The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-12-13
tFrom our regular correspondent

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. IL, lS45.
There is probably nothing that could display a
more wanton or wicked spirit than the course
Of several fthe wing papers IN regard to the Pres
idents message, and especially that portion of il
which treats Of our foreign relations. They seem
to delight in exposing what they are pleased to call
our weak and unprepared state" and gloat with
sort of 6endish Joy over the display made in
the British journals Of the number Of ships being
built the cannon being cast, and the Notifications
erecting by our great eastern rival. Nothing seems
to give them greater Joy than the fact Of being able
to point out the weak places in our navy, or on our
coast; and they become nearly wild with pleasure
at the estimate which enables them to show how
many towns on the seaboard would be destroyed
by British fleet sin the rery first month Of the
,car." Can this spirit be sufficiently despsed
or condemned! Those who devote themselves
to this "labor Of love-" must certainly forget the
goal to which they are tending They forget that
the very war which they shrink from--which they
invest with so much horror-can be avoided in no
better way than by showing to the world united
front among all parties in this State in regard to
rights and our honor They are doing exactly
now what our old foe wishes them to do; and
there is great rejoicing in the English cabinet
their attacks upon their country, while they are
thanked heartily and warmly by the Peels and the
Wellingtons in the present tory administration, for
the pleasing information they convey. II was no
doubt this which induced the Duke Of Wellington
to declare, few weeks ago, that the war should
be, Gf it ever took place,) not only short, but
terrible. Surely--surely those men who are engaged
in this business have not looked at the depth of
their infamy and treachery, or they would recoil
from it with horror. And what excuse do they
give for taking this reacherous against their
country Why this that Mr. Polk is "hurrying
us into q war causelessly, and at time when we
are unprepared ~ 1t is not his fault surely, that
we are unprepared and we are not so far unpre-
pared, by many degrees, as they assert we are.
But if there is to be war; will it have been pro-
duced "causelcsslyi" Let the facts answer. The
whole wing press, from one end Of the nation to the
other, took ground, before the appearance Of the
message in favor of our claim to the 49th defee in
the Oregon territory and believed it to be the duty
of our government to settle it at that line. This
fact is within the recollection of almost every
body in this country, and cannot be de-
MED, Of course. We'll, this 49h degree ,cas offer
ed by Mr.. Buchanan, the .fmerican Secretary Of
State, to Mr.. Pakenhan, the British plenipoientiary
But it was not accepted-iT WAS CONTEMPORARY
REFUSED by the English minister! What, then,
would these wing papers have the administration to
dol Would they have the President, cap in hand,
and with SLATED breath" renew the proposition al
ready rejected Would Henry Clay recommend
such @ :" %n0 his Dwn gay m the
done SO, had the issue Of 1874 placed him in the
presidential chair Il requires no reflection TO an
swer these questions in the negative. The Anacri-
can people would have almost torn that Executive
out Of his seat, who, having once offered fair COM
promise to foreign nation, had renewed il after il
had been contemptuously spurned and ! would
hazard my life upon the issue, that Great Britain
would have received as little concession from high
minded wing president, after all the circumstances
referred to, as she will receive from Mr. Polk.
Everything has been done to promote peace that
could be done WITH HONOR. Surely the wings
those who are Americans at heart at the same
time-will not approve Of the Of those news
papers that have taken the alluded to. They
will say to these prints, as John Quincy Adams
said several years ago to one Of the high-toned
leaders of the federal party, who said he would not
vote money for the defence Of the country, If the
enemy were "battering at the very doors Of the
Captol"--the wing masses will say to these whig
papers, that they have "but one more step to take,
aud that is 10 join The enemy al once"
Vice-Presdent Dallas arrived in this mornings
cars, and will leave again tomorrow evening for
Washington. He is now attending to some Of his
professional engagements.
Commodore Elliott will be buried tomorrow af-
,ernoon with appropriate honors The soemnities
will be conducted with great pomp and decorum,
worthy of the high rank and distinguished services
Of the deceased.
Stocks are doing better to-day. 1900 State
fves were sold at the o'clock, or first board, at
SOL. Flour is also doing better--thc market yes
terday being in highly improved condition. Sales
were made at Sc per barrel.