The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1847-05-26

and souhwes-let the United States raise the standard to-
morrow and POO volunteers would appear and with The
cry of Io westr the speculaoAs OF the London Times
would be dissipated into thin air What not men
enough Why, let the United States but sound her
clarion, and display her dag upon the banks Of the Mis-
sssppiet her but say this man, Go to the capital Of
Mexico aud these men, Go with your wives and chill
dren TO tue region OF Santa Fe and to another, March
with your neighbos the delicious banks OF the Colorado
of California; and they will only have volunteers
enoughto answer to the call, but than enough The
difficulty viii be in keeping back not in sending men
forward Does England really desire, by thus tanning the
dame into a Mexican war; to take California and
not only take il, but keeptl"
We refer TO recent events for verihcaton OF these
predictions In respect only confess ourselves TO
have been grevousy mistaken We then said that the
"London Times" pays wing party the poor comp-
ment OF asserting that they would not join their country
in for the sake of aocous aggression on the
neghboring Territory of Texas Is it necessary for
to answer this argument' The aboonists might be
traitors in such combat. But will the wings of the
NORTH in the spirit of another Hartford convention,
fuse to stand by their country"
The "National Inteligencer' is one of the first to
desert its country in the old spirit OF the Hartford Conven
ton.
The position OF the National Intelligencer" there
fore ridiculous. Ii does not follow, because we
conscious of strength, and despised the ,aunt of
the 'London Times" that disposed to wage
war with Mexico for the sake OF conquest" Nor did
point out "how the was to be brought which
to lead to this conquest" But it TO show the
duty should have meet the reports then in
circulation should be true These reports
that Mexico intended to make an aggressive war upon
for the recovery of Texas, the Rio Grande
advance into the territory; and declared it to be
l,,,, Lo, tb.
true border of Texas
Unfortunately for Mexico, she determined to per-
in her wild and mpractcabe purpose. She went
for the whole of Texas the Sabine and not simply to
the Nueces She declared officially that the annexation
was a casus beih. She refused TO receive Mr.. Sdel,
upon the ground that negotiation was, "by its very
nature end, and that the only recourse OF
the Mexican government" Arsta was sent with his
troops TO make war; and they crossed the Rio Grande and
shed the blood of citizens upon soil We
might have abandoned the Rio Grande our boundary
line; but what American would consent to adopt that
course when every President and every Secretary OF
State from Jefferson down to Polk had claimed it as
boundary-when Mr. Clay, in his eloquent speech, had
asserted ii be the groundand when Gen Taylor
wrote that if we meant claim line, then it be-
came our soundest policy march troops to the Rio
Grande' 1t was the best way to meet the war which
he saw coming upon us
And yet, now that the war is waged, the "National
lntegencer' intent to abuse its country, and
adopt the side of Mexico and we, OF the friends
of the country against the foreign enemy, share It's
We be accused of aiming the
conquest OF Mexico when il is Mexico herself who shed
the blood of citizens and drew the upon her own
head