{"newspaper_name": "The Arkansas banner.", "edition": "01", "page": "p1", "byline": ""}
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 At Is deeply ta be depiored, shai si ske very moment when we are thns earaesai4 culiiyaiing and strengthening the prineiptee of peace with all other nations, We are nls- happily involved in war wlsif oar nsarsu< neighboI. the sister republic uf Msxieo--s war, forced upon us by her utter disreRaFd Of national obligations, eomnleneed by her self most unnecessarily, and which has. thns far, been attended with humiliatinx ressesoa to her arms, accompanied wIrtF the iuss-of extensive States aud provinces, while ii has been most signally successful and glorions on our part. Nevertheless, we caana1 hsIk lament the continuance of . contest, whieta, of necessity, eompcis us te infiies the seoasxe of invasion on our enemy, the ealamisies ef which. however mildly condnesed. nnss ai- ways he distressing, and the very snceesses of which will infuse new and tlznGero4a tendencies into osr people, and perhaps naw and dangerous elements into the administrn~ tion of our g"verninent--lcadieg us inlp wars and eonquesis, away from that peaceful policy by which oar eonsiitution is to be preserved, and the persnaaeHs prosperity sna greatness of cur country most efsctnaiIy secured. The stIorts male by our gOrers- meni lo procure peace, by rendering ihe olive branch io Mexico, ss the vesy ascsa4as when our armies, flushed with victory, ssd elased with ths most glorious triamphs, were ready to be peecipis=sed upon her isss ritories, were wise, well timed, and, h r1 respects. such as become powerful nd asagnanlHous nation. The honor pf or country demands. since Mexico hAs rsfnssds to uegoiiase. that she shall be mssls tp Iss} the fus! force of our power, and tisai ske wsr shall be prosecuted wish the utmost vixor Yet, cannos be indnlged the hope ,hss shs may bs awaksd to an carly and jnsi sense ~ her true condition, and that slis unhappy contest between neighboring republics be brought io . speedy aud honosabIs isrminas