Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1847-12-14
From the Quincy Herald.
The wing presses and the war.


country who have sided with its enemies
and take part against their own govern.
ment IN one way or the other, some bY
openly taking up arms, others by simply
announcing 1t At every corner and upon ev.
cry house top. This course of conduct in
!ale pears has been more open if not more
Migrant than formerly. In the revolution.
ary war tosyism shrunk from the public
thOrOughfares, and either went entirely
over 10 the enemy or skulked about the
country,or their own premises fearing the
faces of their patriotic countrymen. In
the last war it was mostly confined to the
sections OF the old stock of toryisrn, and
these had few presses at their command
which pursued the same course, and used
the same language, almost sentiment for
sentiment. which the presses that no,,
approve the Mexican war do. five had
Mathew Carey's solve Branch''at hand.
We "oulu quote some of the language of
Ane Tory press OF the last war, and com.
pare II with the language of the"Mexican
wing presses Of the present dav. We
cOuio show how the opposers of the last
war with England, burnt "BLUE LIGHTS"
on Croton Heights in order to pilot the
DrIilsh vessels into New London harbor.
ana We coHld give history ofthe Hart
'oru convention. called together to Delhi
craze about disavowing any participation
IN the war, and abOut dissolvinU all CON.
nectlon with the States who wished or
were IN favor Of carrying on the war. and
thus git rid of furnishing any "supplics''
tor the prosecution OF the conflict! So
great Is the similarity between the oppo.
sers OF The last war with England and the
present war with Mexico, that a com
Parlson OF the views and opinions express.
90 then and now, would convince the
most Skeptical that they are the ourpour.
'ngs OF one and the same pary-,hat party
which has assumed so many names
mt never changed its principles they
have always been lederalists.
A difference of opinion about the lust
ness OF The commencement of the war, or
the manner of conducting the war, should
be tolerated and respected. Blu, when
writer's and preachers try to prove to the
world that their own country is in the
wrong, and that her enemy is right-that
their own country needs "apoIogsls" for
the injury she is inflicting Oh her oppo.
Rent, and that the time will come when
she PesPIe will make all the reparation in
their power, it Looks as if party feelings
were lar above every other consideration,
and that love OF country, patriotism aud
principles had TO bend to its influence.
We should do little else if we stopped to
correct every error the opposers of the
war fall into; but we have been trying to
correct glarng one the Wing fell into
some weeks since in pn article, in which
1t attempts to prove the President guilty
OF "falsehOod'" Among others things,
our neighbor says that MIR. Polk prevari-
Gated when he assigned the injuries,
insults and depredations committed and
inflicted by citizens of Mexico upon the
persons apd property OF the UnitedStates"
as one caHse of the war. The Wing
denies "that such cause existed at the
time the President assigned it;these ident.
jcal complaints having been several years
previously settled and compromised by
Mexico" II the editor OF the Wing had
referred to ''the documents" he would
have found that Commissioners Of both
nations met, under treaty stipu!ations.
andi''Settted a part of the claims of our
citizens for Injuries, depredatons, &c
and broken up-the limitation of the
Commissioners having eXpired-leaving
far the greater portion unexamined and
unadjusled. A second commission was
agreed to by both governments, but the
Mexican Government failed to send lis
commissioner. Our commissioners found
the claimes OF our citizens tn Il large am
cunt, just ami equitable, and adjourned.
leaving a large portion unexamined
Every reader OF a newspaper knows iha,
Mexico failed 20 pay that portion Of the
indemnify agreed upon ny her own com
missoners, saying nothing OF The large
amout uRascertained. Now, did the Pres
ident "prevaricate," or has our neighbnr
displayed his want of information on The
sublecs. Under treaty Mexico sent one
set Of commissioners TO adjust the claims
ofouI citizens for spoliations. &c. which
found large sum due, agreed TO send ii
second, but totally failed to do so-and we
believe she agreed to send third, hut we
are not certaln--nOt having the papers al
hand; she pays some , or 300, 900 dollars
Of the 2 or 1900, 200 dollars she agreed to
and then stops payment. These are facts
othistory, and the President stated them
correctly, bnt the Wing says he is guilty
offdisehoodi
We cannot follow the editor through
his long article, but the rest is like thai
which We have noticed. and the whole is
on par with the long winded articles
which have lately appeared in the Illinois
(SPr'"gaeld) Journala perfect diarrhea