The Somerset herald and farmers' and mechanics' register. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 183?-1852, 1847-05-04
MR.. POLK AND HIS A

sent Administration and It's party friends
are evidently hatiering themselves, that in
their rejoicing at the recent victories oil
orr arms, the people will forget the eau
SOS. and forgive the authors, of the war.
They hope that the successes of the Cen
erals in command, will cover up the blum
dcring ignorance, the wicked imbeciil-
- which has characterised the course of
the Executives, and that the whole credit
If a successful termination Of the con-
eict will rebound to the honor Of Mr..
Polk and the party in power. 1t is
thought from the universal OutburSi OF en-
thpsiasm with which the news have been
received, that the country has been in
some degree reconciled to the war, and
that the frantic efforts Of the President, IN
his mad but petty ambition to answer the
bitter taunt, "Who is James X. Polk"
may yet be found not wholly fruidess.
But they must not lay "ihis dattering
rnction to their souls" They have en-
treIy moderated the intelligence, and mis-
taken the spirit, of this people. This
psroxysm Of patriotic enthusiasm will
ere long have spent its force. Immedi-
a,ely upon its subsistence viii come the
..sober second thought" the return of
their usual habits Of calm reflection and
cool calculation; and then viii be renewed
an enquiry, which has scarcely been sus-
peuded, into the causes and history oil
the war. And a fearful one ii will be for
those who have brought it about. Mr..
Polk will find that he has obtained noto-
riety, but it win be a notoriety Of infa-
nv from which he would gladly escape TO
his former obscurity. He viii find that
it is no small matter, thus, in defiance Of
right, Of Justice, Of the spirit Of the age,
and of the spirit Of our holy religion, 10
embroil two Christian nations, two sister
Republics, in a bloody conflict. When
all is over loo, the cost viii be counted
/. will be asked, what have we gotten for
the hundreds Of millions Of dollars which
have been squ2ndered, which could not as
we'll have been gotten without it. But
even this viii be a small item in the grand
sum total Of the account. The wreck of
morals, public and private; the oceans of
blood; the countless broken hearts and
d~esolate hearths, the wall Of widows and
the tears Of orphans for the shroudless &
uncofined dead that sleep OF the bloody
fields Of MexIco-ihese it is which will
give it its crushing magnitude.
II is surely not hard to see that rejoi-
cling at the successes Of our little army
amidst difficulties that seemed insurmoun-
table, and against odds that we've fearful,
is an entirely different thing from an APP
prevail of the policy which placed ii
in such a situation. We may surely re-
ioice at the escape Of a friend from assas-
sination, without thinking the better OF
the bastard who aimed the blow. Our
army has covered itself with glory and
has saved the country from the disastrous
consequences Of a defeat to its arms
To il be the honor. No thanks TO tho
administration which did what it could d
sally the fair fame Of the gallant officers
who commanded it.
No wonder the rejoicing is universal,
notwithstanding a large majority Of the
people are heart and soul opposed to the
war. The very party which, as a party,
thinks it unnecessary, and consequently
wicked, has furnished at least an equal
proportion Of the soldiers, and much the
largest Of the officers. Scott and TayIoI
are all their own, if it come to that
We trust that postcrity will not regard
ii as Wing war, from the quantity o.
Wing blood which has been shed in it
Even, then, if they had as little patriotism
as Mr.. Polk and his party say they have
they would rejoice at the success ana
safety Of their friends. But even success
has not convinced them of the necessit,
or justice of the war; and they are a:
deeply. and i~rreconeilably opposed to
war Of conquest and aggression, as ever