The daily national Whig. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1847-1849, 1847-09-02
NATIONAL WING
D1C !. MCRICAN STAR

". THE AMERlCAN -
The publisher of the American Star, al
.Puebla-those pioneers ofthe press IN Mex
ico.-Messrs. Peoples, Barnard y Callahan
make their adieus to their patrons IN me
seven,een,h number of their paper, OF the
date 81 August 7tll which now lies before
US. They close their Va'eoi''o'y WIN
these words. ue,,,
Star. w raise it when and wherever the
gallant hand. whose deeds we chronicle,
shall repose them upon their laurels
10 Pnebla we now bid adieu, trusting
that when next we visit it, it may be as free
.nJ ;nd.nendent as the hills around it.
The following spirited article of the Star
relates to the all important and momentous
subject of Gen. Scott's advance:
FORWARD MARCH Speculation is at an
end CONJECTURE has its solution inquiry its
answer forward! We have been treading
on the heels OF peace for two months and
more we have even fancied that we had
got good grip Of the skirt of the inconsfant
but, presto she has vanished into mist and
left not even daguerreotype likeness behind
Well, we will rally all our philosophy and
endeavor to bear upunder our disappointment
We pledge ourselves not to commit suicide
We will let Santa Anna do our killing
Forward!
Reader, do you not see mighty import
in that word Just now To us it has an
emphasis that sinks down deep into places
from which we think and feel. We plant
our foot as if we had already made one stride
over the line of forbearance We grasp the
musket with unwonted energy; we feel that
the war has lost its business character /; that
fighting henceforth will have an impulse in
it; our patriotism is all astir; our indigna-
ton is all agog- we were never less cow
ard than al this present writing.
Verify, verify, that word has lost its tech
meal technicality it is portentous; savors
of destiny it puts motion in something
more than masses Who hath the gift Of
prescience large enough to pronounce on
the ultimate issue, the ulterior consequences.
We abide the bidding of Omnipotence!-
Forward!
We are then to have no peace, diplomat
cally done up on paper, or bond of amity
written out and ratified. We are TO have
no peace, but the war against the Mexican
Government is hard by the beginning Of the
end The iron hoop Of despolism is
loose around the slaves Of the national tub
another shock and the band will have
lost its hold forever no political cooper
such as Santa Anna, or his compeers, will
again drive back the letters. Do up your
kits Of tims-worn tools, gentlemen; cast
away the die of your counterfeit devotion
Your occupation is gone-the fashion of
your patriotism is out Of use.
You will not make peace. 1t may be
that the time approaches when you can no
longer make war! Defeats will serve you
no more Tor victories; distance no longer
lends impunity 10 your fancied heroism!
The ghost Of your vanqulshed enemies
have come back to plague you! Take time
by the forelock, for it may come to pass thai
1he army Of specres will not leave you 8
comfortable place wherein to celebrate your
triumphs I'D ... ....
Pharaoh hardened his heart and would
not let the people 60. Beware lest the peo.
pie, the "magnanimous Mexican people,
do, in like fiji of obduracy, deny their
Pharaoh the luxury Of fight We read
that Providence wiled the infatuation Of
the keeper of the Israelites, and we are pro-
fame enough to believe that there is high
hope for this enslaved people in the self.de-
fusion of their rulers! The command is
forpard! ' .o'.
"God and Liberty"