The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1847-12-07

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coil een at the sound himself doth make But inere IS
another voice still poentanoher voice wnicn as
courses still more eloquent musc-anotner voice whose
more grand That voice is the voice OF truth; and ne
who has the conviction OF speaking IN its tones should
allow no morbid to arrest their uerance AT hrst
thew NAV fall discordantly upon your now spell-boun
faculties but ultimately they must allure your attention
and command your assent Truth must, sooner or later
always prevail for il is more than mghty-it is omnp-
otent The course of the beautiful planet which you
have rise amid evening clouds that seemed to over
whelm its beam, and after struggling upwards AMI still
upwards, at last completely dsperse the darkng masses
and mount the zenith unsuled efugence, dhuslng
its hallowed glory from pole to pole Is the mt emblem OF
the progress Of truth amid the distractions which the
spirit of fasehcod ascu%ulaes On rs pain QTo a r.
more brilliant the trumphhe denser the darkness the
more splendid the subsequent light And to shrink from
son Of he public mind would as the sun should refuse
to shine because the horizon is whelmed in msts. Pro-
claim the truth from the hill tops, and though the null
heard and received BY few who will whisper to their
neighbors until it gradually steals into the general ear IS
accepted by the general mind and carried into execution
by the general hand.
Armed, then, with the sling of TRUTH venture to
counter even the redoubabe giant whose strength has
been matured in many battles, whose frame has be-
clustering hurels There is spot to change the figure,
which he who has not been wholly immersed by his
guardian divinity in the waters OF the stream which
"fows fast by the oracle OF God, still offers to foe.
The heel may still be pervous the spear Of Ihurie
and the dsdainfu SOUL like that of the ancient war.
rior, may "come rushing through the wound" inflicted
with YOU, fellow -eiiizens, sympathize in the mourn
full fact so fecngy and beautifully announced by the
ustrous orator. that he too like the present season, is
in the sere and yellow venerable tree presents
now only bare, ruined chOirs where once the sweet
birds sung" With you. would pray that such as he
might know autumn nor winter-that the blossoms
of their spring might only rpen into summer tultthat
the fragrance Of the former so sweet in the nosrs OF
the nation might only be succeeded by the luscousness
OF the latter, grateful to It's taste, 30 beneficial TO Its
health But alas to one is given to cast anchor in
the stream Of life; and even the noble bark which has
foated SO long and majeshcaly upon the waters OF
existence is Fastening with too evident marks OF the
all Others great and small eventually to be launched
May glide into it in all tranquility and its subsequent
course Be one Of eternal peace!
fectonate in the position he has just assumed
Il painful to hear one whose resembling voice has al
ways cheered on his countrymen in their destined path
now essaying to call them back from their onward
march, Ii is painful to think that the patriot who but
few months SINCE lamened his inability to shoulder
musket in his coans cause is now engaged in de
act Of political suicide is that which be has just
ri e. sS The oa Iw s 81 Yh Fox
ton, to The Infinite disgust Of Sheridan who, "stuated
he Of ppoo s wit
bitterly complained that he had sometimes heard OF men
breaking their heads accidentally against post but he
express purpose of cracking his skull The friends Of
your great statesman have good cause to make the same
complaint He who attempts to arrest the torrent which
OF the old lady mmoralized BY Sydney Smith in his
speech against the opponents OF the reform bill, who,
Living on the sea-shore and very much annoyed BY
her threshold. broom in hand, to sweep them back
but old Neptune was too much for her at last The
man who puts himself in the way Of :. the manifest
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crushed The only chance Of escape for those whom it
unexpectedly oveakes, Il to initiate s example 81 the
hunters # a prairie .r when s ss.sss
headiness-wheel round their steeds, bury the royes
in their Sides and scuny with the blowng, BELOW
resaens viii else Be howIed BY the desert Winds and
their epitaphs will not be eulogies OF common
Sad, and true sad is the picture drawn BY the mas
make its due impression upon all mankind salutary
indeed would be the result But, until all men so
impressed war must exist, or the peaceful will be the
aary work Of our hands" When is 80, all the punish
ments Of it may Justly be invoked upon heads But
1T may be forced upon US in such way as to pc alto
nsut and wrong, to which the precepts OF even the
God of peace do not command nations to submit he is
the Cod also q battles when NE battles are Just ana ne
aggression, or war Of defence If the Mexican war
ian. must unqaesonaby oppose With all his strength
and use his best efforts to bring it forthwith end at
whatever cost If it be of the latter, lover of his
native land can consent to its termination until those
who have taken up the sword shall have persisted by the
sword. or until they have first sheathed it themselves
and made amplest PREPARATION for their acts The orator
has told you that i war OF aggression and in con-
sequence, has called upon you to aid in finishing it at
once. Let examine. however, il he be right Let US
see whether there may not be mistake even III sud John
of Gaunt time honored Lancaster" Ii he be wrong,
them no matter what may have been the expenditure OF
blood and of gold-no matter how far exceeding the
losses of the revolution may be those OF the present war
That expenditure those losses, though deeply to be de-
pored, no to be wished unsufered than those
by which Liberties achieved. Millions for de-
demanded-but not cent, not single drop OF blood
for tribute dishonor Let be ever mindful what 1t
COST when the victory of right has been won; but
let us give thought the expense of either sort while
the al-mp0rtant contest is raging To do SO, would
indeed be penny wisdom and pound fOOshness-would
indeed be sacrificing the end to the means, and encour
aging the sorddness of those whose souls too dead
to teel that they have an own, native land Such
thought might Be the thought OF slaves, but never OF
freemen-o Mexcans but not OF citizens of the United
States.
This war; we are told in the first place. is "a unjust
war; because il 10 the result of the annexation of Texas
But il that annexation unjust, OF its conse
quences however devoutly to be deprecated, can be
branded as such And to say that the OF Tex
was an injustice to Mexico because MEXICO still per-
sisted in claiming sovereignty over Texas after long years
of total and peaceful separation, is to say that rec0g
milton of the Independence OF Texas unusttha the
is to fly in the face of best established prncpeso
1he very principles on which own national edifce
doth 20 firmly rest The moment we recognised Texas
independent member of the family of nations, that