Democratic banner., 1847-07-19
OBJECT OF TIE WINGS IN OPPOSING
THE WAR.


= Magistrate of the Union. In 1914 the PEG,
pie of the U. S. were divided upon til.
igreat political questions-Bank, Tariff
-IOrcgon, and Texas. These questions were
discussed with all the ability that states
men possessed, from one extreme of tie
Union to another. They were held before
the eyes of the people By the press, and
every false argument exposed with equal
avidity and ability upon either side. Tie
people decided. The present Administra-
ton went into power. The Bank Glamour
has been silenced, and tie currency is in 4
better condition than ever known hereto
fore. The exorbitant and oppressive tariff
iof az has been repealed, and the equaiiZ-
ing and beneficial effects Of the revenue
System, felt and acknowledged through the
land. The all exciting Oregon question
overshadowcd by grave and momentous
difficulties, has been amicably adjusted,
and our brave and hardy pioneers Telling
the trees in the valley of the Columbia,
whilst our commerce is peaceably launched
upon the bosom of the Pacific, an end at
ltained by no other means than tie firm and
manly course of the President.
Texas has been annexed in the face of
European opposition and intrigue, regard
less alike of the duplicity of England; the
far-secing policy of NJ. Quiet, ''that the
balance of power must be maintained up
on this Continent" and tie clustering O.
Mexico,
"WHEN IN H COURSE OF HUMAN EVENTS .
has so much been done "to extend the
area of freedom" in so short a timc-to say
nothing of other great and important politi-
cal questions, Of which we have not time TO
speak? An independent Republic by volun-
tary consent emerged i'll our own, for a
precedent to which, We may vainly search
in the history Of the world. All this has
been done by the Administration we some
times hear denounced by partizan editors
as weak and feeble structure. These issues
are 10 longer to he met in fair and manly
argument before the ~people-they have de-
cided upon them.
Can we not then say the leaders make
new issues out Of this War, and divert the
attention of the people? or mount upon
some popular war-llorsc as the surcst
mode of riding into power? Try the irs,
expedient: condemn the war as unjust and
oppressive-charge it upon them as Pres
idential war, gotten up for political purpo-
SEES, and to Cypress a weak and feeble ma
tion-make the President responsible for
the war. But, 10! turn back a few pages
of the poiiticalhistcry of the day, and Mr..
Clay tells us that annexation AND war, are
synonymous tcrms-Mr. Clay is good au-
thority, VT dare not deny what he says;
then refuse t. vote snpplies-embarrass
them in their movements--nake Mexican
Ispeeches-encourage the enemy--hcap obi
um and disgrace upon it, by making it ap-
pear to be feebly conducted. But, 10! it
only serves to make their victories the more
brilliant: Then never mind what MI. CLAW
says, tell them that the war is unjust and
unnecessary. But hear what that next great
est champion of all the Wing host (Gcn.
Scott, } tells them in the south: "Mexicans,
the Americans are not your enemies. This
war has been brought on by the men that
~n.issovcrned you" This is high authority,
coming from the foremost men in our ranks;
whittier shall we turn? Try the last expedi-
ent-nuw we have it: Mount a war horse;
bridel old Zach; he is sometimes rough and
always ready-huzza for Old Zach! But,
alas. alas! we lose those precious princi-
p!es-huzza! for Taylor.
n We learned from a passenger who
came OF board the Ocean Wave, Saturday
morning, that a robbery was alledged to
have been committed on board early that
morning. The individuals statement, as
we learned it, was that he slept with his
pocket-book uuder his head, containing 100
dollars, and upon rising left his berth to
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