The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-02-20
The Great War meeti"g-its Aspect and


If there had been doubt in the mind of any
person that the masses OF the people were d.
vided in opinion on the propriety of supporting
the administration, and furnishing them with
men and means to bring the war with Mexico to
an honorable and victorious conclusion, and as
speedily as possible, the enthusiasm that was
manifested at the great war meeting in this city,
on Thursday evening last, was calculated to dissi-
pate II. We have attended many popular meet
ings in time. but we never saw at any, more
decided, determined, and unanimous expression
of the popular will. There was, to be sure, a
covert attempt made by certain parties, to throw
a frebraad into the vast assembly, but the mo-
ment it was discovered, it was quenched
The next question is, what effect will this
meeting, and the pointed and pungent resolutions
that were so unanimously carried VITA three tunes
three cheers, have on the factious disorganizers
in and out OF Congress! Those men, whose sole
aim, since the commencement Of this war, has
been directed to the embarrassment of the admin.
istration in its prosecution-those men who have,
by tackng on provisos and exceptions to bills
introduced for the prosecution ofthe war, and &C.
cupies weeks and months in debating extraneous
subjects, while our army were suffering from
want of reinforcements-those men whowe the
first hypccritically to cry out that they were
willing to furnish the administration with
due and sufficient means to carry 1t on
vigorously, and hold the administration &C.
coun.able for its origin after peace would
have been concluded but afterwards, on
the most Hmsy and ridiculous pretexts, refuse
to vote those means-the men who have given
90 aid and comfort" to the enemies Of their coun-
try, virtually as much as if they had voted men
and money to them-the men, who by their
actions, since Congress commenced, seem deter =
mined to wipe out the glorious victories at Palo
Alto, Resaca de Ia Palma, and Monterey, the
glory and fame of which are without parallel
in the history of modern warfare! What effect,
we say, will this meeting have on those men
Will this severe and we-merited rebuke, ad
rninistered to them by the people-,he mighty
people, assembled in their majesty, on
great and important occasion, have the e.
feet of making them pause in their fac.
tious and headlong career, and induce them
TO make PREPARATION to their injured coun-
try for the wrongs they have wilfully inflicted or
her, and the stigma they have cast on our fiag2
We hope, for the honor of our country, it will
We hope, for our reputation as a republican peo
pile that it will. But if it do not, we pity the man o.
set of men, who will dare to beard the people, ant
defy the solemnly and determinedly expressed
will of their constituents If it do not, the con
tract that they entered into with their constituent
is at an end. The relation they assumed wher
they accepted their nominations-a relation oil
agent to carry out the will of their constituents
will be at an end, and then resignation should
follow.
The people insist that this war shall be prose.
outed with Ugor-they have given their unworthy
representatives to understand that they were
elected to carry out the views of their constituents,
and not occupy their time, which is precious,
in the present emergency, in debating whether
slavery, shall have foothod in the moon; fol
they might as well discuss its existence there, a!
in the new territory that we may acquire. They
have spoken in thunder tones to those who ust
their brief power for the furtherance of their owr
fachous and selfish views.
We hope that similar meetings to that held
here, will be held all over the country, and
other cities and towns utter such sentiments
those expressed at the meeting in New York
the death knell of political pettfogging will b.
rung, and the glory and honor of the country b,
sustained and indicated.