The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1847-09-02
LoCoFoCo AUTHORITY AGAINST
THE WAR.

ly Review, has published an article "a that
periodical. 10 which lie completely demol.
ishes every argument advanced by Mr..
Polk and his friends, in Justification OF the
present wer with Mexico. Mr.. Bronson
was formerly the Editor Of the Democratic
Review, when he distinguished himself as
the able champion Of the Administration
and ils prime pies, and is stall the political
friend Of the President aud his party. II
was hardly 10 be expected, therefore, ;ha,
he should thus voluntarily expose the er.
rors and usurpations Of those who control
the atiairs Of the Government, and should
uphold the doctrine on tins subject, which
Is so directly at variance with that man.
famed BY the Locofoco party generally.
We make The following extract
For ourselves, We have regarded The
Mexican War from the first as uncalled
for, mpohlc aud unjust. We have ex'
ahmed the documents published by order
Of the Government we have read The OF.
fetal defence o. the war IN the last annual
Message of the President to Congress, and
with every disposition To lind our own
Government ~ he right; but We are
bound 10 say, tina, our original IMPRESSIONS
have been strengthened, rather than weak
coed. The President, undoubtedly, makes
Il clear, that We had many llst causes Of
compliant, against Mexico, which at the
lime Of their occurrence might have JUS.
fed reprisas, p rhRps even ~ar-but he
cannot plead Justification q the present
wlT; for they were not tho ground on
which We prolcssel 10 engage ia IT, The
official announcement Of the President 10
Congress was Thai war already existed be.
tween the two rcpuJllcs, by the cd q
Msrico herseif ant whatever use we may
make ~ old grievances 10 adjusting The
terms Of peatc, We can make 10 use "
them IN defending the VAR. We can pend
10 ~ defence only lie (aci on Hhcn We
grounded il, VIZ: var exists Is The acl o.
Mexico herself But uahappdy, al the
inc of 10 Official announcement, aar d,d
10. cx.a between ,he Two Repub is a Gii,
for neither republic bad declared aar
against The ulhtn There tad been q col.
hs,oa uf heir forces, but his WAS not war,
IS The Preslden, would probably have cou.
celed had he hsoHn or reca,lrc,cd the
distraction between war oud host ie. By
placing he sar on the ground That i *.
sled by the &C, Of Mexico, On bat gtauDl
being false, he las lctl u who lnCr,en.
siblc, whatever The o'd grievance so mas
have 20 ai.cEe aeaia>, Mexico.
Tie acl o.! Mexico 30 crossing 'te Re
Grande, aad engaging our troops on tern
tory winch She had possessed aud siil
chained as hers, bot whlch We asserted
had, by a recent act against which she IA,
protested, become ours--lhe act h.ch the
PfesidrH, chose 10 ,nio.m Congress, ans
tic world was warn may or may not have
been Jusl cause Tor declaring var ega,usr
her, bul i, a.sufe1ly sa@ 90, war Itself
We have no intention go Justify Mex CO
She NAV have been decidedly 10 he wrong
she NAV have had no valid title to the ter
rlory Of wh.c!, tie PresldeG, had POST to
ken military occupation, 'anl territory may
have been rghrfuiy oars, and IL may ever
have beca HE duly If the President % &C
cnpy aaI defend j. 30; % cannot &c lie
ulel tna. she had once possessed ,li 30
It was still par, of ono 90 her States %
provinces; TIM! she sH'i claimed u, m,
h1G continued lorycrcjse jurisdiction ogc
liz, 81, driven from II by our army Of occu
r8t.ou; Ina, che invaded IL H.,l an armc,
force, i INVASION il can Je called, nut o.
lcruary be.cnltog 10 US, bat ns tcrrtor,
beunging u tier, and tuat she otac kct
our troops MT Tor The reason thai, 'hej
sere ours, hu, for The reason, as she held
and sha had as good q righl to be Judge Il
her own case az sc bad n Curs-.th4i they
were In,ruders on her soil The motive O.
her act Vas not war against the UGdet
Safes, bal the expulsion Of mrglgrs from
her own Territory,
" w sUpA'stry can make her act war
certainty not without coucedng tha, our
net 10 taking military posses, on Of that
territory wGa a 50 nar, aud 4 ina, was war
If It existed OF al, existed by our act aud
not BY here, FOR her net was consequent
upon ours. The most that the President
was at liberty 10 say, wiihou, condemning
his oHn Government, was, that there had
been collision Of the forces Of the two
republics on territory claimed BY each
but this collision be had no NIGHT 10 tern
war, for every ono knowa that It takes
something more than collision Of THEN
respective forces on disputed territory t.
constitute . war between two civilized ma
lions, la no possible point Of view Wa
the announcement Of the President thai
war existed by the act Of Mexico, correct
II did not exist al all I, or lf 1t did, II exis
ted not by the act Of Mexico, but by our
act. In either case the oilcIa announce
ment was false, aad cannot he defended.
The Preslden, may have been govern
ed by patriotic motives he may have fcl
that prompt aud energetic action was re
quired; he may have believed that il
great emergencies the chief magistrate o
powerful republic, having 10 deal with 4
weak and distracted gtole, should rise So