The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-02-12
To VIM S. CoNELY, esq.,, and Committee.
From Hon. ID. s. Dickinson.

WASHINGTON, JAM 81, 1913.
GENTLEMEN: regret that indispensable engagements
prevent my accepting your kind invitation to attend and
address meeting OF the democratic republican electors
of the city of New York, to be held at Tammany Hall,
Saturday evening next for the purpose OF approving
and sustaining the patriotic course OF the general ad-
mnstration in conducting the with Mexico; Tor 1t
would afford me high qualification to meet with and ad
dress those whose sympathes are with Their country and
who believe the arm of the administration should be sus
tanned and strengthened in the prosecution OF war pro-
voked Tor years by robbery, spoiahon and every effort
Of insoence and disregard of faith, and finally COM
menced by shedding the blood OF our people upon their
own soil | am aware that this war has been denounced
wicked, unconstitutional, and atrocousas the war OF
the President, and not that of the peopeas originating
in base and gnobe motives and prosecuted not Tor any
worthy lustifabe Objects but to minister to the era
wings of sordd ambition that those who have pered
their lives the service of their country and have dis
played bravery which has wrung unwilling admiration
from envious and nvldious world, are classed, by
some, with ruflians and murderers But the same ma
lign spirit resisted the OF 1872 and them as now, COW
cred our gallant army with reproachu eplthets, and
shocked the moral OF every true American by the
declaration of their sentiments which now merely
repeated and have not the poor merit OF originality
presidential campaign approaching, and federalism
has called together her magcans astToogers and sOoth
savers for the emergency The country too obstinate to
submto be ruined by revenue tariff IS to make amends
for the delay and be thrice ruined by the prosecution OF
The war and lest the picture shoudack for sombre col
orng like the familiar spirit OF Endor, she has raised from
their political cemeteries her departed prophets, to NUT
ter their anquated soleclsms over the injustice OF the
war.
But the American people too wise to be betrayed
by pretenson and too firm to be shaken In their purpose;
by these architects of ruin. They know, as me worlo
knows that on part the is eminenty righteous
that it is not prosecuted against the Mexican people
but against their despoers and aggressors who, IKE Al
lila, the Hun, have been to that fair and fertile and I'M
scourge of God They know that, to these maraudes
Is EMISSION of long deferred justice and to the MexeaI
people an GRAND of humanity civization and peace
they demand that it be prosecuted with an energy am
vigor becoming the American character until an honora
BILE peace with adequate indemnify shall be obtaned
until the last cowardy miscreant shall be dragged iron
his hiding place, and that deluded and oppressed peop
enjoy the protection of American citizens.
1t has been leftto the democracy vindcate the iDes
y OF their country against enemies abroad and monopo
lies at home; and the present demands, by al
that is sound in their creed and endearng in their pnncl
PIES one Of their highest and nobest efforts. May the