The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1847-12-21
CITY OF WASHINGTON.
TUESDAY NIGHT. DEC. 81, ls47.


All too late to its character, and hardly soon
enough to shield the leaders of its party from crushing
weight of odum and public Indignation, the National
ntelligencer begins to find that taitorous advo
cacy of the and the interests OF public enemy is
unsafe basis of party organisation and in its article
of Saturday last written in continuation of its previous
malignant and foul mouthed caumny OF our country
and government, it dsavows the character of an organ
Whether this disclaimer be compulsory spontaneous
whether result from coercion without, from caution
within the Intellgencer ocewe yet rejoice to see it.
II is bad enough for single journal claiming to be Amer
ican to defame and caumnate its government by whole
sales but that this should be done in the name of great
party is too shameful to be borne We are glad to pre-
sume therefore, that the wing leaders in Congress have
found the language of their organ insuerabe and have
compelled to declare that speaks not for Them but
for itself alone.
AS if in revenge for this rebuke from its own party
and feeling perhaps that first anmadverson upon its
ISLANDERS had some influence in producing its mshap it
characterizes article "the poor ribaldry with
to soil the columns of journal which ought to reflect to
the extent OF decency at least the well as the
sentiments of the gentlemen who control it."
II we are, indeed graduates of Bllingsgae" as the
Inelgencer alleges that journal at least confess
that we have taken only the lesser degrees in that de-
parlment of the Bellies Letres We have vet much to
learn before contest the Senior Wranglership"
of the ntegencer in the peculiar eloquence OF that
school, and vie with it in describing the President of the
United States as Savage Bully" and our national
policy towards Mexico, adopted and sanctioned by Con-
gress, worse than the practices of the Gouger and
he D.-L, ,L~tyO "
cries in political science and such elegances of rhe
oric TIL the Intelligeneer sag much, it may as
well profit BY the caution given in the play to Joseph
Surface-(he was, as the ntellgencer will remember,
very demure and sanctimonious scoundrel, with most
moral face who coaked the worst purposes and the most
Inscriptions passions under marvellous afectaon OF
decorum,)-and leave "decency," he advised to
leave HONOR out OF the question 1t is with feeling
of relief therefore, that turn from the consideration
of the Inteligencers to some examination of
what, to escape filter name will probably call its
guments.
Having first stgmatsed the declarations of the Presi
dent in his Message relation the causes and the CON-
mencemen of the war, utterly false, the Intelligent
forward with the admission that the Pres
ldent HIMSELF doubtless, believes them be true AS the
lntegencers whole argument to the effect that the
President Intentionally and of malice aforethought went
about in all his action towards Mexico to produce the
war; without any adequate her part, this apollo
gy which the nellgencer has doubtless brought for
ward reluctant sacrifice TO decency, is at best self
contradiction After admitting that our Executive gov
eminent coRscientiousy believes that Mexico forced the
upon u.s. is alleged in the Presidents Messages
surely it is alike idle and infamous for the Integencer to
assert does, through sixteen columns that the
President deliberately and Of set purpose freed the war
upon Mexico! Yet the Integencer's apology is. doubt
less the best possible in its present plight and may be
accepted as far as it goes,
With regard to the policy proposed in the Message in
relation to territorial indemnity, the ntellgencer adj
mits that Mexico 'cannot pay money what she owes"
but claims that the argument thus insisted on for ces
sion of territory is sdeady fatal that other suggestion
in the Message, that by of forced contributions
levied upon Mexico through military commanders,
the future expenses Of the war to be betrayed"
Admirably argued Because the corrupt and wretched
military anarchy of Mexico is too dishonest to collect
her public in good faith for the public use and
too perdious to pay them in pursuance of treaty
stpulaons, if collected therefore we are to in
fer that just and stringent system of forced military
contributions will furnish supplies for army in her
territory And such feeble nonsense as this, utterly
irrelevant to the question at issue, is absolutely the
whole that the wing organ allege against the pro-
posed policy of acquiring indemnity in the form Of
cession of errtoy-ha is to say in that form which is
not only the only practicable but which at the same
time is the least onerous Mexico and the most adyan-
tageous to ourselves.
With regard to the statement contained in the Message
that Congress, in its legislation looking the prosecu-
ton of the war; and to the conclusion of treaty OF peace
manifesty contemplated the acquisition of such terrific
rial indemnity, the Integencer can, after fortnghts
reflection find nothing better to say than this:
The only anscer that be made to such PROPOSE
ton, which the Union expresses surprise that have
said one word contradict is that is impossible
ind one cord any reo On of the Congress
Of the United States to sustain it,"
In conclusive reutaon Of this allegation we copy the
following paragraphs of the Message which Justice to
the Inelligencer requires to suppose must have
failed to read or to understand:
That Congress contemplated the acquisition of terrific
prosecution of the war; sobvous Congress could have
neantwhen, in May, 1885, they appropriated millions
Of dollars and authorized the President employ the mill
tia and naval and military forces of the United States and
accept the services of fifty thousand volunteers enable
him prosecute the and when, at their last session.
md after army had invaded Mexico they made addi
tiona appropriations and authorized the raising of addi
tiona troops the same purposetha demnity was
TO be obtained from Mexico at the conclusion of war .
yet certain that, if no Mexican territory was ac
luired, no indemnity could be obtained.