Herald of the times, and Rhode Islander. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1846-1849, 1846-05-28
Whole No. S42.
From tho New York Express.
THE WAR QUESTION.


There Is an utter and complete revolu-
ton ia our country, aud conversion oI
our Republic into a Despolism, il ihe
one-man power, the Executive Of il, car
declare war. We vain Republicans, il
! this be the fact, are only cheated by q
name, and we are no better of than the
! jrcis of the Autocrat Nicholas, or OF
The Emperor of Austria. When a des-
po, orders war, subjects obey is this
our Case let US see.
!, Mr.. Polk has not ordered war, ii il
very true, out be has made war ineviia-
| BILE, and upon this evasion, IL IL aite opted
Ia get hun off. We are all rallying To,
and supporting, a war, Wings ns well as
Democrats, ,"-to which, as Wings, we
were bitterly opposed, which We thought,
aud still think, unnecessary, which we
know TO have been unconslitutionally eu-
tered into aud thus wal we are sup
porting, because II is necessary, right,
and Just {" support our country. Ihus,
not as cuizCns consulted upon the war,
but as subjects ordered toprosecute IT, va
are, by this evasion, placed in the very
monarchics Would Congress have or
dered our troops 10 the ltn Grande =
Every body says, "no." And yet our
nam power ordered them there with
out consulting Congress Would Con-
gress have blnckaded Matamoras =
Every body says 90, and y-. our
one man power created a train Of events,
IL, NJ a.. -. obi ,I lot
unavoidable. The one man power OF
our government, 10 imitation OF the one
nan power Of governments over sea, as
Commander-la- Chief of The army and
navy, directs the INVASION Of the state of
neighborine Republic, and wIthout the
then useless ioIuIaIIly of u declaration ot
war, war necessarily ensues, that is.
war created and declared by one man,
and only one mon, IN which from love of
country, from sympathy, and from the
laws OF self-delence, Il whole nation Of
subjects follow.
Now ii is Just as easy for Mr.. Polk 10
involve US IN war with Great Britain,
as in a war with Mexico, aud precisely
upon the same principles. Mr.. Polk
claims the Rio Grande IA our South Wes-
tern Boundary l!ne, aud The parallel of
"a deg 40 as "clear and unquesliona-
bic" Tor The South Western iiuc. lie
has only 10 follow out the chart with
Great Britain tAa, he has laid down on
the Rio Grande, and on the instant, we
are IN war with England lie lIas
bul to order d company ol Rangers, or
|, Al IN nt
ihe Forts OF The Hudson Bay Company,
and iaSioni1, war Cnsues with Great
Bltaln without the least formalty of CON
.ultlng Congress, or making the uH-
leceseary declaration Even Mexico,
shattered as she is by civil wars, will not
stand the pointing of mounted cannon
atn her cities, and surely Great Britain,
with her temper aud met,le, aud her
world " lde reuovn, will stand much less
Thus, what has been hitherto considered
IF soue importance, IN irresponsible
VIZ the declaration OF war,
: 10 become Il ipere empty nothing, Iu
,ur so called, but, # Mr.. Polk is right,
nisnamed, responsible Republic. The
Erecuire here in America, We see,
'nacts war, Just as the Erecuiire in Eu-
ope, Asia, or Africa.
The highest, most august, and awful
exercise Of human power, Is III the crea-
ION OF war. Nothing on earth Is So
rightiul, so terrible, or 50 apploXlmat.s
nan to tho demon, as when men arouse
Il Of human energies for human destrgc-
on. Omnipotence itself ~ the bowling
torn, the roar OF the ocean, or the COZ
ulsion Of the earthquake, is scarcely
norc ;eruEle Than man Is then. But this
igb aud mighty power Of sovereignty,
his scmblauce Of the prcrogative OF Tho
DIVINITY, chance elected President nl
urs, whom the spasms OF only a party
lncled into place, cIoihgs himself with,
nd when the country is al peace, happy,
nd quiet, he secretly and clandesliney
hlspers IA decree, that creates all the
orrors of war between Two formerly
riendly, and once sympaihI2ng Repuh-
cs. lie degrades Us IN the eyes of
Philanthropy, pnd Constitutional L'ber-
y, from the august pedestal ol Peace, "n
Inch Tor thuty years We have stood,
nd conluses US with The rabble of ever
,arriug and butchering Spanish Amer
Fan Republics, that disgrace the name
{ liberty. One man writes hut n letter
rom " ashinelon 10 Corpus Christi, ana
result follows that iurls the sails ol
American commerce, throws cur itcIght'.
pu trade into Duish ships, convulrrs
he non"d concerns of several Sihirs,
makes all American property nj sea ~.
ecutc, arrests all improvements Of our
arhors. and lakes, aud rivers, c,tpplrs
II the resources of the county, calls
u 600 men from thcit work shops aud
be rloughs hare, spends first ten, then
hundred mIl,ous ol moncy, and last, bat
ol the least ol ALL sacrifices the lives "i
aud thousands oi human be-
ogs l. tbs Rcpublc where one man
an have such u poser Or - "
lod,I Republic, ilnisa Republic a' all ?
The muurnlu moral ot lhlS picture ~
lot. however, that Que mau has dared I"
Io such thug, rs thai n great party
AN be found So infatuated, 80 blind, ="
orleilul Of their duy Ia tunsluuiiounl