The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1847-09-01
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The wings have good cause to pray that they may be
spared the calamity OF having the power OF the next
House OF Representatives The possibility of such an
event has put their leaders upon the consideration of the
question of supplies for the war; and after very short
discussion, they have the conclusion that 10 re-
fuse the supplies to carry the would be political
suicide" Even the Cincinnati wings, who, to Judge
from their journals, the most inclined to be re-
fractory, have pretty nearly given up the idea The
wings must, and will, them grant more men and money
if wanted, TO carry the war
We take no pleasure in aragnng the course which they
have hitherto pursued The duty which devoves upon
them no only shows the improperly OF the excuses into
which they have been betrayed in opposition to the
war They have all along conended that il is an unjust
war of aggression and conquest that il is for the
extension of slavery They have idly insisted that the
measures resorted to by the Executive to prosecute it
the levying of military contributions in the Mexican
ports and the instructions given to military and
val otcers-are flat violations OF the constitution and
fragrant usupaons by the President of the powers of Con-
gress But will excuse them for some of their trans
gressions against their country, if they will give the
President new to go on in the work of indicating
her rights and heYhonor 1t will be some atonement for
these ansgressions, if at last they will rouse up from
their infauaton, and stand by their country in the midst
of foreign war.
Let them scout and despse the language of the wing
journals Let them confess that we are IN the war;
and we must fight il out. Let them scorn the sophis-
try OF these sangwhangers of the press, who have
idly commended that we can have peace tomorrow by
coming away with troops, and leaving Mexico
alone.
The argument of those men, who say that, granting
there is an indemnity due us should have g no
more Mexican territory" is simply despicable! How
else do these gentlemen expect to get the indemnity? But
how can the wing sophsts fight out the for the sake
OF an indemnity, when =" all the wings in the country,
from Maine 10 Texas" Gas toldD "are ready to
unite upon the principle" that territorial indemnity
must be received, and when there preence of any
hope of indemnity in any other fom'
The wings some retributon to their country for
having encouraged Mexico up to this time to proong
the war, after she was conquered. They owe
it, for having during eighteen months taught her the
whole creed and catechsm of obstinate resistance They
ought to make this retributon, by voting men and
money to chastise her obstinacy
These editorial slanywhangers have unfortunately,
furnished broadcast to Mexico every one of the pre-
fences which she still refuses peace They have been
government bent upon forcing her to dshonorabe
dons that seeks to rob her of her territory against all
right and that her very national existence depends upon
her holding out against to the uttenost They have
been telling her this and much than this for months
past; and now this is the time for the patriotic wings to
step in, and by their votes furnish the supplies for
prosecuting the war They have called upon her
3" TO melcome soldiers Nth bloody hands and hopita
Die graue and surely becomes the liberal and patriotic
wings to aceicome the "Supphes' of our citizen
soldiers whom they preparing and protesting
themselves ready to send
We should not doubt for one moment which of the
presented to their adoption the wise and
liberal wing leaders will choose. Anything is better
in their eyes than "political suicide" But APP
peal to higher motives than this The factious portion
of the wing party will still employ the most facous
means to carry out their facous designs To them, the
indemnity which is due to us is nothngthe claims Of
our citizens are nohng-the glory of country in the
eyes of foreign nations is nothing-the possession OF
permanent peace with Mexico, which is to be secured
only by our making her feel the vast superiority of our
the better and patriotic portion of their party We
trust and believe then, that the supplies will be voted
and the country will learn how much credit for sincerity
to be given some of the leaders of the wing party
when in the fury of faction they cry down and denounce
The cause and the war OF their country!