Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1847-10-23
THE ADMINISTRATION AND THE COUNTRY

unhappy deuslon tnat the result oil the election oil
last week for Governor of the State OF Pennsylva-
MIA is indicative of appreciation of the past Of
the General Government and its projects for the
future in regard to the Mexican war. The Ad-
lninstration in this greatly deceves itself. The
verdict of the people of Pennsylvania that ques-
non was rendered year ago in the election OF
Representatives TO Congress, which decision has
not even yer began to have its due influence in the
administration of public affairs. OF that verdict il
is enough TO say that it has had lis full share in
changing the Administration majority ofnear seventy
votes in the popular branch of the National Legis
lature TO minority of from six to ten votes, (as
the remaining elections may determine but in any
event into decisive minority.
Nor does even that great change adequately rep
resent the Of the People on the merits of this
unwise, unnecessary, and wilful war. Still less
does it afford any encouragement to the Spirit OF
Conquest, SO positively disclamed heretofore by
the Executive, but now so openly ayowed by its
official organ. We consider it most happy omen
for the welfare of the country, that hardly single
journal of any weight or consequence Tor, as far
as VIE know, any civilian of any note or mark)
follows suit to the lead of the Government paper
in the rapacious and sanguinary spirit of its articles
on the present state of the relations between the
United States and Mexico. To show as well what
doctrines the Administration favors, as what portion
of the press or even of its own party susains them,
we extract the following from the only article on
the subject which in its last number the Govern
ment paper has found to copy in support of its own
unsustainable position
PROM
The PEOPLE of Mexico be made TO feel this ,oar
Heretofore they looked and proted by war which
emily distressed few Of their own yrannica soldery.
Let them now, well their armies, know its evils Let
only destroy their armies and capture their towns but
force from them the of supporting army
We hold and govern Mexico conquered province"
10 meet all the expenses of war.
We must MISEs-h0id her t0icns-keep the
line of guerlas between Vera Cruz and other points
Short all the Of the army be collected there, and
all the wants of the Mexicans must be supplied through
own custom-houses.
There is spirit abroad which win not long be stayed-a
spirit progress which will compel US for the good Of both
nations and of the world at large,
Of that bssotted people. 1t would almost that
they like the Iraees Of DID, had brought upon themselves
the vengeance ofhe Almighty, and ourselves had been
raised up to orerthro,c AND UTTERLY a
separate and distinct nation.
Such are the plans for the future of the Admin
istration and its confidential organs.
Such, most fortunately, 1--WE repeat,) are not the
views of the grave and stad organs of the conscien
tious las distinguished from the progressive" or
destructive) portion Of the party. OF an opposite
TENOR we have already quoted, in our last an article
from the New York Evening Post. We have now
the satisfaction of presenting also TO our readers
an article from the Journal of Commerce, another
paper Of Democratic ainities and predictions, bat
whose Editors do not suffer themselves under the
deleterious influence of the Jacobnsm which styles
itself " Progress" to forget that they have Coun
try and Home to care for, and a Constitution
which contains in it no one provision which gives
any sanction to the waging of Wars of Conquest
much less of determination such as that which is
now meditated.
IRON JOURNAL COMMERCE OF THURSDAY.
Tax WHOLE OF MExIco.-T.he comments which have been
made by several Of contemporaries upon the letter which
published the other day from highly respectable gentle
man at Washngon-not connected with the Government
advocating the permanent occupation Of Mexico By United
Ses anu the extension OF our laws invite remark
from US, especially Of the gentlemen seem 10 infer
-. =. -. 70 the writer's views. We intended TO guard
against such impression by s ~ We P'h'eo me let
ter as sample Of the ideas which TO occupy
The heads Of some men at Washington But if aLy body
wishes further development Of views here they
We saw them that not in favor Of the permanent
ccupa,on Of Mexico the extension Of laws that
Republic but opposed both for the following reasons
among others
l. We have no righ to adopt such course Mexico has
as good right to her independence we have to ours She
acquired it by the MEANS and has maintained by the
same means Power gives right; conquest gives Us
no right ourages and spoatons her part give nc
right except fair and just equivalent. To seize upor
her whole territory because she few millions
would be rank ex,oion. We could justify it. eithe
in the sight of God could il to
consciences.
. We opposed to the permanent occupation Of Mexi
co. because she is herself opposed it. This alone is
all the arguments purportng to be drawn from be
nevoIence and humanity, We not obliged to force
good offices upon those who do desire them Admit ha
Mexico would he better Of under laws than under he
own that she would be free from revolutions that
better population would he introduced and along with in
gon Of the Bible, would gain oothold in that benigte
land and ultimately diduse their blessings far and wide al
init we saw all this and more besides STILL If Mexico her