The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-05-13
A Observation-Disclosures.

VI believe this the strongest government earth.
believe Is The only one Uhers sUsy man. al the call Of
the lao, could fly 10 The standard Of he lao, and could
mssi inpasOns of The public order his O,on personal
concern. M. JsGsv,on'S Inaugural address.
IA volunteer oves Is, Beyond q-ssiiOH more efficient
than any other description Of citizen soldiers and Is
not 10 be doubted that number far beyond that rsgarsd
could readily rush 10 the field upon the call Of their
eOuairy."-.H. POLks Message Of Monday.
The lai0 has called the country to arms. II calls
upon them TO 'meet inyasions' Of our own terrific
ry, sprinkled with the blood Of our own citizens
The Mexicans have crossed the Rio Grande, and
Congress has passed law authorizing the Pres-
dent to employ fifty thousand volunteers to repel
the invaders, TO follow them into Mexico, to redress
our numerous wrongs, and to dictate peace upon
upon the soil Of that country. Who caH doubt that
these volunteers will flock to the standard of their
country
Twelve months since the London Times" dared
to ridcule strength, in comparison with that Of
Mexico, and urged her TO dismiss her doubts, and
measure swords with us. We noticed this liberal
attack in the "UniOn" Of the 9th May, lS45; and
we beg leave to copy the structures which we then
put forth. We do not hesitate express our conf
dent opinion that what we then predicted, will be
in Galveston, New Orleans, Mobile, &c, is bring
ny it about. Who then can doubt that our volun-
will respond to the appeal Of their country
Frem the Union" Of May 8, Is46
"Wll it be believed by any statesman, that the
London Times, in the fury OF its passions, is at
tempting to get up the blood and STIR up the heart
Of the poor Mexlcans, by persuadng them that, not
wthstandng the great disparity in some respects,
yet, IN case Of war, there are many consid-
eratOns that initiate in favor of the Mexcans''
First, 1t pays our wing party the poor compliment
of asserting that they would not join their country
in 'for the sake of atrocious aggression on
the neig hboring territory Of Texas. Is it
ny for US to answer this argument The abolition
| lists might be traitors in such combat. But will
the wings Of the North, in the spirit Of another
Hartford convention refuse to stand by their coun-
uyl Next, the Times ridcules our military power,
as compared with the united Mexicans. Our stand
| ing army is limited, 1t seems, to 9,0l2 troops Not
one Of these men can be spared from the garrsons
on the coast, and Of course we should not have a
| single soldier TO send to Mexico Where, then,
(the Times asks are we to obtain the twenty or
| twenty-five thousand men which would be necessa-
| ry to march to Mexicol Let not the London
Times 6rst bindly deceive itself, and then deceive
the Mexlcans. Such gallant and enerprising spirits
the teeming valley Of the Mississippi could send
forth, in less than three months would be sufficient
to overrun the whole country. Volunteers would
start up ike Cadmus'3 men from the sowing OF the
dragons teeth. Sound the bugie through the West
and Southwestern the United States raise the stand
ard tomorrow, and in this proclaimed crusade to the
halls Of Montezuma and the mines Of Mexico,
| 10000 volunteers would appear; and with the cry
Of 'Ho, Westr the speculatons of the London
Times would be dissi pated into thin air.
| eff these revelations of the London Times are to
be received as the best specimens of English states
manship, Heaven defend Old England herself! II
the Times be, indeed, the best exponent of the in
sane counsels by which she is directed she had bet
ter look to her own safety, instead of forming ex-
travagant crusades against the peace Of the world
| Her minister knows the Mexcans WELL and he
knows something Of us. Yet even he is not famil-
lar with our western people; nor does he know
what an improved edition they constitute upon the
military and adventurous spirit Of the Anglo Saxon
race. He is yet TO know how, in such enterprise
as this will be, towards the setting SUM- the freedom
of our institutions, in young and rising country,
srs the blood, and exalts the daring enterprise of a
free and a vigorous people. What not men enough;
Why, let the United States but sound her clarion,
and display her flag upon the banks of the Misss-
tai Of Mexco;' and to these men, Go with your
wives and children to the reg ion of Santa Fe;' and
to another, March with your neighbors to the de-
Iicious banks Of the Colorado, of California; and
they will not only have volunteers enough to an
swer to the call, but more than enough. The diff
Guilty will be in keeping men back, not in sending
men forward. A worse than Egyptian darkness
has come her land, If she is ruled by such in
fatuated counses this oracle Of the London
Times would preach up to her people,"