Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1845-05-17
TIVE GOVERNMENT PRESS AND OUR FOREIGN
RELATIONS.

We are almost disposed to retract the congratu-
latons which we have offered to our readers upon
the existence Of press, for whose views Of lead
ing public questions the Executive must to GER
tain extent at least be held responsible, when we
find it handling our Foreign Relations with incon-
sderate levity, instead Of the gravity and dignity
suited to questions Of such magnitude and moment
GUS consequence. We refer to the following pas
sage Of an article in late number Of the govern
ment paper, which we transfer TO our columns TO
apprze our readers of the views of the Admnistra-
ton on this subject
"THE UNION.
where the Times ass) to obtain the twenty or
twenty thousand which would be necessary 70 mach
to Mexico Let the London Times first bndy deceive
Itself and then deceive the Mexcans We should not want
twenty-five or even twenty thousand men, but ten thousand
men would be sufficient and such gallant and enterprsng
spirits as the teeming valley Of the Mississippi could send
forth in less than three MONTHS would be sufficient to
The whole country Volunteers would start up like Cadmuss
men from the sowing Of the dragons teeth Sound the bu
lie through the West and Southweset the United States
raise the standard tomorrow and in this proclaimed crusade
10 the halls of Montezuma and the mines of Mexico, twenty
thousand volunteers would appear and with the cry Of Ho,
West the specuatons of the London Times would be dis
spated into thin air. If TO judge OF the statesman
like views of the British Ministers by these speculaons Of
their press, Cabinet dended, never WAS
there people destined sadder disappointment We de-
spise such puee views and utterly asonshed that Brit
ish Ministers should suffer them be retaed They would
present another confirmation of the old Swedish Chancellor
with how little wisdom is this world governed =
If these revelations Of the London Times to be
ceived as the best specimens English staesahp Heaven
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best exponent of the councils by which she directed
she had better look to her safety instead Of forming
tavagant crusaes against the peace Of the world Her Min
lister knows Mexicans WELL and he knows something of
us Yet even he is not familiar with Western people
nor does be know what improved edition they constitute
upon the military and adventurous spirit of the AngoSaxon
race He yet know how in such enterprise this
viii be- towards the setting sun, the freedom Of nstu
tons in young and rising country stirs the blood and exas
the daring enterprise Of free and vigorous people. What
enough Why let the United States but sound her
clarion and display her flag upon the banks of the Msss-
app let her but say this Go to the capital Of Mex
i;o and to these men Go with your wives and children
10 the region of Santa Fc and to another March with
your neghbors the delicious banks Of the Colorado Of Cali
fna and they will not only have volunteers enough to
to the CALL but than enough Tho difficulty will
be in keeping back, not in sending forward Does
England really desire, by thus tanning the fame into Mex
war, take California and not only take it but
tsep worse than Egyptian darkness has her
and if she is ruled by such infatuated counsc this oracle
81 the London Times would preach up to her people"
Whatever may have put such notion into the
head of the Administration of any Member of it,
the government editor included as that the London
|" Times represents the temper or the sentiments
# the British Ministry is certain that, if the Adj
iinistration should make many such mistakes as
i,s, and act accordingly, it will soon involve our
Foreign Relations in great confusion, and itself in
y,erplexity still greater. AS we understand the mat
Ter, there is no such thing g government press"
London, nor even single paper in that city with
which the British Ministry holds any confidential
communication; the views of the Government of that
country in regard pending questions being as we
have had occasion lately to remark, made known
through the Ministers in both Houses OF Parliament
50 far as it is deemed expedent to give publicity to
them The leading articles of the London Press
are, it is true, generally very able and usually,
we may say habimally, mordant towards other
nations, in every thing pertaining to national,
commercial or political rivalry but are of no more
consequence in reference to the particular purposes
Of the British Government, than, for example, the
thousand and one reports and conjechires recently
set afoat from this city through all the newspapers
Of the country concerning the purposes of this CO.
vernment, which, as we have seen, single breath
Of the Executive, through its recognised organ in
.his city, has been sufficient to disspate in mo-
ment.a To suppose the London g Times" TO repre-
sent the British Ministry, and to undertake hold
that Ministry accountable for either the opinions or
the temper Of tliat journal, man must indeed shut
his eyes to what passes daily before them. One Of
the very latest Plumbers of the Times received in
this country assas the Ministry, in regard to the
grant to Maynooth College, in such terms as can
leave no doubt Of its enmity and ilwill instead of
its riendness to it, as will be seen by the following
paragraph, taken from il, now going the rounds Of
orr papers:
sst is with real concern that find the public sentiment
little represented either in the debates Of the House.
ne policy Of the Cabia We repeat that if the measure
was so sound 90 humane healing necessary il Is the
greatest pity that Sir r. PEEL did beforehand the
eynpahy and acquescence Of the people As is the
oity IS ministerial popular PEEL Is right Tie ma
lion crog and if he intends to carry series OF SINH
ss revolutions painful think of the vast amount Of pub
c dstrus and Indignation and that lie in store
for Wheh Peel is on one side and the people on
tier not ashamed TO oDn chich side sympa-
ies lie. We almost content in that case resign him
that monopoly Of wisdom and virtue which he 20 sufficiently
appreciates and seek the consultations of society among the
,lninitiated impolitc multitude"