The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-08-20

without delay, should the overture lead TO the pro-
posa for an armistiee by il, that il cannot be &C
ceded to; and that sincerely our nation, speaking
through its constitutional organ, desires "tO restore
its friendly relations with Mexico upon fair and lib
eraf terms, the war must continue TO be prosecuted
with the utmost vigor until dehntye treaty o.
peace shall be signed and ratified by Mexico Such
is the position Of our country at this moments the
position assumed for her by her proper eonsutu-
tional organ. The fact that he has placed her IN
this position together with the views entertained by
him regard to what it may lead to, and require on
the part of Congress, is communicated by the PresI'
dent to the Senate, his confidential advisers There,
the course taken by the President, and the views
presented by him, so commend themselves to APP
provsl, that they command the support Of a very
large majority of the body, celebrating in secret
session, many of the most able and most respected
Of its wing members voting with the majority. The
result attends the presentation Of the subject
to the House Of Representatives.
These proceedings are all made public; and
hen-toh4i does the Hislliyeaoa? OF course, sees
nothing to approve. Things Of this kind, when on
the side Of our country as against foreign coun.
Try, have long ceased to be visible to its optics; for
many year has il been entirely out OF the line Of
its vocation to see them. Well, does il find any
thing to blamel This would be too bsrefaeed. What
then Does it stand dumbfounied' Nor this either.
Silence might be miseonstrued by its friends; flag
gng Of its zeal might be inferred, and its rep
utaion for efficiency be endangered. What, thea
can il do2 ....
Why it has got wounded in lis ,cnderest part,
and cries out in anguish. Thea, where is sensiOiL
ity is acute, there the steel has entered and
cannot contain itself Signor Nicholas MAehiasel
has come to life again,to Gil the presidential chair
Of the United States and the sight is narrowing up
the very soul Of the Iniclligencer for, farewell, a
long farewell, 10 everything like consistency, and
eandor, and fairness! From now, heneeforth, and
forever, they banished the earthi fasehood and
perhdy stand triumphant, and their reign is secured.
In word, the candor and the sagacity Of the Intel
igencer are alike tasked in vain. In noble rivalry
and "eonsentaneous emulousness" they have striven
at the job but the thing cannot be done; the Inel
gencer cannot for its very life possibly determine
the real objects intentions OF the government In
prosecuting this war"
And suppose IL cannot, where is the great evil Of
its purbind ignorance' o! the thing is nothing in
ITSELF The Inielligencer would, to be sure, like
very well-seeing that its business and trade is to
furnish inisllgsnesto be able to provide its readers
in the United States, in Mexico, in Europe, and
elsewhere, with really trustworthy information
to "the real objects and intentions of the govern
men in prosecuting the war" The subject is in its
nature so exceedingly mysterious, so very hard to
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came to piss, and what the American government
at, in keeping General Taylor the other side
If the Bravo, and having a feet at Vera Cruz and
another on the Pacific; if il could but accomplish
this feat, its character as a newspaper in the genu-
inc and proper sense Of the word, would be estAb-
shed forever But the Intelligencer is not selfish.
It would like thus to distinguish itself; but it does
not repine at not being able to do so. What dis
tresses it is not the thing itself, but the Of
the thing. Its grief and indignation are to be at
tributed, not to personal disappointment in being
unable to fathom the mystery, but solely and en-
urey to the shocking absence Of all regard for
character evinced by government in giving, with
respect to its objects or intentions, "such different,
| contradictory, and opposite versions of them"
This it is which wounds the moral sensibility
Of the Integoncer, that it cannot forbear to 'cry
aloud and spare not;' even although it does hap
pen that, this particular OCCASION the Of hold
ing out the olive branch being one which the Intel
gencer thinks it might be venuring little too far
openly to assail our government for doing, its dis
cretion will not allow it to speak disparasingly of
it. But if prudent "polioy" forbids it to find fault
with the act of proffering peace Mexico, it is no,
to be supposed that the Integencer is therefore
remain silent the occasion. Its eagle glance,
commanding the whole sweep of the horizon, dis
Germs certain Uncomfortable Inconsistencies" and
forthwith its virtuous ire becomes ignited.
But these shocking and disgraceful inconsisten-
cies, where are ,hey' What do they consist in;
How is it that our country mus, needs stand dis
graced in the eyes of the world by the doublinss
and turnings equivocations and prevarca,ions which
mark her conduct in regard to Mexicoi The nature
Of the stuff whereof these Uncomfortable inconsis-
| ,cnees," Gas produced by the Integencer,) are
made, and the process by which they are fahri-
Gated, both easily into that person not
familiarized TO the degree in which it habitually
counts upon the blind faith of the readers whom old
use and custom have addicted to swear in its words
would feel surprised at its temerity. The ingre-
1ents of these disgraceful sub,erfuges, which the
advocate Of Mexico produces sufficient to cover
our country with shame, consist, will be seen
from the notes have added to its article of false
assertions in regard to the of the Presidents
two messages, and of proclamation Of Gen. Tay-
Tor, which documents the lntegenoer refers to az
containing these fabrcatons and fisifcations of its
own; and the ingredients having been thus prepared
the process by which they are made into what the
Inteigencer calls Uncomfortable inconsistencies, "
consists in sticking its forgeres together in way
which, whilst it answers the purpose of mystifying
the incautious reader into a vague and confused no.
ton corresponding to the writer's object, betrays
his own consciousness that his materials, even after
undergoing his convenient process of Justification,
were altogether insufficient to make out a single
case Of inconsistency, plainly and intelgibIy stated
Take for instance the following, which is the one
intended to be the most striking and impressive:
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