The North-Carolina standard., 1847-09-01
-.s 3. ..s.-.- From the Pennsylvania.
Circumstantial Evidence. tI.

la man is seen going into house through IN
back window at midnight il is fair 10 suppose n
has decided upon robbery. Ifanother is observe'
Iappying torch to his neighbors dwelling, 1t /
fair to suppose that he has resolved upon arson
IF a third is detected striking his dagger into th
traveller, it is fair to suppose that he intends muir
der We presume there are very few lurles
even in this land of light and law, who would no
seriously take into consideration the propriety o
] finding these offenders guilty under the statute
for such cases made and provided. If SO convict
led, would It not excite universal disgust and con
tempt, if the culprit Indignantly demanded the
proofs of his crime and proceeded insolentiy to
hector The jury that had adjudgcd him to be
worthy of punishment
f. Now, we have 10 disposition TO draw what may
be regarded as unpleasant comparisons; but as we
have very lately observed, on the part of some oil
the federal presses very indignant effort 10 dis
prove some allegation of the Washington Union
! OF ga bargain between the Mexicans and the
wings" we propose to see how far an Intelligent
| jury. drawn from a mixed panel Of all parties,
would decide this dispute according to the facts
and the testimony. We are willing TO allow to
the accused all the benefit they can derive from
their friends, and from such allegations as that
there are wings in the war, aud that wings have
shed their blood for their country. We thank
God that there have Leen many honorable excep-
tions to the otherwise unmitigated treason Of the
federal leaders in this country; but the truth re-
quires US 10 add, that there is hardly case in
which ga whig" has gone to the wars that he
ETas not taken the FIRST occasion to drnounce the
conduct Of his friends at home. Now let US see
how far the allegation of sfre federal press, in
gard to the grave charge OF the Union, is justified
by the facts and the evidence, including positive
as we'll as circumstantiai proof.
The fact is, that in nearly every paper IN
IF ,haE in
The United States against the war are copied and
approved. To prove this assertion, we IRE will
ling to refer 10 any general officer who has been
in Mexico and to all those who receive the Mex
can papers. The New Orleans Picayune has re-
peatedIy announced the appearance of such articles
in the Mexican prints
The fact is that. both in Mexico and the United
States. the opponents of the present war use the
same arguments; and whether they consist Of
reference to appetite for conquest the want of
proVocalion in the premises the cruelty Of our
troops, or the general incompetency Of the admin
istralion-all are discussed with about equal abil
ty and malignily. Those who have read Cor
wins speech, Delanos speech, and any of the
leading federal papers in this country, the one
hand, and the address of the clergy of San Luis
and the proclamalions Of Santa Anna and his gen.
erals, on the other, need push their researches
further in search Of proof
The fact that the attacks OF the federal press
and the federal politicians the war have created
q belief in Mexico that we are divided people,
and on the eve of revolution, in consequence of
the war, and have beyond all question, contributed
to prolong offensive operations and delay peace
The proof of this is to be found in the frank letter
of Captain Blanding, of the South Carolina volun
teers, published in this paper, and dated at Jalapa
in April last
4 The fact that the Illinois and Ohio regiments
while encamped in Mexico, burnt federal candi-
date for the presidency in efigy, proves that they
felt the effect which his attack upon the war had
produced among hostile population. The speech
of Doniphan--the articles in the American papers
published in Mexico-und numerous other au-
thortics, are amply confrmatory Of this assertion.
These, then, are some of the facts and the evi-
dences in this case. They appear overwhelming
to u.s. They will, we presume, be satisfactory 10
the country, which is the Jury before which it
will betried. The federal papers have the right
of defence and reply but they will not conciiate
a favorable decision by borrowing still further
from the Mexicans the tone and the language of
insolence and denunciation - 10 g. ~. "
90 . F.
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