The Somerset herald and farmers' and mechanics' register. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 183?-1852, 1847-05-04
From the Nat. IntelIigencer.
OPINION.


than once to remark, that opposition to the
origin and objects of the Mexican War IS
by no means confined to that large and
respected portion OF ri counirymen who
are classed as Wings. It'll 10 be found
in all classes Of men, under whatever POI
litieal dcnnnciation they have heretofore
ranged themselves.
A. remarkable case of independent o.
pinion. and ainging off party shackels, in
regard to this great question, has just
come under our notice, in the case OF Mr..
Sykes, late editor of a Democratic paper
al Columbia, in the State Of Tennessee,
who attended a Wing State Convention
at Nashville, and, in a public address,
gave his reasons why he should, at the
ensuing election, support the Wing can
didate for Governor Of that State.
In the course of this address. Mr. Sykes
said that he had not changed his princi-
pies, but he believed that the Wings are
nearer the true Democratic ground in re-
lation to several Of the new and some of
them momentousl issues that have been
sprung upon the country than the Admin
istration, and therefore he goes with the
Wings in opposing the Administration of
the General Government. He said, fur
ther,. among other things, Jas reported
i'll the Columbia Observer, the follow
ing, which fully bear US out in the be-
lief we have heretofore expressed, that
opposition to the measures of this Admin
istration is more deeply rooted than the
ground upon which parties have hereto
fore divided:
at was time Mr.. s. said) that every
. true lover of IN Unien-every true
: friend Of the South, should speak out
5 plainly on this momentous subject
The nation is truly III a crisis: dangers
8 threaten US on all sides: we have closed
: the first volume Of our history under
: the Constitution-.he second is low OPP
ened: a new era is presented-an era of
: conquest: no mortal foresight can foresee
what will be written in It."
He said she believed that il the matter
had been managed with ordinary pru-
.dence, our difficulties with Mexico might
.haye been amicably and honorably set
: tied. The war was owing 10 the mis-
. management of the President. The
. President assumed to do that which, I'M
. der the constitution, he had no right or
: power to do, to decide a question OF this
. disputed boundary. Ii the army had
remained at Corpus Christi, and Mr. Sill
dell had not been sent TO Mckee until
the settlement of The Oregon question, in
: all probability there would have been no
war with Mexico, and this nation might
. have obtained more from Mexico with
out incurring the stupendous debt the
: war has brought upon The country, than
: she will acquire by the war: he had been
8 convinced by the discussions IN Con-
8 gress that the President was responsible
: for all the consequences of the war.
"To give the President the right to
: make war, and then to denounce all who
$ do not sanction his course as 'enemies
/. to their country'-as the Mexican par
: ty'-as friends, compairiois, and fell
{. low soldiers of Santa Anna and Ampu-
!. dia,' would be to convert our Republic
. into a Despotism.
Mr.. Sykes said she did not agree with
the Wings in many of their views upon
national questions: he was with them in
their opposition 10 Executive usurpation;
he believed that it was necessary for the
Wings to come into power, to save the
country from the awful consequences OF
the deep misrule of this Administration"