Tri-weekly journal., 1847-11-16

territory. In order to carry out this scheme,
the army is held back after each battle, for fear
our gallant troops might conquer" that which
Mr. Polk desires the honor of buying. He
merely wishes to fog Mexico up to the bar
gaining point; and, for fear the subject may
die before the time, Mr.. Trist accompanies the
army as diplomatic nurse, to be present in er
trcmlis, so that when Gen. Scott strikes the
mortal blow, he may, by the timely application
of the golden stimulant, keep life long enough
in the patient to sign the deed. Like man
wishing to take live wolf, yet, afraid to en-
counter him in full strength, thinks it safe to
wound him little before coming too close,
but finds after all, that the safest way to take
a lire wolf is to kill him first
The war under such management has be-
become so complicated, that | do not believe
the Administration now have the power, if
they had the inclination, to bring 1t to any hon.
orable termination.
They have gone on prosecuting the war under
system of bullying and bargaining, OF brlbing
and coaxing, fist for one object and then fer
another, until they have arrived at the point
when, afraid to go back, they stand bewildered
by their own devious successes.
Mexico, vanquished in every battle, all her
sea-ports in our possession, her capital held
by our victorious army, yet stubbornly re-
fuses TO sign the bargain and sale OF three
of her provinces. Thus the last great object of
the war is defeated, and Mr.. Polk discovers
that, after expanding one hundred and fifty
millions of dollars in war expenses, and after
sacrificing the lives of twenty thousand Amer
lean citizens, he cannot conquer sale even by
paying for the land more than il is WORTH
The wolf will not submit to the dismember-
ment of her tail so long as she can defend it
with her teeth: the hunters must knock the an
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make the partition.
In this perplexity the old Oregon cry is raised
again. All or none, is the war-cry at headquar-
| tiers; call or none" is echoed by every party
subaltern down ne ranks But which part
of the alternative, the all or the none, will be
adhered too by this Administration is, judging
from the result of the Oregon question, mighty
uncertain. 1t all depends upon the state of
Mr.. Folks nerves at the time, as they may be
strung or unstrung by the great war-gods of
Congress. What says Mr.. Benton?
Under this state of things | can see no course
for the wings to pursue but 10 sustain the coun-
try under the calamitous position in which 1t
has been placed by our Executive, and to
await the time when they can take the war out
of the hands of men who have proved them
selves incompetent to conduct il, and then re-
lieve it if we can of all DISCUSSES and pretexts,
and prosecute it openly and manly as becometh
christian nation, seeking no advantage but
that which is the object of all just wars.-the
| maintenance of national honor and the restora-
lion of permanent peace.
These are the high moral and political obliga-
tons now resting on the Wing party. It's their
! duty to stand by the country in this hour OF her
deepest peril; to watch with an eagle eye over
her free institutions. to defend them from the
encroachments of Executive power; to sustain
them amidst the excitements of war; to go
through this wilderness of sin into which I.
has been dragged by unholy hands, to fight for
it and to die for it, if need be, until we can
bring 1t back in safety to its native tenn
| pie.
The way to restore peace is not By withhold
ing necessary supplies for the lrdr, but by
Withholding our votes from its authors; not BY
Withdrawing our troops from Mexico, but BY
Withdrawing Mr.. Polk from the Executive
chair We will sustain the war for the sake of
the country, and not for the sake of the causes
which produced it; not for the objects for
which the Executive now continues it. We
will sustain it until we can, under the consti-
tuition and the laws, (thank God, the time is
not far distant,) place at the head of our ma
tional affairs one who will have the wisdom
and the nerve to put an end to this inglorious
war.
Let US dDlue our Time. NDen tldt time
comes there will be an awful account to be Ia
ken between the people and the authors of this
war: Offences will come, and because of them
men and nations must suffer; but two to that
man by whom the offence cometh!'
| In all that | have said wish to be under
stood as drawing a distinction between the
war and its authors. We support the one be-
cause 1t is connected with the honor of the
country, but we denounce the other because it
has brought dishonor upon the nation. We
are not to he told that we oppose our country
in time of war because we disapprove of Mr.
Folks conduct in bringing that war upon the
country. Our opponents seem to think that
the whole duty of citizen in time of war is
to justify, by much speaking, its AUTHORSHIP de-
fend them is the amount of their heroism.-
While the poor Wings are off in Mexico fight |
ing the war for the sake of the country, they
stay at home and defend the war for the sake
of its authors. They are certainly heroes at
this kind of warfare; they fought desperately
in the late battle of Baltimore, and received
from the Administration organ, "the Union,
more glory than was given by that paper to
old Rough and Ready for the victory of Buena
Vista. They fought the Wings, he fought the
Mexicans. The former was avictory for the adj /
ministration, the latter was a victory for
the country. Our opponents call us in deris-
ion Mexican Wings" 1t frequently happens
that what was intended as a malicious SANDER
turns out to be a compliment. Now | admit
that there are 'sMexican Whigs-Whigs in