The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1847-09-14
CITY OF WASHINGTON.
TUESDAY NIGHT, SEPT. IA, Is47.
The Wings aud the War Supplies.

Ii anything the position of political party can be
more shameful in itself, more derogatory to our nsuu
TONS and more disgusting to free and patriotic people,
than an open resolve to cripple and battle the just war OF
our country by the refusal OF supplies for its prosecution,
that superior infamy, beyond question, belongs to such
hesatng shutting, and ambiguous glvings out as those
in the leading article of the National Integencer OF this
morning. in which that journal, without having the
courage to commit itself decisvey against granting the
supplies, yet ntmates very clearly and clearly APP
proves both the desire and the design of the wings TO
besr themselves in the next Congress to eiiecualy
embarrass, break up way, the further prose-
cuon of the war, especially in far il may be waged
with any view TO territorial indemnity Awaiting itself,
after its usual fashion in such tcklsh cases, of another
pen state the brunt of its proposition the Inelligencer
publishes, with much implied commentator a charm
ing specimen OF sgood sense and good wrng"a letter
purporting TO be written before the intelligence
from Mexico arrived, by san old farmer of Maryland
the whole "sense of which may be in the follow
ing extracts How 'good" it is, the country Judge
Nhat ciH the nert Congress DOE
Certainly, tell what they will do; but
things hope they win do which the last Congress did
We hope they will show themselves of sound dscre
tionInen who will neither be coaxed cudgeled into
the Executive unless their conscences approve its
acts.
If the present war unjust in the beginning has any
thing occurred since make it just Aad Con
gress appropriate money to unjust without
making themselves partakers Of ats crimes? Will it be wise
throw the responsibility the Executive, when Execu
tive responsibility is the very thing which of late years
has proved disastrous the country Can any
thing be gratifying to the Presidential love of power
than to throw the responsibility upon the President, and
then fill his pockets with money If the followers of the
Presidential camp have hundred millions of dollars
thrown among them annually for the purpose of carrying
the war, will they not be camoous for the end
ofme And will not still be stunned by nces-
cry that this necessary Tor the honor and good
four country
There be doubt that nineenhs of all rejecting
for peace; and, if peace is desirable, che
efficient and honorable mode Of bringing about immediate
iy to Withdraw troops from Meatcan soii.
Upon this delightful morceau of old Hartford Conven-
ton federalism the Integencer has the following
ments:
eve cannot answer for Congress- indeed for that por-
ton of the two Houses with whom generally
cord. We have said, believe, however, that they
cA NOT stop the supplies in order 10 stop the If MAORI
y Of both Houses OF opinion that is time to put an
end the war; do doubt that way will be found,
In which the President himself will be glad operate,
to accomplish that object If majority shall be of differ
ent way of thinking, then of they would stop
the supplies order stop the BY supplies, it is
perhap. prope explain Con of different
struction have put upon the phrase used by
we mean such provision of ways aud
eessary risng atcs and fuM all contracts rh
hare been made under them.
"Though we for Congress, for the
wings in the Houses rhat they will do feel entire
confidence that f il be ended, the cW mol
be suffered to continue for the further acquisition Of Mercam
territory That much, think, promise for Con
gress"
Now it is very well known that the National Intei
gencer has, within the last few weeks, in series OF
about half dozen editorial articles making altogether
about ttrentyfor square feet Of print endeavored to
sustain the proposition that have not yet in any
Just sense of legal title, acquired one inch of Mexican
territory 1t maintains the proposition, that what we
hold in Mexico hold merely byforce, and without
shadow of right or law but by the awessness of
the strong Iobber hand. When the Integencer talks
therefore, OF the not being suffered by the wings o
continue for the further acquisition OF Mexican terri
tory it either to contradict its previous statements
that we have yet legally acquired nothing or else ii
say that the wings resolved that our country
shall discontinue the war, without having acquired
any Meriean territory at aH This last is doubtless
the Integencers meaning, because it talies exact
! " with the wing issue of ''no more territory"
which the lntelgencer has before given its endorse
ment The OF the matter then, is this: The Intel
gencer will not positively promise for Congress
tdt ii the Wigs prevail IN the Rouse tney Will stop the
war, by stopping 'the ways and means necessary to
continue it. But it does promise for the wings in Con-
gress that if they do sufer' the war to continue at ALL
its continuance will be Suffered by them only upon
the condition that it shall bring to us no territorial in
lemnity advantage The wings, we are assured by
the nellgencer, have found ga way to accomplish
this object" which, without stopping the supplies will
he glad cooperation of the President himself"
Let that "uay' be made known. Let us see-if j,
does not fear the light and is ashamed of the light
let this precious wing conrvance at once to dodge
the political suicide" of vote against the supplies and
at the time to cheat and swindle this American ma
ton out of that just territorial indemnity from Mexico
which is due satisfy their rghtfu claims for past out
rage and present war; which is demanded for their
national growth and advancement which is TO rescue
a realm from anarchy and disagreement; which is
to place full in their grasp the boundless commerce
OF the Pacific and which, finally, their valor peried
and their blood poured forth in war long forborne
and most righteousy waged at last have fairly and
goriousy earned. Let see and know the nature of
this new tangled wing scheme, which is thus TO stunt the
growth of the country, by making its victory barren and
| its justice dumb
Ii such conspiracy as this be in process of connection
among the wings is the time of all others when the
people have right TO demand that il should show its
head The people at this moment are looking bopefuv
for treaty which shall their rights II this OBJ
iect in the treaty is to be defeated let ne tnoc =; b