The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1847-07-06
From the Buffalo IN " Republic.
Astounding PrecOclty.


1t is now thirty three years, nearly that, since the
close of the late with England the editor of the
Commercial Advertiser could not then have been more
than ten twelve years old, most yet he fairly
ionishes with the sentiments and even the very Ian
guage OF that day. His article headed "What are we
fighting for :" in Mondays Commercial, is as genuine
piece OF tory federalism was written or spoken in Bos-
ton during the war above named We labored much in
earlier life to shake OF those supersttous fears which
we suffered from hearing ghost stories in boyhood; but,
were we TO hear the language OF the Commercial, IN some
lonely place. in the night do not believe that all the
philosophy could command would prevent us from
quaking, from apprehension OF meeting the ghost OF the
Hartford Convention II 10, indeed, singular, young
he must have been, not on that he should have mbbed
the federal principles OF that day in all their lAmerl
characteristics, but that he should have retained the
langnagenay the very expressions exactly as II he
had been book or newspaper published by Isaac Z.
Bates, Leverrett Saltonsta or Timothy Pickering, in
1913.
There is fatality, or a faulty a bout federalism, which
to be nseparabe from it. That fedcalsts not
blind TO the direct tendency of their anti American prnci-
pies and course Of conduct is plain from sundry circm
stances One of the circumstances by which this fact
is established, may be found in caumny which they
got up in 1910, for the purpose of making Mr. Van Buren,
odous to the people This was that he opposed the
with England in 1872 and that he was the author of
certain ant-war resolutions, which were passed at
meeting of federasts, in Columbia county, time
during that This all false and sanderous il was
known to be by those who put it in motion and those
who kept moving, was trumpeed throughout the coun
try from Maine to Florida, by all the newspapers and
spouters in the federal inerest-and their name was
legion. Among the thousands who assisted in the at
tempt TO fix this stigma upon the character OF Mr. Van
Buren,, there none more active, none more loud
mouthed none INSCRIPTIONS than this same editor
OF the Buffalo Commercial Advertiser; and at the same
time there who better knew its alsily and
absurdity than he did.
Hence it is plain that the whole federal party
OF the great oiium which attaches to the character of all
those who oppose their country and take sides with her
enemy, when she is involved in They have the
best reason be of this result of all people,
for it the rock which the federal party fonndered
their ship The odum which their opposition 10 the war
of 1912 brought upon them forced them to shuttle off
their party name, and to deny their identity forever after
We are now engaged in another war-a war which was
waged by the enemy commenced by him. and that too by
invading territory and splitting the blood of citizens
soil With the sure damning results in view
with the evidences that we have named before the
world that they of the result of snch
course federalism cannot resist lis instructive impulses
take the side of the enemy and to plunge its poisoned
dagger into the vtas of lis country and its govern
ment.
Notwithstanding that the marks of the beast are deeply
branded upon every feature of this sample of blue light
patriotism, it would be matter of marvel, if, in
month two, it should call upon its parsans to rally
to do battle against the democratic principles which
the federasts of 1912 fought with such desperation
We venture further predict that this same federal or
gan, which teens with abuse against the govern
ment OF its own country, on account of the war with
Mexico, and sheds such hot tears OF sympathy aud COM
mseration for the enemy, will, in less than five years
from this day, claim 10 have been supporter OF
this war; by virtue of its affinity few lede
raj officers whose profession and not whose patriotism
has led them to the battlefield against the enemies Of
their country.