Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1847-11-26


Our first choice would be that Co,...
should direct an immediate and unconditoes1, o
withdrawal OF our troops from Mexican ts,.;
ory. In this there would be no sacri6cs ~
lonor-no hazard of National reputation u
We clip the above sentence from the lo.,
ng editorial article in the last Chronicle IT,.
article is devoted to the discussion of AZ
Clay's resolutions, and in the course Of a.
Editors remarks, the above, to us, we nv.
confess right bold and straightforward -
guage occurs. This, then, is the doctr;n.
the organ of Whiggery in this region of NoU VI
Carolina. The American Congress, in M"
lS45, more than year and half ..o
clares that war does exist between tho g.
lies OF Mexico and the United States: soIa~
iy announces this fact 10 the civilized wOIa
and backs this announcement by plac;nr :,
the disposal OF the Executive of the 1Tn;o
ten millions of money and fifty THOUSAND
troops, for the express and avowed purDoss -,
prosecuting this war to an honorable term;r.
ton. Again, the same Congress, during i.
last sesslon--iast wlnter-makes further pro.
vision for the vigorous prosecution of III,
same Mexican war, by authorizing loan II
twenty millions of dollars, and the raisinv ~
ten additional regiments of regular troops
This money and these troops thus placed in
the hands OF the Executive have been applied
with what vigor and success the reader c,n
Judge, in the prosecution of this war dur;Dr
the past year and half, without, it's true, a.
yet obtaining or producing peace. In the far.
of all this, the Chronicles first choice Womb
be that Congress (he same American Con.
gress by whose authority this same war va.
begun and has been carried on) should dlrec,
an immediate and unconditional withdrawal NJ
our troops from Mexican territory" This il
the honorable termination to which the Chron.
icle would like to see this war brought -
What singular spectacle would We presen,
to the world by pursuing this course Does
any man in his senses suppose that any re.
spectacle number of the people of the United
States would go with the Chronicle in this
" unconditional withdrawal of our troops from
Mexican territory" Why did Congress vol.
that war existed between the two countries a,
all? Why did Congress vote men and money
to carry on this war, if we are now 10 with.
draw our troops from Mexican territory with.
out peace of any sort But surel it is IN.
necessary to waste words in discussing such
termination of the war as the Chronicle pro.
poses.
"The reader will be attracted by the notice
published in this paper, of Mr.. Clays Speech
and Resolutions. The Speech we shall pub.
lish entire, whenever it reaches u.s."
The above, which we clip from the Raleigh
Register of Saturday last, is all that paper
says about Mr.. Clay's resolutions and speech
This certainly is somewhat cold notice from
the Register, who, if we recollect rightly, in
days of yore was the mos: enthusiastic admir-.
er that Mr. Clay had in North Carolina.
A DEMOCRATIC VOICE FROM CoNNECTlcrT.
1t will be recollected by our readers, that
the Democrats of Connecticut and Massachu-
sets rejected the Wilmot Proviso" in their
respective State Conventions. The n York
Evening Post, the organ of the Herkimer De-
mocrats of New York, asserted that the people
of those States did not speak-shat their feel
ings were not fairly represented in those Cen.
ventions The Post declared that the reselu.
tons against the extension of slavery in any
new territory hereafter TO be acquired, were
procured 20 be rejected from improper inAuen-
ces. In reply 10 this, the Hartford Conn
Times, leading Democratic paper of the
State, holds the following language. Depend
upon it. the Democracy-the noble-hearted
Democracy of the North will be all right on
this vital question ere the lapse of six months
"The Post is very rash, and entirely mis-
taken in the above assertions, so far as II re-
lates to Connecticut. 1t conveys very gross
imputaton upon the democracy of this State,
and very improper one if untrue. That
journal ought not 10 hazard statements Of this
character in the absence of all proof. We
know of no resolutions offered by any person
at the late democratic convention OF this State
which were rejected; nor of any, the rel cilOn
of which was "procured by influences from
without" Ii is great calumny upon those
who composed that convention to make any
unsupported charges of this kind.
"With regard to the Wilmot provisos We
believe that the democracy of the State, indie
pendent of all " influences from without" are
unwilling to aid in giving currency to fire.
brand thrown into the Union from any source,
which can only produce mischief and conten'
ton, and decide nothing, The great founders
of this country entered into deliberate COM
. pact and understanding, as fundamental con-
dition of the Union, that in its federal eapGt''
ty, the government should never, directly OF
indirectly, NEEDLE with the question OF inter
nal slavery. If such men as Washington and
Jefferson and John Adams chose to tolerate
this thing in their midst and all around them
not only in southern but in northern latitude
we. do not see how it is incumbent on TINS
generation to dissolve the Union on account Oh
it, or to foment useless dispensation by spec
; ulating prematurely and to no purpose on il
existence or suppression in foreign territory
the accession of which 10 our national area
as yet wholly conjectural.
CuBA.-Ths noble Island, which now be
, longs to imbecile Spain, is attracting goo
deal of attention as we'll in this country as Il
Europe. Most persons seem to agree IN on
| tb;pr II cannot much longer remain a de