Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1847-01-07

correctly The general purpose rf CUR Wing
luondh r declaring that spS,'y they
vii eite tho, 'rrurt g. tAis WI Tor rA,rc
additional regiments, and to all measured,
recommended as necessary fur rrc,etuting
the war caruc',l, and 70 speedy conclusion
!; coriaialy -cnld l,c more grs,iG,nc. If W.
could present an undivided from, ON tins
question and volunteer No cause for strep.
uon to our opponents. who are prepared e.
torture every act " conscientious Obligation
into ous Of intentional ,iiuic. Tlcir deuun.
oiatiuus however. are not 50 much g. he
regarded IA tht connection a. smother al
more important consideration The country
hcius at war. Are We not bound to sustain
1t? Are we not bound to protect it, no
matter 10y what cause tho cRlami', may have
been invoked
Though provoked and made l., the Pres
ldcut, TIE war is not NOR presented t. US
'. 't,... The, must be- Judged a.
hereafter, and they utH be- The abstract
fact stands out, that the country. is at war
tina, the public honor is involved, before the
civilized world, in this successful tcrnina.
ton. j. It not, therefore, the duty Of path
otisn to supply all the mcan.n cccssary to
pr dncs that result, irrespective of the Al
muiStration or tho influences Nv which il
was brought about; must confess. such
Is my conviction; and such. as | have
already said | believe to be the conviction
Of the Wing party, ia Congress and out If
il | ask only to hc allowed the same free
4 Of III. I Al
! war with no mau's conscience or honest
judgment What have urged has been in
calmness and sincerity.
1t Is now hriicvcd tho plan Of the War
has been again changed, and the intention
Of concentrating Taylor's forces on San Lui,
PotoSi has been abandoned The present
policy is understood as designing a union
of Taylor's, Wool's and Pattcrsons troops
at Tamplco, having the Capital in view as
the great destination. do not pretend to
vouch for the fulGlmen, Of this purpose. Mr.
Polk is too much Of wcathcrcock for any
body to endorse the execution Of his
schemes
Admitting that these l0Rcgmcnts should
he granted by Congress- they can hardly be
rot io;o tic field before the beginning Of
Summer; and then, suppose, We will have
the scenes Of last june and July re enacted
marching men into the Jaws Of pcstilcncc
aud plague far more formidable in its raya-
Ccs than the bullets or sabcrs Of the enemy. 4
1t is conceded, on all hands. that this il the f.
only season OF the year in which an energetic
can hc conducted in Mexico and
Instead Of being ready to commence opera
tionS, and TO proceed vigorously, We are just
about cnlistlng troops, who eau, by no ord-
nary probability, be brought into service
before the time when the climate Of McAico
Is our worst foe
We saw the effect Of that criminal ob,ti.
macy, against which the administration was
advised by General Scott-thc marching of
raw Volunteers 70 the Rio Hrandc Disease
hns dealt much more disaster to our ranks
than all the engagements with the enemy
Thc persecution Of the Quakcr.. by the
Locos, had its turn in the House Of Repre-
scntatiycs today Memorials form New
England similar in character to that offered
in the Senate, conceived in the most hccom-
ng and temperate terms, were treated with
the same sort Of unccrcmouious contemp,
For what cause this systematic partisan
hostility has been displayed against pco-
pie universally peaceful and meek j, more
than ] can imagine The record furnishes
no parallel to its yndictycncss aud injust-
ice.