The North-Carolina standard., 1848-01-19

'tsAIDA AND COMFOR1Rsg1O sIttE EFNELM
The following scorching and truthful article, from
one of our Democratic exchanges, we commend to
the attention of the Raleigh Register and the Feder
asts of North Carolina. Let the Editor OF the Reg
lister read it. and then remember the reasonable pir
it which has characterized hisaper for many months
past We entertain no hope that he will change his
course or that he will take his stand on the side of
his country and against Mexico; but we are deter
mined that the FACTS shall be rung in his ears:
Santa Anna and company will be delighted to
read the resolutions of Bolts and Others in the Con-
gress of the United States. The Mexican army will
find the greatest aid and encouragement In the
speeches Of the whig members of national iegs-
lature, but how viii our own brave soldiers feel
According to the dominant majority IN the popular
branch of Congress, they are Peuiing their lives In
cause the most execrable; they, are invading and
butchering inonsive and deeply aggrieved nation
Instead of earning lurels for their country, they
dsgracing her by the Perpetration of crimes of the
most unredeemed atrocity. Their patriotic valor is
not only useless to their country, but In the highest
degree pernicious. The wings at home labor with
an internal zeal to the arm OF the soldier and
enlist the sympathies of the world Tor the enemy
We repeat how will the soldier feel who reads the
speeches and resolutions of the wings In Congress
We had faint hopes that peace might be conclu-
ded before another twelve months should roll round
but these hopes have vanished If the demagogues OF
Mexico believe what the wings of Congress say, they
will persevere should one particle of national pride
remain They party in this country who SYM
pathise with them in their most deep and malignant
hate; who join them most cordially In curslng the
conduct of the United States who are ready to en-
dorse to the utmost all that Mexico say and who
would if they dared cordially join her in her war
against the President of the United States. There
is vie lie coined out of the exhanstess mine of
Mexican mendaciy, not vouched for by whig author
ity. The malignity of party spleen has come to a
crisis: it must explode. When have lost all
sense of shame, the day of retributlon is at hand
According to the representatives of all whggery, now
cd in fLo Ic liar he
last Congress nearly all liars, the reasons assign
ed are all pretences-base DISCUSSES, to conceal the
most diabolical designs. We waged war on Mexico
from lust of dominion, without cause or provo
cation Not only so, the President is the most ac-
cursed fend that ever wore human form. He has
gone even beyond the love of dominion; he now
thrsts like the tiger for the blood of Mexico. He
delights in slaughter and butchery. This language
is no exaggeration. 1t is hardly equal to what can
be found in whig journals and what must be inferred
from whig speeches and whig resolutions. Certain
ly, nothing could be grateful and encouraging
to the enemy, and nothing disgusting to
army. 1t would not be wonderful, if a man who has
any of honor should refuse to serve country
that would send men to Congress thus to blacken
her character and consign her to nfamy AS we have
observed before, this matter has to crisis.
This reasonable conduct will not be much longer
tolerated by the people of this country. sense of
serespect, if nothing else, will consign her vllifers
to infamy.''
Yes, as this writer observes, these malignant libel
lerS OF tnelr own country would, II they dared
most cordially join Mexico in her against the
President; but they stand shivering-poor towards
that they are-before the indignant voice of public
opinion They record it-these Federal members of
Congresses their solemn opinion, that Mr.. Polk
began the tn rfOIatOn Of the Constitution; but
here they stop. They appear to forget that they haze
oil taken oath ts support and defend that Constitution,
which they declare has been violated and trampled
under foot by the President for not of their num-
Der rises in his place with articles of impeachment
And this they call truth nobly vindicated " Truth
nobly indicated! Very nobly indeed! If they be-
ieve Mr. Polk to be guilty of the crime thus alleged
against him, these Federal members of Congress are
bound by the sacred obligations of the oaths they
have taken, to impeach him; but if they do not really
believe him guilty, if they have doubts about it,
then have they trifed with their conscences and
their oaths, and deliberately exposed themselves
the and contempt of all decent and honorable
men. We mean what we say; and we call upon the |
people of North Carolina to bear in mind, that Thos.
L. Clingman, Richard S. Donnel, Augustn H. |
Shepherd, and Danisl M. Barringer voted in the
House of Representatives that the Mexican War was
unconstitutionaAy begun - by President Polk.
Such conduct deserves the strongest and sternest
condemnation and the people of North Carolina, Of
both parties, it themselves and to the character
of their State to speak Our noble old State
the first strike for independence-let her be the
last to desert the flag of the Republic, join the
apologsts for Mexico in their vile work of abusing
and denouncing the of their own country. :
H5D uENADJE,,S DEAsADLo,