New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-08-26

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noept than the uniform language oil en'i"'"'
impartial historians. 49,. - air.,
v-ha,be, the Courier really wishes 70 SiH'm
9. sober fact that Mexico invaded 'nis country
-. ICONS undertook 20 drive ours from the
- .he Rio Grande, where until the last
'e'' - a.o had waved unrivsled and her jurs-
d;,,;cr been maintained undisputed from the very
A.x,of her National existence, we DO not clearly
.os,ebepd. We know we'll however, that our
oacers and soldiers considered themselves in
oregn country from the moment they crossed the
Sal Colorado creek. and wrote home TO their
friends How could they doubt it when, after be-
ing met by Canales and his force far this side OF the
Rio Grande they saw the Custom House at San
Isabel fred and the whole population fee at their
spDroach-snd this weeks before the commence
ment Of actual hostitiesl The officers surely knew
well that our flag had never befJre waved within
cannon shot Of Matannoros and that the deserted
houses and fields all around them were the property
Of Mexicans, who had never pretended nor desired
20 be other than MexicaDs To assert therefore
that the Mexicans anraded this country wnen
they crossed the Rio Grande from Matamoros' "
70 lie too audaciousy for anything more resPecta-
bic than Polk Message. We are sure the Courier
doe. not mean 70 assert anything OF the kind but
whv should u seek to befog the matter Is not
the fabric Of imposture and fraud behind which the
authors Of this War would fam conceal themselves
large enough already Is it the business OF
Wig journal TO be propping and patching it
5. What the Wings in Congress will generally
do we will not farther discuss at present we have
been concerned rather with what they ougR 70 DO
as in part the legislator and rulers Of humane
and Christian People We have not much con-
sidered what would be the probable cost TO our
party Of yielding prompt and thorough obedience
70 the Divine mandate which thunders Thou shalt
not killP We should gladly try the experiment OF
such obedience, even with certainty OF losing
Presidential Election by it, but we by no means
copcede that such loss would result. On the con-
trary, in the firm and living conviction that GoD
RsIess we believe that 70 do absolutely right for
the love of Right and in utter disregard OF conse
ouences. is the way to secure even that kind Of
success which the Courier would seem to make the
touchstone Of party wisdom and the sole end OF
party effort And we regret to see a Journal so
emphatically Christian as the Courier, while 1t
rnanifests so great repugnance 10 a course deemed
" suicidal TO the Party" and calculated TO " make
us the laughr stock Of every civilized nation
seem 10 have no word thought for the consldera
course does our Maker require oil us
in the premises What course is enjoined by the
Prince Of Peace, who disciples we profess 70 be
When the matter in hand probably involves the
killing or saving alive of some thousands OF inno-
cent human beings, are not these OF some account
...al, 81 off and the ChanCee of
an Election
T. AS to Mr.. Polk and his responsibility, was not
the whole concern bankrupt long agol Can we
hope to saddle the guilt of blood shed virtually by
us upon him, who has more than he can answer for |
already The Presidents position is bad enough, |
but is his responsibility so absorbing as to relieve
Us from any
E. AS TO voting men and money to the extent OF
my ones demands, it does seem TO us that II Con
,ress have no real discretion ia the premises, the
Constitution is n iuggle and farce. Why not say
It once, In War the President shall contract
oens. lay taxes, raise armies and, in short, do
whatever he thinks best 2 The part that Congress
required to act in the premises implies that each
House has a real and not merely nominal discre-
ton.
But more If the money is to be raised LOT an
other wear Of warfare in Mexico 1t must be raised
in great part by loans or increased taxation Shall
4 Whig House concur in borrowing Twenty OF
Thirty Millions more for this purpose BY what
moral right shall this burthen be sadded upon the
American People of 1860 or 'e0l What Will be
the nature of their obigs topay ii no real ne
,essity prompted and no benefit accrued from this
These are questions we should prob
ABLY answer with the Courier yet all must see that
he number who answer differently is daily iucreas
ng all must feel that there is Somewhere limit to
the right of one generation to impose ourthens on
It's successors (See the last Democratic her'e"
for sample of what we may expect by and-by |
from those who are now pushing the nation deeper /
and deeper into debt If Messrs. Polk and /
w alker will frankly recommend the Direct Taxa
ton they proiessed to love so well when out OF
power, we hope Congress will accommodate tnem
bat for more loans, and especially loans on mort
gage of the Public Lands, we have slender appetite
7. Now as 70 conquering Peace How are
we at war; By means OF our armies IN Mexico.
SUPPOSE they were at home again, what would the
War amount tot Let the last five or six years of
nominal war between Texas and Mexico give the
answer. Mexico "shts noeuine' o~PoSs ""'"i"S
of us but that we let her alone. And. even II she
would not make peace, three regiments on the
frontier would keep all her forces at long cannon
si'os .Aase ten years. Now suppose some stout
bully were seen in one Of strests holding
down and pummeling feeble, diotic child of ten
or q dozen years, aud, being demonstrated with by
the bystsnders, should explain " am trying to
cosQHer a peace Ii stop pounding and get of OF
him he will hy in my face aud DO me serious dam
age, what wonld be the response Of true Man
hood. 10 say nothing Of Christianity
Tennessee Humor.
The NGshrRls JhiOR. which had any amount OF
fan in Rogging the Wings before Election, seems
determined to have some sinoe Election out OF
heine Ansced hu them In his naper OF the 18th