Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1847-09-24
DAVID FULTON, EDITOR.
NOI. 4----NO. ..
From the Washington Union
WING ZEAL FOR THE WAR.

vi IIC COuLIdl DIS SOOll DIS AOISIeSS UItelS,
to march up in solid column and vote whatev-
the wind of whig doctrine has begun to veer
into this quarter, it is wonderful TO see how
energetic and enthusiastic in the matter some
of the whig journals are becoming. They
will have no reserve, and no delay. The Pres
peace he will have-then he must set forth his
plan of campaign-and then, with good whig
" aid and comfort to back him, Gen. Scott,
"with at least twenty-five thousand mer un-
der his immediate commando must just step
into the city of Mexico cas- a conquegor," and
there proclaim the terms of the pacfcaton to
which Mexico will be held! Such is the style
in which they would now do up the business
of the war in the office of the Baltimore Ame-
rican! Witness the following article, which
we copy from that journal, as offering an anu
sing contrast to the general tenor of the wing
diatribes on the subject hitherto. In fact, con-
sidering what violent efforts the wings, as q
partv, have up to this time made, to help on
the war to an honorable and successful close,
their present out-burst of ardor ought not, per-
haps, to surprise US
Here is the first step in the Americans mo-
duS operandl:
- IL lids Uccu suggested that INC uTSL lDlu6 Tue
House of Representatives should do, when it meets
in the capitol in December, is to demand of the
President what he expects to accomplish by fur
sher prosecution of the war with Mexico.
"This inquiry will arise very naturally. The
question, indeed, is one which is asked continual
ly, now, in all parts of the country but no one
gives satisfactory answer.
"The conclusion, however, 10 which MANY
minds have come Isl that the President has no an
swer ready for such question His Ignorance of
the mode by which peace is to be procured, is be-
lieved to be profound as his ignorance of the
manner in which an efficient war should be car
ricd on. He feeds upon vague hopes; and upon
that unsubstanlial diet he lives from hand mouth
at will be the duty of Congress to defer no Ion
ger to weakness because it is official. The two
houses must take hold of the matter, and deal with
it as may become men Of sense and patriOtism.-
| The whole country is sick Of this aimless war
this gratuitous bloodshed and especially is the
public mind Disguised at that imbeciIe policy which
allows it to drag on, from month to month, when
| by few vigorous blows it could have been termi-
mated long since"
The President is 10 be called upon TO declare
what he expects to accomplish by the fur
| Their prosecution of the war in Mexico !''-
| Why, that quotation has, as we remember,
! been answered already number of times, in
various forms of official statement 1t is ans
wered, indeed, in the act of Congress recogni-
! zing the war, That act declares &C a speedy
and successful termination" of the war to be
the "oblect" Of its prosecution" Such a
| wing :" demand" upon the President, there
! fore, will not, if made, materially change the
aspect of affairs. But would not such a 90 de-
mand % from the wing leaders come with oct
| : l. LII a. -
encourage our enemies, and to rob our victo-
ries of their Just moral effect upon the MeXi-
can nation? But now it seems the wings OF
! Congress, seeing the error of their old way
are to take up the war &C as may become men
of sense and patriotism.' Be it SO. 1t will
be change in their tactics as praiseworthy as
it is sudden and entire!
After some remarks about the discharge OF
the volunteers in Gen'I SCOTS army, which
in consideration of the facts already known
upon that subject, cannot be regarded as par
ticuIarIy prudent in partisan point of view,
the American proceeds with It's recipe for ter
mnating the war as follows:
of nothing of decisive character shall nave
taken place before the meeting of Congress, ii
would be well for that body, we venture to sug-
gest, after listening patiently to the Presidents
|
Gen. SCOTS army, so that he might march with
at least $4,000 men, under his immediate COM
mand, TO the city of Mexico with instructions
there to proclaim, as conqueror in the enemy's
capital, the terms upon which the United States
decreed pacihcation, and to which Mexico would
be held This ought to have been done an i'm.
mediate sequel to the battle of Cerro Gordo, in
which event we should have had a cessation o.
hostiIities before now"
" 81 sic senaper "' But since the Baltimore
American is favoring us with its view of what
ought to be done to end the war speedily and
honorabIy, lei US in return say to that journal
and TO the other leading journals of the whig
party, that there IS one mode in which they
can aid, and aid greatly, in securing promp
and honorable peace. That mode is very SIM
pie. 1t is merely wholesale recantatlon. Lee
them undo forthwith what they have done
and unsay what they have said about the wal
for the last eighteen months-let them take
all back so earnestly that Mexico shall believe
them in earnest-and, our word for 1t, Just ne
gotations with that government will be made
} vastly more easy. Let them say to Mexico
that when they told her that she was the true
owner of Texas, at least up to the Nueces
they took sides for poor party purpose, a
; truth Let them say, too, that when they
: called the war g Mr.. Folks war of injustice
and aggression upon sister republic" the.
only repeated, for the same purpose OF faction
at second hand, the same unpatriotlc can
which made the federal party SO Infamous il
1914! Let them add, that the odium of al
: this becomes too great for them to bear, II
view of their duties in the next House, ant
that therefore all their implied and direct pro
, misses to Mexico of better terms, if she will on
IY hold out, are mere electoneering devices
shameful enough, indeed, but only INTENDED
to embarrass our administration in its efforts
TO obtain peace; and that, therefore, Mexico
must not expect the whig promises, so pu
forth, to be carefully fulfilled. Let the whiE
journals and the whig leaders preface and &C
company the votes for any supplies that ma.
be wanted with such wholesome explanation
> as these; and then, though they cannot Who'll
ly retrieve the guilt of the past, they at leas
have done something 10 set themselves RICH
before the country, to diminish the encourage
ment they have afforded to our enemy, and t
throw off, in part at least, from their conscler
ces, the crime of foreign tUar prolonged b.
the efforts and for the ends of faction at home
Good RetOrt.-A humorous young man wa
driving horse, which was in the habit O
stopping at every house on the road side
passing country tavern. where were collec
ted together some dozen countrymen, the beas
as usual. ran opposite the door and then stop
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