Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1848-05-10
From the Louisville Campaign Democrat.
The Course Pursued by the Whig
Press before and since the War,

From the Louisville Campaign Democrat.
/ The Course Pursued by the Vhie
Press before and since the War,
we propose to give to our readers, oc.
casional extracts from prominent Whie
papers, before the war with Mexico was
commenced, and ask that their present
course in opposition to the war, may be
icontrasted with what it was before. Il
/ will be found that before the commence
ment of hostilities, many of the Wing pa
pers strongly urged our government tc
vlndicate the honor and interest of the
country by resort to force, and that the
very same papers, now that the course
indicated by them has been adopted, are
loudest in their Recommendations against it.
! The Louisville Journal of April 3Oth
1916, says:--"There is much force and
good sense in the following remarks Of
the Philadelphia North American. I'm
doubtedly there should be either peace OF
war between the United States or Mexi-
co. The present anomalous relations be-
tween the two countries are intolerable
The North American [whig] says
'The aspect of our affairs with Mexi-
co is sufficiently grave to demand earnest
attention. Our country is made, by the
Mexican Government, the subject Of the
most dishonoring vituperation; a QUASI
WAR IS DECLARED against us; our
minister is discarded; and in short, we
are subject to MORE HUMILIATION
AND WRONG than we have endured
since the Tripolitan war. WHERE IS
THE EXECUTIVE? All that was char
acterized by the President as DEMAN-
DING NATIONAL RESENTMENT
HAS OCCURRED. The insults we
have invited by sending our minister, we
have received. What NEW DISHON-
OR is necessary to AROUSE OUR
GOVERNMENT TO ACTION. And
why is it that the administration, which
so anxiously seeks to embroil US with
Great Britain in relation to an abstract
question of title to disputed territory
submits to be KICKED and CUFFED
WRONGED and DISHONORED by a
power like Nexico2 The country de-
mands from the administration VINDI-
ICATICN ofits honor y y
''The REPUTATION of our country is
at stake--not merely its reputation for
HONOR, but the credit of possessing the
strength and courage to PROTECT OUR
| Eabroad-and it is NECES.
SARV that it SIInITT u BE NINDloA.
led, or we may expect that every petty
power, whether despot or anarch, viii
conclude that it is safe 10 prey upon oul
people, WHAT WILL OUR GOV
EMINENT DO? TIE WRONG has
REACHED THE UTTERMOST. All
that Mexico is capable Of doing against us,
SHE HAS DONE. Her proclamations
are DECLARATIONS OF WAR. She
does not invade our territory, or meet us
on the sea, only because she cannot, and
she says SO. Every effort to insult, de-
grade and urong as she has exhausted. II
will not be denied that such policy de-
nands ACTION OF SOME SORT
from our Government. IT CANNOT
BE .A.NICABLE, for she dismissed our
minister, and rejects as an abomination,
the profier even of plea for negotiation y
\ n at is an INSULT to
DELIBERATE; a wrong SO profound
that to endure it, is to invite from the
meanest of the communities of the earth,
indignity and oppression"
"To stand still and permit
Mexico to treat us and our citizens as rob-
bers of her territory, and therefore as I'M
worthy of recognition under the laws of
nations, REFRIGERATION THAT
C.R.N.NOT BE ENDURED. If we
have VAR, .NEXICOis OUR FIELD.
Not for conquest, for her confines have
not an acre that we covet, not being that
we would accept as a fellow citzen;--
BUT TO REDEEM OUR COU.N-
TRY FROM II BOLD.NESS IND
B.ASE.NESS DF VITUPERATION
.A.ND INSULT, FOR WHICH THE
DIPLOMACY OF THE COUNTRY
HIS NO PARALLEL"
And the Louisville Journal THEN
said: "1here is much force and good sense
in these remarks. Nor did it object in
the slightest manner, to any contained in
the article from the North American
NOW, both of these papers contend, that
this is an unholy, damnable war, and a
war against God.
There is an utter shamelessness of
"moral treason" in the course of these
and other papers of the wing party, that
would scarcely be expected from even the
most reckless and abandoned demagogue
in the land.
For party purposes-the lonves and
fshes-they denounce what they were
pleased to call the Indifference of the
President to the wounded honor of the
country-urgently pressed upon him the
duty of settlement with Mexico-loudiy
declared that it COULD NOTBE AM
ICABLE-and vehemently called for
VAR! .. ...'..4 .... ..
And then, when in addition to the many
insults, wrongs and injuries inflicted upon
our country by Mexico, as enumerated in
the foregoing article, she inuaded our teri
tory and "SIIED A.NERICA.NBLOOD
UPON AMERICAN SO1L,' these
same miserable party hacks, for the same
miserable party purposes, have the eifron-
terry to talk about the war being ''Pre-
sident's war; an unholy and damnable
war, and a war against CODY The devil
h;rns o1f on,lJ ,,o+ bo.f ~ &c bo ,,oro fol