The North-Carolina standard., 1848-01-19
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wu1.cERY PLAYS THE COWARD.
The Ralei0l, Register and other Federal prints IN
this State. following the example of the Natonal
are exulting over the late vote an ae
House Of Representatives on Mr.. Ashmun's amend
ment and declaring that it looks like an lmPeacn-
ment of the President 1t looks like an Impeachment,
does ita Why not go the full length, and DO tne
work at once The President. they dehoerateiy ee-
clare, brought on the Mexican war IN violation OF inc
Constitution; and this same House OF Representa-
tyes has the right to mpeach, and can DO so at any
time by majority, why is not the thing done Inc
country sslooks for the Decd and the Senate stands
ready to try the President; but poor Whggery VIM
dicates truth !" by deserting it
We make the following extracts for the purpose of
showing our readers how this action of the House
has been received in other quarters. The New ork
Herald, neutral paper, says:
eve have already stated that the House of Rep
resentatves passed resolution, eighty-ve to eighty
one declaring that the President commenced the
Mexican war, both unnecessariy
The passage of such resolution Is not enough
The House of Representatives must follow up this
declarations and draw up bill of impeachment against
the President, and have him regularly tried before
the Senate, be disgraced, representative BODY
before the whole world. If Mr. Polk, the President
of the United States, commenced the war against
Mexico, without any necessity, and contrary to the
Constitution he ought to be impeached, tried,
yicted and punished according to the Constitution
for such ,grievous offence. The House OF KePre-
sentatives In passing that resolution, the other day.
have affirmed this proposition; and aOe call on them"
in the face of heaven and earth, and according to all
principles of sound morality, to go toraOard 'c'h the
sOOrk and bring the President to justice an proper
aUay There is no other alternative left to the lower
House of this thrtieth Congress, but to proceed In
this course, be damned to eternal frany, through
all future time"
The New York Mirros, a Taylor whig paper, thus
notices the conduct of the whig majority
"MR. AsHmuN's AMENDMENT. The wings are GER
tanly the very worst politicians In the world; no
matter how intelligent and honest their members of
Congress are individually, in body they manage to
perpetrate the most shocking blunders Of these an
instance is presented in the amendment which heads
this article: "The unconstltutlonally be-
gun and unnecessarily carried by the President"
Do the Wings mean to say that the President began
the war? If so, also unconstitutonally, why has he
not been impeached! Why did not the wings vote
for renforcements to secure Gen. Taylor only? Do
they mean to stutify themselves? Why have they
not made some signal demonstration of the
sentiment of great party at that highest moral trea-
son. an unconstitutional usurpaton of power by the
President! Above all why have they tackled such
an amendment to resolution of thanks to gallant
officer and his command! Do they think that Gen.
Taylor will be gratiied at compliment to him
which censures his commanderin-chief, and accuses
the first Executive officer of his country? There
temptible example Of petty and cOtrardiy malice. Not
thus would Henry Clay act; that great man never
failed to attack enemy but he always did like
man, boldly and in 'front.' not by barking and snap
ping at his back. 1t is pity that many of Mr..
Clays friends could not catch little of his spirit
Whiggery plays the coward, as its s' illustrious
predecessor Federalism did, in 1912. These FEEDER
al members of Congress kno,c that President Polk
occupies ground high above the reach of any further
action which they might take and hence, instead of
attacking him in 'front.' they sneak round and
tent themselves with Z" barking and swapping at his
back" Vain exhibition of party rage! President
Polk may well take courage, and smile at the mpo-
tent malice of his enemies He belongs to history,
and history will take care of him. His name will
go down 20 future agns identified with righteous
and glorious war, which his enemies denounced, but
were compelled, by the voice of public opinion, to
supports and his memory will be cherished, and his
noble example and his sound principles will be quo
ted and approved, while his selfish and unprincped
deamers will be left to repose in black forgeulness
The same great people who rallied to the side Of
IS Old Hickory" and upheld him in his course, will
sustain President Polk, and give success to his hon
est efforts in the cause of his country.
The whig majority in Congress, and all the whig
papers throughouthe country profess to desire peace
with Mexico and yet, instead of doing what is con-
ceived to be necessary, by all men of common sense
and common patriotism, to that object, they
are pursuing calculated to protract the war,
and to encourage the public enemy to still further re-
,isance They thus add to their moral cOtOardice,
as displayed in their towards the President,
species of moral treason which call down upon
them the indignation of America and the contempt |
Of the civilized world.