The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-08-25
Ey&et Of "a letter from
New YoRK, August %, l645.

fts NEW FORK, August %, 1910
The war fever appears to be dying away, and the
fear that we shall not have war is on the increase.
actually believe that an army Of twenty thousand
could be raised in this city alone, without fee or
reward, who would jump at the chance of marching
TO Mexico to "revel in the halls of the MonteEu-
mas" If the fifteen millions of dollars is the obsta-
Gle in the way of the Mexicans declaring war against
u.s. venture to say the money could be easily raised
for President Herrera in this country with no other
security than pledge, on the part of the Mexican
government, that she would declare war.
| regret exceedingly the tone of the " Morning
News" upon this queston;-not that wish to see an
unnecessary war, but that we should stand solely
oil the defensive, after had been declared, is
doctrine cannot and even few wings will be found
to subscribe to. The true policy of the government
is, as has been shown in the columns of the Union,
Evening Post, Albany Argus, and almost every
other democratic paper as well as vast majority OF
the wing press, to send force sufficient to crush at
the accomplished editor Of the " News" would soon
discover the proprety of this course, and would adj
vocate it with his usual zeal.
The elections from the West have indeed come in
most gloriously. Ifanything was requisite to show
the increasing popularity of President Polk, we have
it in the result of the late elections North Carolina
has done wonders; Alabama is democratic all over;
Indiana has evolutionzed her legislature; the wing
majority in Kentucky is less by one-half than It was
the presidential election; and the glorious, good
old State of Tennessee, has cast oil her federal Whig
cry, trust forever. II was Of right last fall,
but now she up majority of thousands for her
favore son, and the principles of his admins
tration. ."Who is James X. Polki" is a question
now easily answered, and pretty well understood,
not only in this country, but Europe; and it would
not surprise at all il his name should become as
"familiar household WORDS, even to our Mexican
neghbors.
There is little local news of interest The Ex-
press and the Tribune keep up their attacks upon
each others moral and political tergiversatons and
transgressions. "'Tis very pretty fight as it
stands" but the Express appears to suffer most.
Our theatricals are ali in full blast. The French
opera company have retired from the Park, and have
taken UP their quarters for the present at Niblos.
Simpson has Just returned from England, where he
has engaged few third and fourth rate actors who
be brought out at the Park as stars OF the first
water. When will Americans learn to appreciate
their own countrymen, and cease to hang upon the
skirts of English fools and cockney blackguard2
Look at our own Forrest in London. Acknow-
lodged by the very best of English critics to be
perior to any actor on the English stage, yet driven
from the London theatres because he was an Amcri-
can!
The harpies connected with theatricals there,
dreaded his well-known superiority them; and
they were aided by fawning and sycophantic
American, a would-be actor, in putting him down
and now instead Of resentng this base conduct, we
have thrust upon us, and suppose will receive with
open arms, some poor miserable apoogiss Of actors
whose highest recommendation to those who en-
poy them is that they aided in driving Forrest from
the London stage. Truly we are magnanimous
people. More anon.
LEDYARD.