Weekly national intelligencer., 1848-02-05
PROM THE pA,Ir NATIONAL 1srE1IrorscEn.

PROM THE DAILY NATIONAL INTELLIGEScER.
We have pride as well as pleasure in placing in
our columns to-day the letter of so distinguished a
citizen as Judge MCLEAN, corroborating in every
particular, as far as it goes, the views which we
have heretofore had occasion to express in regard
to the Warquestion. AS the sequel to Mr.. GALA
TINS address and Mr.. CLAYs speech, we offer it in
conclusive reply to all that certain of our contem-
poraries in New York have to say in favor Of the
justice of the war, its necessity, and the duty of
supporting it, and along with it the Executive usur-
patons by which it has been prosecuted at almost
every step, from its first inception to the last act of
the President in refusing, when called upon to let
the Representatives Of the People know what for
it was begun.
We glad TO be able to add to that testimony,
as TO the duty in the present crisis, of the friends
OF the Constitution and of the peace and honor Of
the country, the following, from print which is, as
we have heretofore said, far from being unirendy
to the Administration, but whose Editor is accus-
toned TO treat Of public affairs not merely as par
tisan but also in the spirit Of philosopher and
statesman:
FROM THE. "cHARLEsTos EVENING NEWS" OF JANUARY 26
We desire to call puplic attention to the progress
which those near the Administration, and the Ad-
minisraton itself, are making towards consum-
nation SO momentous and so much to be depored
as The entire absorption of Aerico. The friends
OF The Administration denied that they entertained
the design Of destroying the sovereignty of Mexi-
co. In response it was urged that whatever might
be the intention design this result would nevta-
bly, follow from the measures they were pursuing
and that, as statesmen and patriots, it was their
duty TO anticipate the result and to provide against
1t. The more this view was pressed, the more
strenuousIy did they insist that il was only an idle
fear, vain imagination, "painted devil" hardly
it to fright the eye of childhood" withal. But,
now, how is the tune changed II is admitted that
they may be obliged to make /" the great expert
ment they at first so resoutely repudiated but,
II they do, II will not be their faults il will all be
owing to the obstinacy and (oolhardiness of Mexi-
CO. that will not cry craven just at the time that her
antagonist has grown tired of whipping her, and
thinks he has given her enough" Hear what
Gen. CAss says, in the late debate on the instruc-
tons TO Gen. ScoTT:
81 repeat what before sa that the longer Mexico con-
tnucs her obstinate rejection of reasonable indemnity and the
greater the exeon s compes us 10 make the greater will be
demands and the heavier her losses Whatwe would have
accepted last year. the commencement Of the pre-
accept now, may well refuse after few months And how
much the public aenmcn; Of this country may demand
or two years hence if the continues long, do not pre-
tend predict We may have make the great
dreaded by the Senator from South Carolina and the Senator
from Kentucky, and the domains Of Mexico to our
This is the penalty which national injustice has often
been called pay and which Mexico may preparing for
herself"
The truth is, the friends Of the Administration
have no idea that the will be speedily brought
10 close and they know, too, that the longer it is
protracted the greater and more exactng will be the
demands Of our people. In word, they well
know that if the is carried on in the way they
propose, will take the whole of Mexico to furnish
us with what is called indemnity for the past and
security for the future. The true issue involUed
in The present conduct Of The var Is THE DE-
sTRUcTIoS or THE NATIONAL INDEPENpENcE OF
Mexico, and the people ought to understand it al
once. Are they prepared TO rush on to such a
crime and such catastrophe General CAss
speaks Of the penalty which national injustice has
often been called TO pay;" has he ever thought Of
the penalty that will most surely be visited upon
that nation, which, with deliberateintent and in the
wanton exercise Of superior might, proceeds to rob