Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1847-01-27
lnd monotnnu nf camp he. They /

and monotony of camp life. They fe'f,
while they rested on the soil OF their hqnes
they were making no advance towards
those laurels, which they have since so
CALAMITY won. Their impatience incrss-
ed from day 10 day, and when they Jeff
Vlcksburg, they went against the advice
/ OF the better Informed, with The ASSURANCE
that they must be delayed somewhere on
the route for arms and transPortatiot.-
But their reply was: they would rathe' be
moving; that while they remained itac.
tive at V1cksburg they did not feel ike
making any approach to the enemy. And
Yet, with these well known facts staring
them in The face, the deem riri of the fe.
deral party in Mississippi, have the bod
ness to assert that the administration will
be held responsible for the hardships and
exposure OF the volunteers at the 'Brazos.
Thenext item of complaint in the ad-
dress is, that Santa Anna was permitted
to return to Mexico without obsrucfi1n
| from the squadron blockading Vera Cruz,
and this by instructions from the govern
ment. This is also coupled with the re-
Imark, that our national debt, "alreaGy
| SUPPOSED to erceed one hundred mi.
lions" 8. cries opt for notice" Much
virtue in an IT,, as Toucns.one' says. So,
fdoubtless, there would be much virtue IN
already supposed" if the public docu
ments did not interfere to prove the con
trary. All Mr.. Webster, into what sad
dilemma your arithmetic has drawn your
admiring friends in Mississippi, as else
where. That shocking message and the
report of Secretary Walker show, that the
public debt is scarcely modicum of a
hundred millions.
But We should like the deem Girl, or
some one else, to point to the evidence OF
an intrigue" carried on between our GO
yefnment and Santa Anna, as they have
charged. Mr.. Polk, in his message states,
with that. lrankness and candor which is
so conspicuous part of his character, that
instructions. we're gwen to the commander
of the squadron, to offer no opposition TO
the landing of Santa Anna if he thought
proper to return. And the reasons for
this course Of proceedings are given, tho'
briefly, yet so clearly, that no impartial
mind can question the soundness OF the
policy pursued We are constrained to
believe, that if the authors of the address
could have been favored with peep into
the Presidents message, before penning
these last items Of complaint, they would
have spared themselves the discredit of
promuIgatlng them, and US, the pains OF
exposing them. But why manifest so much
tsensitiVeness thar the dictator of Mexico
was permitted TO return to his country?-
Was 1t because any sympathy orconsider-
alton was entertained for that besotted ma
ton? If it was not, they have been .ex-
ceedingIy unfortunate in the language cho-
sen to express their meaning. That we
may do them no injustice, we extract the
following sente2ce. Read it.
"Nor is this ALL The intrigues with
Santa Anna, by which that arch traitor
and exile was Struggled into his country
which had once elected him as vipel
from its bosom, there 10 rear his standard
and produce new dscord ia a miserable
nation already torn by domestic dissensior
and invaded at three points by powertu
and victorious army. The immense debi
already supposed to exceed ONE HUNDRED
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, which is fastened
as burrhen upon our shoulders and which
daily increasing, will be for years to come
an incubus on our national prosperity, are
topics which cry cut for notice"
/ We see nothing in subsequent para
graph of this address, declaring. that "pal
sled be the hand, and infamous the heart
that would attempt to withhold thu powe
and resources of the country TO prosecute
! TIE war to successful issue"-we SET
) nothing inthis to relieve the objectionable
. paragraph above quoted, from the onl,
/ reasonable Interpretation we consider i
; susceptible of We trust and believe tina
in iheiroco,er momen,s--when not iaun
5 diced by party splrit-when the hope O
i swapping up something in the conduct @
5 the war, TO overthrow the democratic par
/ ty shall have faded away, the authors 0
{ The address, will themselves repent tn
D consideration and sympathy they have S
hastily expressed in favor If Mexico.
: Mississippian.
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