The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1847-10-06
The Desperation of the vh,gs.

left to Judge unbiased by party associations, Will re-
gard the new whig rallying cry of Mexican
territory fragrant outrage upon the good OF
our nation. An adequate territorial indemnity from
Mexico is clearly right, upon every principle of in
tenationa justice; it clearly demanded, under pres
ent circumstances, by every just idea of national honor
is manfesy the easiest and least burdensome meth
cd in which Mexico make 10 any due reparaton
it is mode of terminating present controversy so
sure to enhance all the territory that may acquire
all the blessings of civilization by extending it
free and well organized popular government; IT is more
over, fraught with many and ncalculable advan-
tages the growth the industry and the of
our nation, and is withal strongly challenged by
the recent display of Mexican nsoence and perdy that
partisan considerations apart, hardly conceive
how any number of intelligent and rejecting can
hesitate to pronounce such a condition of paccatlon
provided that it shall bring with it full and entire tnden
aifcation for all that have borne at the hands of
Mexico, to be eminenty just and wise. Such, we be-
eve, will be ere long the settled sentiment OF the
y even as that sentiment has already become settled in
reference the successive acquisitions of Louisiana, OF
Florida and of Texas notwithstanding the violent and
facous opposition TO those measures at the time when
these acquisitions were made
Yet from of the indications which have reached
since the late intelligence from Mexico received
are forced to infer that the leaders of the wings mean
even in the face of this irresistible popular sentiment, to
hold if possible the rank and file of their party to
stubborn rejection of all territorial indemnity from Mex-
CO. In addition to the vote of the wings in the Senate
last winter Unanimous, with single exception) against
the acquisition of any Mexican territory we have
now the recent solemn declaration of Mr.. Webster, at
Springfield that the wings in the next Congress " ought
to go against any supplies to carry the war;
less the President shall show Congress that the war is
waged with no purpose of acquiSHiont" The New York
Tribune, which reaches this morning. states that it will
not believe till it the yeas and nays thai Congress- in
view of the negotiations, will carry on
the war The Philadelphia North American protests
against the terms offered TO the Mexican commissioners
by Mr. Trist and boldly that Mexico never can
and never will accept them" The National Intelligent
Ger of this morning goes yet further, and proclams that
the refusal of Mexico TO acknowledge Texas to be ours
up the Rio Grande not only constitutes for
making continuing with her." but should, in fact
"give no offence this country" Gathering bodness it
proceeds the federal organ concludes this exposition of its
craftsmanship and patriotism by the following strange
and startling proposition:
| sThe proposition made by Mexico 10 compromise her
right the territory in question, agreeing in effect that it
shall be hereafter a neutral ground between the United
States and Mexico, is which mouH be useful to The
United States than the possession of in tee and ought,
properly considered, TO be acceptable to the people and goy
erment Of the United States, If again proposed to
them"
Against such declaration this, made in view of the
facts already known concerning present relations
with Mexico, it seems almost idle to speak of national
Justice and national honor. The Of those terms
be, indeed, but feeby comprehended by any journal
which assume the responsibility OF asserting that
such close of ought to be accepted by gov
eminent and people. What, in fact, this whg propo
siton' Why it is nothing less than that at the bid
ding of the nation which has forced us into war
with her, and which have conquered, we should
now deliberately cut off an integral and important
portion of the territory of one of the States of our
Union, and turn it over, either TO permanent out
awry, or to the mercy of the military despots OF Mex
leo. To the territory of this State of Texas, Mexico
has had any rightful claim since the Mexican
stitution OF 1924 fell beneath military usurpation
The leading wing statesmen-Mr Clay, Mr. Webster,
and Mr. Adams-are each of them distinctly committed
over their own signatures, to the position that the Rio
Gande has always been, and now is the true and right
full boundary of Texas. The Congress of the United
States having received Texas into Union with that
declared boundary, has extended in variety of forms,
its laws and its jurisdiction up to that limit. The terri
tory between the Nueces and the Grande forms part of
one OF congressional and revenue districts is
district represented in the State legislature of Texas
And now the leading central journal Of the wing party
boldly the proposition that ought to close
our victorious with Mexico by giving it away in
return for her violence and perdy, and upon her most
insoleEt demand We do not hesitate to brand this
proposition as proposition fraught with national dis
honor. In far the leaders of the wing party en-
dorse it, commit themselves TO it, pronounce them
guilty of an attempt to rally their party upon platform
OF deep NATIONAL HUMILIATION AND DISGRACE!
But as if to the enomity of this position of the
wing party, find in the article of the National
lntegencer the following strange statement:
'We of in the views the administration
the present policy of sending into Mexico with all
practicable DESPATCH all the further effective force which
itcan command and of providing pro nptly and literally
the supplies which necessary TO support lotole army
IN Merico proper regard TO the safety of the army
would enj this policy, there other considerations
also ia its facor.'
What is the meaning of all this? If we are to accept
no territorial indemnity from MeXco-if we ought to
yield TO the Mexican demand for the Nueces as the
boundary of Texas the lntegence has Just stated
then to what end is that that journal would have the
administration Support our whole army in Mexico'l
On the Intelligencers view of the case what has our
army to do there Why should it not hurry back with
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