The Spirit Of Conquest

So.Tie weeks since we to k oc-asion lo dcprpcate the effect of the present war of conquest on the nationrj charicter, as beprtiing pu -h a spirit ol" rapin aiui sucii o i;,s'.e lor miiiarv ju'vetiiure as rniglit beeoina eniirrly uncoiitrol'able. Withfn a _ear past, this spirit lias very great'y increased in the country ; ann it sencournged and ilirislic(l by most of ifcfl c:ty HBj-ers. Tlius a popular fnper of New Ofleans pubüshes without ditsenl a letter frorn Brnzos of whicli the fo'.Iuwing is a specimen: "Dors t oceur to yon that t!iis is the niiiHversarv of the gloriaos 94, lifii mu Wtteries fir.-t ópened on tlie Mexicana 1 Of course you a.e (3 P. M.) ynur c!eenntèr at y'oiir side. Yotir gnoi licalili. Eriiiors ! ond I ere's to tl. e Qismory of "tlie dn vi oí' May, 1846" "Sec. "Let me fill yo'ir gtass ng-iin, Messrs. Etor. Hcre's to the noTiKT ofour covntry; it mist le nccomplielicd. h not the progress of our srms hut formins, ns it wpi-e, a broa'] roa on tthich shall travel clviliuUwn and liberly?- broad high-road, which, sicecping across lh',mighly continent of Ihe wvxler.i hnmsphete, shall continue lo enlargp unlil, bhilinr nation willi nailon, langwtge wilh puai'c, hemixpnere .in 'i rternupaerc, n BI1AI.I. HAVE l'F.RFORMED THE 1IIGHTY CIRCUIT OP THE WORLD." Trup, thk language is rather cxtravapant, bttt is in .of.ct keeping with the msatiaU:; and rap&cious spirit whieh it developes. Tt tliscloses de.-igns of afocious wickedness on a large scale. The New York Sun in nnswer lo the quéstion, "What are we to do with Mexico," says : "We believe there is but one course lo pnrmie, nnd that is, the entire occuyation of the country, taking its revenucs until l"lie expenses of the war, ineluding all lossfssustaincd hy our commerce nnd otherwise during the war, and our old 'Jebt, principal and interest, with all expenses of collecting the same, nre paid. Jo irealy should be made short of exactmg all this, nnd nstóisa upon sucha disposition of thlngsfor the future in Mexico as wil! promete our interests without abridgir.g hers." It is obviousat a glance that the proposal is equivalent lo the perpetual subjugntion of that country to be held as a conquered province. Are the people of th s country prepared to enslave the inhabitants of the nearest and on'y large republicon this continent! We trust they are not ; but should the war continue another yfiar, we fear ihey will rejice to f-ee the deed perpetrated. The Emancipator has no fear that Liberty men will become " bet ter partiziM than uliilanthropisls." We have that fear. Tlie tendency of pnrty is always in that direction. And if there is not much of this even now in the Liberty ranks, we have read tlie orasns with liitle skill. - Hangar (iaz. We do not se impropriety suggpsteti by ihe Signal of Liberty, in associnting the name of Gov Goitnov uith with that of Gen. TaYi.or. We thiuk ihe present situation of our afiairs ju-t such as nSörds one of thoe cecsions where he would support a s!av?' o'der, if necessary lo Mcure tha pnr.miount nglils of tlm country. TIn" locos we evidently intending to fix upon a Northern man with Southern principies. We infinitely prefer C.ilhoun liimself to such a mm, We raiher have a smithern Whig Ioaning in favor of libertv, than a . Uirthern Locofoco leaning towards slavery or anytliing ele t'mt offers liiin support. Gov. Gordon evidon:ly intpnded to direct his hostilities against the institución of slavery rather than slaveliolder?. Tlie present war must he closed before the country can be prevniled upon to rto tnuch towards removing such n formidahla evil as slnveiy. War has ever Leen its strong arm ofdefenco. We see no means of res;onng t lie peaco policy but to place tlie ndministrntion in the hands of the 1-uv nnd o-der partj'. - Grand Rapids Eagle. Prav, how mnch does the ''Southern Whig," General Taylor, "lean in favor of lpierh ?" Can voli adduce a single instnnce in hii-h he has ever howed the least "leaning" in that direction? Ifyou can, let us have it. Tlie Charleston Mrcury, Mr. Calhoun's orgin, s out i for Taylor bscause lie is against the Wilmot Proviso. Yon nbhor Calhoun; nnl vet you ,n nonhern Whig, and Calhoun, an ultra-slavery Locofnco, are exactly ogreed on tho sa.ne Presideniial canrlid:ite, and vvill doubtless lab r hard to elect him! Hut do it satisfy you, that a man merely hans towardi your idea of what is necessary and just? Ought he not to be deciiiedly forsuch objects as you deern vnluaWe? (tT5 A Wliig of Ohio writM to the N. Y. Tribune : "Ispeik wiili the t-ame confideiic? that 1 entertain of my own oxistence, when I say tlint the Whigs of Ohio can neverbe f -arried (ir any man #ho lrnds his physical and moral powera to the murdering of the Peoplfi and devastating th countrv of our sister Ropubl'c in order to e.xtend the [nstitutionof.hvery. The Taylor niorting in Philndclphia was charade rist ie of the Wlrglnndcrs in that city. Tlifiy proí"ess to be in favor of Northern Frce Labor, but nominate for President n man whnsñ vrhoie fortune is invfisted in Southern S'avrs. They profess to love Libcrly, b'it soket tbr Chief Magistra'e a man wiioss feeling-. nnd inteiests are in favor of oppressinji and humnn bondage. They cendemn this ar os inconceivably wicked and murderou", and then liolJ publk' meetings in honor ufthoso who lend their whole energies to cnrry it on, and wlioso h.-mds are niosl neep!}' stained with h'imnn gore. lTow I wi.-,!i tosiy that the VVhigs of Ohio cannot be kd by mon guüly of such bare-faced absurditio?. Thpy musl renner our party the scoff of honest nnd j inornl men, if [lermiiied to control iis poI litical movemer.ts. The time hns arnved when other counsels mus; prcvai!, or the Wliig party will d sb:md. Tl-.e i.lp.a of t!ie advocatps of the Proteetion of Nortliern Labor, uniting with John C. Calhour. and ilie ninst invetérate opjioncnis of Nurthem inleroets to elecl a man wl.iose fortune is ve.sted in Slavcs who ;re employco in growing cotton, appo'U's to me must absurd. Our VVhigs of üf.io revóii at it. I regret so mnny Wiiig j-iurnmls of your State have wave eed on ïliis subject. Too much politica] information has been difTused among ihe People sinca tlie ciunnenceinent of the campaign of 1810 to permit ihem now lo be led into siwli tre.ison to tlieii' own inlerests and to tlieir own honor." Or We invite 'he altenrion oFour readers tothe provisions of the Ponnsylvania law againsl kidnapping, whioh we publlsh in anUher column in full. It passed both Ilouses of the LegiIalure without any seiious opposition, and a lato slave case in th.it Sta'c liaving bruught up its rnerits for discussion, il seems to be fully sübtaiiicd by the press ofalll partjes. We rc-quest the at!ention of those Demoornt-! (1) bo have hitherto opposed nny s milar ennctment in tliis State, t' thi law. Examine it nndsee wliether thene bs nny Ihing unconstiiutonal in it. Mich'gan rnust have a law similar n tseharaslefi that ajstopmay bputtn slave-hunting by our own citizens 0:1 oar own soil. Qy" The Na'ional lirnthus shadows forth iis anticipaiions and preferenees : "VVere'llie D-mocrr-.cy,' of the North Irue to itself, it could save the country. - Siippose, ns will probnbly be the ense. General Taylor should be the candidato of the Whig-1, f"1 i s'nnPthing in the shape "fa Compromiso manshouid be set np by i Ballimore D 'inocratic Convention, so calleé, isthere any reason why John P. Unie shnuld not roceive ihp siiiïrnges of every true lover o" freodom n the cotmtry, bp li a Wliig,D3mic;rat, or Liberty nvm? ConlJ not a common banner 'jo fonnd, under which the lover.-! of the Union, the advocates of fiedorn, the opponents of the slave power, miglit rally as ono man, anti maka their voice I r.ná vete ptentisl?" i