Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1848-02-23
"Aid and Comfort

We have before commented pretty free
~ upon the anti-war speeches Of Clay,
! Webster, and Corwip. In charging them
and their secondary leaders of the whig
party with affording "aid and comfort to
the enemy in time ofwar," we mean to be
understood as applying that charge to
them in its full scope and force. The on
ly inducement for the Mexicans to stand
out thus long against peace on such
terms as it would consist with the honor
and dignity ofthis nation to offer or accept,
has been the encouragement---the aid and
comfort-hsld out to them by the federal
party Of this country; and the only rea-
son why they are now standing out against
such peace, is their hope that the mo
more supplies" policy of Webster and
Clay will be adopted BY Congress-that
our forces will be withdrawn, or starred
out Of their coun!ry-and finally, that a
Wh,g will be elected to succeed Mr..
Polk as President Of the United States, as
consequences of which they will he able
to get such terms of peace as they may
choose TO dictate. mo territory from Mex
ico," is the policy proclai med by those
statesmen,and no indemnify is the inevitable
conclusion from this premises.
What greater encouragement to hold
out against peace could the most devoted
Mexican statesman ask, than the bold an
nouncement Of such policy by conspicu-
GUS statesmen who, at the head of pow
erfnl party in this country, are aspiring to
the Chief gistracy of tue na,icn? What
more effectual aid and comfort, than the
declaration by the partizans Of these men,
that our army in Mexico is lawless
band of robbers and cut-hhroats, with ma
jority in one branch of our Congress
threatening to circumvent the Executive
head Of our government in its prosecution
of the war, and to en- force Withdrawal of
our army from Mexico by withholding
the necessary supplies? We say that it is
more than moral treason; i, is orert treas
on! 1t is treason of the most aggravated
character, inasmuch as the motive is po-
litical ACKNOWLEDGMENT on the part Of men
who already owe their country debt OF
gratitude which they can never discharge,
were they ever SO well disposed towards
her honor and well-being.
To those Of our honest wing fellow cit
liens whose eyes have been blinded to the
maligniiy Of the treason perpetrated
against their country by such men as Clay
| Webster and Corwin, and TO which the
appreciation ofthe wing party of this State
has been formally given, We commend the
following remarks Of Mustang" the in
telligent correspondent of the New Or
leans Delta, writing from the city Of Mex
leo under date Of Dec. q:
The speeches Of Mr.. Clay and Web
ster have been received here. Ii these
gentlemen want to aid anc assist the en-
envy, why do they not 60 into their ranks
at once! If they had .Nerican muskets on
their shoulders, they could not assist The
.Nericans as much, or do us as much harm
as they hare done by their speeches. In The
name Of God, u,iN the politicians Of our
country nerer cease gambling for the Prssi-
dency upon The blood Of their countrynsen?
Our army breads not danger, nor do they
fear TO die in defence of their country, but
they do dislike to be sacrificed 10 The unho-
~ ambition Of aspiring politicians and po-
kticaL knores.