The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-05-20
THE UNION.
CITY OF w AsHING TON.
From the Boston Daily Times
THE WAR WITH MEXICo--THE COURSE
OF THE PRESIDENT

OF THE PRESIDENT
The news from the army Of occupation posted in
Texas the requisition ofthe commanding officer on
the governors Of adjacent States the action Of the
President and Congress in consequence Of the com
meneement ofhosdlites ON the part Of Mexico, and
the numerous incidents connected with the outbreak
Of actual war have come upon as IN such rapid sue
cesson thai they hsye len US neither Tune norroom
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This stirring intelligence has produced, Of couras
Al extraordinary excitement throughout the eoun-
Try. The majority Of the people, justly indignant
at the per6dy and alrocity Of Mexico, feela firm
conviction in the justice Of our cause, and entire
confidence in the administration and It's previous
course and firm reliance in its efficiency and the
result Of its future action in the great but antcp pat
ed crisis TO which we have arrived. The better
portion OF the wing party, too, are animated by
patriotic sentiments, and seem ready to sustain the
government In maintaining the national honor.
This is not however, we are sorry to say, the feel
ing among large masses Of the wings Of this city,
as expressed in some Of their organs, well as in
the streets and public places. Coarse and indecent
ytupenton, foul epithets, and ribad slang are d.
rected against the President and the dominant par
w. The descendants Of the old blue-ight federal
our government, mourned over our victories, and
eourted and assisted the enemy, during the year
1921, the hlrengs and slaves of British interests
show that they have inherited from their fathers the
eowardy and traitorous spirit of those trying times
In the wing prints, the government is strongly cen
sured for the weakness Of its preparations, and
charged either with the deliberate design Of sacr
hcng our officers and troops, or with producing the
result by inactivity and indecsion.
The Unl.ed States Gazette, IN an article upon
the subject OF the late news from the South, says:
"Strong as must be the desire Of every American
patriot, that General Taylor may free himself from
the in which he is placed equally strong must
be the indignation of the people, that he should have
been placed in that position; that weak, lmbece
administration should have been so destitute of all
foresight, of common sagacity, as TO place hand
fu Of soldiers, and a few gallant officers, where
nothing but supne imbeciIity, and greater want of
common sense on the part of the directors Of the
enemy's forces, could the United States troops
from their present situation, disgraceful to the
administration that ordered them there"
Malignity and fasehood were never so glaringly
apparent If there has been any Encouragement
with regard to the army of occupation, eeDsure
should be applied, not to President Polk, but to the
commanding officer in Texas. General Taylor, we
are distinctly informed by the President had
thonty to call for reinforcements on the governors
Texas and the adjacent States whenever he deemed
their presence and services necessary. He was not
required TO rely solely upon the troops actually
under his command Full discretionary powers
we're vested in him. With full belief " the cour-
age and good qualities Of General Taylor, we are
somewhat fearful that his very good qualities have
led him into error. His high spirit induced him
to defer employing the powers vested In him until
actual coils on with the enemy, and loss of men,
compelled him to do so. The provision made by
the President for the safety and protection OF the
American general was therefore ample; and how
promptly he has answered the actual call to arms
has been shown in his firm, manly, and determined
message to Congress. He has done his duty--hls
whole duty--promptly and eneIgetcally, and the
neoDle hv whon he wa raised In n uh
he lives and acts, bound TO sustain him and stand
by him. That they will do have doubt.
And the triumph of American arms-the vlndica.
ton of American honor, sustained, will not long
be delayed The sword, never drawn in an unholy
cause, will never be surrendered or sheathed ill
enemies humbed to the dust, and Mexico
has atoned for all the wrongs she has inflicted on
eur countrymen.
We will close these remarks by quotation from
of the talented and respectable wing papers
Of the Union, the Charleston Courier" South Car
DINA, and thus shame the Boston Journal" by the
contrast, and show readers what 1t TO be true
to ones country, without being recreant 10 ones
party; and that the terms of soig and traitor are not
everywhere synonymous:
1--WE have horne with Mexico until patience has
ceased to be virtue. She has refused to fulfil her
solemn treaty, by which she had agreed to indemnity
citizens for injuries Inflicted, and treated our re-
monslrances with contempt and dsdaln She has
imprisoned American cluzens In loathsome DUN
geons, depriving them at the same time of the COM
mon necessaries of life, and inflicted disgrace
full corporeal punishment on them. She has refused
to treat our acknowledged minister plenpotentiary
, with the courtesy required by the law of nations.
The miserable straggIers attached to her army have
waylaid and murdered our officers and men, and
now, emboldened by the passive manner in which
these manifold injuries have been borne, she boldly
invades our territory, attacks, kills, and makes
prisoners Of our troops, and surrounds and invests
an American fertilization.
1--WE think there is but one course to pur-
sue Let sufficient force be at once assembled
no meagre and inefficient body, but powerful and
overwhelming army-invade the Mexican territory,
and carry the up to the very gates Of her capt.
t nor dcsistin offensive operations until she hum
bly, solicts mercy at hands, and consents, not
only to pay the debt she Justly owes but renumer.
ate us in full for the expense incurred in bringing
her 10 terms"