New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-02-26

D. ,.c,eant.r reasonable" sbominsbie sen'l'
r,ent.v ,-..mies of their country" &c to tne
s,eech ms author. The General points sighih'
ean,lv 70 "A barrel Of tar and threatens Ar. Co'-
win with something bard to take should ne ever
% be presented to the American People Tor 'ne'I
.ugrage.f We can tel better as 70 that when zoe
time comes.
Bnt saws the General, Mr. Corwin voted on the
18th Of May last, 70 give Mr. Poik the men ado
money he asked for to repel formidable Me1'9aH
army Yes Sir. he did 80 and we think he no"
regret. IL Bot consider the oircnmstances; Our
Army had been blindly pashed on TO me h'O
Grsnde il had planted its guns so as 70 'n'sa'."
Mstamoros: it had closed the nsvigafioa VI "e
Rio Grsnde it had drawn upon itseit me "'''s
Northern Army Of Mexico. by which Co. Ieo'n'
ton. command had been cut of, Fox brown e'osey
;.yestea and Gen Taylor's little Army tnrea'eheu
nth determination. Such were the tidings whioh
poured into Washington snd on "nlcn nj o.N
said TO Congress ! want power to caii OUT my
Thousand men and TIE command Of Ten Miinons
n Dollsrs 70 reoel the Mexicsns and preserve our
Arnv, Nothing was said about pushing our arms
across the Rio Grsnde--it was case Of pressing
ursency-ofappsrent portland most Of me '" hss'
after doing their utmost TO strike out the Preamble
10 the bill which asserts that War exists BY the
ac. Of Mexico. were induced 10 vote the required
suoDlies And on the strength Of this, the General
charges Corwin with being then " Tor wM-"s' "
the knife" and the invasion Of Mexico. IL can
hardly be necessary TO say more IN reiu'sl'0n =,
this charge The mesuness Of saying IN ioil
view Of the facts. that Mr. Corwn voted that the
War was an act Of Mexico must excite the most
profound disgust
60 of the Bdssdiers charge that Mr. Corwin
and The Tribune were prompted By Pohtical
sx,sd;.pcv 20 cunt HGr lrlh England" and
that Mr. Corwin was then perfectly willing to IN
volv. the country in such War rather than have
IL ssid that be belonged 10 the Anti ar party
Nothing like this is true The simple fact is that
after Polk and his clan had clustered violently
about a. 4Ot-the whole or none, we discovered
that thew had not the least stomach FOR light Win
Great Britain, bat we're preparing to fall back on
4ss and lay the blame Of their retreat on as. The
Wings refused to loan their fingers to be used IN
pulling Mr. Folks chestnuts out Of the ire The
Tribune acted with them; the Courier behaved as
usual but happily with its usual success Mr.
Polk was compelled 10 send in his 49, to the senate
wrong end foremost indeed but there it was the
Senate ratified it, and all was well The only
chance Of War lay in our following blunderng
saltpe,re lead and making the mass OF the Loco
Focos believe tbat0e Wigs were forcing Mr. Polk
10 compromise, in which case there might have
been trouble The wisdom Of the course actually
pursued has been fully justified by the event.
The Brigader with his Characteristic imPetuos'
ity, says
@One word as to our having been. or being Of this
time an APPLICANT for Ezscaitrs dRpoufneNt'
This is fsse-wilfuly deliberately fase-snd known 10
be so by the writer and publisher II the Executive
should think proper TO give the writer OF tns mgr
military appointment II will be because his friends and
our political opponents have thought proper 10 consider
but Is a weak wicked and disgraceiu iaisehood TO
say that have applied for IT, that the probability
OF its being conferred upon hes the slightest innu
ence over our views Of the war.
Ahem Have we not read IN the Courier that
somebody had resolved 10 remain in " ashington
until it was settled that he woald or would not be
made General and that Mr.. Polk he'd promised
him a decisive answer within three days after the
Ten Regiments bin should psss2 Of course, we
don't mean that any body was an applicant Tor that
station-who ever heard OF anybody that was7-
we only infer that this patriot was not unwilling
his country in the tented field, provided the
pay, ratons chance ior glory, etc. should be made
satisfactory. Our correspondent will please use
words more singery hereafter