The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1847-06-12
CITY OF WASHINGTON.
SATURDAY NIGHT, JUNE le, lsA7.
A Specimen OF .F.,r and Decent Opposition.


The ntegencer" OF to-day has little mercy for its
readers, TO inhct upon them article of eight col
mns purportng to discuss the causes of the war
more than wo-thrds of which article, embracing some
twelve distinct heads, is avowedy a mere repetition
of previous TRADE of similar dimensions upon the same
subject The whole production reminded us strongly of
the sopordc effects produced by Parson Moodys Sermon
although it contains small matter for laughter; and
we venture to promise readers amusement from
il hereafter We find in it, however, one specimen OF
federal candor and truth ulness which think it worth
while toransier at length to columns In the In
erencers pofessed enumeration of the causes of the
war occurs the following passage:
Elsrenh. The according the late project of the
Uoon for sequestang the church property Mexico) has
one of its main causes IN the existence Of the Catholic r
zion Hertco and should therefore, adopt of ats OBJ
,ets the stripping that church of ueahth and influence
there and the bringing about popular enlightenment by in
Producing there more elevating forms of faith"
Now will ii be believed that "the very honest gentle
man" who did" this passage, had before him the fol-
lowing language in relation TO the article referred to
We quote from the Union of the 18th OF May last
Unexpectedly to us, we must confess disposition
dnues be manifested by portion of the wing press and
its correspondents, to attribute to the administration the
specuatons which contained in the article of the II
Instant respecting the with Mexico and the means of
bringing it speedy termination We repeat, that
his article published, only tcitouf the kno,cedge of
the President any member of the cabinet, but is as zee
nn opposed TO the sentiment of and all of them We
understand there has been the distant thought on
me part of the administration of sequesrating the repe
nues the srican church for this any other purpose On
The contrary the property of The church UW be held invoatc
under all circumstances. The procamatons OF differ
ent military commanders to the Mexican people, under
ders issued from the government, have all announced that
the property of the churchhe rights of person and prop
edywould be most religously respected We author
:ed to state that this policy remains unchanged.
Aswe have already stated the article hastily penned
was has been grossly perverted and misre by
the wing press We intended that the property of
the church should be turned into army chest bit that
tod be sequesteed from the Mericdn army to
TO feed the Of their against country
In fact was intended merely a speculation the
prospects and means OF terminating the Mexican and
Of bringing the church tscft the benefits speedy
apeace as possible
One OF purposes in thus quoting and exposing the
andalousy false intmaten contained in the above pas
sage from the Inelgencer, is to show readers and
the public how much reliance can be placed upon the
most formal and deliberate statements OF the federal
gan, the and character of the We have
also another motire in putting upon record in col
this inexcusabe Misrepresentation of the nelli-
gencer in relation to article OF May 18th, which al
uded to the "sequesaton Of the of the Mexi-
church, method of protecting them from being
seized and paged by the military rulers of Mexico in
order to be used against in the war. This motive
may disclose itself to the Intelligencer hereafter