The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1847-06-10
Agents for the Union.


II is remarkable and significant fact-a fact which
we do not remember have observed before the present
administration came into power-that the accusations
mainly relied upon BY the Opposition against the party
and the policy in power, are almost without excep-
ton, too ertrangan and too monstyous to admit of any
reasonable belief That this administration has made its
mark bread and Deep both the domestic and the for
egn policy OF the country, cannot be questioned Ger
any has not taken refuge from censure in inactivity
Yet with the principles and the details of a whole
series of great before it, upon which to select
platform oil opposition, the federal party is driven per-
force allegations which, for the most part the moment
they are stated, refue themselves That there was no
cause for war--that Mexico is in the right and our
country in the wrong-tha the administration has been
blind and wicked enough TO forget all the obligations
involved in the whole policy and position of our people,
and TO rush into an unjust war of conquest merely for the
sake of aggression and robbey-that the President and
his advisers are now willing TO proong the for the
purposes of acon-that, being thus belgerent in spirit
they yet willing to generals defeated and
sacced-tha entertaining these views towards our own
military leaders, they yet mysterious, if not traitor
GUS COLLISION with the military leader of Mexico-that,
in spite Of this collision, the admission of Santa An
and comfort" by our government to Mexico-that
our triumphs in the field have crowned the American
arms with imperishabe laurels yet the war has been
conducted with strange imbecility and feebeness p
such is the whole staple of accusation which the federal
press pours out day after day, and which manly re-
lies to sustain its cause before the people.
Now, in all this arrago Abeih." there is not one sim
gle item which intelligent can with grave face
pretend TO belieu Even while is on his lips he knows
for himse-and he knows that his nearer knows-that
merely stalk for Buncombe" For the most part it is
directly seconradctory; and for the rest is totally
devoid of pausibity Yet it to be the best-and
indeed, all-that federalism just now has to say!
But the utter emptiness, the iany of these ede-
raj charges, is their least Objectionable feature They
every of them in far they gain any considera-
ton, dshonor the country They all charge upon the
government placed in power by the American people
of folly and tupitude fit make our land the
laughing stock and the horror of all the nations. They
represent administration voluntarily punging into an
unjust war; in order turn traitors in the hour of her
need, to the country which has placed them in power
This is absurd enough But straghtway federalism goes
one step further and solemny announces that the ad
mnsaton adopts this course IN order to stand weH
the record and hauea good name hereafter! This charge,
almost in the very terms we have used has again and
again appeared in the leading federal journals
anaon Of the of the President respect to the
war.
Ii is unfortunate for party to elect party position
which is wholly preposeros 1t is criminal for par
N TO make its position reflect dshonor upon its
ountry, But it is traiiorous for party to select
position, and 10 shape its course manestty to
ncourage the public enemy That the position and
of federalism have done this, and doing this
has been fully proved, and is scarcely denied Under the
etence OF clamor for peace, federalism has prevented
peace. The accusations and the caumnes of the fed
@ press and the federal orators are, indeed shallow
land too incredible to impose upon the people of this
country 10 any great extent But they do impose upon
and delude the ignorance and the prejudice Of Merico
And the faith of this delusionalmost exclusively on
the faith of it's Mexico at this moment prolongng her
nearly dsarmed and utterly hopeless warfare