Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1846-06-10
VOL. Ii.
THE BLACK FLAG!

Ger" has been utterlng, IN It's party cha
racter, its views upon this state of things.
Il is test case before the country, if there
ever was one. That journal has met the
issue, and elected its position. The SINH
Iarity between the articles Of the IntelIi-
gencer and the language of some distin-
gushed whig leaders in the Senate, is SO
remarkable, as to leave no shadow of doubt
that this is party demonstration, concert
ed between the organ of the wings, and a
few Of the whig champions at Washing
ton. We have not the slightest doubt that
the masses of the whig party will sternly
Tebuke this movement, and lrown it down.
Measuraby this has been done already.
The noble action of the House proves it,
The action of the Senate, on the whole,
goes far TO prove it.
But duty as public journalists demands
that we should brand the course of the
Inteligencer as it deServes-hOwever
it may have had the sanction of few
great party. names We shall state the
leading positions of the InteIigencer with
the utmost possible accuracy, and comment
upon them with freedom. If, in so doing,
we demonstrate that the spirit of its article
is wholly false to all patriotic duty, the
fault will not be ours, nor will such a re-
suit, perhaps, surprise all our readers. 1t
will, however, we confess, under all the
circumstances, be disgusting, and, In so far
as il goes, GlShearuCnIng 10 ourselves. We
had hoped better things, even OF the In.
teliigencer.
Be it remembered then, first, that we
nv tho unanimous al pF M II
the departments of our government, at
1rdr Nth MericO; and, secondly, that the
official documentary statement of the facts
which have led to the war, and compelled
il, and justified it on our part-the case
that IS, Of our government has not yet, for
9Uant of time alone, been made fully known
to the country. Right or wrong, then, the
judgment of the InteIigencer is a pre-
judgment against its own country, inyad-
ed and at war!
What is that judgment? Since Monday
morning last, and up to this time, the In
teligencer has maintained that the admi-
nsration, and not Mexico, is responsible
for the disaster which has belaIien, or may
befall, the army of Gen. Taylor; that
the shedding Of American blood on Anne
rican sOIl' is a narrow and untenable
ground" for the interposition of Congress
that the NueceS, and not the Del NOrte, is
the boundary of Texas; that the march oil
our army to the Del Norte "was an act Of
war;" in violation of the constitution; thai
intentional conflict between our army and
an army Of another government does no
constitute state of war under our cOnstI
tuition; that it is doubtful whether Con
gress ought now to recognize the existence
of war with Mexico; that on the admis
sion of hostIllles between our army ant
the Mexican army, the passage OF the blI
recommended by the President is liable T.
objection, in that it places at the command
OF the Executive the naval and militar,
force OF the country; that the PreSlden
has inrOIUed the country in war wIthou
authority; that Congress has adopted tina
war; that nine,tenths (of our people, w
were about to write, but we recOil from
penning so vile a sIander) no, that nine
tenths, not OF the people, but Of its read
erS, are RIGHTFULLY DISMAYED a
such ''adoption of the war" by Congress
that such action of Congress has brough
on Us "the imminent hazard of a genera
and enormously the losers''-" the entir
destruction Of our widely extended con
MERGE being among the smallest" of sue
inevitable losses; that such legislative az
ton has shown deplorahly 'the entire fet
bIeness Of the constitution of the Unitet
States" against Executive power or pa
ty purpose in Congress - that 1.-THE MI
CHIEF Is Now DOME" and that ''alI goo
men who still retain an interest in publ
affairs" must " unite their counseIs to n
pair and mitigate the evils before US
EVERY MEANS IN THEIR POWER"
To this extent the Iutelligencer has a
ready gone in this crisis! What "means
of preparing and mitigating the evils b'
tore Us" are here recommended, is obvloI
enough. They consist in systematic a
temPts to thwart and to cripple the admll
lSraton in the conduct of the war, and
efforts to place our government and OF
country an The wrOng before Mexico an
before the world. Thar all this, bad as
Is, is oreTt treason, we are not yet prepa
cd 10 affirm. 1t is not in the strict "lettt
OF the law which kiIIeth," the 'sgiyng a
and comfort to the enemies of the Unite
States" But we ask of our readers to loo
calmly over the summary of the INTEL
gencer's statements which we have wri
ten calmly, and TO say whether such an c
fort 10 DESTROY the moral power of our n
tiona movement--to fetier the EyecutI'
arm 10 which the country looks, and mu
Ia l. l.. i Of br,ll Inn "a "a Caf