The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-09-10

The WAR WITH MExico.-It is said of one Of tht
old opponents OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, we believe
1t wasthat he first attacked the Scriptures on the
ground that the prophecies were tissue Of false an
nunciations that had never been fulflled and when
the Christian apologsts overwhelmed him with eyi.
dence to the contrary, that he then took the ground
that the fulhlments of prophecy were 80 accurate.
the record must have been written after the events
occurred Yet the inconsistency ofthe ancient scep-
tic is hardly more fragrant than that which has rs.
Gently been displayed by the journalists ofthe wb;p
party, in their remarks on the of the govern.
ment in the conduct of our Mexican affairs.
1t was only the other day that the wing papers
generally insisted that the prospect of a war with
Mexico was threatening, and the dilatory manner in
which the administration acted in regard to 40 i'm
portant an event was signal proof Of its want ~
capacity and patriotism. We were told that the a,,-
thorties of Mexico were ready to march an army OF
ten thousand men to the precincts of the Rio Bravo.
that letters Of marque had already been issued bv
Minister Almonte, while in this city, after quitting
ms charge to go home; and that means had been fur
nished by the agents of foreign powers to defay the
expenses OF prompt and vigorous resentment of the
injuries inflicted by the United States In view Of
such an array Of evidence, all going to show that we
should be involved in actual hostiltes il was urged
lnat Mr. FOLK and his advisers betrayed culpable
remlssness in not having provided against SO formi
dable danger Or at any rate in not using the utmost
energy to put the country in state of ADEQUATE de-
fence W
II was in vain that the democratic papers (onr-
selves among the res urged that they could see no
expressed; that they doubted the design Of Mex;co
70 make an open and formal declaration of war; and
shat II she really meant war; it would be long while
before she could put her finances and her armies in
position to meet the responsibilities of state of
acuve battle. The wings only persisted the more
enormously IN asserting that the folly of the demo-
Gratis had provoked war, which. now that n had
come, tney were either unwilling or unable TO
prosecute with the necessary degree of yigor They
were utterly dissatisfied with the calm and moderate
tone maintained by the administration and its friends
y was hardly enough, that while the latter denied
tne PROBABILITY OF any immediate opening of hos
ulues they also maintained that it was wise to be
prepared Tor any event, and that the forces of the
naon should be so disposed as to be INSTANTLY avail
able IN case Of any adverse demonstrations on the
part OF mexico: The wings thought there was a
cusion. 1'y So"-
But, 10! the change The moment Mr.. Polk wos
INDUCED 70 concentrate our armies upon the south
western frontier, grave question arose in the wbio
papers, whether there was any need of such preci,
p',a'e acuon. AS the troops marched into Texas
they became convinced that the President had nn
constitutional right to enter territory which ua.
not yer annexed to ours, while their approach N The
hio Bravo was a deliberate invasion az The saI ael
another nation since the western boundary oS r.
as Is, at the farthest, the Nueces and moi the Rio
I, :. 70 uue, me bravo has been uniformly
BANNED by the United States, from the purchase Of
Louisiana down to the present time, as The true
BOUNDARY; II has been asserted by Jefferson Mad
son, Monroe, and as late as 1870 by Mr. Cav as
me true boundary; il has been conceded as sucb Inv
,ome OF The latest and best of the British AUTHORITIES
I e. the wings, that they may have some plausible
s.ouna Tor assaiiing the democratic administration.
everse al these decisions and their own confessions
mo belabor Mr.. Polk with hearty earnestness'
. rom such reasoners and such opponents, what il
nc administration to expect--no matter what the
curse 1t may see fl to pursues--.M Y. Epe. Post.