The daily union., 1846-10-27
"oUT OF THEIR OWN MOUTHS YE SHALL
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what i. has Itself called "aoRAL TREASON"
A preliminary word Of explanation is due to our
readers, who may feel for that journal lhe con-
temptuous compassion which leads the spectators
of a conflict to prote against the striking oil any
man Uhsn he is dOron The conduct OF 'he ih'ei-
ligencer on the two points in relation 70 which inc
bearing Of a public journal in this country most
nearly concerns its characteF--we mean' Oh course
our war with Mexico, and that whig aoolltoniS'
.xci,s,oent nj the north which strikes at the heart
of our federal Unop-on these two vital 'oPles' the
course of the Intellgeaoer has been 80 deploraoiy
disreputabe, 50 entirely lost TO that decent hy-
pocrisy of patriotism which the most shameless
psrtisanship is wont to assume, that the ~armss'
friends Of that journal have of late, found IN It's Ut
Ter imbeclity its only paiatiOn. They plead Its FEE
bleness In extenuation Of its crime. They alege
that lis folly makes it harmless They point to Its
helpless and pitiful whthng under the convection
which we have brought home TO Il, OF having ca
Illuminated jefferson sustain the aboiIloniss and to
It's utter ncspaety, after repeated trials, 10 assign
apy other motive whatever for its laundering and
msndaeious mhlignity, as proof OF the Illuminating
excuse which they allege in It's favor
Save for one consideration, AFTER having placed
the whig organ in this predicament, we should re-
card these claims to our eommseraton as conclu-
siys ard should forbear all further attack upon the
In,sligencsr B,t the fact 10 nott be doubted that
that journal has at least heretofore been regarded
ns more than any other the expostor Of the doc
trines and sentiments OF the least patriotic portion
OF the whg party. Published at the seat OF
Eoverument-managed by politicians to whom
experience has given a large share Of that
inferior cunning, which may be termed the
ssuitry Of poidcs-eounsellsd and controlled by the
whig leaders annually assembled in Congress-with
a circulation difused extensively, if thinly, over
our whole republic; and through our various lega-
lions not altogether unknown in foreign coun-
tries-lhe National lntelligencer, by force Of for
tuitous circumstances, has become, as its name
imports, in all but patriotism and ability, a
nauonal journal. Aposlatizng in the decrepl-
tude Of its later years from the support If those
great prime pies which form the Of American
nationality il has still retained, in virtue OF its posi-
ton the organship of those elements which make up
what is foreign and anti-American in the constitu-
ton Of the whg party Of the country. 1t is not,
therefore, in the spirit Of gratuitous cruelty, as
might at first he supposed, that we from time
to time hold up this whig journal to odium
and public reproach. On the contrary, we at
tack il as the mbodiment-unscrupulou though
unsuccess fu and malignant though feeble-of
what is worst in the party which it represents Its
position at Washington has made its delinquencies
notorious and noteworthy and to our lot has fallen
the disagreeable task Of making them to be despised
and Stunned.
Rsserving till tomorrow, the notice which we shall
deem it proper to take Of the lntegencer's most
lame attempt in its abusive article of this morning, to
recover itself from the effect Of charges agains,
it, in the matter Of the recent aboionis movement Of
portion of the wings we will now judge the Intel
ligencers recent advocacy Of the interests Of our
foreign enemies by its own standard of 1912 Stating
fairly its course in regard to the Mexican war, we
will quote against it its own denunciations of the
same course when pursued by the federal press
in relation to the with England.
When our war with Mexico comaenced, by an
attack OF the. Mexicans upon our soldiers and
at the moment when the whole country was shud
dering with sudden dread lest our little army should
fall sacrifice to Mexican cruelty, the Intelgencer,
day after day. exerted itself to the utmost to repress
the spirit and check the progress of the volunteers,
who at the call of the President rushing to the
rescue We noted this fact at the time, in terms Of
natural Indignation. From that moment down to
its last article upon the subject (of Thursday ast,)
denouncing our government as the originator of
the war, and guilty Of the blood which it has
caused to flow, the Inteligencer has steadily pur-
sued the same systematic course of "moral treason"
1t has done its utmost to hold up our government,
and our to the condemnation of the world
1t has invoked the Intervention of England. 1t has
defended the course of Mexico. 1t has deprec-
ated our resources. 1t has sought to discredt
our treasury 1t has proclaimed beforehand our
embauassments and disasters. 1t has done its ut
most to divide and distract our councils. 1t has held
up the war before the country as a war upon the
constitution. 1t has denounced it a war of mere
partisanshp, unjust ambitious, and aggressive
And thus, to its very utmost, "adherng to our ene-
miles," and giving them all the ''aid and comfort"
in its power, it has sought steadily to damp,n the
patriotic spirit of our people and Of our soldiers,
and to thwart and embarrass its own govern
ment in the prosecution Of most just hostili-
ties, fully sanctioned by the law Of the land.
Ths-just ,his--was the old federal course, a, de-
cribtd by the Itetgencer itself, during the war with
England. And verify, the federal party of that day
has had its reward! r-
Let us sec, now, what judgment the In
tellgencer of 1912 passed, by anticipation,
upon the Intelligencer of ls46 We quote from the
number Of that journal issued on the 18th of August
1912:
"lt is impossible to read the federal papers at the
present crisis-we mean the most of them, and par
1cuarly some in New England-without asionish
msnt at the falsehood, the malice, and the folly
which their polluted columns are daily disgorging
If the declaration Of war did not produce unison Of
opinion in all The Safes it was, at least, to be expect
cd that some decency and bounds would have been
observed in candid and constitutional opposition
to it, But when portion of our own citizens are
seen openly to enlist an active and wicked zeal in
ne cause Of The public enemy, not merely shielding IL
Us enormities, but making oui 10 be the best and
the same time loading the lawful authorities of the