The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1847-03-19

If may Judge from the present tone of the leading
Federal Organs, the opposition TO the 10 be
fast dying away. Even faction itself at last gives up
pleading the of the public enemy, dangerous
and hopeless game OF the various dscordant and contra
dcto cries this subject set up in the Federal press
that necessarily involved in Annexation; that the
oaedby the march of our army to the Rio Grande
that it waged to uphold slavery; that it was waged
crafty the lust of dominion that it the unauthor-
lied and unconstitutional act Of the Presidents that the
democratic majority in the last Congress responsible
for it, and ought to lose their seats for it, that it has
been commenced without any sufficient cause that
the President should be impeached for commencing
it, and execraed and put to shame for not carrying it
with more vigor-of all this motley crew Of charges,
which short time since the ederaists sent into the po
lcal felda Dragged regiment"-to do battle for them,
one now in the opposition journals only here and
there straggler lurking about in bycorners, if
ashamed TO show himself openly and in the daylight To
find all these charges together and oget idea of the
consistency and the logic with which federalism
upheld the enemys cause, turn TO the back files
OF the ntegencer and its kindred journals, or else dive
down into the depths of rabid congressional speech
which is now forgotten, remembered, like Mr. Cor
WINS, only to provoke, by turns, the just Indignation,
the still uster contempt Of the country
In fact the opposition leaders, driven before the patriotic
enthusiasm OF the people OF the field Of open attack
upon the Mexican policy OF the administration, now
fan TO content themselves with sort of guerilla war
fare--a system of bush fighting, as it were-which at
displays hepovery of their resources, and gives full
play to what is most INSCRIPTIONS and desperate in the
spirit of faction Thus journal hints that the admin
staon must in way be made out to be responsible
for the late instruction in New Mexco another is sure
that nothing but want OF due foresight at Washington
has prevented army from being already in posses
sion of Vera Cruz; third, after charging for weeks
upon the President design TO injure the generals
now at the head Of armies by appointing Mr. Benton
to supersede them, sure that the President must
have intended nure and deceive Mr. Benton because
he has not found in the existing laws authority to place
Mr. Benton, major general, in the chief command
fourth while strongly advocating the Wilmot proviso,
cannot help congraulatng the country, and especially
the federaliss, upon Mr. Calhoun's late movement at
Charleston to prevent national convention break the
democratic party to pieces, and bring forward the slavery
question the main issue in the next Presidential can.
vass, with sectional candidate for the north and for the
SOUTH and election TO be settled in the House of Rep
resentaves while all these opposition organs together
do not fail to their readers that the war ITSELF bad
as it may be, is but a slight evil in comparison
with the still greater calamity Of closing it successfully
IN the acquisition of full territorial indemnity for the
wrongs and the burdens which Mexico has heaped upon
us!
Such is really when briefly stated the main material
OF opposition upon which the Federal press at this mo-
men relies to keep up its attacks upon the policy of the
Administration BY consequence not few of that party
bic Among these instances Of political conversion, we
notice the case of Mr. James Cochran, of New Hamp-
SHIRE who gives in his experience through the Patriot in
very able and eloquent manner A paragraph or two
must speak for the whole:
But Messrs. Editors, find am going too much into
country and only ask little space now in which wish
70 refer TO their opposing their country the war Our
commerce had been attacked by British Subjects and over
we've hundred American seamen had been impressed
rom our vessels, aud taken aboard British aud
compelled to do service in their vessels, in
70 gt IN their wars; or If they refused they were fie9
10 the mast aud shot at like dogs The national honor and
interest demanded PREPARATION, and war was declared
ser was war more Jus or necessary, and did
me last war from the federal party Those who went for
.heir country denounced iufdes and yoeob;n,
ne members of Congress who supported the country were
aIgmdtzed host of rtbfons' the war was eajJ fn
hadison's rar and they rhr as 10 hreate
nun with "a halter, and TO send him 10 the island of Elba
dhey declared be The tcicked ,co
lhey declared Great Britain be the innocent party thai
e rds the buodrk of holy reigion,' that she was
81 nggng for her satrafion, and In that fighting
e odHes Of ChsfeHdom against who anti Christ
au ms hosts But all their opposition their country
walled them naugh to disgrace the party and the
EIy name, to escape which they changed the name Of
aea to that of chig and similar fate acaifs that name
Inc friends OF the government rallied in proportion 10 the