The North-Carolina standard., 1847-09-01
FrOustIe Washington Union.
coalition of WING Leaders and Mefi-

,annhl;cs that foreign wars united domestic par
those days the love of country so tai exs
ceeded allegiance to party, that The tocsln oil war
was signal for'the buryfng OF party ie4ds, ana
fofJHS nnion of party mdn, 4ronk and HE IN a
resolute effort 10 uphold the Interests, the honor
and The glory Of the republic They were una
blc IN nerceiye how they could serve their coUn-
trv by embarrassing its chosen rulers how they
could obtain peace but by vigorous war hoFTthey
coi,ld give vigor TO war by denouncing i as un1
- necessary unjust, and abominable how they
could nerve the arms of their own kinsmen In bat
lie, by telling Them they were upon work OIL
murder; how they could displrh and dIsarm their
countrys foes, By telling them that in the siaugh,
Ter of battle, or by assassination o their sons and
brothers thev were guilty of no other :" treason :"
than such as had conferred merited Immortality
on patriots and maryrsi g. 5A'- ., ,11f7.'~
Times; have changed Our experience teaches
us that, in cases Of forcign war between our re-
public and foreign nations, one of our parties be-
ing in q minority. become at once the' most etee-
tise ally of our foreign enemy. Nay: upon the
slightest prospect of war to Vindlcate our national
rights and honor, they become degraded apologies
of foreign wrongs, and the jealous advocates oil
foreign pretcnsions. They seem TO forget that
they have country whose rights and honor can
only be sustained through its chosen rulers
They seem to forget that, in embarrassing and
disgracing those Futers .ste eyes OF other nations
they wrong and disgrace their country. = They
seem to foFget-they must forget-that the con-
tempt they may bring ON thei: country by o course
so unpatriotic and so 'snicidal must attach with
tenfold power, mingled with abhorrence, TO them
selses .,....... -.- &,r., .....ai
The problem of such an opposition. has been
once worked ,oui- Such was the opposition OF the
federal leaders to the war of 1912; and what was
the result2 A nations and a 1corldS contempt
Degraded and selEdespised, the guilty men sought
to avoid universal scorn by disavowing the name
which their fathers had assumed, and under cover
of which they had wrought treason against their
country, in their frantic opposition its constituted
authorities, In discarding their once-cherIshed
name and adopting one not associated with crimes
against their country, they abandoned no princi-
pie, and actaR ged' no feeling. On the contrary,
having been joined by few renegades from the
old republican party, and assuming the name OF
wings, they are now carrying on against their
country, through IFS public authorities, cam.
paign which bids fair to exceed, IN boldness and
atrocity that Of the federal party during the war
of 1872 BY perfIty IN her foreign relations, and
the contempt Mexico has brought upon herself by
her Internal administration, she finds nothing in
the wide world base enough to sympathize with
her, and become her ally, except the aChig leaders
of tie UaiIed StGEeS, lf she does not receive from
them men, money and arms she receives that
which is more essential TO her success ia her sys-
TEN of robbery and mnrder-she receives assur-
anees that she Is right, and we wrong; that it
is war of the Executive, and not OF the people
of the United States; that il is looked upon with
adherence by the mass Of our population, who
would if they could, and will when they can,
withdraw our armies from her territories, without
exacting indemnify for the past or security for the
future, and perchance will pay her all the dam
ages aud expenses she has sustained by the war ! !
Withthis encouragement and these assurances be-
fore them is il wonder that the Mexican leaders !
will not listen TO the voice of peace on any terms
short Of those the federal leaders propose--De en-
tire Oithdra,raL of our armies from Me1ie0? Is
ita wonder that Jlrauta and his robber bands be-
SCI the rolds for the purpose of shooting down not
only our soldiers, but every American who may
incautlousIy cone in front of their coVerts2 Is it
a wonder that Urrea's bandits murder our fellow
citizens in the highways, tear out their hearts and
thrust them into their mouths, mutiate and hang
them by the heels in the trees? Is it a wonder
that the Mexican lancers feel at perfect liberty to
ride over the field of battle, and murder our wound.
ed officers and soldiers who, their whig allies tell
them, have invaded their country without Justice
or right, to rob and destroy them ?
There Is a fearful responsibility resting upon
the whig leaders. On their heads rests the blood
not only of the Mexicans who are encouraged to
persist and perish in hopeless war, but of their
own countrymen, of their own sons, brothers. and
HlehuS, "nom tncy encourage those MexcanS to
wayiay and kill in their chapparals and among
their mountains The guilt Of double crime
ottwo crimes the most atrocious known to human
IaWs-rests upon their Souls-tTeason and nnur-
der; treason otheir country, and the murder not
only of Mexicans, but of their ocn countrvmeu.
kindred, and friends.
Is it not so What in effect, is the Language
OF the federal leaders to the Mexcans? < Mr..
Polk has made this war without cause. and in
violation OF the constitution ard our armies ought
TO De Withdrawn from your territory. Eight on
~zstat 10c can turn him out qoAen those armies .
SeeLL De withdrawn, and zoe WW give you lust
sHc& peace as yOu a0ont" This, and nothing
short OF il, is the substance of the language held
oy lne Whlg leaders to the military chieltains of
mexico The consequence is, q perfect concert
eetves" our aoh1g leaders and The MEXICAN Chief
tGtns The whig leaders cay, our armies ought
TO be Withdrawn from the Mexican territory: :
winch IS virtually promise 10 withdraw them ..
wnen tney get the power. The Mexican chief
tans say, /" we will not even treat for peace until
your armies are Withdrawn "-in other words
" ~"taI tie icAig leaders are made the rulers Of
tAe Tinted STATES" We do not say there is an
express written compact between the whig leaders
ana lne Mexican cheftains, in which it is STIPULATED
mat they will make common cause against the
democracy Of the United States; but we do saw
mere Is PotpGdke practical concert the effect of
winch Is perfectly understood by both parties
ne federal vol, under the whig sheepskin, knows
that he has no chance to acquire power bnt 70
put down the democracy Of the United States and
thnt he has no chance amidst the food of prosperi
ty that rolls in upon the country, to effect tha,
oclect; ;s 0nt 6y making the Mexican war unpopu.
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