The daily union., 1846-09-28

the National Intelligeneer is not published in the
city OF Mexico. In ordinary times, London OF
Paris might serve as well for the site Of the Intei
geneer Office But now, since we happen to be
OF war with Mexico, the capital Of that country
should surely have the preference. In that city
the Of the metropolitan whig journal for the
last few months, would be altogether seemly and
deeorOus. Published there, il might very naturally
have warned it did, the volunteer soldiers of our
country, not TO take part in a war wsged sin viola.
ton Of the constitution" and not to rush to the field
upon any such marrow and untenahe ground, )" as
that American blood had been shed upon Ameri-
can soil" In the city Of Mexico, too the lntelli,
geneer might, with considerable propnety, persist,
as it does, in defaming war, and in apoogizing
for whatever may be tortuous or uncandid in the
Of Paredes or Santa Anna in view Of our re.
peated oyertures TO negotiation. There, too, il
might naturally enough, paIliate the conduct of the
Mexican government in refusing to receive Mr.
Slidell. There il might attack US, as "railing
at the Mexican authorities" for declining the
peaceful overtures Of our government. There
It might exult over "the rapidly approaching empd,
ness of our treasury, and 6nally might invoke ANY
INTERVENTION from foreign powers to put an end to
our controversy. All this would be quite in char,
acter for journal published in the city OF Mexico
and under the surveillance Of the Mex lean govern.
ment.
But it unfortunately so happens that in pursuing
this course here at Washington, the Intelligencer
only dsgraces itself-n the present state Of its
character for patriotic feeling small matter.-but al
the same time it fixes stigma upon the good name
of the collective American press. The lntelligen-
GERS metropolitan position gives it "odor OF ma
tonality" which any infusion of traitorous spirit
renders very offensive.
Therefore II is that we sincerely regret TO see such
an article as the Inelligencer has published this
morning. We stated that our pacific and magnsni-
nous overture 10 negotiation pressed upon the Mex
lean anarchy and wretchedness, in our moment of
victory, entitled US to expect frank and prompt
answer from the Mexican rulers. In reply, the In.
telligencer apologies for our enemies follows:
"Well, in all candor, we do not see how our gov
| ernment could have anticipated any very different
answer from mere acting authority, as the Union
| calls il, in Mexico. The President Paroles had
Just been overthrown, new one not installed, and
| an executive, ad interim, acting which indeed
may itself be superseded and succeeded by half
dozen fresh pronunciamentos and changes between
now and December. Ii was hardly reasonable to
expect an executive authority thus constituted and
thus precarous to take the critical responsibility Of
opening negotiations for peace with government
which had waged war upon them and invaded their
country, and against which the Mexican people
must be highly exasperated. Santa Anna might, ii
is true, have done So"
"The government ia unreasonable, therefore, We
think, in railing at the acting Mexican authorities
Dr declining the instant a an
the acceptance of which would, in all Likelihood,
have perilIed their heads. Our government is anx-
lous for peace, we have no doubt, and il has good
reason to be- We have, thanks to gallant army,
lasted some of the glory of war; we are now beginning
to reap of its less pleasant fruits; and we give
rulers credit for more humanity than to suppose
that they hear with indifference of the sutferings
and death Of hundreds of noble American hearts on
the pestiferous banks Of the Rio Grande; and far
more prudence on the other hand, than to be indif-
erent to that rapidly approaching emptiness of the
treasury, which, though brought about by a system
of measures unimpeschaby democratic, is neverthe-
less rather embarrassing to government in time of
war. We give our government credit, therefore, for
entire sincerity in offering the olive branch to Mexi
co.. and hope that it will not permit the brief post
ponement proposed by the Mexicans to close the
door against negotiation when the Mexican Con-
gress shall have met. We repeat the sentiment, in
which we are sure the whole country will unite with
US, and the administration as fervently as the coun-
try, that we shall hail any event that shall bring this
unwise, even if successful, war to speedy and hon
orable end"
"In all eandor !" Candor is The Intelligencer's
forte. Its candor towards its own country and
Mexico, in this war, forcibly reminds u.s. of the
candor spoken Of by Canning, in the anti -Jacobin,
which would make out that
Whites not so white; nor black, so ve,y black!
This "candor" gives our government "credit" for
wishing peace--because, forsooth, in view of the
"rapidy approaching emptiness OF the treasury"
war will probably be nconvenient and "embarrass-
ing"
One can easily imagine the reception which such
language as this, in the columns of the whig organ,
will meet with atMexico, and in those European
circles which take delight in abusing the "model re-
public" The Tntelligencer well knows how such
language takes in those quarters for it has seen il
quoted with exultation in the foreign prints most
hostile to this country, and flung triumphanty in
the face of American residents in Europe. But the
Intelligencer's article will tell best in Mexico In
deed, ii is difficult to suppose that it was not spe-
cally designed for that meridian to which it is so
specially adapted Only three or four days ago,
we published article from Mexican journal,
showing that at this very moment the Mexican gov
ernment looks to the camor Of the whig organs
here as means Of crippling and embarrassing our
government in its prosecution Of the war, and ind-
eating whole plan Of Mexican tactics based on
that very reliance. The Intellgencer is doing its
utmost to verify this Mexican prediction. Yet il
has the face to wonder in this very article that we
have not published the purport Of the Mex-
can dispatches little while ago the Intellgencer
RECALLED its readers with some delicate humor about
"the wisdom Of the official organ" Its own wisdom
may perhaps enable it to divine solution Of our
'engmatcal" delay in publishing the nature of the
Mexican answer to our government. A premature
disclosure the subject would be perhaps less wise
in us in the present state of the case than il
would be II our government we're, in the midst of
hostities, relieved from the assiduous espionage Of
whg journal, at the seat Of government prepared to
speak and act upon every such disclosure, Just asD
IL pus openly IN league icith the ENEMY!