New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-08-04
The Great Question.

The Great Question.
The extreme probability that in the next House
Of Representatives the Wings will predominste'
hishtens the responsibility Of our position as
party, and renders more obvious the necessity OF
earnest, seasonable, thorough reflection az 10 our
duty with regard 10 the existing War It's time
that the People should speak out on this subject
through their Conventions, their meetings ther
iournsl. Had there been time for this IN May
,s.s M combination of Executive iniquty Con
g,...onsl intrigue and seeming peril to our gallant
Army could have wrenched out OF majority Of the
WhiR Members forced concurrence IN the auda-
cious falsehood that War exists by the act OF
Mexico True the whole Nation saw that this con
cnrrence was constrained and unreal-that u
was Owen under strenuous protest, and alter ex'
hau,tipg argument effort and entreaty In vain al
tempts to induce a tyranncal and unprincipled ma
io,i,v IN allow them 10 vote men and means for the
relief of our belesguered countrymen withoutseem
ing to assent thereby to the nonsrous lie prehxed
10 the Supply Bill. Every body who can read saw
and knew that the Wings voted 10 strike out the
Preamble begging the privilege OF voting Tor the
Supplies without IL. but oil IN vain. And YET 10
the face of this universal notoriety there are crea'
,ures in human shape who have been base enough
% c;ts the vote OF the Wings for this bill as
deliberate endorsement Of the War, and to pro
cla;n--not alone in bar rooms and journals the
fitting o-acles of the most depraved grogge-
ries-but even in Congress The Wings have
.. admitted that the War exists by act OF
Mexico; see their vote for the War Supply BIZ
MAY, GER Surely, he who finding his neigh
bor's name carelessly written on a blank sheet OF
nsner writes note for a thousand dollars over It
and gets the money therefor does not surpass this
trick in dishonesty begin to equal it IN meanness
We DEFY any one who pretends to be above the
temptation of a carelessy exposed pocket book Sc
rousy to Justify, in the face OF men i lnteilsence
and lofty integrity. the logic by which the Wings
in Congress are held to have charged the origin oil
the War upon Mexico.
But the trap set for the Wings IN 1910 IS ~ no
means tho sole contrigance OF its authors oil IKE
character Throughout the Southern and western
States this dilemma is presented to the w mig can
didates for Congress The country is now lnvo"ed
in War. No matter about its origin, what 90 you
propose 10 do And this same question VIII press
with reaoubled force upon the Wings IN congress
IN case there shall be Wing majority IN 'ne
House We trust the general answer VIII De
We will do RIGHT, and, 10 the extent OF our
mower. refrain from doing or sustaining rroHg' no
matter how specious may be the excuses Tor nor
how sllurine the promised advantages OF, con
strarv course" Let this stand be taken and con
sstently maintained, and were 1t to cost US IRE
sidentisl defeat we should esteem the result more
honorable and ultimately more advantageous 70
us than ten years of uninterrupted domination
That the misrulers of the Nation " i'll abuse to
the utmost the caamities into which they nave
plansed the country as the means OF perpetuatlns
their power. 10 Of course to be expected lnsy
will spare no pains to father their own crimes upon
the Nation in order that the Nation may empower
them TO persist in their mad career and thus ensoe
,hem to hold on to their offices But VIII the
Wings vie with them in the race they are running
The next Session must answer
"A Washington correspondent OF the Com mer
e,aI aster exposing the device of Polk and Ritchi'
tomake personal and party capital out OF thei
War thus continues
The drama i. now becoming one of intense inieres
Whether the Whg party aud the Calhoun party 10 I'M
mex, Congress whether the friends OF General lay
whether the Wing party generally viii aceep. 10
d.r,ste 70 predict VIII they sl.Sp TIE Ad'a'n'srano
10 rua riot .sitl hs for tpo years more ana Pn6
the Country into debt and ddNs0 noo soarety 70 90 COZ
seipsd Of and merely for me sake Of reaHps Poh0e az
mol, assassiptsP This remains 10 be seen.
We cannot speak for others but the Wing
senerally with whom we are acquainted are az
voted 10 Peace Justice and Freedom they loath
War. Robbery and aggressive Slavery. They
not see the policy OF expending tens OF thousand
more Of lives and countless millions mose oil none
in Mexico, when the most favorable result OF
doing will be the acquisition Of territory which
do not need. and which is very likely when
ouired. TO involve us in deadly iraterna discor
We shall see whether other Wigs and no.
many. hold opposite opinions
rsxxxssrr The state Election In Iennesss