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CITIZENS oR nHIoI

REFLECT, that the lives of HUNDREDS
more ol our brave cuuntrymen have recently
been offered up IN Mexico, on bloody nl,ars, by
The hands oi Polk aud his abeiIors, as a sacrifice
TO that murderous and desolaung demon of WAR
which has been summoned forth by their guilty
iucaniaiions.
REFLECT, that the tens of thousands of no.
bic aud chlvalrous hearts who have gone out from
the bosom Of the nation bearing their lives in
their hands, IN obedience to the calls Of the Pres.
idenl, THOUSANDS have fallen on the battle
field, in the camp and by the way, victims to mur.
der, pesience and disease.
REFLECT, that Of fre thousand gallant men
who have gone from your State, as willing mar.
tyrs for the honor of their common country,
HUNDREDS have already sealed their devotion
by the sacrifice of their lives.
REFLECT, that the waste Of human life, that
greatest calamity of War, is not the only ono
which The President has brought upon this coun.
try by his selfish and Ambitious policy. All tho
viceS Of War, led on by the spirit Of corruption
and Of arbitrary lower, have followed in the
train; and as last infection, WAR DEBT. which
ON The lst day Of July last. amounted $50, l22,.
4lO by The books Of The Treasury, has settled
upon III. nation.
debt, and are now criasng il AT The rate Of
NOR, than ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND
DOLLARS every day, making presen, sum Of
over FIFTY MILLIONS.
REFLECT, thai this calculation is supposed
to BE- far below tbs actual Liabilities incurred by
The war, and there IS reason to believe that when
The final account is rendered, III. present estimate
will BE- sweled by many millions.
REFLECT, that the War sill progresses, an
the war debt accumuates with fearful rapidly,
aud unless soon arrested by the arm of the peO.
pie, II will become burlhen too great for this
generation, aud must be enlailed upon The next.
REFLECT, that to prevent this hereditary
curse from resting upon their children, the ialh'
erS Of this country have but single resort, aud
that Is To demand, through their public represen.
Iaves, that the War, which is the source Of all
these caltnitiuS, SHALL BE STOPPED.
REFLECT, that tho true honor Of the coun.
try has BJoh tarnish.d. Thu the fair ri age Of
unspulted fame which we received from the hands
of our Revolutionary Fathers, has incurred,
through The fraud and injustice of this war, a
STIGMA which all the Streams Of our former glory
will moi wash away.
REFLEIT, that the sole object Of all these
ncslimabe sacrifices of honor life and treasure,
I'lh: prosecution OF war, gun IN IaISeh0oi
ald per- ara ued in crime.
REFLECT, that The author Of this wac is the
President Of lhI nullon; that The idsehood which
conlrved, and ,he crime which proongs and
prosecules II, al such fearful cost, are HIS.
REFLECT, that the President is the creature
of PARTY, which made, uphods aud suSlains
hint IN all his fell attempts upon The peace and
happiness OF the nation. That this Party is now
cand dale fore you soliciting your sutIrages,
aud in few days yol will BE- summoned 10 the
ballol-box TO r2nd r vcrd CT for or against il.
Can you, will youAPrRovE!-HarO Reflector.