Arkansas intelligencer., 1848-02-12
THE igNTE.

rs no" evident to ali who have noticed the
s'gns OF The linz that the wings in the coming
contest Will abandon the old issues of the bank,
urn anu suh-treasury. On these they have been
ueiea' ed IN fair contest. These issues were
|" Ide up before the people in 1914, and were then
decided so emphaticaly, that the most stubborn Of
opponents n re warned of the entrc uselessness
of making them agnin.
Does the want of those issues harmonize the
country? Have those politicians. who agitate the
land overv Leap:year amy excuse for similar ex-
element this year? They said we must have q
bank; but the sovereign people declared at the
polls, that it their will we should not have one.
They said we must have protective tariff, and
the people said not. They declared that the SUBJ
treasury was not safe repository Of our public
moneys, the people responded that it an
swered all purposes Of the government -
Then it is useless 10 make these questions the is
sue Of this year, the people have already decided
them. Yet there is opPosit ion to the peoples ad.
mnstraton. Tho same leaders still oppose. and
are ready for another agitation. Opposed 20 what !
To the administration. For what? Not because
it is anti-tarff-not because it is anti-bank, for
they dare not rcsuscitate these dead questions
Not because il uphoIds the sub-,reasury, because
the people have declared in favor of that institu-
lion. Not because this administration, and its
friends in CongIes annexed Texas; the people
decided that too. Not because Mexico went to
war with us, upon account of annexation. for the
President-was bound to carry out the laws Of Con-
gress and the will of the people.
In the early stages Of the crescent war, il was
charged upon the President that he brough. about
ploded, because the people. and the people alone
were responsible for that act. Driven TO the wal
on this accusation, the opposition shifted their
ground and charged the President with being gull
ty of tho war, because he sent troops into the
disputed territory :" but he has been m ost trium.
phanty vndcated out of the mouth of a political
adversary--the Hon. r. J0tnson, U. S. Senator,
from Mary Iand-in his scat in the Senate, frankly
and honoraby exoneratcs the President. He
proves, by the acts of Mexico, that sho provoked
the war; that, further, under the laws of nations,
that when Mexico began rendezvousing large mil
tary forces on the frontier, when she is threat
ening war, through her agents, we have q right
to throw troops upon that frontier, in the face of
this threatening danger. But the the President
has sill stronger defence. 1t is maintained by
the opposition, that the President had no right to
march troops into the 80 disputed territory" )" and
for that act he is responsible for the war that
grew-out of the march of Gen. Tayor's army
to NIatamoros. Do all who sympathise SO strong
ly with Mexico, and condemn their own govern
neur, know tliuI The Mexicans murccd roors into
t,o Il tod
lorss army met them 30 miles from Matamoros,
found them in military possession of tho AFRO yo
Colorado, and the commanding officer of that
force ordered Gen. Taylor not TO cross that river
under the penalty of being fired upon? viii our
own citizens acknowledge that any other nation
on earth shall enjoy privileges Of national rights
paramount to our own! Will they concede to
Mexico q right to occupy ' disputed torritory,'
and deny II to their own government? If they
do, then their Condemnation of the administration
is consistent. If they do not why condemn it
: The old issues "are done away with" and the
new one is to be '' the war"-Uaited States Us.
Mexico. The question is asked, can it be possible
that any considerable party, in this country will
array itself against its government, when il is at
war with another nation? Indeed it is so. A
large party has placed itself in this antagonstical
position to its country. We mean not to cast OBJ
loquy upon the whole Of that pars; because the
issue is rot fairly before It's members. And we
believe that when the real question comes up, lis
members will quit /, by scores and hundreds-they
belonged to that party on other issues, the bank and
tariff, and when they find that they are about to be
transferred TO an opposition to their country by
lheSe Infamous leaders, they will instinctivey re-
coil from ouch tainted associations.
The leaders among ouropponents, in the South,
content themselves wit5 condemning Mr.. Polk, as
the author of the war, and declare that il was un-
justly began and they are wiling to close it with
out indemnity for the past and security for the
future being obtained, trusting to future negotia-
,ions. But in the North, whore the great Strength
of the whig party lies, the leaders have placed
themselves upon the platform of the Fedorasts
of 1912. They denounce the President, Congress,
The Army. Navy, and all who aid in prosecuting
the war, or give it counenance. They heap vile
epthets upon the patriot who follows the vic.ori
Gus banner Of his country. They desecrate the
memory of the heroic Dead who yielded up their