New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-02-06
The object OF s3,000,O0O reguisiiion-ENfra-
ordinary declaration of Hon. MIR. Went
worth OF Ill.-Anticipated discussion in the
From our swn Correspondent


From our ewn Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Thursday evening, Feb 4.
Were other evidence required OF the iniquitous
character OF the present war with Mexico It might
be fonnd in the means demanded to terminate it
What neither the menaced terror OF our arms, nor
the actual prowess Of our soldiery do IS sought
TO be accomplished in manner as discredltable to
ourselves as 10 the nation whose position we would
affect by it, Col SEWER OF Ark. in the Senate of
the United States proclaimed as the motive OF the
President in requesting appropriation OF $4,000
600 the design Of seduciNg from their allegiance tic
soldiers Of Santa ARna-not from their allegiance
20 that marauding chief but to their country
This it becomes the people Of the United States
to understand for their own fair character is IN
volved in the proceeding The President Of the
United states-the servant Of the servants of the
people--asks Of the fduciaries ofihe public purse
liberal appropriation for the purpose OF treason
Destitute Of all hope OF overcoming an irritable
"a Justly irri,aied enemy--in the open field he
seeks by arts brave man would abhor, an honest
man reject to accomplish a disreputable peace.
Shall we buy trcachery-acknOwled our inab
lily to procure the objects we aim atby honorable
means. and resort to measures that banditti would
hesitate to adopt, while bold heart and strong
arm were lott them to contend with.
In false quarrel there is no true vaor This
our rulers know they know our arms have accom-
plished nothing toward the attainment OF their
hopes Neither the gaantry of our soldiers at
Palo Alto their heroic perseverance at Resaca de
la Palma nor all the blood of Monterey has procured
for this Administration one-the least-oi the Oh
jects it proposed by the war
MI A.NN, III
the battle field or from pestilence in the camp
Amid the awful feeling that succeeded dissolution.
there was no friend perhaps, no brother near to
soothe their dying agonles there was no such be
lief in the justice OF the cause for which they it
as TO give them present satisfaction OF future hope
But they have iallen-iallen in the discharge OF a
mistaken duty and their talents and capacities
are lest forever to their country.
Their ranks II becomes each day more difficult 10
fill. Our citizens will not rush, unthinkingy, 20
scenes OF danger, disease, and death. The reports
that proceed from our camps are not such as 10 al
lure thitherward our honest population. Our coun-
trymen fear no war IN defence of their principles
| their liberties or their soil; this more than a
/ solitary occasion have they demonstrated but
| they hesitate 10 encounter a remote enemy-sup-
| ported as be is by the avenging angel OF Pesu
/ ience-when no sufficient provocaton incites Their
valor, and no glory attends It's exhibition.
| What then is the President to doi He cannot
| enlist our own citizens he must subsidze the sol
| ders OF the enemy. He must end an inglorious
war by inglorious means. Has he not reduced
| himself and the nation to such melancholy atema.
/ tive
1t may be pardonsble even in political oppo-
| nent 10 compassionate the mSn, who thus sQcri
/ fees the dignity Of his high position by such con
tempuble arts who 10 gain paltry ends, loses
sehrespect and who acquires from such sacrifice:
no advantage. but rather by the very means he
embraces puts beyond his reach the object Of bis
A.. IL l.
no friends % pity kin. The President ofthe United
States has no accredited organ in either House noI
/ JAMES X. Polk q disuterested friend nywhere.
Yet Mr. WENTWORTH had the magnsnimity &C
declare In the very hearing Of the House today
that II Mr.. Polk were nominated by the next Bal
] timore Convention, he, the said WENTWORTH
would advocate his reelectionl
The proposition now before the Senate iol
entrusting the President with So 600 600 OF money
| is destined 70 provoke much discussion. IL car
neither pass nor be rejected IN that body without
deliberaticn IL Is novel in idea II is mysterious
| ia character, and requires circumspection IN III
direction. The President SO far perceive has
no guide but his own discretion for its appropria
| ton; there is no limitation, save his own will
either 70 its purpose or its disbursement. De may
bestow the portion he thinks unnecessary seducs
the enemy upon needy friends-frieDds who vii
, adhere 10 bin. through coed or evil circumstance
! sckie dollar Of me appropriation REMAINS
! Who is 10 be responsible that the money vii
ever reach the inimicSl camp or who that each
soldier shall be paid his equal proportion Is there
no danger OF treschery the part OF these who re
eeive the stipulated sum-no danger Of disafectio,
. and active hostility nom those who receive no
thing IL VIII be easy patriotism for the detraud
ed neglected soldier, or for the ambitious officer
10 denounce the corruption in which ne did not par
tcipate aud 70 excite greater resistance than any
| our arms have encountered Notwithstanding The
lavish sums Philip Of Macedon had poured int
! Greece 10 secure an easy ascendsncy, he VA
Obliged FIRST 10 overcome its vsor and its patriotism
at Cherones before he could subjugase 1t Liberties
| Though we initiate the more ignoble part Of hi
conduct we may lose the success OF his arms
Tomorrow viii commence therefore the oRsA1
DEBATE of the session. in which will be srrayed, Il
all probability the strength Of both political parties
Il viii be an intellectual contest, worthy to b
heard and recorded
~ THE LoSo-IsIAsD Nan due last evenin.
! had nc, arrived when We wen, TO press.