Arkansas intelligencer., 1848-09-16

held on TO the fanh. But Learned that while the
army OF the republic gaged in its defence
my own wing party, Influenced by expediencv
h"u engaged IN encouraging those who were des-
'oyihg the army which had been sent abroad 10
represent them In the field of battle. | saw a mar
iy III the United States busiIv engaged IN condar,
ninS the war, when knew and fell it to be inst
knew that blood-good, true, red American blood
-hau Deen shed upon American soil, and it vgas
ilat ieeiinS that induced me 10 take uo nv mus
Ket' have never doubted the iustness Of This
war (Cheefs-) And yielding 10 the influence
and force OF motives | could not resist. Gave, in
my adhesion TO the democratic partv. with haart
ana soul. (Cheers.) | can trace back to the ~ big
party most OF the carnage that redeemed the plains
OF Mexico! can point 10 them a the cause of
Inc guerrilla system with ali ITS enormty- and
blood thIrsInesS. | heard the arguments the who
orators addressed to the pOpuIace, and | kEelv
lheif influence IN IncItIng the MeXicans TO obsti-
nate aud desperate resistance. / knew, too their
influence upon my poor men, some of whose bones
are now bleaching upon the plains Of Mexico. /
point to the Mexican party in the United States
with Henry Clay at their head, as the cause Of all
this evil Taking the hint from him and his par
ty, Saas, the originator Of the guerrilla system
urged that they should hunt them down, worry
them out, and prolong the g You can't over
come them. he SAID, " when you meet them face
to face and thousand to thousand. - The DEM
ocratic party, - he said, would insist uDoD n
prosecution Of the war, and would have indemni-
ty but if the whg party comes into power, we
VIII have peace without any sacrafice of terrific
ry." How this plan of Saas', suggested by the
wing party IN the United States, succeeded, let
the bones of the Americans now in Mexico tesli-
fy; let the gallant spirits who we're nnaimed, and
are now lying IN the hospital, speak out aud let
The dead officers who fell along the National Road
utter their voices. And these men were there
State, bat the whole Union. And what was their
position Surrounded by enemy numerous
enough to crush them, and eat them--thev found
a party at home. where they should look for sue
cor, moulding the bail, preparing the powder. and
sharpening the knIfe to assaslnate them. What
was the reward for which they looked The ap-
pFovaI of their cOuntrymen--nO,hing eIse-lhey
earnestly gazed three thousand miles Jlc' to their
native land for that approval. Where they should
have found assistance, and indeed appreciation,
they found nothing from the whjg party bat hos
tlIiIy. They turned back 10 the work with bro
ken hearts--they felt their ack-hearted, smooth
skined politicians at home, encouraging the Mex
lean blood hounds TO seek after their blood. But
the crowning act of ALL and that which drove on;
of my heart the last vestiga of Wing affection
was Henry Clays speech and resolutions at Lex
ington' tell you, and | speak in honesty, that
Tears rolled down my cheeks when I read them;
and that too published in good Spanish. found
them circulating in every street aud corner of
Puebla. Where then were my whig principles
20 the dust; and SO help me God, hope forever.
(Great cheeriug.)