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that the moral sense Of our country will more and more
awakened to its crime and thus compel end Of this inqu
ensnd Subecton involves incorporation with the Uni
ted States by saaps as The Pesans did,
by consus and pro-consus The Romans by yceroys
the Spaniads; and such incorporation OF Castian
Mezizo, M1atto Indian, and Negro into equal Unon
with the AngoSaxon is an mposslblly The coored
there should to reensave and the Indian TO
extemnae, while of the pure European blood there would
be but little left for incorporation with our Equal
annexation incorporation therefore, cannot be thought Of
and pro consushp yiceroyay is species OF government
utterly unknown to laws or institutions What we
fighting for, then the question And, if fighting for
nothing is it quite time for the nation TO rise and TO order
a peace


Benjamin Franklin has remarked, "Whaever advantage
nation would obtain from another would be cheaper
purchase such advantage with ready money than TO pay the
expense of acquiring by war; The truth this sentiment
in yiew is clear from the fact that could have purchas
ed the boundary line OF the Rio Gande and California, all
we shall probably obtain by tbs war; for fifteen twenty
millions certainly whereas we have already spent
seventy five millions in trying get them by This
pense going and likely to be largely increased and
under such circumstances reIteate the declaration that


quite time for the nation to RISE through the baobox and
TO order peace for Franklin said even OF the treaty Of


the Revolution, by whichwe acquired independence, Sin
my opinion there good war nor bad peace


But the painful part of all reflections upon this
subject is that nation like the United States pioneer ma
ton IN republicanism model nation for all mankind aspr


ing to segovemment should be diverted, by ambitious men,


from her umPha paths of peace into the worthless shock of
arms with Republic, her neighbour whose great was,


that she initiated Revolution for lbeys sake before
she was fit for liberty What had do with battles; we
who have the wilderness yet clear and home mike for


the afflicted and suffering emigrants from Europe Why
we IN Vera Cruz Jaapa, Perotewe who should be with


the axe or the pcaxe In Oregon the Columbia, the
prairie of the Missouri with the plough where only the Paw.
nee now is Why fighting, shooting, and killing,
when with the plough the church spire and the free school
example conquer all mankind and thus asonsh the
n nd al,
dred cities taken


Only one great moral lesson will be drawn from this war;
that foresee, and that is lesson to politicians
and civilians into whose hands mainly the destnes of this
from themselves, the real honor glory, fame and reward will
to the soldiers who fought the battles, and all the dis
grace the authors of the If that lesson enough
forcbly impressed it will perhaps pay the of the war


NASHVILLE (TESS) oRrHopoLIrAN.


The WAR-CoN auEsT.-rhe prosecution of the war with
Mexico denotes that it a of conquest We were told
that the President could get the three millions should
have peace-and have got peace How
many millions of dollars has it since cost the United States
prosecute this war; take of Mexican territory
portion Of which rendered chanehouse by the dreadful
malaria which arises from its swamps of liquid death


We have been told from time to time, through the govern
ment party organs, that negotiations about being
made between the two Governments And that the United


has offered Mexico known, but those
insulting and is hard to say whether the negotato





We aude to the who is justly pronounced renegade
Mexican, Selor Atocha.


Santa Anna, of his late procamaons ntimaes that
Mexico would be willing negotiate peace with the Rio
Grande the boundary, and there little doubt that all
Mexico would willingly make peace upon these terms but
will the United States Government conclude the No
told by the Administration party that Government
will hold every inch of Mexican territory have taken
Of What grapng tyranny does this manifest
What warning the history of the nations of the earth should
be to this young and prosperous Republic The tyranny and
the usurpatons laid by nation upon another have nva


centuries ntevened-recoied back, dealing
destruction upon the people whence they sprung And, with
he examples OF other whose misfortune has been
fall into the euo following after the golden but
fatal ball OF conquest the 1885, but seventy years utter
have thrown off the shackes of English Rome, and de-
clared ourselves free and independent country
pursuing the great of nations Conquest acquisition of
territory the road to nations downfall. We in d.
opposition to the advice and wishes of the Revolutionary
athers we are in open opposition TO the policy of ns
utons, not In that at with another nation, but
hat we are making it of conquest war for the acqui
,ion Of territory, the soil of another people.


We told that with half savage race, and
his and believe that far Mexico is con-
,erned she will be in infinitely better condition. civil re
yious, and domestic under the guidance of the
than she be under the despoc rule of her
military yrants but it is not province to conquer Mexico
or her good for benefit Whatever do by
orce of truth by holding up to the admrng gaze of the Mex
nation our harmonious institutions bound to do
1u, even for nations good have right TO carry the
of institutions by the force of But,
ays the Administration party, Mexico is benefited, why OBJ
the war Who suffers by it We object to the war
,ny of the and design of its prosecution
object TO because it is a war, not because think


should not be vigorously prosecuted but because it made
or the acquisition OF terrory-erntory too which


nation far better without, for who does that with
country like Mexico upon hands keep standing


my How else people like the Mexcans at the pre-
time be governed Who does that would be
compelled keep armies upon the confines drive back the
numerous tribes of Indians who prey upon the civil
zed inhabitants of Mexico. Who does that a of
guerilla war; proraced and bloody would be kept up with
hese Indian tribes until they exermnated and their
hould become exnct-annihlaed their brothers in
he North And from ths determination Of Indian tribes the
United States would reap conquest territory, and
consequently more insecurity; people must pay heavy
keep up army Of occupation and support the lepe
os and paupers Of a nation Of iders.


How else than with army could Government main.
ain her possession Of Mexico She is far distant from u.s.
people unlike their very is in direct OPP
position to that Of Americans their habits Of e which,
nay be said Of all nations, forms their naure the very
everse OF those of Americans and they do and
inue for long time TO regard and with


maon Of their and feelings those of people,
also the difficulty Of reconcng them laws and in


ituons could only be met by the force Of We
the day when Mexico any part of Mexico be-
,ond the Rio Gande shall be controlled by the Government
II the United States; the United States had better bear the
burden of the expense of the than acquire territory
which would require continual watching aud feeding make
he possession


coLUMBUs (GEoRGra) ENQUIRER.


Tar WAR.We daily asked what the prospects Of