Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1847-06-11

lleve that under existing circumstances, can
do some good for our country by aiding to pro-
secute this war to a glorious termination
Should be so fortunate as to have the ap-
probation of my fellow countryren for my
conduct as an officer of the American Army, I
shall be amply compensated for whatever it
may be my lot, under the blessings of Heav-
en-, to have achieved for the honor and glory
of my country.
But allow me to say that you have aston
ished me for the safety of our republican in
situations. am really amazed to see the
course you have been pursuing, while have
been with all the powers of my mind and en-
ergies of my body, increasingly endeavoring
to sustain the cause of our country; endeav-
oring to vindicate her injured and insulted
honor, and to compel the unprincipled Next
cans to abandon their Ubiquitous hostilities and
come to terms of adjustment 1t is with the
deepest modification that | am compelled to
say, YOU have done more to weaken our ar
mics and Encourage the enemy, than could
have been accomplished by hundred such
armies as Mexico has had in the field. You
have showered down denunciations on our
cause and pleaded the justice of that of our
enemy. You have pronounced that war I'M
Just, aggressive, unrighteous, wicked. unholy,
cruel, damnable; war against God and enc
in which the sympathies of the civilized world
would be with the enemy and against u.s.
| Your presses and your orators, have poured
forth necessarily such unfounded and unpat-
riotic denunclations as these you even went
so far as to ridicule the resources of the Uni
ted States for raising money TO carry on the
war; you made every effort in your power to
bring down, to discredit and dishonor those
very resources on which our gallant army in
the field in foreign land of savage enemies,
had to rely for supplies. You published to
the world false statements, that the war was
costing US half a million per day, and that
there were no means to meet it. All these
things We're eagerly caught up and republish-
ed throughout Mexico. The effect was, that
you deceived the poor creatures with the fatal
and delusive hope that by holding out against
us, we must abandon the field and suffer them
to continue their injuries and insults with i'm
punity.
They at one time confidently hoped to see
you impeach the President of the United States
for the I'M Just war We should havehad an
honorable peace long ago, had they not been
deceived and encouraged by your unpatriotic
and false declarations This is the true state
of the case as you well know. 1t gives me
pain 10 say it. Again: you know that you
have denounced your opponents of the demo
cratic party for selecting at one time militia
ry man as candidate for the presidency
Gen. Jackson had been high in civil stations
and sustained himself with great credit. HI
had been long out of employment as militia
ry man, engaged in agricultural pursuits a
the Hermitage, yet you told the people j
would be better that war, pestilence and fam
inc come upon the land, than to elevate mill
tary man to the presidency. But now yor
come before the same people and pretend IL
be moved with patriotism when you ask then
to take military man fresh from the field O
battle, where he was fighting against Cod
Now, conjure you to reflect What mus
the people say of your patriotism and you
honesty? And what would be the figure
would cut as the candidate of such a party
You must see, gentlemen, it will not do. How
can the good patriot who loves his country
countenance such conduct You even virtu
ally admit that the clamor you have made a
bout principles and measures heretofore, wa
false and only pretended, for you propose IL
take d candidate who is not in favor of sucf
measures What will the people say wher
you present yourselves in such light Viii
they not say you care nothing for your coun
try' You care nothing for bank or tariff, O
any thing but office, which you hope 10 gair
by huzzaing for me for my victories agains
God. 1t will not do. You must not be so un
principled.
I have the honor to be, without much re
spect, your fellow citizen,
ROUGH AND READY.