ticarta,y,
Anireet hurldlikvd td"test. • •
The meogrg fire, of heush and chins,
A Could 'give bur little 'hear, •
And clustered close the children drew,
To let him tierin ids feet.
With words oC rscycoatia hPi+e
Ire cheered the wfilitw.ti ;
And led her by his syymagly,
troubles io, Janne rt.
Ho asked her, whether ednihad doh*. I
-AM to her rinplewsioed'r - '
If her. pcilatpes lasted well) •
And If she Wanted wood,
And thus, at lasi, ha lOaraed•with pain,
How few w ere. her-euppliesi •
stmt inwardly he Then reeaved
- To give het a surprise.
'Within a park beret - C.llle (Ere,
There mood a ilbany cake;
Alria eagerly the children watch&
Toltec ft eloW4 , bake.
With earnestness the person talked,
And ns the cake grew brown,
lie absently broke off the grant,
Ainl calmly ate It
-Witli - nnxious eyes, the children Sin . ,
Thelr-eripper - ditraiiacaL r .
And every hung y littlryttflp
%Vas filled with restless fear.
—At last lie rose to take his leave',•
When nil the cake war. gone,
And sonnobspichms crossed Ids tiled
Of what he must have done. •
lie smiled, and to the children said,
"That cake was very fine;
Educe I your surlier have enjoyed,
I hone yeu'll relish thine."
The parent' qiiickly reached his {initial;
: Ile found the table spread
With len and toast. andchickeni
And rolls of snowy bread.
He caught a basket In the hall,
" Ahd calling for his
They packed the sninkingsupper In
As II tlfey worked fur We.
A trua&y man the baaket bore:
The children heard him kneek, -
And hurried to untruth the door,—
An eugre little hock.
And soon, around theihearty meal,
They not with nnisy dice ;
For never .didltheiregesiiefore
8q grand a. s.ttinier see! •
Among his licit paiiihnhers
That night the parson wont,
And naked them how the lord hod blessed
The taller they had spent.
They told him of their loaded barna,
Their mores of grain antiwood;
Ile told them of the widow moor,
Inrwant of lire and wood. '
The honest farmers' hearts were touched;
Before another night,,
With comforts sent by nameless friends,
The* Widow's heart was
And fervently she Thanked the Lord, ":
•
From whom her blessings came;
And might her children inflicts prayers,.
'ro lisp the parsofe.s,npintv . , ' p.s
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OltEtli OF Mg. CLAY,
At the Alias Meeting in Lexington, ItY q on
Saturday . , Nov. n, 1847.
'After the organization of the meeting,-Mr,
CLAY rose and addressed it substantially as
follows: ' ,
Ladies and dent/m.6A'
The day is dark and , gloomy Unsettled
and uneettam,, like, the condition our coun
try, in -regard to the Unnatural Avsr with .
Mexico. The public mind isagitated and -
aexioes, and is tilled with serious appiehen
Mons as to ks defiiiite continuance, and e s ,
Te'cially - aa - td the"consequences wilibil its
termination may bring forth ) meri'aciiig hie
hat inbny, it net the existence, of our Onion.'
It is under these oirettmstances,"l.prettent.
'myself before yeti. No 'ordinary occasion
would have drawn me from the retirement
in which :Hive i. bntovhilst a single ,pulsaL
hon. 01, the 'human 'heart re.rottins, It should
if 'necessary,. bra iletlinateti,:trldhe , service :ol
one's country. And ' , have., hoped ithati Al-'
though 1' am , wprivato ..and hu 111 ble .eiiiisze
.Iriv
ottexprestld9l3,o( 4 lllA.YioY , A,,Arki opinions ~
(Intermit). might torte Admiil )4,40 Addition 11
the general AlO4 At iittforinrAig% , 104:agor
a small assistance in delivering our cOuniry
trom that,pprils; ,ikna-, i.l44,gilry-which ser:
,round it.. , . , { ....
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teiiipi io inak&'a tide lipititch, oe.'anYttitibii.,
.tiousl,oriatotietii: , {liit.pla'y.::. 1 , ;.- , have., brouiht'
with'me no rhetorical boquets to threk,iptry!
this assemblage. , In the circie,of the year,:
'altturinf hie ifortiti, and`tlio'Seaseis of flower's,
•fitiw prisied !ataiy:Yt , le , the lirogrOiii:bl,.,Vdarl;"
my, sprpg: time :.has goetk tg-,- and. I oo 4m.
hr itie: . itetiptiniiiflife;llfidlliel elite !rose. of
age ~ ~IAI Y . ile a ,i , re;.P . Pds!o.4i*P,te A 44 ree 2 Yi 3o ),
ettrneetipile4lmlyi , senimelyttradtplaitily v 0p.4
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h'aite,,imitigiii.lieiliiketA4d:;4l tiri*l.ii t ost
solicitous-, their rior ' a a [Jittery , word , ,tniy bit
p.ottat;titialalgelte'l,Vlo4#retkrAmi tri'
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a rid iit i rleSelittion/enderes lank, after itseinnJ
ders are liushea in ,peace. War,,lnhinges
soFielyi distgibs , its petteeinl, nnd:regular,in
riustrr, And teatime poisipneue seetts'cit' d is
:Omni-Arid 111117106117ii'11011WC011iiff6 to'ger
triitiateLand difiuse .their—banehill influence
long tlaitev„,irhal
glitter, Romp„t*,pagettntry, 44 ;begets a . ttpi-.;
rft ni wild Oyeittire;and roiMintiO enter 4,
iltiqnallfiea'thntie'wheemu
haikirvitiatiterther retnrn , froni the bloetly
fiel4 3 ',x.ll.l:kattbsi Votqliqpgsgirw.,in thtf indus- ;
triou,s,and peaceful 'vocations of life..
kiateMent;'which'lS
aTipafently'dbreectOhat firribsifrof :our'
.emintrsimenalaiii.ln this lutriymtable
gel 3 a--°fi qtit -1 §
months existence, equal to one halt othe
whole Am,erican loss clurin,, ,, the severt fear's
-*de of , 'llie c kevelntion'l -P ,And to
assert , that, the qxpenditure hiolv sit hop - on
_cosioned, #hen ,it;_shall come to be,fully
cortaitoid ,stid'footea tip, Will be'fourid to be
'kneed than half ofltlid-pecrifilitry'cogt of:th'e
-wai - of76llr4ndepondence. •-•And this is the
coral Won ot,the ? party. hosti arms-have been
evciry . Where and constantly:victorious
Flew did' wra det involved in
this war? It was' predicted' as the,-conse
quence of the itttheratiefi - OtTexas to the U
nited Skates. I . f we h . - adnot Texp t sivve should
e
havnowar. 'tbe people were told that ii
that itveiit happened War would °nide. They'
Were yd that the 'between -1 4- e7rart and
Mexico had.not been.ternainated by a treaty
of
.peace; that Mexico still claimed 'Texas as
a revolted provindei and that,, if we received
Texas in our Union, we took along . with her,
the witr'exisfing between her and Mexico.—
And MO Minister nflt4exico formally unnoti
ced to the ,itvviti-rim.nt at Washington, that
his nation would consider the annexation-of
Texas to the United States-as prOducing
state of war. But.all this was denied by-the
partizans of annexation. They •insisted we
should have no war, and even imputed 'to
those who, foretold sinister motives - - for
their grountliess Prediction.
But not withstanding a-state of - virtual-war
necessarily resulted from the fact of annek'a
tion of one of the t helligerents to' the United
Stales, actualloatilities might have beenfie
bably averted by prudence, moderation and .
wise statesmanship. If General Taylor had
been permitted . to
.remain, where his own
good sense prOmpled him to remain, at the
the point-of Corpus Christi, and if a negot'a
tion had been opened with Iclexicoon a true
spirit of amity . and conciliation ..war possibly
might have been prevented. But instead of
this pacific and moderate course, .whilst
Slidell was bending his'way to Mexico, with
his diplomatic credentials, General Taylor
was ordered to transport his cannon, and to
plant them.in a warlike attitude, opposite to
Matamaras, on the east bank of the Rio Bra-'
ffsiovithinahe_veryklisputedterritory,.the ad-, 1
justment of which was to be the object • of
Mr. SlidelPs mission,
.What ' else • could
have transpired but a conflict of armsl
Thus the war commenced, and the'Presi
dent, after havin,,, ,, produced it, apPealed to
Congress, A bill was proposed to raise 50,
000 volunteers; and in order to commit all
who should vote for it a preamble was inser
ted falsely attributing the commencement of
the war to the act of Mexico. I have no
doubt of the patrlotic motives of those who ;
alter struggling to divest the bill of that fla•
grant error, found themselves constrained to
vote for it But I must say that no earthly
consideration would have ever tempted or
provoked me to.vote Lora bill, with a palpa
ble falsehood, stamped on-its face. Almost
idolizingitrulli; as I do, 1 never, never, could
have voted for that bill.
- - The exCeptionabW conduct of. the Federal
party, during ttie.last,British . ,War„ has , exci
ted, influence ; in ,the prosec ution, of the pre
sent War,"and PieOrinted a just' .di,tprirnina
tion 'between 'the twe , ivittrii. That Wari , a war
of:National defence,;required for the:. vindi
cation of the National. rights and honor, and
demanded, by the indignant voice of the peo
ple. President Madison, himself ,'! know,
at first reluctlantly and w ith great doubt and
hesitation s brought himself to the conviction
that it ought to be declared, A leading, and
perhapn'the most inflnential member of his
Cabinet, (Mr. Gallatin,) was uplo the time
of its declaration, opposed to it. But nothing
could, withstand the- irresisitble force 01 pub
lic sentiment,. ! It was a just war, and , its
great objeM, as announced at, the time, xiasy,
"Free Trade and Sailors Rights," against the,
intolerable . and '-oppressive 'nets • of , British '
power on the ocean. , The justice of,W,ar,, !ar,
from being denied or controverted„ was ad
mitted by the Pederal,, party,. whieh only
uestioned It on ,considerutions Of , policy.—
Beingdeliberatilicadd constillifiertnlifideelii-
red ? it wns, I think r ,their . duty to give it
• their hearty Co-operation, : But the,mass of
them did not:, , They
,contiinued,„to . oppose:
and thwart it, to.discouragn luaus:and ; enlists
meats ) to.deny, the. / power 2 91 ;i tlie.,,General
Governnient to march, Militia beYoud our
lintin,,,imil. to,hold,rt ',flartkird curivention;: .
which,,Wlnitever Were ite"feal"objectil; bore
the naptiet "iif iireekringli`.'iliesortitharitt!Of the.
Uttion'itselft iTliiii; -, lost ltodi -- justly lost i the '
Owl pulilig;oenfi4entle,,,Brill )) 5 .4. . 4 1 1 ,'All:i.aP. ,
prehensi 04,
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„a similar, ;fat (3 4. in t ti o ntate of '
base. )ii:filety difierblic repriiliseilliTearlegiiex .r ..
le9ifirciseion of feettorekimitimetitsArifßinitii
'of? ourplibliminem:t I::',c ,, tuf :rt , .:,,,,... , ..1T '
;: ! kiolklliPilly,,,V , Atiiptjip,,,the,prepent.war,!--'-'
,1 This is nn,wdeot delbnce,;buf one tiriniibes-, ,
sag and Of illitinsivp',ilogressidri';'"lllh'll44„
' iifo thritliii defelitlitig ,4 her , Breeidi3ii• dier z-ens.
t tleti'and,ber, ,, allarei opt! Wept; Ann
; ,feren,Calftrilhei4lngli4ily,..of the' present, day ,
frorn if ilfat Ro4,,, r mpjpi,priri o f the • fei,retal4
party.dliring the *di'. or 18 12 i 14 frsth M r
' tic:poising. 4:0 dilatable's :briAltb Ifiraseclitioni of
the War, if the Whig's in ,officeTare , reprolichL l
itbliii'ap. all, it..it let having., lent tcio relidyM
licilnyietit?.W.filiciut 'carefullexaMination irk :
: teiili'ff, 0 4,19e01 0 .„51P/Ilinti,l4,li, f/;,P1 1 49k# 11 9, 13 ,i;
,tv,ITR have' Aspeq to, , the prosecution of the
„War, Alitti'irip?ea7l4-'B2 taaavyliiiiiii,ioi d o
~ i i,YN.6o , ,,i ieitialiiiite bleat %ifforefflittefrt tan
those lof ttinepWhigrilillVVltinlit..l . Yedrtoral_On,,;
l_pattioqjg a trairihthgalpiB4(.oolls,p.looliiilqi
bTOih — ers, • liitherei - than 1, 00 i,ivhl 4 :' pal pn iY;
Whig Wiliee,:ancl svhig brotlitirOn 7 ilifideati.
I:rand'utifirofittibltratrlfe? ? .: .. ~ •. ~ ' .':1:..N1
-,atir We •:bayciii la rOgif,4.lini ti fogfitiOr!,., nil,
:the;
, tlw Wm lops deploralil4:ll;o6,i6fi 410.iiliCoqi0i
-I),lo#Yid ,PR9tAlttflii#nqi . ':o 4ll lt9Pt jA4` ll4 ' :
ilig:lii - , - ,'ltit,nnece esriary,relies, t'd n d!, t i s Z,l , ,
tle'se:.'rejtuCincllifiaiiiii'lti'e V/40101'11 drifts rend'
'!headsl 8110111414 li:ifid.thelpatrictio.ericlerivtir
. to bring' it to a itatitifticterfole,oo, , ,;.,l .
cr;there ne
.way that this can he'donel:' Must We blind ,
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891elyiip,e single inectionary,ef,the-,govern
' A ileeleratien of yet is the higheit and
.eXerchtte kiovereigid:y.' The
Cotrvention , V.hich - Irrittied-ieurrAlifteral.thon4
stitu;lop - h - tellearned,.lo - ett,thu pin:fee-of
tory-thaf: e g bee t often .and, greatly abused.
It hid Cif Bitti'litei been' coin:-
iiteneethiipon theimestitiff . pteliktfis 'that
establish or
exCietr, .d ynasty . : to snatch 4:t.argyp horn
lbelfeed eV' one - patentees' andpiage,tl upon_
the - •hbrid 'ittidtetertlieOri
piotiaeuted O . :pot:11nel° liken enit:Other
tgliel4Ah,,9 B l 3 icctitle.•
heilprocilinned it -Min the case of English
avast' tremetidoui;•poiver
ought'roS to be--eonfitled- tothe't-ppiilous, ex,
,ercise.ef single-man, Th,e„Cpnvisntion,
therefree,Jestilved "to guard d - the .iyar making
niieengaithif those great 'abdsnie,. / Of Which,
' the thatidscf a Monarch it - wab beetle-cep
iiblei.lAtidDthe-seekrity,.e,ga,inst thOse..abu,
sesovhich . ,its lvisdori,eevised,. was to, vest
'the war making power in the CotigreSti of
'the United 'States, tieing the irritheilieth 'rep
-reCentatives:of 'the. people end the . States.---:-
apprehepsiye and jealous was, the Con
vention Of iti abnses in any other heeds,
'that' it' interdict ed' ihe exercise of the power.,
-to any StriteviirtheUnien, Without the con
sent of congress. Congress, then, in our
System cd ; :gocremeat, is the sole-depository
of that tremortdens power.
' The' CoiliiiitntiOn. provides tharCringreds
'shall'have jthwei to 'declare warriud giant
'.letters of marque-end reprisel,-to•make• rules
concerningcm - Autos on, land stud water, to
raise and support armies, to pr ovide and .
nittintairr avritivf, and to make etileg for the
governmentiof the land and nattal
•Ttnie we- perceive that the principal power,
in regard to the war,
with all its auxiliary
attendant's, IS granted to Congress. When
ever called',iipon to determine upon, the
solemn- quesitigeol peace and tsar, Congress
must ,ecinside,r- end- deliberate - end decide
uponthe Itrol iliga, ettjects' and onuses of the
war. ,11'nd,",if a war be commented Without
y :pre iq au qtea lata tin n - of its objects„ as in ,
tile ease oflihe existing war with Mexico,
Congress heist necessarily -Possess the - an
thotity, at anY•time; to _declare: for, what pur
poses tt presecutett. ff 'we
suppose . ConkrOss does not possess inc.-eon
-trolling authority, attributed to• it if it be
contended that a war having.- heee once
corn menced,,„lhet.,,..Prosideut of the United
'States may'dimot it to the accompliSliment
of' hey ohjectalte'plettses-, 'with outteorniulting
antr.without .spy regard to, the will of Con
resk the Cogitetitiou will have . utterly tail
ed in guarilingt the nation agithist the abuses
end arnbitioniea'single hid ividuat. Either
Congress, or lite 'President, must have .the
1-right-For-IleterMining - Tnpon - ttre - oe - ctx for
which a WatigtAl,. be" prosecuted,. There is
no other alternative. ' lf - tThs 14oriliient pos
sess it and •may prosecute' it for objects'
gainst Life will- of„ congress, where is the
difference between our free government and
that of any other nation which may be, goy.
erned by an - absolute' Czar, Emperor; or
King ?,
Congress may omit, as it has omitted in
the present war, to proclaim the objects for
which it was commenced or has been since
prosecuted ; and in cases of. such omission
the President, being charged with'the eln
plokment.anddirection of the, national force
is.' 'necessarily, left to his own judgment to
decide upon the objects, to thoattairintent of
which :het - force - shall • be - - applied.'
whenever Congrese -shall-think proper to de
clare, by some, authentic act,lor what pm--
poses .a war shall be. commenced, or Cantin
ued, it is the-duty of the • President to
the national farce to the attainment of those
-purposes.. 'ln the instance of p the ' last war
with •-Great-Britain, the act of Congress by
'which it was deolared• Was preceded by a
message of President Madison, enumerating
the wrongs end injuries of which We com
plained against. Great Britain. That rues
.sager therefore, and without it the well
known ollects of the war, which was a war
• purely of deterice, rendered ft necessary
that Congress should particulalize, in thwacks
the specific objects for which it was proclaim
&l: The wh o le world knew that it was a
war • waded for Free - Trade and Sailors'
Rights.
It may be :urged 'that •the President and
'Senate possess the • treaty making power,
without •any ; express limits-Bow:es to its. ex=.
iireiseT.Oav the natural and ordinary Mimi ,
nation of :a war is by treaty; of peace, and
•theteloro.lhat the.PreSidentand Senate mifss ,
possess the poWer to decide *hat stiputittiens_
and ecinditrons Shall•enter.intri ahch IVtientY''•,
But' ic is -ziot more trueAliatthe , President add '
'Senates possess , the , treatymaking- , power,
without ' , limitation, than that Congress_ pea :,
seises Ihe war making •poweryntithout-ee.'
- strictioth. These twe'powersAheiiiotightlo;
.be so interpreted; tis‘ , to i tee onci u e
%with theothert. and, in expOunthitg:the con
stitution, we ought to keeli.'corietantly in
„View the-. nature. nett•alritutcre, of„ ;am free
dspectally 'the groat ot,ijoot,
'oi the ColiirdTilieli ialcihg, ttie''vear "iriakip&
'power out ollit men '
plat:104; itiln,ffip safer custody', of, thureptei , .
sontatives of the desi-,.
table reeonciliation betiveiiiithe tivo powers
is effected .121'fitithigillitrto _Congress the
'right ;to' Beeler° whet- shallthe :thelihijects;Of
,a :way, 4 1 . 1 t 1 :49Acti:PFP 3 i4t 3 !nith til'utY!9flen - •
slektoring, to, , obtain. those ~objec(4.'by,s t ilif
d'i'rection of the iiptiOnar force
It l jogyit ,t115 , ;:f If ! I 6.:u.
li•am , broachingi;pmne,wanAl speculative.
4lieory f .The Plante ) , Inelt:'
States leiliff of. exiirriplei Of;-prid7dectirti2
rtaited: bynegotilitirinal*idifFdreidniiPow'erpi
;attdAhtf atclimies, or; thelEpAcatlYsttlf),V4ll:
ml l ll;furn,,isti iti)depea 91,1119-ad.
,aomppitiniikkot thoie 'aiidmpt
?to • accotphl h`;them,ibjr hubiiequiffittnpAbtia.
lige-. -Poor to thrtdeclarittiOn'oft tklo,la,gt; war:
4g,o!. l •Piag)4 . fiivii,nliiq.ri44l l, th_Ll ee yOye.
..„,,,,•41 irg ,,i-,iviA g i r v i ni l ess-sl-ditueit, against:
.the
•:'clatisiiiflvviiitiiii4krlad'l,oli446VElYal -eels as
tableshingt',theiniettrideting,lcilbbth ettlier,t
:01.t1..49'..4jlig9,TOMght,tuf ,pinlikipp, of thes,e"re.i,
Peritria'att:4lll4ll' qedetibs 'and'"o4,lOr i tile ziria
arid :a a v 4 lurd.rhealy, aots of .Pongietiti
tvereinithriablyUdin ,itiffifliPatddrthroti4h
.g xec ,i t itobruiprowne" iiotes; 'France'-
.446/004talf41011ift . .fiiope , whieht
!f;',Wtriti-liroposet.l,kit:lltfloro' .)n !?t- 1
trso ?f titifir, It 4er
iiiNtIiO, I AVAI tiordfiltitcreqs Vdiitlit,firskr4vere
ipassev. ittionok iti t oi!Eitit
i ll7l l s7lt l li Vllfik'orehpit
`;' l ,fit
scifoutpito.4l#o ‘ l:**viilo46efiati4eo;
MiPpOinti,o4lo4.#lo4rn)iti,ktiqt§k4tOpf*
• :•, ,, olitrt,.y,tl,; nowt ~),1)1.!.11,1 ft:ttP4.t ifiViitj,K. t
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monly called reciprocity .treaties ..concluded
under Blithe Tresidents, tram -Mr. Madison
l3uren, And,, with
regard
..to. commercial treaties, negotiated
I.vith- - s
theancpon,of „priorAels,ohCongress,
Where they_contaiited either appropriations
riie re. I ciatifl let'with int re . irea led statutes,
it has been ever held as the republican doe.
trine , hem -I%lr:by's:treaty down -to. the pre.
sent - thet -the ; passage-ot Rata cif Con
grese was necessary to secure, the ,execution
of those.treatieS. 11 in ' the Matter'orFerei'gti
iii'reapect.l6.Which the power
vested in Congress, to regulate it enikthe
treaty making povietr may be: renrdedos
-
pohourrent, Congress' can- previously decide
-the,objects to which' negothition..shail
•p•pplipd, tow much stronger, case of
war; thepoWe'r to'cleelara - Whiefi'liCOulled
ereresevd/kto.CdOgreits? " • -
I:conclude therlfOre, Mr -President and
fellow-citizens, with entire conculence, that
Congress has the right, either at the begir
ning, or during the prosecution of .any' %vat,
to.decide the objects and purposes for, which
it was proclaimed, or for which' it ought to
bo'cbminiied: And I think it is, the duty of
Congress, by some deliberate and authentic.
act, to declare Shr what Objects the 'present
war shall be longer prosecuted...l suppose
the President would not headete..to regulate
his Ondtrtby the pronounced Will of Con
gress,•nint to employ the force-and the diplo
matic power of the nation to execute ' that
will. But,.if the President should decline or
-reiu'ia to-do so, and i -in contempt of the
preme authority of Congress, should:perse
vere in waging the war, for other objects
than thoileproolaimed by Congress,. then it
would be the imperative duty of that body
to vindicate its authority by the most string
ent ang 'effectual and appropriate measures.
And, if, on the contrary, the enemy should
refuse to conclude a treaty, containing stipu
lations secusing,,the objects, designated by
Congress, it would beeonne the duty • of the
whole government to prosecute the war,with
.all the national energy, until these objects
were attained by a treaty of e eace. There
can be no insuperable difficulty in Congress
making such an mithomtiye declaration,—
Let it resolve simply, Mantic war shall, of
shall not be a war of conquest, and, it a war
-of conquest, what islo conqured. Should
a iesolutiompass, disclaiming-the design of
oonciaest,.peaeb would follow in less- than
- sixty days. if the -President would &inform
. to his'constitutional duty.
Here fellow citizens, I might pause, haw
inglitlfeeted a mode by which the ration,
through its accredited and legitimate repro
sisotatir-e-s-is Congress, can annoance
. lor
what purposes and objects this. war shall be
longer prosecuted; - and can thus let the
whole people of the United States know for
what end their blood is to be tardier shed,
- and their:tinisures further . Oftiended,instoad
of thelcnowledge of it being locked up . innt
concealed hrthe bosom of one than. We
should no longer perceil/0 the objects of the
war varying ' from time to lime, according
to the changing opinioni? of the Chiel IWagis
rale charged with its prosecution. But I ;lo
not think it right to stop here. It is the priv
ilege of the people, in. their primitive assem
blies, and of every pivot() man, however,
humble, to express un opinion in regard to
the purposes for Which the war should be
continued, and such an expression will re
ceive just so much consideration and cbnse
quence as it is entitled to, and no more.
Shall this war be prosecuted for the pur
pose of conquering and annexing Mexico, in
all its boundless extent, to the United States?
I wilt novattribute-to the, President of the
United States any.such clesign, but
,I confess
I. have enAhocked. and alarmed by .mani
lestatiOriPtif it ld various - titiarters. Of all
the dengeiffilitt Misfortunes which could bc
fal this' nation, I should regard that of its be
coming a warlike and conquering power the
most direful and fatal. History tells ihe
mournful tale of conquerir ° , ! nations and
conquerors. _The _three mod celebrated COIV. -
querors, 'in the civilized world, were 4lex.,
ander, Ctesar and Napoleon. The first al
ter overrunning a large portion of Asia, and
sighing and lamenting that there were no
Mori worlds to subdue, met a premature and
ignoble death. I,lis LieuteDants quarrelled '
and warred with each other„ as to the spoils
of his vic,fpries, and finally lost - thetif alt.—
Cresar after conquering Gaul, returned with
his triumphant legions to Rome, passed the
Rubicon,
,wen - the battle•mf Pharsalia,*trarn
pled-upon the liberties of tie country, and
,expired by the patriot hand pl Brutus, But
Rpm ceased to be free. War and conquest
had enervated' and corrupted the ' masses.—
The k irrt of ette libert was .extin..visheil
and.a long line ofemperors succeeded,some
of whom wore the most execrable monst3rs
that ever existed .in a hurnan — form.' And
'that most ticitiaoritiharY man, perhaps in all
Misery, titter subjugating gall continentml E'n
rope, occupying almost all its-Capitals seri
,ously threatening according .to; Mr. 'theirs,
proud Albion itself, and dectring „the blows
of various members of hislittnily,witherowns ,
tote trom,the heads of other monarchs, lived
to behhld hia Own dear Fraricti itself in the
Priatirsitien ofhis efiemies; ' 'mid' was made
.hilristilt 'a:wretched daptive r .tuid far remov
ed from country, : lamily i andifrierads ) breath
..o,his last on. the
,distant and inhospitable
rock' of $1 'Helene: ` , The Alps urlB the Rhine
brieri'eWirted'ailtie habitat' boundaries
of Fraire, but even these'coeld ha-. be se- .
cured the.tresties.to. which she was reiltt:.
cu f tir ipb yea. believe ,thpt the peo•
plefof
.Macerloh or, Gmecep, et,„Rome„ or of .
` l( 4 l lP9ef Were benetitted individuallY,or
lectfiely; ;131theiriti..itPlis theit:greaf Cap-,
trithil''.Their'eall lot wrislitninerise
tia, l / 4 11 lifei:keavyt and tfiteletable•burdens}tiriif
the
ultimate le saglibetty ' ,itsoll. I ."
'
, T.hat the power ;of,llip United fates
cOofitent' te i
s
'ilititertivibriblel<i;Bei , it'coi)lilinoUbwachiev-
Munk !right, it leare ege t ,eaori
'flee 'flee of human life, and the-creation of Uri
,nermitenationaltilebli Per Alettld, , j?e cow
ptotely.effected4tkall psepalititty.i.:Uatil,atier t
--
fbq lepse mars, ; :lf oo nee ?
.etterity te'beeliiiiFittrasirdnY, .
•i t y tt il
stant'.lbtkrrstitiatitittjugationb:,,To,oossorestix,
the 'worl4 , r ;l; pry ¢ Uiao:,that ;standing
eel ass than allunilred thouiand inae r ,iibuiti:•
. be 'ecoisstity ,to be keiiilielliapei'sliva)Sj: hp
tPejiCit,ibitn Ottkcit:dclUntl7:: sTifeie stantleig,,
4itilitutitettlbtfrufnaplentponatel'libbilleAgE;o !
bP, -
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/ same daring, pp'
't their dette'trY , attalibi4 l4 #o l l l , l Priebl!
lio libeitjt . i; te.)WYO
l~vfia
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144 d, ep
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cc ter; f i liitift9/4 et CltY'
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rt 4,4 f,10wv,•111,4 ;Az ft :MA! -
_
a state of ea:nstArdiriu, itary, 4 4 l -liegtiO ?
But f suppose it to be.impessible that thonitt
who:fevor, if, there be any who favor the.
nexation ok,Mesieododhe-United-Statesreatt
thhnic that, it,ought tekbe governed bylnilitary
sway.: Certatnly,no.vetery of human liber
ty ponlil deem it tight that a vibration should.:
be perpetrated orthe great pritiCiples or 'our
own revotution,„ aceolding, to *filch, laws
engin pot ici,lreeneeted and tefOs 'cmg.htnent
to be levied ; •:yVilliout representattee on the
pnrt,of those iykio, Me to obey the one, and'',
pay the other.. TliOn.MemN into participate
in,Aus; councils ~and ‘tiltlitlfy .
itslation,.atiagc,tverilirtent... - BM, 'suppose she
' weeldninLvolulan'llyelfooie'represeetativete
to the national Congress, :is •aur" soldiery 'to
follpiv the electors to the balk-box,. and by.'
tereeieeompel their et the pelnt of tile Ba
yer*, to deposit their baliote ?
are the nine Millions of Mexierta people 'to
be represented, In .the Coegriss of the United
States pt ameriei and the 'Congtesi, of the''.
..U. States of the Republic of Mexico dombin
ed .is every Mempen, without - regard to
color. or caste, per eapeurn, : to exercise 'the
elective franchise? Mow is the quo'n, of
representation bet Ween the two Republics to.,
be fixed.? %%here is their'seat of common
government to be established? And who
can foresee Or foretell, if Mexico ; voluntari-.
ly or by lotee,werete share in the government
what would be the consequences to her or
•to eh? Unprepared ; as I fear her population
yet is, for • the practical. enjoyment of self
geßern mom, - (budOf dieliits, customs,letiguage
laws and religion, so totally different from
our own, we should present the revolting
spectacle of a confused, distracted, and mot
ly government. We should have a Mexi
can Party, a Pacific Ocean Party, an Atkin.:
tic Patty, in addition to the• other Parties.
which exist, or with which nye are threaten
eel, each str;ving to execute its own particu
lar views e nd pu,rposes, and repmechinp, the
others with thwarting and disappointing them
The'Mexiean representation, in Congress,
would probably tot m a separate and impen
etrable corps, always ready to throw itself
into-the Seale of any outer-party to - advance
arid promote Mexican interests. Such a
state of things could not lon , endure. Those
whom God dud geography hays
_pronounced
should live asunder, emilif lidier perma
tinnily and harmoniously united together.
1)o we want for our own' happiness or
greatness the addition of Mexico to the.ex,
fisting Union of our States? It our popula
tion was too dense for our territory, and there
was a difficulty In obtaining honorably the
means of subsistence, there might be same
excuse for ar attempt to entaige our denniur
- ions. But We dare ne such etiology. We
have already,.eiour f;Tartous country, a vast
end almost boundless territory. Beginning -
at the North, In the trcizeti regtonSel the Bill,
ish . provinces, it 'itretelies thoes4r4.l: , of nodes
thd'edititii l el Vie Atlantic Ocean and
the Mexican Gull, until it altruiSt rehehes the
tropics. It extends to the Pacifie Ocean,
borders on those gieitt inland seas, the Lakes
which eeperate us from the possession of G.
Britain, trod it embraces the great father of
rivers, from its uppermost source to the Be-'
lize, and the still longer Missouri, horn its
mouth to the gorges of the Rocky Mountains.
It comprehends the greatest variety of the
richest sails, capable of almost all the !pro
ductions of the earth s except tea and coffee,'
and the spices ; and it includes every varie
ty of Minutia the heart could wish or desire.
We have more than ten thousand millions of
acres of waste and unseitled lands, enough
for the subsistence of ten or twenty times
our present population. Ought we nobeo be
satisfied with such a spumy? Ought we
not to be profoundly thankftil to the Giver of
MI good-things forsucha vast and braintitur
I land ? Is it northe height of ingratitude to
Him to seek, by war and conquest, indulg
ing in a spirit of rapacity, to acquire other
lands, the homes and habitations of a. large
portiorepf his common children) ? If we pur
sue the objects of such a conquest, mortga•
'ing the revenue, and resources of this count
ry for rages to come, in the form of an Oner
ous national de t ,
we should have greatly to
augment that debt, by the assumption, of the
sixty or seventy millions of the national debt
of Mexico. .For I take plat nothinkr is more
certain than that; if we obtain voluilharilyo'r
by conquest; a foreign nation eweeacquire it
with all the encumbratiehes attriehedTO it.—
In my humble opinion; we are now bound,
in honor mid morality, to pay th'in just debt of
Texas, 'And we should be equally bound,
-by the same obligations to pay tine debt of
Mexico if it were annexed to the United
Stares. •
' Shall it be annexed to the United States?
"Dees any considerate man belieire it possi
ble that two such immense countries, with
'territories of nearly equal extent, 'with pop
ulations so inco. greens., so different in race,
in language, in religion and in laws, could
be blended together in one harmonious mass,
and happily governed by one common ad
,thorityl Name's, discontent { ineturiictions,
rebellion, Weill!'" enevitably, ensuep until the'
incompatible parts" wbultbloie-birkpit aeon'
der, rind postriblY,''in 'the fiightful struggle,'
our present glciriousiliiirm itself would. .be,
dissevered or diisolved. ''We'etight.irot to
forget tile.' training • voice 'of , hll :Watery ;
which leaches 01 combining
and'conenlidntfugtogether, conquering and'
concpiereil ; pollens.- . Alter the..apso of eight
h.O od red years; u hich the >loot a held'
o' l = Spajd,- - the 'ittderd.ifehla
cotiiage, peiieVreeipe'zind'obitinacy th,e
Spanish race finally .tritiiiiphed, and expeller]
the 4 . lrlead
,ittyptlere ! hent,thp,?ppinsula.—•,
And, oven within our, oivnfirrui, the' color; ,
sal newer of Napoleon:" whed ' atilt; loftiest
`height tifatihiuodiptenttO 'subdue' - Ora seb=-
jegife.the Ofedtt -. Celitiltetw tAhd , here id our
tilghliorlioadi , ..llOW.iit•Lt;anaclaeivtiich:tietie ,
a hundred year , a`figi:Vulterllte,onnelnaiod of
the seven)yeara , wr . trt.witr.cedell
te.gredt. Briltgtlilcorfl4i 4 . l o j,eige
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passed sine ti . ,1110, fore' beat tu ,9g py,orron',
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:I',
NUM. XIII
WWI and the English nations. Is there no
reason to appeliend that it WOuld become se
beti,Ce'er the people of the United' Stdtes and
thaseol -IVlexipo',-irthei-wertrunited togeth
.' Why should' we seekle interfere with
them, in their mode of ivorship of. a..eorn-.
Mori ,Feviour 'Welielieve that iNaY- 'are
iviengespeciallY in the exalusive 'Octet
Orthelr faith, end • that we are right. Tney
think tticy_iiie right 'and d aje * Wrong.
Whattithei raj a can iffere r bellianTo leave
ihe.'l6lloW 00
era pf . religion lo th eir. own
Salerno. coeVietiona of, eoriseiffinibuS duty to=
Wfinbilt•thd great 'tfrhiter of
'the Universe, earl judge in such, questionl
:For my OWn part, I strreei'ely. tießtkey mid
that: those who Belong `to alt the de
partments - :of - thtiOatehurch of Christ, if,
in truth andiiiirikiu4g3i o l,confolm tri ttiedee
trines width they-o' 3 6'am, 'WlllslllMlitely - se
cure en abode in these renions Of bliss,
which nil a'r'm finally tb read?. I think that
there is uo potentate iii,Europe, Whatever
'his religion rr ay be, more enlightened or at
this moment so interesting arithe liberal head
of the Papal See.
Of the possessions which appertain to man.
in his collective or individual uondition,nond
should be preserved and cherished, with
more sedulous and" - unten - ii).ntig . Care, than
• that ef - titigallied Chamettr. It is impossible
to estimate it.to&liighly,-in society, when at
tached ta.an Militia:at nor, tank be exag
gerated Of too gmady Indettified in a nation.
Those who Jes.e or are indifferent to it be
come just olleets of acorn and contempt. Of
all-the abominable.transactions which sully
the pages bl history mine extend in enormi
ty that of the dismemlYerrhent and partition
of Poland; by the three great . Continental
Power - v.—Bustin, Austria and Prussia. Ages
may pass away, and centuries round, but.as
human ttcords enduri3 all mankind will un
ite in execrating the rapacious and detesta
ble deed. That was accomplished by over
wholming force, and the unfortunate:exist
ence of disrensions and divisions in the bo
som of Poland, Let us avoid affixing to our
name and national character a similar, if not
worse stigma. lam afraid that we do not
new stand well itltlicopinion of other parts
of christendoni. - Repudiation has brought
upon us much reproach. All the nations,
tippreli3:oll, look upon lis t in The prosecution
of the prre.nit war, as being actuated by a
spirit orrapheity, and an inordinate 'desire
J;ir territorial aggrandizement.= Let us not
forfeit altogether their good opinion. Let us
command their applause by a noble 'exercise
of forbearance and justice. In the elevated
'station which we Id, can safely aflord
to practise the God ' a virtnes_otmoderatien
and magnanimdy. The long terms of glo
noes triumphs, achieved-by ourgallurntlim=
menders and their brave armies, u mend
ed by a single reverse„ , justily : us, , . without
thefleast - driegeeeflarnialiing The . natienal
honor, in disititerestly holding out the ollvii
branch of peace We tlo not want the mines,
the mountains, the - morasses, and the sterile
lands of Mexico. To bet the, hiss of thent
would he fi6tiliating, and be a perpetual
source of regret and mortification. To us
they might prove a fatal acquisition, produ-:
sing distraction, dissension, division, possi
bly disunion. Let therefore the integrity of
the national mtistencc and national territo
ry of Mexico remain undisturbed.. For one,
I desire to 'see no part of her territory torn
-from her by war. .
Sortie of our people have placed their
heads upon the acquisition of the Bay of San
Francisco in Upper. California. • To us, as a
great mainline Power, it Might prove to be
of advantage hereafter in respect to our com
mercial and navigating interest?: To Mexi
eo,.which can never be a great maritime
Power, it carrnever be of much advantage.
If we can obtain it by a fair purchase with
a just equivalent, I stiould-ba happy to see it
thus acquired. As, whenever ' the war cea
ses, Mexico might to be required to pay the
debts due our citizens. perhaps an equivalent
for thatdiay may be found in that debt, our
Government assuming to: pay the debts due
our citizens whatever portion of it may bd
applied lo that object. But it should form
nomolive in the prosecution of the war;
which !.would not continue a pfmgle hour for .
the sake of that harbor. •
Bet what ;t will be asked, Shall we make
peace without any indemnity for the expen
ses of the war? It the published documents
in relations to the Info negotiations between
Air. Trist and the Mexican Commissioners
bebrue and I have not seen-them -anYwhere '
contradicted, the Executive propetly waived
any demand of indemnity for the expense
of the war. And the rupture of that negoti
ation was produced, by out Government in
statingtipocti-s-easitln—from-111-c-kictirth
strip of mostly barren land between the Nue
cos and the Rio Bravo int New Mexico,.
which D.:lexica refused to make.! So that tve
ate now fighting, it not for thokonquetit of
hit Mexice, as intimated: IA some quarters,
for that narrow strip, and for the barren pre
via° Of New Mexico , With its low iniserabld
'ritinee:''.‘ We &ought all the province oliLou;
jidan'a for 'fittecomilliorld'et - dollars; ia nd it
tA, in .thy. opin ion 7w orth. more than all:Mex,
ice-togetititi , We , :bongtit: -Florida at five
. Millions oLdollars and tr.har&baigaitilt was
since, ldsitles that stimi we gave-err do
boundartobthe Rib Bum); to-whiela think
We were mailed; aethe , wet teriiiim it. of the
province of Louslana, and Werd-FestriCted.„to
blittbid the Sabine. , And 'kite iirti,.rioitt; rtf not
:seeking, the tempest ; ob tills,Mexicep,to.con ,
time this war'indefinttely;timtlie.:,staconsid 4
'arable Ojeda to mhibh.fAinve jissblelbriod;
Duty ibwill be tepeatecliftarometntave no -
indemnity for:the'l:experses, ol)th*wse--*•,--,-
Mexico Is utterly'unablettrmitiTartiiiiinype:
, cuniary,intient II ity, itilthe 3,tyar- 9n)i.outpart
entitled bis I o it ein anit ritil . ;H or :pouritry,:; lies
,been laid .W.taite; , lefri citleipbureeit or emu;
! pietto-by-Xttil:troopsihet Inettidishi.'exhatisted ,
tl i atelio , is 'unable , to.::pey . ; ei;bii7 htt;otiii ar=
mies.l r'Atiti;every . :day , EL , prosieuilen - iof 'tlifj '
AVlirjiiftilit;ittlyoul4: . anghientAtie:airtomit.of
.our iridernuitYyjWonld lessen ,tho.4bility el"
-Mexico. te T .pay-an•-.4tWeitarmseetrfdietveverr —
A h ift, the Nos anoilior, form . iie. , :.whesit we are .
, iiiLdernatielndempity.',.. ft ;isle i belerritorial
Mils= ityll4!iltioipeifoi reaious..all'eatly sta
itekthat that 'rebtanst will nOtim„litought;
Atita',otireduittryr,-alf; • , •0k irnl.l >r'iv.i.! ,, ' .• • •
Amot4 • !,ho t etOletiona Whitlti it ii3".lsiy , inz. -
ien noni In.piiii iiin.f 3VTotir mousidelittion, at
tbd;etitiolustotiof tititsleddi'dokil oniii;PrPPOso 6
Tit-it:Mi . holialtanthinine;';loAliavoiijon the
most .Poltiti,Vaininin9tcf , Oni:deilrttti'lm.bui : ;.) , aki -- .",'
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