Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1847-01-08


In reading the locoioco papers of the day an
indifferent person would infer that The only way
in which Patriotism canbc cycmplifcd or proved,
is to yield blind obedience TO the will of James
X. Polk, and to glorfy the Mexican war To
doubt the inMllibility of Polk, or to question the
means by which he thrust the country into war,
is declared to be "moral treason" and giving
laid and comfort to the enemy! The locolo-
cos claim to be the special friends of the United
States, and the Wings are charged as being the
special friends of Eerico-when not a Wing pa
per can be found, from one end OF the Union to
the othcr,tlat has ever uttered Il syllable in favor
Of Mexico during the whole course OF tic con-
test!
But Wings presume to question the inialibity
OF the President. They have presumed to think
and to say, that he has needlessly, and by an I'M
constitutional exercise Of power. involved the ma
ton in the dreadful caanties and the enormous
expense, Of war. They have presumed to speak
the TRUTH, and TO refntc and expose the special
pleading Of the President in his message, rcla-
ting to the origin Of this war and to deny the
authority Of the President to send the American
Army into neishboring Republic and thus COM
mt an act OF direct agIrc ssion upon it. Senator
BENTON, while the Tyler Annexation Treaty was
/ fore tho Senate, offered resolution irming
that the incorporation Of the left bank of the
Rio Grande into the American Union by virtue
"cf treaty with Texas ccmprehcnding, as the
"said incorporation would do, art Of tlc .Ner.
"',!p departments Of New VI Nico chihuahua
"Cuahuila, and Tamauiipas WOULD BIZ AN
"ACTOF DIRECT AGGRESSION ON MEN.
"ICO,FJR Ali THE CONSEQUENCES OF
WHICH THE UNITED STATES WOULD
"SIAND RESPONSIBLE" And vet lame,
i. PAX, without the authority Of Congress, dja
fjs1r"y ding, and ayows it in lis message -
ana The Wings presume to say that he has, there
bu, arrogatcd to himself power not conferred b,
the Constitution, and thus plunged peacelu
aud prosperous country into an aggressive wal
"A war' for conquest. And for these things
which the zen Of the future historian will rccor,
as solemn and unqucstionlb!c Truths, Locofo
cosm dcnounces the Wings as traitors, and a
rendering laid and comfort to the enemy!
aid and comfort to the cnemy!" Tho infa
nous SANDER should blister the tongue that Il,
ters it. While such WMGs as TAYLOR an
WORM, aud DEsuA and RISGGoID and WA1
sos have been adding fresh ustrc to America
Arms, and sealing with their blood their devc
ton to their Country, James n Polk has bee
giving the most efficient laid and comfort
Mexico, by permitting her ab!est leader, SAINT
Anna, to pass the American blockade, and
sumo the command and Gireot her armies
a proceeding withouta parallel in the annals
war; 1t is from this step Oh the part of Jam
r. Polt and from the miserable misrcTresf nj
tisrs Of the Wings by the venerable ORWELL
who daily does out iroth and flstian in the &C
umns Of his official organ,the Washington Unio
that Mexico has derived 'aid and comfort in T
sisiing our Army, and has been induced TO
cline our offers of Peace. And thus history W
record it. I.ocoiocoism gets the Country in
an unnecessary war, and the Wings fight Il
battles and win the victories, and then are char
ed. by sleek offce-holders, and seryile presst
with giving ''ad and comfort 10 the enemy!