Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1848-02-19
THE GOVERNMENT PAPERS "BRITIsH
OPINION"

TO be advertised in the newspapers for certain
number of days, in order that the other party may
put in his answer thereto; and on his failure to
make answer within due time 10 consider the allie
cations of the bill as confessed and to direct udg
ment to be entered accordingly in favor Of the COM
plainant.
Upon this principle we claim Judgment against
the Government Paper representing the Admins
tration in regard TO certain charge, which we pre-
ferred against it and them on this day week, OF
causing political articles in It's justification and laud-
alton anent the Mexican war to be prepared in this
country, or by its agents in England, procuring
them to be published in London papers, and thence
parading said articles in the government paper in
this city under the deceptive caption of " British
Opinion upon the War" In late No. Of the
Unon" the Editor, when copying second article
of the same character, declared that the writer OF
these articles was k,,own to him. With this con-
fesson of his knowledge of the author, sum-
moned the Editor to inform US who he is and
who and what induced him to perform this office
for the Administration; the additional fact pro-
claimed by the Editor, that he had received the
papers containing these articles from our Minister
at London, rendering it morally certain that this
was altogether an Official affair. After standing
mute upon this matter for whole week, during
which he has found time to traduce this paper more
or less almost every day upon other matters, it
must be taken for confessed that this is of the
articles by which the People and Congress are
attempted to be duped into belief of the acquies-
cence of the intelligence of Europe in the atrocous
objects for which it has been lately openly declared
that this war has hitherto been and is to be further
prosecuted.
With this insight into the domestic origin of the
articles referred to-which are no more g British
Opinion = than are the American Manufactures that
are disguised by British stamps and marks upon
them in order to pass them for British labrics-it
is interesting to to the first of these publica-
tons which attracted our attention, in the Union >
of the goth of last month. The purpose for which
this arfce has been resorted to is, perceive on
looking at it again, sufficiently explained in the
Union's preface TO it, as follows:
"BRIrIsH OPINION uros THE WAR-We copy with
pleasure from the London Daily News Of December 9TH, the
following able article reference the great present
debated between the parties in this country. eve
indebted Minister London for its reception by the
last ariva Without concurrng fully in all the statements
Of this article commend il the attention Of readers
datnbes upon the and the policy, and indicating
in this respect marked and increasing change in the views
Of the English public. The Daily News is, well known
rapidly gaining very large share public favor and influence
and the appearance Of such sentiments in its columns warrants
hope that the public opinion Of England long do
saushing rke justice We have heard much more than
of late about the condemnation of towards
Mexico by European nations The News gives
elusive show that any such attempts
b,,ta al
Ii is difficult 10 hold ones sides for laughing at
seeing with what gravity of face the Government
Editor-who, as he has told US, knows 1cho the
aCriter ofhis article u.s. comments its ability thanks
our Minister at London for sending il to him, COM
mends il the attention of his readers indicating
marked change in the views of The English Public,
represents the appearance (paid for, beyond all
doubt, as other publications in the same paper are
known TO be) Of this article in the Daily News
as warrantng the hope, &c. Then comes the
maize disclosure of the object Of this whole fabri-
cation 1t is gotup, forged and fabricated, 10
teract the well-founded impression on the public
mind OF the United States that the course of this
Government towards Mexico is condemned BY all
the civilized world not interested in uphoding it
though not more, and perhaps not much, as it
Is condemned by the great Dody OF intelligent, con-
siderate, and sober men at home.
We do not intend however, at present to de-
tain readers with any structures of ours upon
this revealed attempt TO impose upon the Ameri-
can Public /" British opinion" what are mos
palpably simulated productions, cunningly devised
for the purpose of deception; SO cunnngly devised
that il might have escaped detection had not the
manner Of its introduction into the official paper
here given rise to suspicion Of the truth, which
the publication OF the second of these articles rpen
ed into conviction. Our object now is TO place be-
fore our readers the article ITSELF entire, marking
by italics some of its passages, which serve e
show that tie whole Of it is nothing more than q
hash Of all that the Presidents several messages
have contained concerning this Mexican war, boiled
down from the quantity OF fifty sixty printed pages
to that Of single newspaper column, disclosing, be
sides, some views which have not yet been com
muncated by the Administration in its own name
10 Congress or TO the People
To our readers and the Public we leave such
comments upon this revelation is calculated &c
elicit.
Copy Of tie article published in abe Union" d
January 20, lS48, and copied from The London