Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1847-10-21

dehllal SaHVdSS III / Oh, ana, or course Ec-
fore Mr.. PoLK's electiea. Bat after Nh
PoLK's Inauguration, il was necessary to d.
rect their efforts toward him; and we are
gravely informed. that an ac, of his, viz: the
removal Of the army, &c, was the "innaediafe
cause of the war;! Indeed we have heard it
asserted by our whig friends, on more Than one
occasion. that to that act are we indebted for
the war In his inordinate and overweening
zeal to damn Mr. PoLx and the Democratic
party, as the guilty and Bloody authors of the
present war with Mexico, the editor "wres III
and wires oui''-attributing the war first to
this and then to that caase-first to annexation,
and then 10 the removal of the army.
Candid reader. we ask you, after calmly
and dispassionately reviewing the history OF
annexation. from its inception to its consnm-
nation. only a tew hours after Mr.. Pols's IN
augura: ion, Who ,cas it that first set IN motion
the annexation scheme, in tangible forin?-
Was it Mr.. VAN buren,? No, it could mol
have been consummaed at So early day. as
we have the mos, abundant recorded evidence.
Nor was it GEN HARRISON; for he was re-
moved by death before his policy was fully
developed. or known to the country. JOHN
TYLER. ,chom the Wigs elected to the Fice
P,eeidencu NAV be fArnnAd and j"e.4y, the
father Of the annexation scheme-it was en-
phatically the measure of his administration;
and taking for granted that annexation was
the cause of the war, Gas the whig party con-
tended" in the language of the Republican,
then i, follows, that JOHN TYLER is, ''per Sc,
the responsible author of the war. Yes, when
"Yo Dung Hickory" was seated in the Presiden-
tial Chair, he found the annexation scheme
fully developed, nay, completed and consum-
mated. as far as such resul, could be accom-
plished by solemn and final legislation. Mr..
Polk had no more to do in the maturity of this
measure, in his capacity as President. than
had the laundering Jupiter of the Republic
an:-the bill was passed without any infu-
ence or exersion. officially, on his part; the on
ly agency he had in the matter was, that he
signed it after it was passed, and but day or
so after his Inauguration, as before stated
And we would just state here for the informa-
ton Of the editor, that the bill for annexing
Texas could not haze been passed acithoM the
aid Of the Whig rotes 1t receiced; let the read
err determine how far. then, the Wigs are
responsible for letting the bill pass. achen they
had it IN tlteir po,oer to preventit!! Smoke
that in your pipe, sir.
Now, we do not intend, by anything which
we have said above, to convey the idea. that
we desire to take the responsibility off the
shoulders Of Mr. Polk, and throw the burden
upon the broad back of Captain Tyler, as the
Wings were pleased to dubb their President
not at all. We only desire that the disingen-
uousness of the course pursued toward Mr..
PoLKby the Wings may be manifest, & to show
that they are guilty of the mos. wiiful misrep-
RESERVATIONS of the true history Of annexation,
ard its connection with the war. We most
cordially approved of Mr.. TYLER's annexa-
ton policy, and so did the Democratic party in
general; and we equally approved of Mr..
PoLK's precautionary measure, in ordering
the army to the Texan frontier to prevent the
Mexicans from invading our soil.
The Republican lahors to prove that The
Mexicans crossed the Rio Grande and attack
ed our army, because it had occupied "territo-
ry in the valley of the Rio Grande, to which
we had no ascertained title" This is 'fan-
cy picture" of the Republicans own getting
up;-the .Mericans urged no such pretext-
they claimed the uhole of Teas. and actually
refused to treat with our government for
boundary line, as every wel-informed reader
knows, By reference to the correspondence
between Mr.. TRIsr and the Mexican author-
ties, which was published last week, it will
be seen that the ,chole, and not merely the
valley of the Rio Grande," is claimed. as
Mexican territory. This miserable pretext.
then, ike those formerly noticed, has no foun-
dation in truth.
The editor terms the President an "imbecil
creature" What pity it is, that the intel
lectual giant, who presides with so mnch dig
nifty on his buckles STOOL" was not elected
to the Presidency, in the place of Mr.. Polk!
We call the attention Of the Wing party
to his superior claims. However high his
soaring genius may tour. he can never arrive
at that stupendous height, at which imbecil
iiy can BE charged upon him. He will moi
be obnoxious to ina. charge. MI. Polk. who
is charged with bringing war upon the coun-
TRY, by his own individual act, and in violation
of the constitution, in the eyes Of this pink of
learning and decency, is an s'imbecil crea-
ture." hnbecihty- weakness, feebleness,-
is inconsistent with the tremendous feats
which the President is charged with having
performed.
The editor denies that he had denounced
his government" &C., and charges the re-
sponsibilify Of the war upon the President as
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