The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-04-03

whole hopeful family, ~tssh sssAss - issa n 'ss
canvass, and died 80 satasu,y ~ ~ s@i,s,-h'as
But this mater is POT $50 ssi sssh ~ 'hs "a
lowing sxuae, ola letter hon wsshsuss astss
March 30, in the Ns~ YSsk Essa,ag PosE
"A very Unnecessary gymnastics - a.. usa5aas
the usually uUnqai sosis q sons oppsiiasa s4.i2Hs
IN respect 10 the miiafy sa9 nasai ssttans1es I'D
the Reconnaissance ~ ths fress8ssts ssssai $50
sage upon our national dsfsrpss. Tssy hsss 81
covered a great discrspaney bst.ssn Mf Bssrfaf .
ten steamers and 500 90 cod ths sassaiy SO
vessels and so 90 ~ he fsaF 0asanaeAafFs.
and they very anHioasiy Ssh, ~hirh 49, go fstss
dent approve The ass~u y, thsi "a Fsss.dsat
probably never sac the Statistical tsbiss - o. w.
reauS; and that n he had sssa them, hs $3.50 hsss
formed no op'nloa about thsln, bet ~ugd hass ssn
them to the naval committee. IA sSaA4snSs tssi ssh
matter would never have been uasas pubiis, fsss
mitted TO be pablished, BY ths Somaa,ss Asa -
opinions Of lha heads Of barsass--ths vsussaiis 90
GERS above alluded to-~es osmmsaisatsa W Ne
Secretary Of the Navy IN The sans ssaass"ss
$40 say that there 10 Any room ~ tophiinE 10
which estimate the President refers 90 .hish ~
Secretary Of the Navy 10 respoasIts, = o-siy -.
surb. The President kBe~ nothing u lhs esas1so-
dores' opinions and appears that ths sszrstsfys
differed from them IA the proPoTti0o 81 Ons ~ ssssn
as TO the amount Of forcs, and one 10 ga N Fssard
To the expense involved IN the Proposed Ingfsass ~
the navy" &c, &C.
The beauty OF the whole matter -, the stsbbofa
resolution with which these whg journals stnss 's
keep up their joke Like Goldsmiths Psdagogus,
"e'en though conquered, they can Argus s'iiL" Re
flute their misstaements from the record and f1rth-
with they are reproduced with solemn phiE" and
shameless mpudenee.
Standardization, is TO these writers q mere "a.
ae. First they charge on the Prssides, that he -
rushing into war. Having pushed that charge %
far it will 20, they turn TO another, and this time
they accuse the President Of negeetag 10 make any
preparation for war. Finding that they take moth
ing by this motion, they charge again that the Pres
ident is making his preparations In Sserei Very
soon it turns out that in the proposed navy prepare
TONS there is no secret whatever and in the pro-
posed military preparations, the only secret Is that
the secretary does choose to publish to the world
the exact state of some Of our military posts. Then
tho charge secrecy goes by the board and at once
a rally is made on the charge Of sTtrapaysaes. In
crushing refutaton Of this fororn hope OF the
SER out come the letters OF the secretaries, showing
exactly what the extravaganza that had the Pres-
dents sanction. The "extrayagance" turns out 10
be mere prseaution, which no man condemns Us
excessive.
What better evidence could we have OF the despe-
ration of the whig press; Of their utter lack Of
argument" of the wan, of any substantial ground
for attacking the administration, than this necessity
which they thus acknowledge Of vaulting through a
whole series of groundless charges, all easily refu-
ted from he record, and each in fat contradiction OF
the one that preceded it