The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-01-26

seems incrsdibe-incrsdbls not a. matter Of princ
pie or psrtiz an'hp % matter Of right wrong a.
point Of honesty or mlsehood We lay the morality Of
the thing asde We place In the limbo Of things Lost
on earth and which will not he found 10 hssvsn-wh
the oshs Of lovers the truth Of epsaphs, the entess
Tdiales OF Guzot and the bonds Of Pennsy vsna We
dea! with the exposition Of such gros faaces those
OF Mr Folks speech simply ~ matter Of advocacy
question 81 wise or foolish OF clever or stupid Of poll
cy or OF foly To whst end mske statements that will
deceive no one, and which viii undo 30 much credit
The is fer the sake Of those who want an sx.
cuss for being peuaded for the sake Of the conscience
the future governor Of CALIFORNIA; for the tenderness
g, mo- ssaupss Of the expscan Judge Of Tamarpas
that shall appropriate the picked lands Of
Hoahuia for the psalm singing riaemen that choos
has either promise hope of spoil for the bona Hds
peculator who has definite views Of the particular Mex
lean that he means to rob- and for the ssnguine Alnas
char that is dreaming indefinitely of an Ell Dorado AL
these men want justification The demand creates the
supply. so casuistry rises in the market
10 LOOK upon the speech in question ia any ether light
is to judge i'll Of MIR Polk; that s udge of him in
way disagreeabie to himself To imagine that he had
sufficient faith in his own defence 10 matake hs mos
sage for justification OF his conduct In the eyes of any
part Europe, in those of half America would
be to accuse him Of the disrepuabe blindness of sin.
He has put himself beyond the reach OF credence Tho
best thing that can be said Of him u.s. that he knows his
position
Nom likes to think that he reads unrightlv the de-
clared Judgment Ct the age he lives in To suppose that
Mr. Polk though OF vndicaton of the Mexican war be.
no European reputation for eitber insaer;,, 49,.
orwardness that he covets and least IL il for no such in
forbsar mannuyre Ifcreait Of tho Ind p -. y.
allied for but unaccompaned bv anv narticus, an
vantage to either himself or his party we'll and good. 1t
ever be found his polcv il ,neybaps q nrwdept cns
We repeat them that is for nothing European for the
been embrazened to the Justification Of the war
But it is for something American that hs sfacts CON-
science And for American purncses he he. cordrctaa
his ustifc alton artstcay n were \ noiiticsI ;mnoss
blity for statesman like Mr. Polk IN stand sIono Tbs
very phenomenon of his predenshp is the exponent Of
a!multplicity of uphoders II vera aIso notcal i'm
possibility for statesman like MIR Polk 10 bc the rst in
point Of time Of his order He must have had his
dents, to be feared that he will And his fol-
lowers The very medocrity of his charactsr imnie,
this He Is teacher but pupil; no discoyerer but
an mitator What then so natural ne his deonca3 nd
cedents OF a similar aggressiyeness3 Was there not
jackson to quote as man of like instincts and az one
endowed with an equal aptitude for being insuIted1 Was
any appeal true than the appeal to the previous his
tory the passions ana ambition of his counrymen 4
Were there not before the time of Mr. Polk had
whose pre-eminent susceptibites always suf
ferng outrages from Mexico Why the amount of
pacy the measure of the ncontnence of their pat
riotism They coveted much land and they felt griev
ances IN proportion was only by quarrel that their
could ma ITS object and was only by
unlus miscoh,trucuons that the elements oil quarrel
comie Dc supplied. $500
IN; .nen Is tne way IN winch he speaks Oh his much
Inc wrongs which we have suffered from Mexico
an almost ever since she became an power
VIC psten, ehdurance with which we have borne them
are without parallel in the history of modern cviliset
ha u mere reason 70 believe that these wrongs
naa peen resented and resisted IN the rs instance the
nsn war mign, nave neen avoided ono outrage
noWeVer pemiuea 70 pass wih impunity, almost neoss
siny euoouruBed inc perPelsuon OF anstner. until
ia MEXICO seemed 20 attribute 70 weakness and lndeci
oo ga Ou par. winch was inc OFFSPRING
friendly relations with sister republic
And - ka H..
commercial grievances as old as the time of GEN lack
son. These the said General lamented and thess MIR
da tendun Dc thew touch the fact that il WINS bv or
invasion that the debaeable land between the
Nueces and the Rio Grandc was rst and tha
il by American hypocrisy that land of such a de
bsteabe character was dealt when served the
poses OF ambition as If il were as American ar Massa
chtsetts
But the war that is now waged has not been vvared
with a view to conquest; but having been Commence
by Mexico il has been carried into the enemy g country
and will be prosecuted there with view tc
obtain honorable peace and thereby secure ample
indemnity for the expenses the war; as we'll as TO our
much injured citizens who hold large pecunary de.
mands AGAINST Mexico
Ii SO, what ia the meaning of the following =
" In the provinces of New Mckee and OF the Califor
nas little IL any further resistance il apprehenled from
the sbitarts TO the Temporary governments which
have thus from the of the case and according
70 the la ws of war been established II NAV he orope
provide for the security of the 80
by making an ade uuato for the
erecting and deirayng the expenses nece
authority over them
Surely this is lang uage that indicates the emptnsss
the talk about indemnity
The less effect that Mr. Polka history Mr. Poks Iosic
and Mr. Polk ipatrotism have upen his country lin
more creditabo il will be 10 his compatriota To them
and to them alone il ia Half for tho AXE
the supplies half for the rake of his
chances of recollection II suits the and cor
sciences of those no ara ambiiious of beinp
and lay themselves open TO Conviction
IRON the Manchester Guardian1
We give in another part Of our present number the
leading point: Of the message of President Polk to the
Congress OF the nited States which reached this coun
Wy lae on tuesday night by the Ashouron packet shiT
from New iok by lar the largest portion OF this enor
nous aocumemIwhich, gwen az length would M
nesiy pase anu nan OF the c"ardtdh-. ueVoea 70
an exposition Oh me circumstances connected with the
commencement Oh the Mexican war; and defence OF The
!usuce ana Pohcy Oh the measures adopted IN relation
no'e.o ~ u1 svscinueh. VI uuo ohi.eu o.a,es any
MS OF me previous !eiaions oe
.We1n ,ne wv countries ehu,eiy from mus messhBe,
woua De .ea 20 conclude tha mere meyer nad existed
Peopo % asBiessve ana as the Nexcans OF
,S o ps.aIn. ana ons suhoins, unueI sn unnei
s s,p ssooe'on Vi g'ievous ourages' as .ne Cne
,:, 'wo iac's, u iscs tney are, wnicn wouI
tho.s mo Jau;r, niue surprise N the mhas