The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1847-09-08
CITY OF WASHINGTON.


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The WING Issue-No MEXICAN Territory.
Sace the August elections, the wing tactcans have
been on the move eecuay They have pretty thorough
y telved General Taylor; they have brought Mr. Clay
formally into the field again they have apparently made
up their minds to vote supplies for the war; and they
have rallied with remarkable unanimty upon their great
issue" No more Mericdn territory" This is quite
work enough for three or four weeks
The reasons assigned for these several moves in the
wing journals full of instruction General Taylor is
put aside because more rusy whig must be found.
Mr. Clay is taken up because he is the usiest of all the
wings to carry out all the party ends without stint
scrupe The supplies Tor the war to be voted be-
cause it would be party "suicde" to refuse them And
while the is thus carried on, all territorial indemnity
for it, and for the wrongs that preceded it, to be refused
and rejected, because, upon that issue of no terri
tory" all the wings Of the north SOUTH east and west
it is alleged can rally and prevail 1t matters not that
without territorial indemnity there be no indemni-
ty at ALL and no practical advantageous result of the
war Still, after the territory is fairly ours, it is
to be refused in order that the whig party may have
one issue that they unite upon; and then the
war, foredoomed by this issue to be without re-
suit to be fought with expenditure OF blood
and treasure order that the wing party may escape
political suicide High and worthy motives these to
control the policy OF the country in the acquisition of
California and the maintenance of rights and honor
against Mexico )
Have the wing journals, now most clamorous for no
more territory" taken any pains inform their readers
upon what other grounds Of policy or principle in this
matter they stand, save only this wretched petty
Jogging to keep the different gangs of their party
in 10 u,ya N
undertaken to say, as pubcists, that a territorial
indemnity from Mexico to us is not just and fit Do
they deny that California is worth having Do they de-
ny that to extend the sway of federal constitution
over that realm noble object OF patriotic ambition
worthy alike of the philanhropst and the statesman
Have they pretended to grapple with any one of these
questions, Gnvovng they do the largest interests OF
the country,) when they make up their issue of no more
rritory2" Not at all. The Wmot Proviso threatens to
give them trouble in their party ranks; and without
hesitation reluctance, to avoid the trouble, they set
themselves at work stunt and sacrifice the growth of
the country, make its prohess and the treaty of
peace in which it closes neither an advantage nor an
honor
This issue of "no territory is, in fact an
old one. 1t is, indeed, one of the instincts OF fed
casm. Federalism than doubted whether any
part OF the valley OF the mississippi ought to come into
the Union 1t opposed the acquisition of the Louisiana
territory, and Florida, and Texas II was ready to call
our claim to Oregon 'humbug" 1t prompt cede
away the valley OF the Aroostook. 1t is willing to
give back again to Mexico the ports and the plains of
California Such is the cry of the wing press in general
Such is the purport of the article in which the nelli
gencer yesterday forth its opinion But old the fed
ea feeling is against more land" do not remember
that party ever before lyng upon that ISSUE under cir
cumstances of grosser disqualification They now hold
up before the country at the same time two party issues
the one is, "Vote and money for the war;" the
other is, "By the refusal of all indemnity, make the
further prosecution OF the proftless farce" 1t is
remarkable that the wings resolving to support the
just they have taken party position,
which turns the war; in view at least of of the OBJ
iecs of its farther prosecution into an absurdity.