The North-Carolina standard., 1847-03-10

'L documents az in behalf of Gov. Graham,
VII" IN his Message declared the War to be "un-
WV W0""1.iruona" and an attempt is made to ridiculc
yu Standard for keeping the authors of the Pre-
H HshIe and the Preamble itself before the public
an and the same paper contains the remarks of
~. 'McKesson, a prominent Whig member Of
M M Commons from Burke, against the Preamble
'u "a denouncing it as unpGtrioIic"4 and "-dan-
a-arous in its tendency. And yet the Register is
3 silent as the grave IN regard to this Speech,
bIe it endeaVors in various ways to break the
s,,e of the truths we have advanced upon the
S0EecL Vain endeavors ! 1t may hope, by its
%syuressive" silence to kill off Mr.. McKesson
E, ,,be independence and the honesty he has evinc-
~ n ii may hope we say, but that is all, for the
0aooe will not only sustain that gentleman in his
Po,Fsp P.Fsp but they will back the Standard in its eff
so,,s f1r the country, until all enemies of the Re-
"bIc whether in Mexico or elsewhere, shall
PPove been rebuked and put TO everlasting shame
T. IT, was so in the Revolutionary War it was so in
he last War; and it will be so in this,
Mr., McKesson is one Wing, and the Editor of
The Register is another and the word of the for
nor is as good as that of the latter. We tarn his
Sove1ies against the Register, and we call upon
,Le peopIe of bOih parties to see how deadly and
Instructive the fire is which he pouIs into the Fed
eroI ranks In the course of his remarks in the
House of Commons against the Mexican Prcam-
be be said
although many of my friends apprehend am
alone, be assured, Sir, am not differing with as
many as you suppose. see gentlemen of high
character, Immediately in front of me, who inform
ed me- in the presence of other gentlemen, only
this morning, ,Df'THAr THEIR CONSCIENCE AND THEIR
JrDGMENT TOLD THEM THE PREAMBLE WAS WRONG
BUT THAT PARTY SPIRIT, PARTY FEELING DRILLED
TEEN IN. | see Statesmen ION my left, who stat
ed not two hours since, that they would not for
one hundred dollars the Preamble was attached TO
the Resolution that they would cheerfuy advo-
Gale the one and condemn the other. Now ask
vou Sir I call upon those gentlemen 10 know 1t
ibey are not driven in BY party discipline. They
hare not the nerve and the moral courage to come
boldlu f0rrard dnd denounce 1t IN this Hall
denOunce IL TO the country am not, MIR. Speak
er one of those stubborn, dogmatical partizans !
am for my country right or wrong, but only with
my party when | believe them TO be right. II is
true policy, as we'll as enlightened humanity, to
lake such measures will bring the war 10 a
speedy termination. He WHO AIMS TO WEAKEN THE
EFFORTS OF THE Gov ERNMENT, Is DOING HIS UTMOST
TO pRoTRAcT TIE WAR, BY GIVING ''A AID AND ceM-
FORT TO THE ENEMY"
What says the Register to this2 Is Mr.. Nc
Kesson vile Locofoco" for daring to stand up
for his country, or is the Editor of the Register
"uue Wing I'd" in defending Mexico and charg-
ing The War upon the PRESIDENT
But that paper will answer as follows: "True,
we believe this War to be unjust, unrghteous, and
unnecessarv-a War of rapne, conquest and
Z
and though we think Mr.. Senator Corwin dis
tinguished himself for "LoFTY PATRIoTIsM" "
when he advised the President TO recall our armies,
and when he declared he would not vote the first
cent to sustain them in the field against Mexico,
vet as the War is on hand, we feel bound TO fight
it out" Such has been the course of all hypo-
critics since the foundation of the world. You
know that if you were to take any other ground
the people would blast you at once; and hence
d.srla in eIlbSt. fflaf
the President violated the Constitution, and Con-
gress sanctioned it, and then, after a debate for
weeks you give ten thousand dollars by way of
endorsing this sanction OLA violation of the Con-
situion; hence you strike Mr.. Polk one blow,
and Mexico another; hence you say, go boys TO
this War; but remember the yellow fever is be-
fore you The SIN of all those who take the sword
in an uni Just cause is upon you, and bankrupt,
rotten, and an accursed Government is behind
You Call you this sustaining your country ?
Call you this any thing but aid and comfort" to
The cncmy2 Remember the words OF Mr.. Nc
Kpsson an honest Whie. We would ring those
words in your in tones like those OF the trump
Of Judgment HEAR THEM, and trembIe: I" He
who aims to ,0eaken the efforts Of the GOuernmemt
is doing has utnOst to p7otr0et the War, By gtV-
ing I" aid and conn fort to The enemy"
But what say the Mexicans about this I" aid
md comfort Up We have not as yet seen any ac-
passed at the las, session of our Legislature, but
The following will show that they are delig ht-
ed, as was most naturally TO be expected, bv the
course of MIR. Webster and the Federal Whig
Press:
From the Mexican Diario.
"By the last arrival from New Orleans we have
been placed in possession of late papers from the
United States, and a majority of them mdgndni-
mouSly denounce and condemn this Udr against
this country as IN famous, unhoLy and uaT'ghte-
ous' -..
Daniel Webster, the most liberal and enlighten-
ed statesman Of the country, says that the eXpen-
ses of the war are over half million OF dollars
daY' and he has introduced resolutions into the
Senate TO impedch the coUdrdly JIM Polk and
turn him out of office. These northern barba-
rans' cannot carry on the war very long at this
rale, and Mr.. Webster deserves the thanks Of the
whole Mexican nation for the noble stand he has
taken on the side of right and justice! Arise,
Mexicans, and drive :he invaders from our soil.
"Mericans can deriUe comfort from the fdci
that the greater pdrt Of the people Of the United
StdteS are opposed to this TGr, as their Pdp@rs
show and the base man 10ho is at The head Of the
government 1DiH be erited from PoDer. The
sympatties Of one entire party in that country
are our side, and long 1oiH Mecico remember
heir patriotism" r....
Wings Of North Carolina, what think you
now Of the conduct of your party leaders2 Are
you prepared still to follow Them We nppea
from The leaders to the Whig people, and we cal
upon them to forget party and stand by thelI
country. In times of peace we divide and dltteI
upon matters of domestic policy-and this Is al
light; but notu when your country bleeds, anc
when thousands of our brave soldiers are breast
ing the storm of battle, and defying the dangers
tho A..