The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1847-04-17

The National Integencer devotes long -winded arI
Gle in this mornings paper to an attack upon the adm
israon and its friends We, OF course, cannot esca(
its beral denunciation. AS its editor cannot find
his heart to make upon Mexico, it must make wa
upon the administration AS it cannot strike one blot
for the honor of country, it must aim its insido
blow at those who are indicating their country, nd
rights and her honor
For twenty years past, the National Intelligence hal
been the organ of foreign influences" In that cour
at least it has the merit of being consistent" The advd
cate OF France, of England, and of Mexico Throughout
it has, during that period uniformly taken sides with i
egn nations against the United States has been guilty
the "mora treason which it charged upon otheTI
1t would if not drop of native bool ran in h|
VEINS OF its editor Such recklessness in his courses
little shame does he manifest in giving aid and coun
nance to country's enemy! From the commencemt
OF the present war; especially has the National lnte
gencer appeared the friend of Mexico and the en-
envy of her enemy.
We reserve for another opportunity reply to sucI
parts OF its article Of this morning entitled to no
tice, especially as ii has not yet completed the trad
which il has commenced So far, it is distinguished
the most bera spirit against the administration, and 4
utter disregard to the rights the country Measuring III
course of the President and his friends by its
row views and aetious spirit the National Intelligence
attributes the origin of the war, not to its true cause
the injustice of Mexico-but to the vilest motives t
part of the administration 1t goes further and charge
the manner OF conducting it TO the most disgracelu
partisan spirit. Overlooking the course which its owl
friends pursuing, the audacity with which they
denim the war as unjust and unconstitutional, and the
the meanness with which of them are attempting
to steal away its honors, for the purpose of promotl
their own miserable party purposes the National lnteb
gencer has still further the audacity to ascrbe the ogn
OF the to the secret ambition of the members of TIL
administration. Forgetting all the president making
schemes of its own friends, and the disgrace Of al
tempting TO raise their own candidate upon the glorie
of war which they considered unjust, the Mexca1
"Diano" at Washington falsely declares that Ito SCI
cure the succession to Mr.. Polk, to the pol
clans OF the stamp, by the acquisition OF errio1
and of military glory was the original moving, burnln
stimulus that led the administration to plunge into war
Not the wrongs Of Mexco-not the shedding OF til
blood of our own people upon own soil, but som
desire for the succession, which Mr. Polk is imagined
feel This assertion is as unfounded, as the mohV
ascribed for the war is absurd and beral. We have
often contradicted this slang about Mr. Polk that we ar
sick and disguised with its repetition 1t presents tn
same nsnuaton in the very opening OF its elaborate Of
cle-when, in noticing the article in the Union of Tue:
day last the National Intelligencer says; "Its commen
dalton of the President made in the usual style OF th
paperhat is TO say, made by repetition and accu
mutation of eulogtic words and phrasess lntersperse
here and there, with hints not to be misunderstood th
Mr. Polk is again to be presented to the democracy
the country candidate for the presidency vi TINS
care little; and the country we presume cares as iue
Again. we repeat IN the most authoritative man"U
that Mr.. Polk positively dsclaims, as he has uniform
done every idea of the succession-and most perenI
tory that in publishing that article, no such lde
ever entered our heads