The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-02-03
For the Union

For the Union.
.Aid and Comfort."-DeIays OF Congress.-DanKer OF
our brave Army.-ProbabiIity Of Reaction Mex
leo and Foreign AId.-The People must act their
Servants Will not.
The third day of the third month of the session of
Congress has closed and not for the support
Of the and for uphodng the honor of the nation has
been passed by Congress The President full of zeal
has called Tor men and money to enable HIM TO close with
raculous What has been his answer from a
wing House of Representatives. denunciation of a
violation Of the constitution IN the inception OF the war
They say abe President began unnecessary and ucon
sutionA war! How could so many falsehoods be COM
prised in a less space
But every speech, every of the opposition, is pub
ished in Mexico with applause and hope. Mexico is to
be active party the approaching canvass for Presi
dent of the United States She goes for the wing cand
date, and shows the purest gratitude by such stand
The wings stand by and support Mexican interests and
Mexico will support wing principles and men.
But in the mean time, what becomes Of our brave ar
chvalry but the lists of the slain attest too surely that
our gallant soldiers not invulneabe; Abandoned by
the factions of their country surrounded by mil
cupy the principal points OF the country does not the
dullcs vision behold the germ of reaction in the public
mind in Mexico, encouraged by divisions and inaction
here, and the very eve of eyerses to hitherto victorious
career! Let dipison Of army be CIT off de-
teaed, the glow of revived hope will peryade every
Mexican soldier They will feel that the spell of irwin
cibity broken, and armies OF Infatuated enemies,
burning with the desire 10 wash out the stain of their
past defeats in the best blood of sodery, will spring
up in every quarter The war will rage with greater
fury everywhere and thousands of invaluable lives be
sacrihced by our criminal misconduct at home.
But the eyes Of foreign nations closed to these d
visions among us No! They are watching them with
deep interest Refuse to grant achievements Or even
delay them until reaction anu reverses occur in Mexico,
and you acW foreign nations take part in this
test Does this startle you, Does 1t seem impossible
Wisdom and patriotism will forbid TO offer the strong
temptation to their malignity and jealousy: Their en-
barnssments may restrain them nothing else pW
But without foreign ''ad and comfort" one hundred
thousand men will be needed and maintain the
advantages which ten thousand regulars would secure at
this time.
But the Congress do moi and ariH not act. demo-
cratic Senate whose rules prevent the previous question,
close the interminabe Debates and wing House
OF Representatives will not even commit the Presidents
message to the committees, wing though they be, for
consideration What them to be done to save thehonor
of the nation and the lives OF brave soldiers in Mex
leo?
THE PEOPLE--the soperegns Of his GLORIOUS repub-
lHc-MUST RISE IN THEIR STRENGTH AND
SPEAK IN THUNDER.
Let Congress be forced by public opinion to act, and
despair viii settle upon the enemy and peace will be
the immediate result So say the most intelligent of our
officers in the army in the field ClNCINNATUS.