Weekly national intelligencer., 1848-06-03
THE ARMY AND THE WAR.

THE ARMY AND THE WAR.
OF the llth oposton-which sanctions as our
indemnity for the past" the paying TO Mexico
besides the vast expenses of the war, above twenty
millions of money and " security for the future
the armed acquisition of two wide and wild terri
tories incapable Of feeding as many troops as VIII
be necessary to keep them from revolting-we have
little to say, except that the duty of the country
TO provide for the vigorous prosecution of the war,
should the treaty be rejected" depends on the ft-
ness Of the war itself. If its author the President,
prosecutes, in the midst of his extraordinary
achievements, the matchless Soldier who has con-
quered" that Peace; if the President does every
thing he can to disgust the brave and capable, to
demoralize the disciplined to reward the insubordi-
nate, why must we send more troops! There are
still enough admirable officers and men there to
heap injustice and insults upon there is still an
authority here to fling poison on every laurel and
cover every with contumeIy. The Army and
its great leader made the peace. If that peace falls
its failure will be the natural consequence OF the
Presidents own tortuous conduct; first, in taking
away from the Army, by favoring insubordination
It's errors for the enemy; and secondly, in viola
ting the faith of the Treaty itself, by taking mea-
sures to get possession of Yucatan.
In the panegyric upon our troops OF all sorts,
contained in the 18th proposition, we sincerely and
heartily concur. Ill as they have been treated in
many particulars; shamefuly as many of them
have been sacrificed by placing them under the
command of men who knew no drill, no tactics, but
those of an election day; they haye-V olunteers
as well as Regulars, Recruits as well as Veterans
done wonders, such as prove that our people, ami
mated by motive but PATRIOTISM afford the finest
material in the world for an invincibe soldiery.
THE FINALE.
The Platform ends not unaptly, with party
requiem, funeral peal of praise addressed to MIR.
Polk the departed, the passed-away of Presidents.
We feel under some obligation to insert entire this
Obituary, though rather against usage. and although
by no means convinced of the sincerity Of such an
eptaph, or the grief of rich young heirs like Gen.
CAss or his expectant followers, who have set this
inscription upon the Presidents monument, by way,
no doubt, of reconciling him to the hurry with
which he has been thrust into it:
"Reoiued That the confidence of the Democracy of the
Union, in the principles, capacity rmness and integrity Of
JAMES h. Polk, manifested by his nomination and election in
1884, has been sgnay justified by the srctnes of his ad
herence to sound democratic doctrines by the purity of pu
pose the energy and ability which have characterized his Ad
mnistration in all affairs home and abroad that
tender him cordial congratulations upon the brilliant
success which has hitherto crowned bis patriotic efforts and
assure him in advance that the expiration OF his Presden
a tem he will carry with him to his retirement the esteem,
respect, and admiration Of a grateful country.
Even thus, among heathens of old, were sacrf-
cial animals led along, bedeckcd with flowers, to
be knocked on the head such honors of ribands
and streamers do Northumberland butchers be-
stow upon OK the pride of their hearts, as they
conduct him through admiring streets TO the sham
bles: so they of the Inquistion said TO bless
their victims before burning them "You may do
any thing to man, (says French maxim,l pro-
vded you do il politely" This is killing one
with Kindness" to be sure. The being tickled to
death has, however, been said to be particularly
agonzing. What so much praise and no more
pence all this glory and no gain! Certes, if Mr..
Polk, retired private man, worthy Of the Pre-
sidency, this iusirious Mr. Polk must have mered
dozen Presidencies. And is his mighty name,
with all this blaze of Locofoco glory" to descend
to endless ages another example of the ingrattude
of Republics They have reposed under the shade
of Young Hickory !" and now, when winter is
coming, will they chop him down for fuel, or for
yokes for their coar-men! If Mexican wars,
tariffs, treaties, edicts, and all that; if vetoes, and
loans, and hard-money; if forty-nine and fifty
four-lorty be all SO divine, why not little more
Presidency Date obol,m' Beisario! But they
have sucked the orange and they throw away the
peel:" they have flown their hawk and now they
sWhisle him down the wind,
To prey at fortune y
Amongst the late news from the South is report
of the death OF Commanders HARMS and PINcKNEY,