The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1847-06-22
Agents for the Union.
More Federal Patriotism.

The Mexican organ in this city continues to heap its
denunciations and insults upon the policy which our
government and people have been compelled to adop
against the perfdy and violence of Mexico Wby is if
that the National Intelligencer" holds on so pertina
ciousy to this suicidal course-a course which must in
eviaby destroy the character and credit with patriotic
people, both OF itself and of the entire parfv" for
which it is still permitted TO speak There can be but
design in such conduct 1t is intended at once IN
encourage and exasperae Mexico to prolong her war
against U.S. in the hope of aid and succor from federalism
in this country, after victorious arms have left
her neither help nor hope in herself The proofs which
we have already laid before readers fully show that
this design OF the Mexican federal organs among us has
not been unsuccessful Mexico, in her ignorance still
tres to fight on in the false hope that the entire party
among us upon which she relies will, ere long, come
Rto power and sacrifice the honor of their country in
foreign war to the pledges and the purposes of faction
among ourselves
And yet sense, at least terrible suspicion of the
nfamy OF the course which it pursuing towards our
public enemy, seems at times for moment to come over
the federal organ In its leading article of this morning,
ii has, for example, the following passage:
should not prosecute further this inquiry into the me r
Its the war; possible for the Mexican leaders so far
design in the reest examination of the subject to be any
other than to impress the people Of country with
just idea OF the objects for which President has sent
thousands upon thousands of his eowcitzen to find
graves IN Mexico, and has morgaged the public faith by
volving the country in debt already of untold millions
as jor erico, her leading iceH Informed of the
relation Of the press to the government of this country too
'eH read history, and too toith usage
q ar not to knoW that pht that cou
yand the United States, equally erist bsceen the
people OF the tco COUNTRIES; that press no direct
influence the gore,nismt and that is through the ballot
Dor only that change of policy the part of this govern
ment ("nes by treaty Wih Merico) be hoped for"
This wretched excuse had better not been attempted
The last lines OF renew, TERMS Mexico the traitor.
ntmaon that if she will persist in war till the next
presidential term, she may look for change in the pol
icy of this government towards her. Can her eading
men, fail to understand such hn' Besides, the sin
teigencer fail to know that these very .'leadng men,
at this moment officially proclaimng, the faith of
the "Inellgencer' and its kindred prints that g all
honest Americans opposed the prosecution of the
war, and that the entre party ready put an end
to by Withdrawing our troops in disgrace just
they get the power, fashion, through the
ballot box or, Mexican fashion, by
which will drive the cowardy Jim Polk out of Office ?"
The Intelligencer" knows that these are the very
words of the "leadng men" in the government of Mexico
spoken through its official organ And yet present
ed by the nellgencer in the way of excuse with the
above passage-ha twaddle, half treason and all un.
truth and hypocrisy.
And the whole artice--near seven columns again-is
worthy Of this specimen. In two columns we are told
how the policy of government was, from its outset
peaceful, till President Jackson into power; and
how he forthwith attempted to get into war; with
two nations. In another column we are told roundly,
that the sole motive of Executive, in plungng into
this war, found the pretence that the United States
had right to invade Mexico, and with fire and sword to
compel her to surrender her territories into keeping
pledge for her moulding her form of government to
suit and adapting also her internal policy TO
will and pleasure.
To sustain this nefarous statement-a statement with
out the least shadow of truth pausibilty-we
ered to the language of Gen. SCOTS recent Proclamation
to coroborate which evidence upon the point, have
first the utterly false assumption that that Proclamation
was the deed of government at Washington; and,
secondly, the still gratutous and false assumption
that the passages of SCOTS Proclamation thus quoted
and relied on, sustained by similar passages in the
Proclamation of General Taylor This whole allegation
of the "Integencer, both the proposition and the proof
of it, sheer untruh and fabrication. from its beginning
tcle our self-styled NATIONAL journal gives u.s. in four
columns more, labored attempt to assmate the whole
course and policy of our war with Mexico to one of the
most atrocous and odious acts of International aggrcs
sion known in modern history-the bombardment of Co
penhagen by the English fleet, in 1907 We cannot call
to mind single instance in which any American journal
has made Infamous attempt to villify before the
world its government and its country. II is attempt
which should the Indignation of our whole land
In the ntelgencers" hands, to be sure the attempt to
establish this disgraceu parallel is wretchedy weak,
it is malignant and tratorous to the good of
ton and research English histories and English annual
registers copiousy cted-our own congressional
registers and gazees referred to- until through It's
of sophistry and falsehood too odous to do any
harm, and too weak to require any refutaton, we
told that our Executive must even have Dor.
the Proclamation in which the British government at
tempted to paate its outrage the nationality
OF Denmark "One would almost swear" (says this
shameless arcle) that the author of the Taylor procla
nation, which is especially known to be the act of the
Executive had had access to this British proclamation
and borrowed even its particular phrases"
We have performed an rksome duty in bringing to the
notice of readers such wholesale SANDER upon our
country in the columns of journal protesting to be
American But if such publication in itself be odious
and shameful how much does it appear in consid
Grafton of the motive which sends it'll forth That motive