Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1847-04-10
ON THE MEXICAN W.AR.
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EDITORS OF NATIONAL IsTELLIeEScER.
GENTLEMEN Suffer old man, who for tweny years
gone by has taken active part elections to sly few
words your readers upon the present Important
crisis in our national affairs have often regretted the mad
of party all sides. In the conflict for power Patriot
ism and Christianity too often lost sight Of and the only
of many statesmen to be to advance their and
their pays interests regardless of the general good To carry
the behess OF party convention now involved in
disastrous and unnecessary with sister Republic and
but for the Wings and the small but noble band Of
the United States Senate, should now have been
also engaged in with England for "e whole of Ore
go" As American citizen feel proud OF the mowess
and bravery Of army but when, Christian or phia
hropist consider the great sacrifice Of human e espe
caly Of the lives of some Of bravest men, think
paying dearly for "Po Dallas and 1eras to say nothing
Of the expenses Of the Mexican mourn
the slain of my countymen and sympahize deeply with the
widows and orphan children of the valiant dead As father
know how feel for the parents of the young and gallant
who their countys call repaired her standard and
lost their lives deadly conflict with her enemies They
all strangers but there is for whose fate feel Pc
cuiar And he is the gallant Of the nobehear
and patriotic HESRr CLAY. His Father from his youth
old age has been in the service of his country and has
dered more services to the nation than any other man
and reyd by his enemies than any other In his person has
been verified the saying that Republics ungraeful and
he is called beloved who has fallen
the service of that country who has proved itself ungaeu
to the father and which, although will immortaize
the brave in the field of battle, bring honor
the nation, but will entail immense debt which
later will be exnguished by taxation. When think Of
the thousands Of best citizens who have fallen and will fall
by the diseases of the climate and by the sword and call to
mind the distress and anguish of their families and friends
who fail condemn and depore that policy which has
brought all those calames upon II is be greatly fear
ed that in the contemplation Of the brilliant achievements of
sodey, may lose sight Of the principles humanity
and religion Distant from the Of action
form proper conception of the misees and caames
of We do not hear the shreks and groans the wound
ed and dying and follow the spirits Of the dead their
long homes II may be asked for what purpose this pouring
out of human blood, and what good to be accomplished
We told that annexation Of part of the Mexican
tory is the object of the Administration Should this territory
be acquired it will bring up deadly conflict between the
North and South the subject of slavery. An attempt will
be made and probably successful one prevent emgra
ton of Southern with their slaves this territory. If
Judge from the speech of Mr. CALHOUN upon that
subject this will not be acquiesced in by the South If not
the consequence will be attempt TO separate the Union, and
civil will be the result No human being paint
conceive of the horrors of such am ahrms
friend to slavery but should be glad to all slaves
voluntarily emancpated and coonzed in Africa Yet be-
eve good will be accomplished by violence attempt
make distinctions between the citizens of the North and
South Moderate of all parties should look this subject
full in the face, and their influence to own Down every
attempt nfame the North against the South ice
II is against the policy of nation to be war; ard
strange that this era, when the world disposed
peace and the principles of holy religion be
tending themselves that this Christian nation should suffer
itself to be precpitaed into unconstitutional and offensive
against distracted and comparatively weak foe 10y Pre-
siden in defiance of the constitutional authority make
Although American valor has umphed in unparalleled
MANNER yet victories have been dearly bought God
forbid that this happy land should be dazed by the
achievements Of military to forget the dictates
Of humanity, and the binding obligations Of Christianity
which teaches love and good will mankind. Religion is
opposed to in all its forms, but especially to Of
nsve for conquest glory These remarks you will
perceive from dfahioned man, and offered
an appeal the American People They desgned few
that they may be read and may occupy too much space
your valuable paper. SENEX
MARYLAND, APRIL S, ls47