The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1847-08-25

supplies. We will not pay poor compliment to the
universal wing party, TO attribute such weakness
and such madness TO them. Some of the liberal and pub
lic-spiried wings of the west, SOUTH and NORTH (whom
we could call by name) will not deny their country the
means OF terminating in honorable peace war which
has been so honoraby conducted And yet some OF
The whg presses are deceivng the Mexicans and thus
urging them TO decline the olive branch and to continue
war which must at last overwhelm them:
Now, we ask again, what immediate prospect of peace
there after this language of the wing presses taken in
connexon with their assumed control of the next House
OF Representatives, shall get TO Mexico Under such
deceptive Impressions what moue has Mexico conquer
told that IN December next sure triumph and uico,u
await her, through the force of wing votes in Con
gress' 1t nothing to the purpose say that the wing
leaders will not all refuse TO stand by their country
Nothing is more probable than that even some of those
who have betrayed the cause of their country in war;
will then turn round and belray the public enemy whom
they have chosen for their ally The real question as to
the responsibility OF protacdng war; not what the wing
leaders wW do but what they they will do-what they
tell our public enemy they resolved to do Or rather
what effect will their present declarations have now
upon the policy of the enemy. The wings dare not
S'oP 'Ao wal, nor Tie supplies LOT IT, Dul
will learn this too late. Meantime peace will have been
lost to our country our victories will have been robbed
of their moral force and all the horrors of mureous war
will have been multiplied and prolonged because the
wing leaders, for the bases purposes of faction haze
dared to promise to the public enemy moral treason
which yet they do not dare fully to perpetrate.
In the progress of this war the country has its
cause ved, its deprecated and its purposes
recklessy sandered by the leaders of the opposition
Even while many wings fighting bravely under
our banners in Mexico, it has been made the very
Shibboleh OF the wing party at home-the very test
question OF It's party posltonto denounce the war; its
causes, its conduct its objects, its results, and its policy
From Mexican journals-from the manfestoes of the
Mexican prests-from the harangues of the Mexican
orators IN their Congress-and, above all, from the
statements OF observers of all parties and of all positions
upon the spotfrom Donphan and other officers in our
army from Tobin and other letter. writers for the whir
press-from multitudes of aavices both public and pr-
vate-and finally from the official proclamation of Gen
Scott himselfthe country has learned how this taito
of the wing leaders has given new heart to
enemy under all his defeats and forms an obstacle to
peace, which neither the vaor of arms the Justice of
cause, nor the moderation of our diplomacy could
surmount But ice haze yet to learn, in view of the
probable ascendency of the wings in the House. the
effect upon Mexico of the virtual promise of the wing
leaders TO stop the supplies for the war, or restrict
them solely to purposes of defence. With such
facts before us, look, we confess with anx-
ious sollcude TO the arrival of the next intelligence
from camp may tell of peace, the prospect of
peace. But if it tells of war-of war abroad pro-
raced, fomented, cheered on, under promise of favor
and reward from tratorous faction at home-if these
dings to sme upon the of the country, there
will remain to US at least sovereign consolation-
such state of things will open the eyes OF the people to
the position of parties among and to their influence
upon the highest interests of the land 1t is the people
who suffer by the obstacles which reckless and unprn-
cped faction throws in the way of peace 1t is for the
people TO apply the remedy.