TIE CHURCH ROBBERS
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This is now the title given 10 the Admins
tra'on by the country at large for lis design Of
sequestering the church property Of Mexico 10
pay The expenses Of the war. In illustration
of this subject we subjoin the following pow.
erful article from the Louisville Journal last
received. II shows that the Administration is
an administration Of robbers in more than one
way.


at must at this day be pretty clear TO all minds
that the main object Of the Mexican war is robbery.
It is true that Of those advocates Of the war
who are gifted with philosophical and speculative
turn Of mind speak Of improving the Mexican breed
Of humanity by cross Of Anglo Saxonism, and of
elevating their low moral and intellectual degree by
comforting on them the blessings Of United States
citizenship. Bnt these philanthropic specnlatsis
form but woiul minority in that exquisite band of
patriots who burn with rrepressibe desire Of hem
eftng Mexico BY forcing her an allegiance which
she scons, institutions which she abhors, and flag
IN whose starred and striped folds she gees neither
beauty nor grace. The majority Of those who look
upon the war with favor, think Of il only as means
Of national aggrandizrmeIt. The war is empha-
cally war Of rapine Il object is robbery. II was
commenced by Mr.. Polk for purposes Of theft He
had popularity, and he thought he could steal the
hearts OF the people BY wrestling from Mexico small
portion Of her unwielLy territory His plans were
most nnskilfully laid and hays-funed out 10 be Of
very beggarly account TO him. Failing in this pur
pose, the Administration as last resource for the
reparaion Of its shattered fortunes, resolved on tax.
ing from Mexico territory vast, that, if were
subdiyided into twenty millions Of farms il would
give to each man, woman. and child in this "nodel
republic" farm respectable in acres. Even such
bribe offered to the cnpdty Of people is suit
fcent to induce them to feel any especial regard for
the Administration, and il is now very generally be-
lieved that vast majority Of the American people
are thoroughly hostile to all wholesale territorial
qnisitlon. We feel pretty confident that the recent
ly diyuged project for the spoa,ion Of the Mexican
churches, will meet with precious little favor In any
quarter


Napoleon rfed the Italian churches Of their
treasures Of art and that act brought down on his
head the eaecrations Of the civilized world and if
Government uninstructed by his example, should
order that the "revenues" OF the Catholic churches
in Mexico should be diverted from their legitimate
objects and flow into the treasury OF the United
States, all heathendom wei all Chrsiendom,
will unite in cursiDg us.


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