Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1847-06-17
Federalism Protracting the War--New


te'teI Is Written Dy gentleman for time resi-
dent IN Mexico, entirely unc0nnected with patty pol
tics IN this country, and whose accurate knowledge
oil Mexico and OF Mexican opinion, and of the causes
which have influenced it, is vouched for by indisputa
bic authority. His language is as follows:
The government and people Of this country become
more proud and ignorant daily and Of blind
TO their interest. After the battle of Monterey for
the frs, time heard the report crculated-which is their
political creed at the present day-that their only hope of
Hal success Oas the prol0ngafion of the t0ar aud this
government came TO thar conclusion from letters their
friends forwarded them from the north assuring them
that there tcas sHch opposition the 1var among the
PeoPfS and an the Congress Of the United States that
they you'd only prOlOng The w0r 1vttou hazardiHg anu
battles: they could. an The end. be able dictate peace
This doctrine promulgated by the papers in such
manner that finally became he universal belief through
onf The country; and when left the city of Mexico the
greatest crime that party could the other Of
was That OF their wish intention TO make peace with
the United States'
Here we have stated, by an impartial and WELL
informed witness The spot, the sad and disgraceful
fact that the REASONABLE of the leading organs
and representatives of the Opposition here, both in
Congress and out of Congress, has embodened the
Mexicans 10 believe that they will soon be able 'io
dictate peace TO OF their own terms So fully
and so fatally have our federal organs ministered to
this Mexican delusion that it is now confidently pro-
mulgaied through the Mexican press till ii has be-
come "tte unirerSH belief" in Mexico.
We subloin specimen of these 'spromul ations''
ut0 oteAlCdn PRESS as announcer Ink the strong
CHAIN OF evidence which fastens upon Mexican fede-
rasm in this country this terrible charge of rousing
up the fierce passions and the vain hopes of our pub
Tic enemy TO new and yet more murderous efforts
against country. The following extract is from
the Dtario del GO6ierno journal published in the
cry oil Mexico, and well known as the organ of the
Mexican government:
"By arrival from New Orleans, we have been placed
IN possession of late papers from the United States and
mgjerity Of them EnognGnimOusiy denounce and con-
demH his tcar against this country as infamous unholy
and uRrighfeous.
"Daniel Webster-the most liberal and enliohtened
statesman Of the couny-says that the expenses of the
war are over half million Of dollars day and he has
introduced resolutions into the Senate imbeaeh The
eo1Vardis James x. Polk, and turn him ont of Office
These northern babarans carry this war very
long at this rate and Mr. Webster describes the thanks
Of the chOLe Merican nation for the noble stand he has
taken on the side Of right and justice Arise Mexica
and drive the invaders from our soil!
"heTcdHs derire comfort from the fact that the
greater part Of the people Of the United States are OBJ
posed 10 this zOar, their PAPERS shotc and the base
man 'OhO IS at the head Of the government mill be eiIed
from pO1Ser The symPahites Of ONE ENTIRE rARrr in
that country are side and long zvh Merico re.
member their patriotism"
Can any language be conceived which could bear
stronger and more conclusive testimony to the dsas-
trOus influence exereG by the "moral treason" of the
federal organs in urging Mexico to hold out to the
last against us In the above extract, the federal
government organ ministering comfort to our
pubic enemy. and giving him assurance of "sympa-
thy, and. of course hope Of relief and succor from
among ourselves In the face of such facts as these
who shall deny that is the paramount duty of free
and patriotic press earlessly expose this "mora
treason and Its consequences to the scathing indg-
nation of the people!
But the testimony is not yet finished A distin-
guished officer of the South Carolina regiment now
in Mexico speaking of General Scott, holds the fol-
lowing language. His letter is dated Jalapa, April
9th:
"He Gen. Scott has been busy in correcting some err
rOrs which possessed the popular mind here and even the
minds of the leades-erors which entirely subver
sive of all chances of peace. They beEere that at this
Time fISO parties eris in country dridd upon the
question Of the further prosecution Of the zvar or not
that the purity carrying the are TO be Over-
hro0n and that vhen the other party get INFO potver
they SOiH withdraw the army to the Rio Grande. This
PsoPle-than whom there is proud-are wait
ing ior mat moment They beeve that the peace party
Of the United States zviH withhold The means 10 carry on
military operations. Upon divisions at home fhey
COUNT 10 arrest further ivasion. Gen. Scott has taken
w. 70 correct an fatal to our purpose
When weCall the attention of the country to such
facts as here set forth when we enumerate. nm
der their rlghtfu and appropriate name the various
Methods OF moral treason by which the federal or
gans have Systematically reused up Mexico against
us; when we show these representatives of federal
OP4S" ioOOihS 50 eHectuaiy 10 cry down their
Try cause, and the men who sustain it, and the mea-
sures oRswhich 1t must rely for success-when we
present this faithful picture Of federalism as partv
In this country, we told in reply that there are.
Notwithstanding all this, patriotic federaliss: and
that they may be found the ranks of the ar
my. Certainly this Is true We not only admit the
TACT, but we claim 1t part of the case which we
present against the party position which the federal
leaders and the federal presses have assumed in rea
lion TO the war 1t the of the federal party
had followed the lead of these, their leaders, and
adopted their sentiments in relation to the war how
many of them would now be found in the field! The
party position of federalism is that the war ought
not to have been begun, and ought not to have been
fought out; that Is infamous in its causes and it's
purposes, and IN its violation of the fundamental
principles OF Our government and that therefore, il
ought at once to be abandoned and troops with
drawn To maintain this party position, which they
have themselves chosen, the federal organs have re-
sorted TO all these reasonable dcnunciations of the
war, which we have from time to time laid before
our readers, and the effect of which upon Mexico we
now see. Shall these denunciations. and this party
position of federalism be excused by the services
which men of the federal party, lohose impulses of
patriotism hare triumphed oUer their partv oJlga-
ttons may have rendered at the call Of their country
For ourselves, we, on the contrary, find in this fact
the very last aggravation of the guilt which, as the
representative Of party, the federal leaders have in
currtG They have forced their foowers-the rank |
and file Of their party-to abandon the party standard
to reject the party watchworIs, and practically TO
the party principles, order that they may be
enabled cih consistency to uphold their country in
the field LINTON.
Observation-Disclosures is made in Mexican pa