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Parent Issue
Day
8
Month
May
Year
1847
Copyright
Public Domain
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Last Moii3áy,ohehunlred roúnds wero (i red in thN city, in honor of thfl victories of Tav lor and Scott. In several of ihe Ivitern cities, genera] illunnnations a:o in progre-s, as doinonslratioiis of tho people's gica joy. In all tliesfi exhibitions, there seems to us something rálher srnalL To s;,y nothng of' the humanily of public rejoicinga over bloodshed, jut bccause Americana have shed more blood tban ihey liave lo.st, ouglit we not to blush at our exultation, when we remembw wlio and what isour o.p(inont ? NV e are strong, uniiod, wealihy, vvilh resources accuniulatcd by a ppate ol" ihirty yp.-irs, apd we nuniber some 20 millioiu of souls ; Mexico is weak, disunited, witli osources exliausted by coníinual strife and civil connnotipns the la-t twfiily y.'ars, and she numb(M-s sonríe eiglit milíidus of ppople, only aboát oneeighlh of Europenn de.-cenl ! - What, t hen, ure we doing ? Siioating lio-nnnasto oursplves; eause we hav
whippad Mexico! What a baauliful speciocls would it be, should Great T3r i ain, !n ilie event of hostilities whh Portugal, aflercruliing her lothedust, send up a mighty shmit to Ileaven ihereupon, os ifshe had donesome grein thing ! There is somcihing wi-etchedly pueriis in our conduot. Our country is in the posiliouof an overgruwn bully, witli bil knee on the breast of some stubborn linie chap, which has just strength enough to kick. Ho gives the lude chop a dig n the ribs ever and anon, iheii pulls ofT his hat and shouls three cheers over his

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Subjects
Signal of Liberty
Old News