The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1847-06-29
TUESDAY NIGHT, JUNE 90, Is47.



munity It is reported that Jealous swing" having
imprudently belaken himself to the perusal of one of
these monster disqusitons found by his friends
50 deep and prolonged aumber as to cause them the
most serious alarm, Active remedies being at once re-
sorted to--hartshom and friction freely applied
and the somnGc cause being Immediately removed to
great dsancethe sufferer showed signs of return
inc animation, and shortly recovered consciousness
enough to express his determination not again to expose
himself to similar danger
Practice, however, having given TO more than the
usual powers of endurance in such cases, have sue
cessully performed feat which, we venture TO say,
hardly any other persons in the community safely at
tempt, and have read the lntegencers article fairly
through. We would state the substance of it---ii il
had any substance We would give the points of t-f il
made any points We would analyze its application 10
any of the questions before the pubcf il had any
such application. But, it is, intend to dismiss it,
after saying just much about it may be necessary to
convince readers that its perusa should be by no
attempted by any gentleman, however much
leisure he may have, in the hope OF finding few
grains of valuable matter in the vast collection OF cha
Shortly, then, we say, the lntegencer" has taken
eight columns to tell its readers
Firstly That Mr. Monroe was very able statesman
and had very able cabinet;
Secondly That this able statesman and his able cabi
net laid down, in Presidential message the principle
that henceforh rom 1929 the American continent is
not to be considered subject for future colonization
by any European power;"
Thirdly. That the assertion of this principle thus
made by Mr.. Monroe and his advisers was by no means
seriously intended but was, the contrary regarded by
them being something between Joke and sa strata
gen." and was, such, promptly abandoned almost as
soon announced;
Fourthly That Notwithstanding this strange propen.
siy to joking and trckery the subject of our foreign
relations, Mr. Monroe's continental policy" looking to
the prevention of all European interference in the con-
OF the Spanish American States was policy emit
tied to all commentator and
Fifthiy That Mr. Folks continental policy" is in
direct contrast with the policy of Mr. Monroe nasnuch
as Mr. Polk ESQ says the 'nelligencer) has gone to
war with Mexico in order prevent her from choosing
form of government to suit herself
Such is the purpor of this lengthy production 1t is
illustrated with notes 1t is disten1ed by heightened
quotations from Messages, Reports and Speeches. hay
ing, so far see, reference whatever any
point connected with the policy OF the present with
Mexico 1t is garnished, usual in the Intelligent
GERS articles, with variety of at the doctrines
and the progress Of freedom and free institutions, and
with marked sympathy for the monachical systems OF
Europe. II poinedy condemns the successful efforts
made by government to counteract English and
French intrigue by the 'prevous annexation of Tex
ass; and distinctly alleges that that measure part
finds no warrant in the fact thai England France
would have annexed her, had not done it." Written
in this general spirit the article OF course embraces
good deal of abuse of President Polk all OF which does
him much honor such production can do 10 any
body.
The lntellgencer,' of course, publishes what it
knows to be untrue, when it publishes that the with
Mexico was commenced is carried on, for the purpose
OF interfering in the internal policy of that country
STILL there have been statesmen whose ideal of policy
seemed to be succession of false oahs" so there
may be journals, whose ideal of partisan attack may be
series of false statements In this view, is not i'm
possible to understand why the Intelligencer" should
persist in thus misrepresentng the character of the war;
Though its Misrepresentation has been again and again
posed and efuted, and stands direct contradiction with
the whole tenor OF the official language of the adminstra
ton, as set down upon the record.
But the question of Mr. Monroe's continental policy is
that question, therefore, any display of ignorance,
mendacity prediction for monarchy, hatred of
republican institutions, ondness for European inter
ference purely gatuitous We wonder them that the
"nellgencer" should have openly stultifed ITSELF by de-
clarng that Mr. Monroe and his cabinet abandoned
and contradced their own principles in all their negola
tons with England and Russia, and Spain. Their princi
pie was that after the independence of the South American
States the soil of this continent was to be regarded as no
longer without owner, and open to all govern
ments, but distributed among various governments
(American and European) and of course longer sub
ect European colonization. This principle the "n
telgencers charges Mr. Monroes cabinet with abandon
ing and renouncing because they made treaty of limits
with RUSSIA treaty of temporary joint occupancy with
Great Britan-and treaty OF boundaries and of mutual
cession with Spain in so this last, by the way, before
the principle in question proclaimed. The Inteli-
gencers bunder is udicrous. 1t fails to (what is
mo manfesD that the treaties made by Mr. Monroe's
administration strictly an harmony with the princi
pie Of 'no new colonization asserted by Them but were
indeed in pursuance of it, Holding that there vari
Gus titles to various portions of the soil of this continent
and that all the soil covered by title, they pro-
ceeded to fix the mees and bounds defining the bounda
ries OF those various titles, settling by several treaties
with different European nations their several hits, and
conditions of possession, and occupancy and jurisdiction
This precisely the practical assertion OF their princi
pie that the continent longer ''open to COLOMBIA
ton" because no longer in any part of it WITHOUT