The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1847-08-16
CITY OF WASHINGTON.
MONDAY NIGHT. AUGUST 10. 1s47.


Coalition OF Wing Leaders and Mexican Chieftains
1t was conceded principle among the ancient repub-
hes that foreign united domestic parties In those
days. love of country far exceeded allegiance to party
that the ocsin of wawas signal for the buying OF party
feuds and for the union of party men, rank and he IN
resoutc effort uphold the interests the honor and the
glory OF the republic. They unable to perceive
how they could their country by embarrassing It's
chosen rulers how they could obtain peace but by vgor-
war; how they could give vigor to war by denouh-
cling il unnecessary, unjust and abomnable; how they
could nerve the arms of their own knsmen In bae by
telling them that they upon work OF murder; how
they could disprit and dsam their countys foes, by
telling them that in the slaughter OF battle by assas-
snaton of their and brothers, they were guilty of
no other reason' than such had conferred merited
Immortality on patriots and martyrs!
Times have changed. Our experience teaches that,
in of foreign war between republic and foreign
nations, one of our parties, being in minority become
at once tie most effective ally of foreign enemy
Nay upon the slightest prospect of war to vindicae
national rights and honor they become the degraded
apoogsts of foreign wrongs and the Jealous advocates
of foreign pretensons. They to forget that they
have country whose rights and honor only be sus
tanned through its chosen rulers They seem to forget
that in embarrassing and dsgracing those rulers in the
eyes OF other nations, they wrong and disgrace their
country. They to forget-they must forget-that
thecontempt they may bring their country by course
unpatrioc and suicidal, must attach with tenfold
power, mingled with adherence, to themselves.
The problem of such opposition has been once
worked out Such was the opposition of the federal
leaders the of 1912; and what the result
H nations and worlos contempt Degraded and self
despised the guilty sought avoid universal
by disavowng the which their fathers had as
sumed, and under cover of which they had wrought
against their country, in their frantic opposition to
its constituted authorities In dscarding their once-cher-
shed name and adopting not associated with crimes
against their country they abandoned principle, and
changed no feeling On the contrary, having been
Joined by few renegades from the old republican party,
and assuming the of wings, they carrying
against their country, through its public authorities,
campaign which bids fair to exceed in boldness and
atrocity that of the federal party during the of 1912
By perfdy in her foreign relations. and the contempt
Mexico has brought upon herself by her internal admin
stTaion she finds nothing in the wide world base
enough to sympahize with her, and become her ally,
cept the hig leaders in the United States If she does
not receive from them men, money, and arms she re-
ceves that which is essential to her in her
system Of robbery and murdershe receives
that she is right and wrong; that it is OF
the Executive, and not of the people OF the United States
that it is looked upon with adherence by the OF
population, who would if they could, and will when
they can, withdraw armies from her territories,
indemnify for the past security for
the future, aud perchance will pay her all the damages
and expenses she has sustained by the war! With
this encouragement and these assurances before Them
is it wonder that the Mexican leaders will not
In.o, or
those the federal leaders propose-the entire NTH
drarol Of our arnsies from Merico? Is it wonder
that aaua and his robber bands beset the roads for the
purpose OF shooting down only soldiers but every
American who may incautiousy in front Of their
covers Is it wonder that Urreas bandits murder our
felowctzens in the highways, their hearts and
thrust them into their mouths mutate and hang them by
their heels in the trees Is it wonder that the Mexi-
ancers feel perfect liberty ride the field
of battle, and murder wounded officers and SOL
diers who, their wing allies tell them, have invaded
their country without justice right rob and destroy
them
There is fearful responsibility resting upon the wing
Leaders, On their heads rests the blood only Of the
Mexicans who encouraged to persist and perish in
hopeless war; but OF their countrymen of their
sons brothers. and friends, whom they encourage those
among their mountains. The guilt Of a double crme-of
two crimes the most atrocious known human laws
rests upon their soustreason and murder treason to
.he country and the murder not only of Mexicans but
of their QUA countrymen kindred and friends.
Is it not so? What, in effect is the language OF the
federal leaders to the Mexcans' ''Mr Polk has made
this war without cause and in violation of the constu
ton, and our armies ought to be Withdrawn from your
territory Fight until turn him out, tsten those
armies shall be 1cithdruwn, and wM giue you just
such peace as you want" This, and nothing short OF
it, is the substance OF the language held by the wing
leaders to the military cheftains of Mexico The conse
quence is perfect concert betceen our ciig leaders and
The Merican cieftains The wing leaders say, our arm
les ought to be Withdrawn from the Mexican territory
which is virtually promise to withdraw them when
they get the power The Mexican chiefains say we
viii even treat for peace until your armies with
drawn'n other words, " until the whig leaders are made
the rulers of the United States" We do not say there an
express written compact between the wing leaders and
the Mexican cheftains, in which it is stipulated that
they will make common against the democracy of
the United States but we do say there is a palpabe
practical concert the effect of which perfectly under
stood by both parties The federal WOLF under the whig
sheepskin, knows that he has no chance to acquire
power but to put down the democracy of the United
States; and that he has chance, amidst the flood of