The daily national Whig. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1847-1849, 1847-08-20
NATIONAL WING BULLETIN.

NATIONAL WING BULLETIN.
We arc again without news to-day from the seal
of war.
Since our last tho report Of the proceedings o.
the Mexican Congress rejecting our propositions Of
peace have come to hand. They clearly prove what
We have oil along believed would be the case, that
the Mexicans have sworn mover 10 make peace with
Us, at the price of the Acknowledgement Of Mexican
territory by conquest The report was adopted by
mai ,rity Of 80 voices out Of 70, the vote being 81
for and ~ against.
The action OF the Mexican Congrpss upon our
proposals il even more adverse to pence than if il
had merely considered them and then rejected them.
II had previously passed act declaring it to bs
the enemy. Santa Ana, therefore, could not act
when Mr.. Buchanan's proposals came, and he sent
them to Congress to act upon them, as it saw pro
per. All Congress had to do, II 1t were peace
disposed. to repeal the treason act. It did not,
and returned the proposals to the Executive.
more decided and determined opposition to peace
could not have been manifested
Our Executive, we learn. is now persuaded that
we have caught second Carthage, and that detendd
est Carthage must be the watch word Of the United
States. We hope he will alter his mind and seek
the advice Of the nate before he takes his ground
unatersbly. There is way to bring this war to a
close with honor to ourselves and with advantage TO
the Mexicans themselves. Mr.. Polk has always
avowed himself opposed to the conquest Of Mexico
or any part Of ii. II he asks the advice Of the
Senate, oil will 20 right II is high time that the
partisan conduct Of the war should cease. Mr..
Polk should now BE- convinced that he cannot be
reelected on the war question. If he is not con.
vnced Of 1t, he will be before the second week Of
December, for Congress will not sit BY any lon
ger with folded arms and soc the power Of our
Republic used in foreign war merely to get up a
political question upon which Mr. Folk shall be
ele ted second time As we have already intima
ted there are minds at work chalking out policy
worthy Of the country, and il the President cannot
or will not rise up to its height he will DO mAde to
Use up to il and execute it. The Mexican con'ed-
Grafton is now al an end for all national purposes
alu IL IL hot LOT uS W WH oBo"'s y N'~'NS "'''e-
once composed it.
Intelligence from the Army is now looked for
with the deepest interest. There is feverish
anxiety in the public mind to know how Gen. Scott
and his brave little army has Jared in the midst Of a
hostile population numerous enough to destroy il
without arms And public attention is now directed
also to Cen Tayor column The movements Of
the old Hero are, invested with intensity of in
terest; and now that he is about to encounter the
priva,ions Of an immense desert, the prayers Of the
nation are sent up tremblinsly for his safety.
The condition Of the General Treasury is just
now q ,heme of universal comment in the city.
The fact, that there is not surpu. dollar in it and
will not be surplus dollar in it for the next six
months, unless it is repenished by heavy loan, is
beginning to alarm the public mind. All the money
now on band and all the receipts from the usual
sources from this time to the end of the year will
not more than half pay the war debts already
incurred. A loan will be necessary the very first
week Of the opening Congress. Indeed nothing
but putting off The public creditor wherever !. can
be done, and the hanging up Of all other disburse-
mens authorized by law have prevented the formal
stoppaso of payment by the United States.