The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-05-21
THE UNION.
City OF wAsHING TON.
THE WING AND THE DEMOCRATIC
... De- ....tBl PRESSES 5000. '.... .a 81

We scarcely considered il possible that there
would be any division Of sentiment among our peo-
pie and presses about Mexico. Texas to the Rio
Grsnde is now as much part ofthe Union, as New
Orleans or 81. Louis. Our troops were only sent
there, when Mexico indicated disposition TO re-
fuse all negotiation with US, and to invade our terri
tory. Noteontent with occupying her own side Of
the river she has sent her troops across, and has
bsdswsd our o~n col with the blood Of our own
people. Who could have believed Il probable that
such state Of things could call forth the opposition
Of the wing press' Every patriot would have ex-
pscisd different result il he had not been apPrised
ofthe reckless and desperate spirit Of the wing
journals. The present ebullitions Of the wing or
sans arc ominous Of determined and desperate at
tack upon the administration. Such was the course
Of the federal press in the war Of 1872 and we shall
scarcely be surprised to see them HOw, as then in
yoling the formation Of an organized opposition
calling forth another Hartford convention perhaps,
and urging their members OF Congress to refuse sup
plies for carrying on the war.
The democratic press again, with one two fall
eriug and equivocal exceptions, marches boldly up
the object, and is prepared with heart to car
ny the war with the vigor which is necessary to
abbreviae It's duration, and, Of course, to mitigate
It's horrors Il is delightful to witness the firm and
patriotic tone which distinguishes the democratic
press at the present moment. We give a few speci-
mems this evening, and will follow up these extracts
with others:
From the Boston Post
MEXICO AND THE ADMINISTRA FlON.
This mean, miserable, and contemplate admin
istration-we mean just what we SAYS as mbe-
Gle in yindicafing American honor and American
arms, as Il is braggar ia mounting over them. Ii
bulies England, orders fleets off Msxico, then
proposes l., razee the navy, and sends handful Of
twenty 1--WE hundred gallant into the heart Of a
Mexican population to fog the whole Mexican
ton" -.-..r...... ~.
We clip the above extract from the New York
Express. Ii is a sample Of the rawlings Of the wings
about the administration. IL commences a mean,
miserable, and contemplate sttsck--we mean just
what we say-upon the government and the peo-
pie Of this country. Its senseless abuse rf the for
mer for its alleged imbecity is about just ts
yianous libel upon the latter for their alleged
thirst for blood. Ir"Hhen The people," it says,
taste Of blood and plumber ioho set lnii to their
appetiis?" As though this free and intelligent peo
pie were so many tigers ready TO gut themselves
with the blood of their fellow beings. Out upon
such ''mean, miserable, contemptible'' craftsmanship
Il is a disgrace to the American name and the
American press. I'D .r-.. go ..,....r...t
d, But why is che administration so imbeeea II
sends twenty-five hundred men into the heart Of
Mexican population, to fog the whole Mexican ma
tion" False, and the writer knew it be so. It's OBJ
ect was to protect American territory; to takeposses
sion Of what has become our own, and by as good
title Mexico herself holds her nationality.
Texas, in striking for her independence, declared
the Del Norte TO be her boundary line. This was
done by solemn acts of December 10, 1886 II
was not for Mexico to say whether this was or
L.. Il. III IL. l..
now, no stronger for line by the Nueces than she
does for the whole Of Texas. 1t is enough that
this is the line that fought for and maintained
during the years Of her struggle for freedom. Now
all the arguments that will apply to the integrity
ofTexan independence will apply to the Rio Grande
as the boundary line, and nobody, perhaps, has
summed up these arguments better than Daniel
Webster did in his celebrated reply to the gascon-
aiding Bocanegra.
Now when Texas solemnly declared the Rio
Grande to have been the line she fought for when
she has kept it free from the invaders footprints
and handed it over TO us-when tits included in
revenue system-and when our Senate have adv ised
the appointment Of revenue officer to reside with
in il, is it not outrageous that American TO graft
fly his partisan feelings, should assert that
army 60 among Mexican population, and 10 ian
enemy's territoryi" The Express, either with
foolhardy craftsmanship logged ignorance, affects
to consider only the territory between the Nueces
and the Del Norte as "disputed territory.'' lts
Mexican allies will not thank it for this. They say
the whole of Texas is disputed territory, and for this
have they rushed into war. On the other hand, for
such reasons sound and iDcontrovertible ones, too
as Webster details, We regard this territory once
Texan, and now American soil, shielded by the
American flag, and which the President is bound to
occupy and defend. This is the work our gallant
army are doing-no as falsely asserted, $50 fog
Mexico" ErI......g n-W I..a a4i 10 ...
But the administration, again, it is alleged, is i'm
beetle in not sending more troops with the veteran
Taylor. We have confidence in that gallant officer,
who was fighting the battles Of his country when
former race of such cavilers at democratic adj
ministration the Express is were burning blue
lights for Great Britain. He had full power to do,
months ago, what he has done now, had he consid-
cred it necessary; nor have we word Of blame for
the old soldier that he did not make the call Moth
ing appeared on the part of Mexico but continu-
ance Of the same contemplate braggadocio Tint has
been her staple for years, and there mote
con for supposng that she would fight now than
there was when the former volunteers were tcalled
out The same presses that now whine about i'm.
becity, wers then full of denuncations of the ex-
travagance Of the administration; and had egene-
raj called for those volunteers they would have been
the FIRST TO rdicule and denounce him for doing it,
or the administration for authorizing it TO be DONE
But we believe General Taylor knows what The is
about full well "a those who dischargng these
imbecile batteries. IL remains to be seen whether
he has called too late; believe he will give good
account of himself F.l... ..- '-t-r -...-.-
With certain party and class our country is al
ways in the wrong--never in the right II was
wrong when il renounced the British allegiance OF
IT'S: wrong when il acquired Louisiana wrong
whtn II contended for the freedom Of the seas in
1914 wrong when il took possession Of Florida:
wrong when IL annexed Texas; wrong on Oregon,
and is now wrong in the matter with Mexico II
this party have been pretty consistent IN this work
of condemnation, they have been equally tonsis.
tentin accounting for this contnuity of errot; with
them i is the error Of democracy. The false ster
Our soil our free republican soil f I'M the first was
too extended, and this toryism has begrudged every
inch OF extension. Let 1t rave on! Its grnanbling
is impotent TO stay the onward march of this Clio
rous people. 80"
t''.7lI'l 90. ..reeH
s7 From the Philadelphia Spirit Of the Times
81 HAVE THE POWER-I SHALL row