The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-12-02
rae POSITION OF THE FEDERALIsTs AS
TO THE WAR.

lrHE POSITION OF THE FEDERALIsTs AS
TO THE WAR.
The Baltimore American Of this morning quotes a
,,ssge from our article Of Monday, upon the war,
l0d comments upon il as follows
.sueh Is this war thus far In rallying TO oppose
/ he Federalists make war upon the patriotic feei-
y. AZ the country. la denouncing as insuffcieni
80 the outrages which produced ~ these same
lhe worthy successors Of the Federaists OF
FsI9 ayow themselves nsenslble TO their country's
,,,nilitiaton, and proclaim themselves 70 be THE
bARTY OF NATIONAL DiSGRACEP
sosh charges as these in the union prove
0,hiug 40 much as the poverty Of It's own resources
sngusse OF this sort falls fiat and stale. The read
y. OF the official paper in this community and else
there, Who know how all political Distinctions were
|oryotten when the summons came for volunteers 70
N. 6ed. will escape from feeling Of Indignation o.
n. SIGHT Of the paragraph aboys quoted only py
Lassing IL hastily IN sort OF compromise between
III distinctive impulse OF disgust and the force OF Po
|JesI predictions. What honest man, who gave
s. vote for Mr. Polk viii listen 70 inc eaSu,gy
[ki,h denonneea the wings as the Party OF Ma
,onal Disgrace when he knows that his own son,
Iod Inc son Of his wing neghbor and friends stood
Ma by aide at Monterey There is blood enough
|ready she'd in this war under the national s,snu-
I'd by gallant men-ehershing the name anu ule
[daeinles az .heir revolutionary fathers, 10 cry
,om the ground against so foul an imputationI ana
reject lite own color npon the faces OF me eaIut-
siors who may yet retain the faculty OF blushlng
Bot it is painful to recognize, even oy snus'%.'
he existence OF any political divisions or party oe
Lynatons when the cause Of the country against
IIeign enemy is involved, These illusions are
compelled by such direct and unqualified charges as
hs Official paper chooses TO give forth. we may
Tndsrtake. however. to say that the wings, with
II without denuneiaton from official sources, VIII
adhere TO the cause Of their country both agains.
|oes abroad and an incompetent administration al
home. They will Justify no candestine in'rgues
rith Mexican chief no inglorious shufhng OUT OF
iHcultes rashly brought on yet actually existing
rhsv will do their best TO terminate this war honor
ally and Odvantageously, and they will rejoice when
|, IS over"
ALI this means, we presume, that the Federaisis
II. quite satisfied that the war is entirely unjus'ihs-
be, and yet are quite resolved TO fight Il through
They denounee il as great wrong and grieyous
,credit TO our national eonneis--as can impeaeha.
Ia offence, !" indeed then when they have made
out very satisfactorily to themselves that il is war
wagsd against every principle Of justice or wise poll
ey and in pslpable violation Of the constitution,
hen, forsooth, they come forward at the eleventh
hour and proclaim that they will tolerate no hush
no No Of the difficulty" no "shufiing out Of the
conflict but are very ready to shed their best blood
10 carry il 'honorably" through and bring it to o
erednble and brilliant close just so soon as they
have fully made up their minds that their country
is entirely in the wrong, then they profess them,
selves ready to fight for her They are altogether
willing TO carry on the war just so soon as they
shall have shown that tits against all good pol
icy, and condemned Of all good conscience They
coast that with one hand they have smitten 'Poor
Aggrieved and down-trodden Mexico" as they term
her. while they strive with the other to buffet then
own government for calling on them to deal the
bowl r.-. ..... ........ ..
This il an old trick Of the new Federalism. 1t
vas Just so on the Oregon question, to which the
American alludes. Mr.. Senator Evans, and some
bther Federal leaders, had no sooner made out a
stronger case of British title than the British
statesmen themselves had ever presented, than forth
with Mr.. Webster was willing to rise in his seat,
and state formally that in his view the line Of 49c
was our "fghiing line" Old Federalism was more
honest, or at least more manly. II proclaimed the
war with England to be call wrong"-a "Presiden.
hal wnr''-and at once hung up its Connecticut Blue
lights and called its Hartford Convention. The
Federal leaders of the present day are, we think, the
very first generation of statesmen in history who
ever made a merit at once Of supporting war and Of
always denouneing il as odious and execrable-as a
work of rapine, set on foot for the worst purposes
by "lawless men!" s#
And now, we say again, the Federal organs and
the Federal leaders, who have brought their party
into this position have individually made it the par
by of national humiliation and disgrace, The above
pleading of the American does not touch the
issue. Doubtless there are men of the OPP
position party in the ranks Of our armies, and
on board our ships, who are most Jealous to dc
for their country and her honor all that the
most gallant and devoted spirits can do. We
rejoice to believe and know that there are many
such All hener to them ! But that is not the
point at issue. The real question is: What is the
stand taken by the Federasts as party, in relation
to the war; One and all they denounce il as begun
without authority of law and prosecuted in plain
violation of the constitution. More than this--and
thsis Just the point in queston-they proclaim that
p,r country has no just CASE OF WAR against .Mer
Fco They urge that the long series Of Mexican
INSULT and perfdy, and outrage is not enough
that we ought to have borne longer and borne
more--,hat the cupiof provocation was not full
that with our negotiation again and again per
6dious'y spurned, we should yet have soush
md solicited negotiation, before taking the re-
hress of our wrongs into our own hands. This i
Fhe general cry Of the Federal Press. The lntelli
gencer says it, in terms, as follows
"No sufficient, on spen plausible reasoa has cerfan
eptr been gipcn either officially uneciaily for hi
resort 10 arms a substitute for the negotiation dirtcfe
by iuo." E so af.5 Eag. E4f.A
Mr.. Webster has followed this up with his i'll
judged and Incorporate speech about "impeach
Fnent," And already we hear that the fai has gon'
forth that this alleged absences of just cause for wal
is to be the ground Of attack against the admnisra
ton in Congress. 4se
Now this we say is matter Of national character
The party among US which asserts that the course
pf Mexico towards the United States does not con
Ftute just case Of on, and that our war is there
fosswaged on insufficient cause, proclams itself In
Fensiblc to its countrys rights, and reputation, ant
character, before the world. Such doctrin