The Daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1845-1850, 1847-01-16
For the Massachuset It's Spy.
POLK AND THE WAR.

ed States forty Jour years before, Sin the full tide of
successful experiment" Cnder the operation of the
tariff act of AZ, the only valuable measures enacted
during John yers administration that he did not Law
his ruthless hand upon and destroy before reached the
statute books the country highly prosperous Ev-
cry branch of business, agricultural and mechanical
managed prudently with success The country was
also, free from debt and what was far better enoyed
the blessings of peace and but for that one great plague
spot at the South, that hue black mass of iserv cursing
and crushing its promoters and troubling and disgracmg
the whole land the people of every section might have
been conen,ed and happy.
Every body knows the present posture of public af-
fairs, and how it was brought abou-an unnecessary
bloody war OF aggression and conquest which thou
sands oil lives have been sacrificed thousands OF Young
men demoralized and thousands made orphans heavy
national debt accumulated Tor posteri,y to pay-or re
pudate; and host of other evils fastened upon us -
The heart sickens at the thought Humanity weeps oy
er the desoaton and misery of war Philanthropy The
prosraon of its hopes, and its fond designs of impart
ing 10 the people Of Mexico better means of education
and purer Gospel. Their minds will be jlv fitted ~
receive the Gospel Of Peace, and messages of grace
from us after such specimen OF good will towards
them as this wholesale slaughter affords But this is
depression.
If this had been unavoldab if il had been fore
ed upon us, we had been pushed to the wall and then
turned round 10 sedefence The case would have been
far different, or as Mr.. Webster would say the case
would then have been presented in an aspect demanding
profound consideration.
If MIR. Polk wished TO establish his title IN Young
Hickory"-:f he really wished show his proves and
make his valor known, ne should have thown down the
glove 10 Queen Vic for The '.xhole OF Oregon" and
stick TO 1t, and write to our Minister in England 10
enquire of Sir Robert the object of augmenlng his ma
val armament and making other warike demonstrations;
aud when answered. in diplomatic terms but clearly
meaning 'none OF your business" draw in his horns
and recede fIom fifty four forty down To orty-nne de-
of north tp1a ba, A. D.. n.
~ humbed the pride of the British Lion and secured
the territory OF Oregon, he might have challenged the
Auocra OF all the RuSSas, and bid defiance 10 his cei-
ons OF Serfs and cossacks the irazen OF Kam-
schaka Then would we have hailed HIM as smiliary
chettan" and shouted "hehold greater than Jackson
IS here :! But 10 steal march the poor distracted
Mexcans, without proclamation of war or any act of
Congress to legalIze his acts by sratagem fall upon
them unawares, and then cooly round and say
"take notice, gentlemen, they begun IT," is neildby
mean.
VIII our representatives in Congress vote supplies 10
prosecute such war follow the example OF the Brit
ish House OF Commons in such leave the admins
traton TO back out
CAPITAL HIT. The following resolutions,
introduced into the Illinois House of Representa-
tives by Mr.. Linder, on the 2Ist ult, excited
loud and general laugh. We suppose they viii
hardly pass that body:
Whereas. as appears from the Message of
President Polk to the Congress of the U. States,
Santa Anna has been guilty OF the most black
hearted treachery, in falling to perform and
make good certain promises made to President
Polk, (the consideration of said promise beng "a
passport to Mexico,) one of which was that on
his arrival at Mexico, he would get up fight
with Paroles, and thereby bring the war between
the United States and Mexico to close There
fore,
Resolved by the House OF Representatives OF
the State of Illinois, the Senate concurring here
in, That we deeply sympathse with President
Polk, inasmuch as his reasonable expectations
have not been realized in consequence OF the
treachery OF the aforesaid Santa Anna.
And be it further resolved, That Santa Anna
is unworthy the further confidence of President
Polk, and that we most respectfully recommend
to the President to place further reliance upon
the promises of Santa Anna to bring the war to
close
And be ii further resolved, That inasmuch as
Santa Anna has heretofore, on all occasions, been
governed by strict regard to TRUTH fidelity, and
honor In his conduct, that President Polk had
good reason to believe that he would hold sacred
his word, thus solemnly pledged, and which we
still believe he would have done had he received
the two millions Of dollars per contract with
the President"
DEATH OF JUDGE DAVIS. John Davis,
J.. L. d.. departed life very suddenly this morn
ing, at his residence in Milton Place. Venera-
bic from age, and excellent in wisdom, he has
gone like shock OF wheat fully ripe. Although
infirm from the weight of years, (having attained
the age of eighty-six) he was out but two days
since, and his sudden decease was produced from
complaint OF the intestines. He was for many
years Judge of the U. S. District Court, but has
enjoyed happy retirement for long season, re
| joicing in all those things
Which should accompany old age,
As honor, love, obedience, troops Of friends"
Judge Davis graduate of Harvard Col.
lege IN 1881. He was a class-m mate of that dis
! tnguished man--Samuel Dexter. Judge Davis
was a member of various learned societies, but
finding that his day OF life wearing dim, he
had gradually relinquished his earlier interests in
worldly dignites. He a good man, and his
memory will long be tondly cherished
Boston Transcript
BoRRow, BoRRow, Borrow. The National
Intelligencer says:
The Committee Of Ways and Means have re-
norted in the House OF Representatives hill