Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1847-12-03

WAR OVER AGAIN!
Some of Mr.. Clays friends are following
his advice to hold meetings to echo his re-
solutions. We observe call, signed by thir-
ty-two names in Cincinnati for meeting of
& the friends of peace They will, of course,
adopt Mr.. Clay's sentiments; and the very
course which these friends of peace are taking
is most strangely calculated TO defeat the OBJ
ject they profess. The union of the country
is the harbinger of success. A united front
would damp the enemy and terminate the war.
Ii is such proceedings as Mr. Clay and his
friends are taking as will be caught up and
circulated in the Mexican journals, and cheer
up the hopes OF the enemy and procrastinate
a peace But they cannot defeat it. The
wings in Congress will not venture to refuse
supplies; and with adequate supplies, we will
secure permanent and honorable peace. If
the s0i-dis0nt &C friends of peace,'' therefore,
desire peace, they must vote supplies. If they
refuse them, be the responsibility theirs
theirs the blame-theirs the disgrace of the
country. Upon their heads be the scorn of
Europe and the anathemas of their own
cOuntrymen.
The time was, when their great leader, who
now signs over the war, and for the blessings
of peace, held very different language 1t
was during the war of 1912, when he supper
ted the administration and the war against
Great Britain, that he employed his eloquence
in the defence of his country, and that he hur-
led his thunder against the opposition, But
qtantum mmatus ab lilo! Mr.. Clay is now
one of the oppositon-in the midst of for
eign war, too-whlst the rights and honor OF
his country are at issue-in the midst, too, OF
| A. brl oh nfc
has ever produced, and when hasty and un-
satisfactory peace would tarniSh the laurels
which have been gathered by our army. De-
ny adequate uppIes-compel the adminlstra
ton to withdraw our tro0ps-relnquIsh al
our conquests without obtaining what Mr.
Clay cried up in 1913 as the legitimate object;
of war, g indemnity for the past, and security
for the future > and what will become OF the
moral force we have won? How shall we
impress Europe with such respect for US a:
will command her forbearance? How Ions
shall we keep down the insults and outraget
of Mexico9 The friends of peace may talk
of peace They may try to precipitate its at
} tanment by dishonorable concession; bu
Mexico is the last nation in the world wht
will appreciate our policy, and the first to IN
suit US and provoke US into another war.
w
who, in the war of 1912, expressed such sen
timents as the following? We extract from
his speech on the new army bill, in the Hous
of Representatives, on the 9Th January, {
memorable anniversary afterwards,) 1913:
Whilst these peaceful experiments ar
undergoing trial, what is the conduct of tn
opposition? They are the champions OF wa
the proud, the spirited, the sole repositor
of the nations honor-the men OF excluslv
; vigor and energy. The administration, O
the contrary, is weak, feeble, and pusillanl
9 NOUS incapable of being kicked into war
1 The maxim, not a cent for tribute, million
b for Defence is loudly proclaimed. Is the ad
minstration for negotiation? The oppositio
is tired, sick, disguised with negotiation
! They want to draw the sword and avenge tn
nations wrongs. When, however, foreig
> nations, perhaps emboldened by the very OF
-. position here made, refuse to listen to the an
!. cable appeals, which have been repeated an
= reiterated by the administration, to their jus
If tice and to their interests-when, in fact, WE
II with one of them has become identified wit
7 our independence and our sovereignty, and
abstain from it was no longer possible b'
hold the opposition veering around and b
= coming the friends of peace and commerce.
They tell you of the calamlties Of war
D. tragical events-the squandering away
er your resources waste of the public trea
s. ule, and the spilling OF innocent blood. 600
s. CONS, hydras, and chimeras dire" They tt
to YOU that honor is an Illusion! Now we S
j, them exhibiting the terrific forms of the roa
E. ing king of the forest-now the meekness al
humility of the lamb! They are for war Al
of no restrictions, when the administration is
war. You find them, sir, lacking with eve
., gale, displaying the coloTs OF every party, a
st of all nations; steady only in one unalterat
- purpose-to stear, if possible, into the heav
10. of power.
" 81 omitted, yesterday, sir, when speak,
of delicate and painful subject, to notice
: powerful engine which the consplTators agar j!
!. the integrity of the Union employ to eff
their nefarious purposes mean southern
- fuence. The true friend to his country, kno
IS, ing that our constitution was the work O
compromise, in which interests apparen
conflicting were attempted 10 be reconcll