State journal & flag., 1846-11-06
JanrnoL e Glaa.
TUSCALOOSA, NOV. 6, 1916.
Moral r reason.

The wing press generaly-but more pal
ticularly that portion OF it which echoes III
opinions of the National Intelligencer-i
engaged in assailing the government, be
cause of the Mexican war. This contin
ued assault, viewed in the most fayorabl
light-now that the government is deepl,
involved in war which needs The aid Q
every good citizen 10 bring it to a speed,
and honorable CLOSETS nothing less thai
moral treason. In the South, the war il
sometimes denounced as "unjust toward
Mexico;" and as brought upon US by thu
recklessness of "weak administration,
which seeks to cover its sins with military
glory One day the government is assailed
for its vigorous measuresof subjugation-in
tended to show the people Of Mexico the
utility Of contendlng against our arms and
the next day il is assailed for want Of
energy, forecast, and decision. At one
time, too much is effected, and the an
nexation Of California, and whole depart
ment in North Mexico. is condemned: and
at another time we are gravely told, that
more than six months have elapsed since tho
commencement Of hosities, and nothing is
done towards " conquering peace" The
acts OF the gallant Kearny, and the saga.
cious Sloat, are broadly condemned; and
are disingenuously used as a pretext to
justify an assault on our government for
the exercise, as is alledged, as power dan
gerous 10 our republican institutions. Thus,
like the tabled satyr, the whg press blows
hot and cold in the same breath. They
forget consistency, in their desire to obtain
the means to satisfy the cravings of their
cormorant appe,ites for censure and abuse;
and they are blind to the patriotism which
teaches men to stand by their country "right
or wrong"
The Northern wing press, at the head of
which stands the Boston Courier, ian old
Hartford convention journal, and thorough
ly British in the war of 1922 and the New
York Tribune, not only heap on the gov
eminent the objections found in the mouths
OF their southern allies, but they assail the
war as brought about by the pro Texas
and pro- Slavery party--by the efforts of the
shareholders. and the democracy of the
country, 10 extend their power in The
administration Of the affairs of the gem
eral governments. All restraint being
removed from before the eyes Of this
class of whig editors-(for every species Of
fanaticism finds friends ia the atmosphere
in which they exist )-they denounce in bold
and bitter terms every act of the govern
ment; and in all the public meetings, for
political purposes, where their adheren,s have
tho power, they sock to sn'ba--ass their
own government, by expressing sympathy
for the enemy. No Southern editor
even if one could be found who had the
will--would have the hardihood 10 endorse,
openly, the wicked dcnunciatious Of the war,
every day uttered, and scattered broadcast
over the country. by the journals we have
named. Indignant public opinion would,
promptly, rebuke any man who, in this sec>
ton of the Union, would dare denounce the
government as pandering to the wishes oil
"pro.Texas and pro Slavery" party-or
who would characterize the war as a bold
effort to extend, by conquest, slave territory:
Yet the wing press of the South is, to the
extent we have stated-the co.laborers OF
the wings of the North, who are denouncing
the war with Mexico as a war for slavery
and against freedom.
But whilst the wing press, generally, both
South and North. are with one hand strik-
the blow Of a parricide at their own go.
vernmen,. they extend the other in the
guise Of honest friendship-thus adding the
sin Of hypocricy. to tho crime Of embar
RAISING their own country in prosecuting ,
righteous war. The National ln,elligencel
affords the following paragraph, illustra
tive Of what We say. We have at hant
similar extracts, from lesser lights, but WI
prefer the evidence presented by the heae
Of the faction, to that scattered about by III,
agents who constitute it's tail:
"Compelled as we are to condemn the war it
self as unnecessary, and its originators as an
swerable Tor all the blood that has been shed
the hearts that have been bereaved and broken
and the treasure that has been wasted by it, w
trust that our arms may everywhere triumph
that victory may pearch upon our standards t
the end, and then that the cost and sacrifice
may be counted up. and our rulers called to
severe reckoning"
Let any hopesh candid, man ask hmsel
; where is the merest shadow Of justification
to be found for this condemnation Of thei
Government by the organs Of one of tn
great parties Of the country If IN
administration is deserving of censur
lis this the time to hold it to account
But the contradictory allegations of the op
position, prove their incincerity The act
Of the administration will bear scrutiny; an
J tha ,h,fs If tbn ~anoor;o,,o mill {. n ho.-.