The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1847-05-15

The Boston Atlas says, THAT when our own nation,
at with another nation, the natural impulse of h
heart is to uphold own side and to believe thai ".
are right This is natural, and, general principle
is good impulse" In the same article it EMPLOYS M,
language: I'VE should defend what is our own, leth
consequences be what they would nation which womb
tamey submit to wrong insult, when it had even h
shadow of power TO resist IT, would be unworthy Of be-
ing nation The fact would be evidence Of the craven
spirit of the people and the miserable character of lis in
stutions and laws such the history OF the wodb bean
few records Of"
We quote the foregoing from the Inelligencer where
by some extraordinary blunder oversight i, has found
its way, Most heartily do we concur in the sentiments
thus expressed They accord with all that we have ut
tered and felt on the subject OF the war with Mexico
As soon hostilities commenced, we felt 'the natural
impulse OF the heart TO uphold side and 10 be-
Ieve we were right" We regarded it 'as natural and
as ga good Impulse We yielded to its influences read
" and heartily Ii was with this feeling that we have
ever discussed the merits of this national controversy
We reviewed the history of connexions with Mex
leo We examined the authentic history OF those rea,
tons for period OF quarter OF century We
found one uniform consistent statement resting up.
on the allegations of our most eminent, honor.
able and patriotic public men OF all parties and on aoc
casions We perceived the most clear and unquestona
Bile evidence that, from the very inception OF her political
life, Mexico had systematically employed herself in per.
perang wrongs and nllictng insults upon country
and our people Outrages upon the national flag viola
tons of the most solemn and distinct treaty engagements
the murder of our citizens. and the punder of their prop
erty fill every page in this disgracefu history No al
a hi
question the verify of these narratives, or to dlspove the
testimony upon which these allegations rested.
We conscientously believed that "we should defend
our own SIDE let the consequences be what they would
We entertained the deliberate opinion that a nation
which would taney submit to wrong or insult, when
has the power to resist it, would be unworthy OF being
nation" Our minds were satisfied that we had received
wrong of the most gross, wanton, and aggravated
character that 'nsus" the most offensive and glazing
had been perpeated that the one had given punseney
to the other and we felt that "tamely to submit to
them would be unworhy1 OF our standing and position
as nation. ANS
1t is upon such grounds that we have MAINTAIN
ed the justice and righteousness OF the war IN
which we have become involved We are I'M
able to perceive how men, who honestly and sin.
cerely CONCUR in these principles, honestly and
sincerely differ in the application Of them, in the
cIusion TO which, as il to us, they rressbly con-
duet us II the premises from which argue true
the consequences cannot be controverted Upon these
grounds we are willing to encounter the ATLAS and the
We are willing TO specify some of the
facts to which we have alluded and call upon ourop
ponents to admit deny the truth of the statements
We are willing to characterize these with the ephe
which the facts will warrant; and we are willing to sub
nit to the impartial Judgment OF every honorable man
decide whether they not justly termed gross wanon
peridious, and insulting We willing to abide the
issue
We have no occasion even TO avail ourselves OF the
OVERLOOKING sentiment which inscribed upon the
flag that hoated across the Avenue this night week
on the occasion Of the Illumination: "OuR COUNTRY
MAY SHE ALWAYS BE RIGHT; nut RIGHT OR WRONG, Our
COUNTRY" Our country is right nor. Right in de-
Tending her claims for justice Right in standing up our
long injured claimants Right in indicating the rghiso
counrymen whose persons and whose property have
been violated for years BY Mexico Rgt chastsing h
INVADER who has shed the blood of our upon
our own SOIL Right in defending national honor We
stand now, as we stood in May, lsi5-as the "Nash
vile Wing" then stoodas many wing then stood-cr
the canker of party had attacked the heart Of pa
otisn,--ere facous leaders and their mischievous
presses hal unwarrantably attempted TO calculate how
much political capital could be made out of the scenes
of the war. Buta free people will see and judge Their
transgressions and the of 1919 threw ITS opp
nents in s'dm eclipse, so the of lsl6 may, IN the
eyes OF an intelligent and patriotic people, cover The
anti war party with shame. if not with disgrace.
We have achieved glory enough-gory which can
never fade in our annas-gory which, in spite OF dea
nation, in spite of gross abuses in spite OF an nsdloas
and relentless faction. will shed its uniying usre upon
the administration which recommended its vigorous pros
ecutien which selected the men, which collected and
directed the right MEANS by and shore, in the
Gulf and on the Pacific in the north and in the south
which necessary its vigorous prosecution Victory
seems chained to our triumphant car--and we wan \
peace And shall the extraordinary spectacle eN
hibited, that whilst the conquerors desire it, the nal
uated and conquered Mexican, who has nothing to gail
and everything to lose by war, declines peace
Whilst about to send these desultory sheets
the press eye has been directed 10 the following eo
quent and beautiful and forcibe article, which appears
in the New York True Sum OF Tuesday last. We "
ii at once before our readers.
From the New York True Gun, May II
ouR THREE wARs.-We have been engaged in tins
since the assuming of national character, when
have been for very different objects, and have been dn
gushed by very remarkable results. We do not ree
those minor difficulties which have had with InPo'
with France, with the Indian tribes within TERRITORY
but to the wars of the revolution, and OF 1872 and
present struggle with Mexico.
Il.. al, al.