The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-05-14
THE DAILY UNION.

olh recommended Dy INC fIeSidoht - lhDIc
to objection, in that it places at the com
mand of the Executive the military and naval
force of the country that the President has iHpoIrsd
the country in without authority; that Congress
has adopted that war; that nlne-tenths (of our peO-
pie, we were about to write, but reco from PEN
ming vile SANDER mo, that nlne.tenths, not Of
the people, but of "its readers, !" are RlGHTFULLY
DlSMAYED at such adoption of the war; by
Congress; that such action of Congress has brought
on US the "imminent hazard Of a general tcGr," in
which we must be inevitably and enormously the
losers-hs entire destruction of our wldely-extend-
ed commerce being among the smallest" Of such in
evitable losses that such legislative action has
shown deploraby "the entire feebleness of the con-
stituton of the United States against executive
power or party purpose in Congress-" that THE
MISCHIEF is NOW DONE !" and that " all good men
Whs still retain interest in public affairs" must
"unte their counsels to repair and mitigate the evils
before us by EVERY MEANS IN rHEIR POWER"
To this extent the Intelgencer has already gone
in this crisis What means "of repairing and
mitigating the evils before u.s. here recommend
cd, is obvious enough They consist in systematic
attempts to thwar and to cripple the administration
in the conduct Of the war; and in efforts to place our
government and our country in me wrong before
Mexico and before the world, That all this, bad
as il is il Opsrt treason, not YsL prepared to
affirm. II is not in the strict "letter of the law
which killeth," the "giving aid and comfort to the
enemie, of the United States" But we ask of our
readers 10 look calmly over the summary of
the lnteligencer's statements which we have
written calmly, and to say whether such an
effort 10 destroy the moral power Of our ma
tlonsl movement-to fetter the Executive arm to
which the country looks, and must look for its de-
fence-to hold up patriotic Congress to oboquy;
and in one word, TO make a 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 long. continued perfdy
and aggressiOn-we ask, we say, any fair man to
decide whether such a course in great party organ
not in its whole essence alien to our institutions
and our soL-whether, be it from party madness or
natural obliquity Of political feeling, the recreant
heart be not manifest there
We weigh the whole import of our words.
We speak in calm and deep convictlon and we
are ready to render cogent reason for every word
we say. Look at the astounding 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 TO the spirit
of our institutions, in full reliance on the Justice of
his cause. and in noble trust of the people, the Pres
dent throws himself wholly upon the patriotic feel
ing Of the country He asks authority to receive
and welcome poiunteers to our standard-vOluntsers
TO rescue our little army from peril, and TO save the
homes Of our fellow-citizens in Texas from massd-
ere and FIRE. Coercion is not named nor thought Of
in the Presidents recommendation nor the bill Of
Congress. The effort, the peril ALL is to be rolun-
Lary-the spontaneous outburst of the patriot soul !
Upon the vigor of this impulse hangs the life or
death OF our army More than this, delay, a damp
ened national spirit, loss of energy and loss of tim,
are the loss of everything. And just al this moment
in advance Of full Developments before the docu-
ments are read, the "NArrosAL lntelgencer' Prob
pudorD PUSHES forth through The length and breadth
Of the land-to New Orleans, to Mobile, to all the
centres Of the volunteer movement, to the glades
""NiS ''S Piaiit0 W Us lie
snuffs afar the southwest gale the tainted air of
invasion, and outrage, and saughter--to all these
Of -souled emotion, rushes forth this ma.
tonai journal; and 10 what end' Surely, SURELY it
Is to rouse, TO cheer to energize, and to arm 1t
must be The honor Of our common nature
and Of our common name forbds any man to doubt
it,
NJ oof 10 10 II . IL. l..
his home, at his place of rendezvous, in his work.
shop, in his ploughod field, the Intelligencer finds
the volunteer girt for his journey. 1t says to him :
"Hold your hand beware what you do Your
country is wrong your government is wrong !!
See that you do not help to violate the constitution
Congress is with you; but Congress in its 'partp
purpose" is nerving the Executive arm to stab the
charter of your liberties See the horizon black with
the pent-up thunders ola general war; in which the
President is involving the country Stop and de-
plore awhile the misgovernment of your land. Stop
till the boundary question is setted-or remember
if you move, that day of reckoning is at hand ="
Can any terms of denuncia,ion be found to
strong to mark this iniqnity' We ask, Are we
to again. in the spirit FOUR leading party journals,
tHoSo ushoiocu anu uiohonOIlnS uayS Vi TcCTednCy
which no American can remember without blush
the days of 1879 Has that righteous and abiding
popular wrath which has ashed through a whole
generation the political recreancy of that epoch,
terrors for the political recreants of to-day Would
they drain that bitter chaice once again. If so, in
Gods name, let them lift it, 1t is filled to the brim
with all the fercest ingredients of unslaked popular
execration.
"Dened by all history and all record evidence
that the Del Norte is the boundary of Texas" Is
the declaration of Texan Independence record ?
Is the deed of San Jacinto, history Il the organic
law of Texas of 1896, coeva and correative to her
declaration of independence and to all legal pur-
port part of it, record Is the stipulation of
Santa Ana in secret treaty, made in full view Of
that declaration and that law, record Are the
official dispatches of jefferson, and Madison, and
Monroe, and Adams, record Is the recognition
Of Texan independence, made in full! view of the
declaration and the organic boundary statute Of 1886
a record Is the resolution Of annexation, passed