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p.aaaoy y3ornino. August II, lS4I.
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Tnesday Morning, August II, ls47.
WHAT WILL THE wHlGS Do2

rn.n.c.men, of the war with Mexico, can give
satisfaction to the faulthndins wings Every
movement, every order, every demonstration Is
denounced If success follow the measures
,do,,ed-;f victory crown our advancing arms,
,hey unite for the moment in shouts and nuHzas
for the national glory achieved by our armies
Cannons roar-hags aye launted 10 The ofeeIe'
and icy and gratitude are on every up. Du,
when the blood has had time to cool, some ne"u
hin, cr dien leader is heard TO stigmaize Tic Wv
,srnmenr for "tbe indiscriminate and wholesale
slaughter of deienceless and unoneoai"s '"ee
Of semi. barbarians." Ifafler gaining victory
an attempt be made TO improve it, by taking pos
sesson of the place where The battle was iouSh'
or If the country We have conquered ana oy
holding il against the enemy until ne VIII conse"
10 terms Of peace, then the Government IS de'
nounced Tor acquiring territory under toe sa''' ',
indemnity, and indnlgine "merelric'o"S 'us' "
conquest" in appropriating our ne'shoois PIP
". If. while in possession oil territory "e41"
hv conquest. our officers take the necessary II.
cautions to prevent the enemy from ie,''Hr"e :"
and 10 provide for their own security ""o '",y
II wholesome regulations are mace " e'''o,
ordsr and discipline, instead oil anarchy anu "
nrevent murder and rapine, and 10 PUNISH 'nose
who are guilty OF such crimes, OF VINO a"e"P,''
subver, our authority, then the President Is oe-
nounced for "lhe effects OF this horrible ana nos'
unnecessary and iniqui.ous war is denounceo as
one awbo can, through bis suboTcinales, annex
TERRITORY, and dismember empires, and esaoiisa
IN oitiZpnS nv The UlOVS
sale, require them 10 take an oa'n oil ai'esia"'e
10 the Uni,ed States, try them By drum-heao
Cour, Martial, and hang them upin SIX hours d
rebels or traitors"
We have pondered these things in our m'0os'
We have turned them and twisted them I'd every
conceivable iorm-we have enquired OF ourselves
what din these Wings want-what will the wings
do2 Concede, Tor The sake OF argument, ("h"'
we by no means concede TO be lTue,) mat 'he
President was wrong in The inception OF The war;
thai he oueht never 10 have advanced our troops
beyoud the Nueces; then reflect, that. notwnh-
s,andiue sach a supposed error, Congress nae
declared ,ha, "6y he al of The Republic OF MfTeo
a state of war ezisls between that government
and the United States" aud that, tc prosecute Tue
war authority has been given 10 the Presiden' oy
law IN s,cal for and accept The services oil any
number of volunteers ncl exceeding oo,VVo; 'hd'
money has since been Appropriated 10 provide
the munitions of war and 10 CARY it on, ana '"a'
x.l-. --.l...;,, L.> hoan eiuan tn IaiSe MoIe
men. with The fill knowledge that this money
and these men were 10 be applied TO carry en- an
offensive war. Consider the situation Of affairs
al this lime-ihe territory that has been conquer
ed-,he Notifications in our possession-he cities
that have been surIetdered-the position oil our
torce. by land and water-the claims We have
SET nm mapv OF which have been acknowledged
and ye, remain unsatisfed. Rehec, for mo-
ment that at every step We have taken, we have
extended The olive branch 10 Mexico and that
every attempt at negotiation has utterly iaiea-
that they refuse even 10 appoint commissioners
~ treat of peace or 10 settle The difficulties be-
tween The two nations in any manner Consider
that The Mcxicans have no; ye. relinquished their
claim 10 the whole Of Texas, now one OF the
States Of the Union, possessing all The rights and
suaratees of every other Siaie-'hat Santa Anna,
BY the las, accounts, has an army win him
amounting 10 upwards Of twenty thousand
men and that his cry is Still "War to
the knife and the knife 10 The h" Behold the
Richmond Wing proclaimng tia, "every STATE,
lin Mexico every town, every political di"ision
of eyery kind every individual in fact, seems 10
be fighting on its or his own hook, wilhoal any
regard 10 The movements al the capital" LOOK
at all these,,hings and then tell US what 7e'a the
Wings do2
We have been told By Col. Haskell Of Tennes-
see, one oil their would-bc great men, vi am
elected, my policy and aim in Congress VIII De
10 blow off The bood-hounds, acknowledge the ef-
TOT Of our ways take re'rogTade march, under
the ,une OF Bonapatte's Retreat from Moscow,
until we reach The East bank ofihe Rio Grande."
And we have been told by The representative OF
the metropolitan district of Virginia, that he con-
siders our true policy 10 be, ITO disciaim prompt
IL all purpose and intention 10 take one iocl of
Mexican suil on any terms, either b. conquest or
negotiation 10 ascertain the true boundary line
OF The beautiful but most unfortunate Texas,
withdraw our troops 10 that line, and defend H. Il
assailed, (Which would never be at!smp;ed,) and
thus bring the war 10 speedy and honorable ter
minalion; Tor if ii be true, as assumed, that The
war was originally one OF aggression on the par
Of Mexico, and OF defence on our parl, why should
lis character ever have been changed or why,
aimee they have been sufficiently punished Tor
their aggression, should we not tall back 10 our
original positions Surely, neither the honor o.
the nation nor the glory Of our arms calls ior the
prosecution of an offensive war" And these
tvo nrecious extracts seem TO embody The sen,i.
menls generally expressed, with some honorable
exceptions, by the Wing Editors from one ead OF
the Union 10 another. Are these the sentiments
of their candidate for he Presidency Are these
The shadows cast before, OF the acts Of the Wing
House OF Representatives which is now claimed
10 be in The ascendant2 II so, lei US examine
hem cal,nly and coolly, and see the result to
which they lead.
First, the policy twill be 10 blow off The blood
hounds and acknowledge the error Of our ways
take retropade march under The tune OF Bona
parties retreat from Moscow, until we reach the
East bank OF the Rio Grande." Some such re-
solution as the following, we suppose, will be Of
fered and adopted:
"WAereas, the thanks of the United States and
of each Stale OF this Union have been rendered |
in all sincerity 10 Major General Zachary Tay- |
Tor aud through him 10 the officers and soldiers
Of The regular army and the volunteers under his
command, for the skill, courage, eallau,ry and
patriotism displayed by the same in the baules OF
Palo Alto, Ressca de la Palma, and the Storm
ing Of Monterey, and for the noble stand made
and the unparalleled victory gained by them On
the immortal field of Buena Vista, against force
four mes their strength; and ,rhereas The thanks
OF the United States and OF each OF The States OF
this Union are equally due to Major General
Scot, and the officers and soldiers under his com.
maud for their glorious achievements in tie cap |