Weekly national intelligencer., 1848-01-22

we may beat swords into poughares and our spears
n'o pfuning-hooks But until that period shall ariye let
our conduct resemble the emblem OF amorin insignia
Let The Caduceus Of Pax always accompany the spear Of
Mars Mexico is to all ntenis and purposes conquered
nauon her maraudng bandi and her guerrilla parties are
our only enemies Such foe Is unworthy the stee of orr
victorious armies But because Mexico conquered It does
not follow OF necessity that her rights are exngushed unless
We are prepared TO assert that might right" and that 10
ne scoi belongs the spois and that this nation is bound
together by the cohesive power Of public pundeD Who
Is ready to endorse such sentiment am not To con-
denim the Jolly and the bunders Of the Administration not to
the war Those who have dssppoyed Of the course Of
the Chief Magistrate and they not fewlo Whas and
Democrats have denounced il ab ato-but those who have
done this denomnaed adcs and comoers Of The
Now in the name Of all the gods, upon what meat doth this
our Cesar feed, that he has grown so great I
g But he that stands upon slippery place
Makes nice Of no vile hold TO stay him up"
hope never to the day when Executive uka,e shou
bride the mouths OF sialcsmen become the doorkeepe Of
our lips and We aber Of our thoughts In land Of Wash
gon there is no antwa party when defence necessary
bsteed be the foul tongue of SANDER and scoched the living
lips OF those who would dare utter such libel he
comfort lies not at the door of the Wing party They never
furnished Mexico with General to command her armies.
Nor will they blur the escutcheon Of their countys
fame, or obsuct the progress of their counys glory The
yaor and the of the intrepid Scott and the ndota
BILE Taylor the allegation aid and comfort on the part
of the Wings The mangled and bleeding bodies Of Butler
and Clay, and Mckee and Hardin and others, declare it
false and the smoking blood and the bleaching bones Of
enough to crimson with shame the accusers face But
day Of reckoning is fast approaching yea, at the door,
few more official bunders few encroachments upon
the sovereignty Of the people, few veocs and the
epaph OF the present Administration will be written upon
the wall 9 Weighed in the balance and found wanting"
Soon shall those who welcomed the coming speed the part
ing guest Soon shall the authors Of those porentous clouds
that now lower around country horizon from the deep
anguish OF their troubled bosoms exclam Alas alas had
we but served the country with half the zeal that have
served ourselves the people would declining years
have orsaken US and left for all coming time for
ourselves And their final soloquy Ito be pronounced on
the Sd Of March, ls49) will be- Farewell long last fare
well to longing hopes and fond expectations palaces and
power We have touched the highest point of all great
and now from the zenith Of earthly bliss we fall
10 iise no more Like bubble the waves bright exha-
aon in the evenings vanish from the gaze of en and
our names are to be struck from the catalogue Of worthless and
hurried by the relentless of universal dsapprobaion
to the ar-of regions of the worlds ogeulness finally
sink beneath the obscure eddes of oblivious waters.
Mr. j. proceeding to give his in regard to the
in which the should be closed but was interrupt
ed by the expiration Of his hour