The Arkansas banner., 1847-05-19
Frsa i4s Uaioa

The National lnteiligeneer deToies loug-
 wlDded article in this morning paper, 10 an
 attack uPon the administration aaa Us friends
 We oi so,l SC. cannot escape its liberal de- naneIalion. As its edilos cannot ind ii In
 hIs heari se make war upon Mexico. Il must
 make var upon ihe administration. As II cannno, strike one blow for ihe honor of our country, !. must atm is lns3dlous blow al those who are EindicaiiHg their country. her rlghis and her honor
 For iwenty years past. the National Intel-
 iigencer has been the ''oEgxn oi foreign in- aueaces," Ia fast course al least Il has the
 merit of being '.eoasissent" Tbe advocate
 of France, ef England, and of Mexico
 throughout, T. has, during the period, unl- tormiy taken sides with ioragn natlons against the United States k las been guilty
 oi The .'moral ireason'' which il snce charged upon others. IL would seem as if soi drop oi nsIiVe blood ran n tae yeIas ol Us editor
 Such reckieSsneSs sn his course-so liiiie
 shame does he manifest in giying aid and coan,enanee 10 our country's eaeny From the commencement of the presesi war, es-
 pecialIy. has the National laieIllgencsr ap-
 peared tue sworn friend og Mexico and the
 enemy of her enemy.
 We reserve for another opportunity q re- ply 10 such parts ot Us article of ihis mora-
 iag as are entitled 10 noiice. especially as !,
 has nol vel completed the trade whFch i, has commenced So far, Il is distinguished by
 she most hbersl spiri, sgsinst the adniais- iratdn, and sn utter disregard io the rights
 Of The country. Msas1nng the course of tie
 President and his friends by its own narrow yiews and iaetious spirii. the National Inlellt- geneer attributes lhe origin ef the war, na, tc Its true eaase-the InJuslioe oi Mexico : bal ta the vlIest motives on the part of tue administration. l. goes .urlhsf, and charges the manner oi conducting Il io he most dis- graceful partisan spirit. OyefiooEIng the course which rs own trends are pursuing, the aadaciiv wiih which they condemn the
 WAT as unjust and Rncons,Itntonal. sad thea the Ineanness with which same oi them are
 attempting 10 sieal away its honors, for tt.s
 purpose of promoim. the1r owa asisera5le party purposes, the Sauooa inlsiisgencer Ias sNll further the a9dacIty io ascr.5e ile
 pFi-In of the war to the secret ambition oT inc members of the administration Forgetting sll the ''president making" schemes of iis own friends, and the disgrace of sstemptiag
 10 rspse iheir own eandl4sse upon the giories of war which they considered as unlus;, the Mexican .'Biaiio" at Washington falsely declares thal s.so secure the succession to Mir Polk. or ,o serre the politicians of the
 same stamp, by the acquisition of territory
 and of military glory, was ihe original. nov ing, burasng stimulus that led the admints- tratson ia plunge into war" Not the wrongs
 of MeK,ro--noi the shedding of the blood of our eown people upon our own snii, bai
 soale desire for the succession. which Mr. Polk E imagined 10 feel. This assertion IS i a. unfounded. as ihe motive zscribe6 for he war IS absurd and illlbersl Ne have so of
 ieu enntrsdicted this slang a5oas Mr. Polk
 thai we are sick and dssgusted wiih is rspe-
 tiiioa. [, presents the same Insinus,ion ln the very opening of Its elaborate sr'icse-- ! when n aoiseing the article ln the Union of
 Tuesday lssi, the Ns.ional isteiligsncer says;
 ~itx commendafson of the President, RasSe in i the usual style of that paper-thst IS to say. made by mere reputation and accumulation ! of euiogistc words and phrases insersper-
 sed here and there. with hints, not to ts m4s-
 understood. thzi MT. Polk is agaia to be pre- senied to the democracy of rhe country as
 candidate for the presidency. Of this we
 care nsile and The country, we TSesrrs. cares ss hEsle !"
 l Again. we sepeat, is fse mad aWthc-ftdttrs
 ssaansy. thas Hr. Polk positively d,sciaims
 as hs has ualforrniy done, every idea of shs srccession--snd we nnost perempiotsiy aver l that m publishing that article. no sach ides ever entered 0ur heads.
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