Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1847-09-01
Another WING view Of the wa,

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Some few weeks since we copied into
our columns portion Of a speech deliv-
cred by Col. DosIPHAS at St. Louis, in
which lie, though then the favorite candi.
date Of the wings for Governor of Mis-.
souri,, took strong grounds in castigatine
the leaders of his party for their anita.
merican course. Below we give SINH
lar extract from another, and equally pro-
minent member Of that party, the celebra-
ted BEs. HARDrs, late wing member Of
Congress from, and Secretary Of the State
Of Kentucky. In the Presidential contest
Of 1874, Mr.. Hardin canvassed his state
for Mr.. Clay, exerting all the force of his
powerful intellect in his favor. We do
not give this extract as an evidence that
its author has renowned his party and its
principles. Although his attachment to
the former may, for aught we know be
weakened, still the latter are adhered to by
him as tenaciously as heretofore, with the
single exception Of opposition to his coun.
try 10 time Of war with a foreign nation,
which we have maintained and do still
maintain, is, and Away has been, as much
and as essentially leading feature Of
whiggery as any other doctrine of that
party. But to the extract. Mr.. Hardin
SAYS
" ! have not found fault, as some wings
have done, with the administration for the
present war. In the management of that
war, much praise, think, is due the ad-
ministration. The question was fairly put
to the American people in the President
ial election. between Mr.. Polk and Mr..
Clay, whether Texas should be annexed
or moi? WAS in that election, as all Ken
lucky knows, for Mr.. Clay, and against
annexation. said, in my speeches on
that occasion every time l addressed the
people, if we annexed Texas to the Uni
ted States, ICE annexed 7eras Nth the limits
and boundaries the 1eran Congress claim
ed-that is TO the Rio Grands: and that il
amounted to pledge OF national filth to con-
tend for ii as TEXAS claimed to hold. The
people of the United States elected Mr..
Polk. That election was decisive of the
question. Congress knew what the pub
lie will was, and in obedience to that
upon the true principles of a Republic,
that the will of the people should govern
passed the act annexing Texas. What
was Mr.. Polk bound to do? He knew the
will Of the people and Congress. He was
bound to obey their will.-How could that
be done? In no other way than to take
possession OF the country. That posses
sion could only be taken by military
force, and, he was bound to use the ne
cessAry force. These opinions l express
ed last summer, a year ago when told the
only son | had left alive, if he wanted to
see war and know it, and for the war to
know him, now is the time TO join the
army That Mr.. Polk was obliged to send
out an armyto the Rio Grande, and then the
Mexicans would fight or cease 10 be ma
ton. My son commenced his prepare
tons in August, 1915, left in September of
that year, and there he has been ever
since.
We are not to forget, Mr.. Chairman,
that Republic never has large army in
times Of peace. 1t is a Government of the
peoples own choice, and large army is
not required to compel obedience to the
laws.-All other Governments are gov
ernments of the few, controlling and op-
pressing the many. Such governments
require large army in time of peace
The regular army OF Russia amounts to
about one million of men; Austria, four
hundred thousand, and Grent Britain, at
least two hundred and fifty ,housand.-
When these Governments choose to go to
war, they are ready in moment.
A Republic such as the United States,
when she goes to war, as we did in the late
war with G. Britain, our army has to ere
ate an army after the war has commenced.
But when another nation goes to war with
us, as Mexico, we can make no eparation
until the commencement Of the war. The
very form of our government forbids. The
first gun was fired-the first blood that
was shed in this war, was war ITSELF
That aDas the act of .Msnico. There was no
alternative left, for the administration had
to fight and create an army at the same time.
Common Decency, Us. .Meuican Wigs
Some ofthe wing papers of Ohio are deal
ing it out pretty bitterly to the volunteers
who burnt Tom Corwin in effigy, styling
them men having "no pretentions to com
mon decency" SC. Now we are not 60
ing 10 hazard an opinion as to which Of
the two has the best ground for preten
tons to decency-the man who fights the
battles of his country, or the one who de-
nominees his government and those who
fight his country's battles. No such thing.
All we wish to say is, upon the question
of common and uncommon decency in the
matter. And here we would observe, that
the burning Of ordinary tories in efiigy,
is but a common lecency, to common
Tory, to which all are entitled who prove
themselves such; while the extending of So
well deserved and marked an attention to