The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-10-06
From our New York Correspondent.


Nav YoRK, Oct S, 1886.
| TO the Editor cfhs Union!
1--WE must carry on the war against Mexieo)
with yigor, We must make Il more her interest 10
terminate its evils We must compel her people to
share its expenses with US, by Ievying contributions
upon her for the support Of our army" quote
these words from the "Union." They are as true
as gospel They speak the voice of the whole
country Whatever differences of opinion mems
political or other prejudices may have produced
with reference To other questions arising out of this
war, upon this point there is but one opinion. So
universal so strong is this public opinion, that
the most confirmed Of thel wing grumblsrs can no
longer resist it, For once the administration is
right, even in their eyes-right in the determination
to carry the war into the heart of Mexico; right in
the determination to give Santa Anna no time to
consolidate power against us; right in the determ-
nation to force our enemy to treat and right in the
multiplied energy with which this determination is
carried out.
IL may be worth remarking, too, that this is the
course which the leading European journals, by the
late arrival seem to take il for granted would be
adopted towards Mexico Depend upon ia thing
policy which the American people feel is the true
one, and which they will sustain, is just the pres
ent policy at Washington. $50 AHEAD!r-always
welcome word in our republican ears, is Low the
word to find an echo in every patriotic heart.
A section of seven or eight lines just adopted in
our constitutional convention, at Albany will effect
a radical change in the laws Of property;
"Al property Of the wife, owned by her at the
time OF her marriage, and that acquired by her after
wards by gf devise, or descent, or Otherwise than
from her husband, shall be her separate property
Laws shall be passed providing for the registry Of
the wifes separate property, and more clearly de-
6nlng the rights of the wife thereto US well as 10
property held by her with her husband"
How this particular form of change will operate,
remains to be seen. II was resisted by many Of
the ablest lawyers, and most liberal minds in the
convention. That reform Of some kind has been
long required in the law Of husband and wife, re-
speeding property cannot be denied; and it is only
surprising that the old feuda law on the subject
has so long maintained itself against the spirit Of
the age.
The charge of the National Intelligeneer (Satur-
day Iast) that Governor Morton of Massach usetts,
is Zone Of the most notorious abotonists OF the
nOi"i hS Ne" ioiA SoNo'nPofaryI Hh IOuM,
would pronounce "a fabrication out Of whole cloth -
II is simply faIsehood which proves nothing except
the Shifts to which the wing organ found itself forced
to resort, to repel the accusation Of abotonsm so
strongly brought home to the wing party Of Mas
sachusetts and ofthe country, by the Union" of the
preceding evening.
Mr. Walker has been staying since his arrival in
town, at the house of his brother-in-law, the Rev.
Dr. McElroy
The announcement in the morning papers that
the President intends to visit the city towards the
end Of the month, has made sensation, though it
is not very generally credited. Y,