The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1847-12-09

lude, opposite 10 MaIamOras, on The cas-
bank Of the Rio Bravo, within the yer,
disputed lerrliory the adjustment OF whlci
vas % be the object Of Mr.. Sildels mis-
sion. What else could have ttanspIrcC
but conflict Of armsl
Thus The war commenced, ard the Pres
dent. after having produced ii, appealed Il
Congress. A bill was proposed 10 rsisi
80, 900 volunteers, and 10 order 10 comm
al nho should vote for II preamble VA,
Inserted falsely ettrbItlng tie commence
uenl 81 the VAR TO the act gt Mexico.
have no doubt Of the patriotic motives d
hose nho, after struggling 10 dvest the
bl 81 hat q grant error, found themselvet
constrained To vote for IL. But | uu,t say
thut 20 earthly consideration would have
eyer tempted OF provoked ne to vote ior d
bill, with palpeb'e faisehood stamped On
MS ACE. Almost idgliz az truth. a. | do,
never, never, could have voted for that
bill
The excepiionabe conduct &c he Flde.
raj pa 9, DUNG he last British War, las
excited AZ lLaIence in the prosecution OF
The present var, ard prevented iist dls
elimination between the teo Mars. That
was var Of Nauaral defence, required for
the ytudicaiion of The National lights snd
honor, and demanded by the Indignant
voice Of the people President Madison
himself, KIN v, at fret reluctantly and
With gresl doubt and hesitation, brought
himself to the conviction lhs. il ought 70
be declared A leading, and perhaps the
most rnucalal member Of his Cabinet Mr.
Gaiatn) was, up TO the time Of its decla-
ration opposed 10 il. But no'hlug could
withstand the irresistible force OF public
sentiment. II vas Just war. and lie gteat
ohjact, as announced a. The time, was
Free Trade and Sailors Rights, against
the lnolerahe and oppressive nets Of BRIT.
tsh power on the ocean. The ius ice Of
the var, far from being denied or contfo.
vetted vas admitted BY The Federal party,
which only questioned Il on considerations
Of policy. Beng deliberately and consti.
t1uonaHy declared, /, was. think, their
duty 10 have gwen 10 il lheu hearty CO.
operation. But The mass Of them did not.
They continued to oppose and thwart il, to
discourage loans and enlslments, TO deny
The power of the General Govtrnmen, to
march The militia beyond our limits, and to
hole Hartford Convention, which, that.
ever wtfe iis real objects, bore he aspect
nf seeking dissolution 81 The Jninn ITSELF
They to-, and Justly los; the public conf.
deace. Bon tas not an apprehension Of a
similar late, in a state of case wlde v
different, represented fearless expression
Of ,hclf real sentiments in some Of our pub
lie mehl
How to'a " variant is the present war
sary aud o offensive aggression. II is
Mexico thai IS defending her FIRE sldes, her
castles and her oltats, not VIZ, And how
dtfetent also is the conduct Of the Wing
party Of the present Gay from that Of The
major par, Of the federal party during the
var Of 1872 Far from intetposing any
obstacles 10 the prosecution of the war, if
the " higs in office are reproachsble at all
II s for having lent 100 ready facility TO
II, wihou, careful examination into The ob
lects oil the war And out Of office, who
have rushed to the prosecution Of the war
with more ardor and alacrIty than the
Whigsl Whose hearts hive bied more
freely than those Of tho Whigsl Who have
more occasion 10 mourn the loss of sons,
husbands, brothers, fslhets, than ~hig pa.
rents, wing wives and Wing brothers, 10
this deadly and Improbable strife
Bot The havoc Of var is in progress, and
the no less deplorable havoc Of an inhospr
table AID pestllentIsl climate. Without it,
duIllng N an unnecessary retrospect and
useless teProaches on the past all hearts
and heads should unite 10 The patriotic co
deavor 10 BRING II to satisfactory close.
Is there no way that this can be done
Must we blindIv continue the conflict, with.
out any visible object, or any prospect Of
definite termtusuun1 THIS is the important
subject upon which desire to consult and
to commune viii you, Who, IN this free
government, IS to decide upon the objects
OF a var, al tls commencement, or al any
time during tts existence Does the power
belong to the Nation IN the collective Wis.
dom Of the Nation ~ Congress assembled,
or IL II vested solely IN a single iunctlonafy
of the government
A declaration Of war is the highest and
most awful exercise Of sovereignty. The
Conyenuon which framed DOR tederal con
sU;uton, Dad learned from the pages OF his
tory that It had been often and greatly
abused II had seen that war had Often
been commenced upon the most ulf,ng
ptelexts ,hatlt had been frequently wsged
to cslsblsh OF exclude dynasty to snatch
a c5osn from the head of one potentale and
place 1t upon the head Of another; that II
had often been prosecuted to promote alien
and other interests than those of the nation
whose chief had proclaimed 1t, as IN the
case of English watts for liauoveuan inter
: es,s and, IN short, tina; such a vast anG
tremendous power ough. not to be confidet
to the pcrllous exercise of one single man
The Convention, therefore, resolved 10 guarc
the war making power against those grea
abuses, Of which, IN the hands OF monarch
It was so susceptible. And the security
+ against those abuses which It's wisdom de
Al