The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1847-01-05
/. Dosing the Doctory I.

The National Intelgencer of this morning edies and
enterans its readers by the recital of scene which
enacted in the Senate of North Carolina just before
Christmas. The act of the Senate was credtabe to
them They adopted resolution by vote of Al to 2,
appropriating $4,000 for the purpose OF derayng the
expenses of the regiment OF volunteers until their arrival
at the place Of rendezvous" 1t the debate, how
ever which took place the occason-the sneers Of
the opposition at Mr. Polk--the stabs under the fifth
rb which the federaliss gave to the against Mex
co which mpars all its zes TO the 'ogan OF foreign
influence" in this city, and gives rise TO its silly head OF
closing the doctor" 1t the speech of Mr. Gilmer
and the speech OF Mr. Waddell, which probably suggest
ed the auson The former said with cutting sneer.
in reference to certain words in the preamble OF the
resolution, which ascrbed the origin OF the war to he
action of the Executive" that
sThese few small words not, in his opinion, either
insignificant nor without much meaning. Neither Were
they put there inadvertently They Were inserted
truth, why should the Senate shrink from asserting q He
remembered that not long ago in Congress wings Were
they knew be false, they take the odious posi-
ton of seeming to vote against supplies for the army An
them swallow the pill They would alter ota Of
the resolution though besough by the wings put in
TO swalow-fasehood and aor be placed in most false
position before the country Can friends the way
they dread the dose They must take it, win do them
good Besides, i cannot nauseate them 20 bad after all.
II is no falsehood they were asked to digest"
Mr. Waddell followed up the favorite figure by add
ing 'He was sorry to the senator from Wake so
discomposed 1t was only change OF circumstances.
He used to laugh when he in majority, and we had
to take the physc Let the senator have more phoso-
ply Let him nerve himself like man. This will SO
happen sometimes 1t is prudent to school ourselves
these revcrses 1t is sport to the senator now. He
deems cruel to force this physc upon hem and threat
ems us with due retribution unless we desist"
There may be great deal OF wit and wisdom, too, in
these hits and these iguresbut we doubt very much
whether the debate will not do mischief than the
resolution does goodwhether the aid and counenance
thus deliberately given to the enemy in the Senate OF
North Carolina and thence anspanted to the Diaro OF
Washington, to be copied into the Dario of Mexico, is
not the efectual way to and stimulate the
enemies of country takes the part OF that enemy
by laying the origin and all the caamites of the war at
the door Of the President Of the United Staesand re-
eves Mexico Of all her ancient and repeated transgres-
sions-and, finally, of the blood of our own citizens
which she has shed upon our own soil.
But as the National Integencer is fond OF dosing
the DOCTOR" will it excuse for playing its own game
and returning the compliment from its columns :
We shall see what part it played during the war Of
lsl2-how it denounced those factious politicians, who
then took the part of the enemy against their
try-who denounced the war, and the administration of
Mr. Madison for bringing it on-and who attempted to
cripple our means for carrying it and rdculed
pacity to obtain loans, and opposed the efforts of
government to effect them. Then the "Naonal Intell
gencer" spoke in patriotic spirit but il is repeating
the false language of "mora treason" which it decred
in 1912, 1913, and 1914.
We have already republished some of these reminis-
censes for the edcation of the editors of the Natona
nelligencer" We have ''dosed the doctor than
once from its own phamacopeia Of medicines We have
drawn upon its columns for its own physc and we beg
leave to repeat its prescriptions. Then and its ed
tor harmonzed together We united in defence of the war;
and in denuncation of those who openly opposed it
Now the National Inteigencer' has changed its posi-
tom and, true to its vocation of 'the organ of foreign
influences" it virtually takes the side OF Mexico, and
acts in unison with the 'Diario" of Mexico
We give few extracts only this evening. But gyari-
ora nanent More and heavy articles remain to be ex
racted from the National Intelligencer We shall con-
nue to give them IN broken doses, so as to "dose the
doctor"
From the National Inielligencer of August'ls 1912.
ssBut when portion of citizens openly
enlist active and wicked zeal in the of the
public enemy, not merely shielding IL OF its enormtes, but
making be the best and at the time loading
spirit still vengeful, scrid, and turbulent IL is calc
lated excite in the bosoms of the sound and patriotic mil
lions of the country who doomed TO witness such base