Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1846-06-10

make miserable and blind party Struggle
in the midst Of an inevitable, and on our
part, most righteous national war, forced
upon us in the stern shapes of invasion
and slaughter, following IN the footsteps Of
Iong-continued peridy and aggression; -
we ask, we say, any fair man to decide
whether such a course in a great party or
gan is not, in its whole essence, alien to
our institutions and our soil--wherher, be
It from party madness or natural ohliqu
ty oi political feeling, the recreant heart
be not manifest lhere2
We weigh the whole import Of our words.
We speak in calm and deep conviction /;
and we are ready TO render cogent reason
for every word we say. Look at the as
founding case. BY solemn and supreme
legislative enactment, we are at war.-
Our army is in danger--no man knows
how near the brink Of destruction. In
obedience 10 the spirit of our institutions,
in full reliance on the Justice of his cause,
and in noble trust Of the people, the Pre-
sident throws himself wholly upon the pa.
triolic feeling of the country. He asks ou
thorlty 10 receive and welcome volunteers
10 our Standard volunteers to rescue our
little army from peril, and TO save the
homes Of our fellow citizens IN Texas from
massacre and fire. Coercion is not named
nor thought Of in the Presidents recon-
mendatlon, nor in the law OF Congress.
The effort, the peril, all is to be voluntary
the spontaneous ouIburst of the patriot
soul! Upon the vlgor Of this impulse
hangs the life or death Of our army. More
than this, delay, dampened national spl.
rlt, loss Of energy, and loss Of time are
the loss Of everything, And Just at this
moment, in advance of full developments,
before the documents are read, the Ma
TIoNAL lntelligencer" Prob pUdor rush
es forth through the length aud breadth Of
The iand--to New Orleans, TO Mobile, to
all the centres of the volunteer movement.
to the gIades where the prairie rlAaman
springs to his feet, MS he snulls aCar 10 the
southwest gale the tainted air of invasion,
and outrage, and slaugh'er--to all these
scenes Of high-souled emotion PUSHES forth
this national journal--and to what end2
Surely, surely lis to rouse, to cheer, to en-.
ergize, aud to arm! It musl be so. The
honor of our common nature, and Of our
common name iorbids any man 10 doubt il !
No! No! It's not 50. 1t is far other.
wise. In his home, At his place Of rendez
vous, in his workshop, in his pIoughed
field, the Intelligencer finds the volunteer
grrt for bis journey. 1t says 10 him:--
" Hold your hand! beware what yon do!
Your country is wrong! your government
Is wrong! See that you do not help TO vi.
olale the Constitution! Congress is with
you; but Congress in its "party purpose"
IS nerylng the Executive arm to stab the
charter Of your liberties! See the hori.
ION black with the pent up lhunders Of
a general war, in which the President is
involving the country! Stop and deporo
awhile the disagreement Of your land.
Stop till the boundary question is settled
or remember if you move, that a day Of
reckoning is at hand !" Can any terms
of denunciaton be found too strong to
mark this inlquiiy. We ask, Are weto
see again, in the spirit Of our leading par.
ty journals, those dishonoring days Of re-
creancy which no American can remem.
her without blush-lhe days Of 1872
Has that righteous and abiding popular
wrath which has Iashed through a whole
generation the political recreancy of that
period, no terrors Tor the political recre.
ants of to-day2 Would they drain that
bitter chalice once again? It so, in Gods
name let them lit it! 1t is filed to The Jrim
with all the fercest ingredients Of unslack.
ed popular execration.
"Denied by all history and all record
evidence, that the Del Norte is the bound.
airy Of Texas!" Is the declaration Of
TeXnn indedendence a record3 Is the
deed Of San Jacinto history 7 Is the or.
ganic law OF Texas Of 1886 coeya and
correIative TO her declaration of indepen.
dence, and to all legal purport part Of IT,,
a record? Are the official dispatches Of
Jefferson, and Madison, and Monroe, and
Adams, record2 Is the recognition of
Texan independence, made in full view
OF the declaration ana Tie organic bound
arg statute Of 1886 a record Is the re-.
solution, passed in full UicU of the Del
Norte boundary urged as an objection, a
record2 Is the resolution Of admission,
passed on the reception of the Texan
constitution, framed in pursuance Of the
declaration and the boundary statute. a
rerord2 Is the law Of Congress consliiu.
ting a congressional and revenue district
in southwest Texas, TO the Del Norte, a
record2 Are the recorded votes of Tex
ans there recordl Is The commission
Of the Texan Senators now at Washing
ton as the representatives Of that district,
record Are the certificates Of entry
of The United States revenue officers there,
recordl Nay more, and most 10 the
point, and just The point in question--are