The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-07-09


tined to be weighed down by the odium OF their opposl-
ton to most just and glorious war OF their country
This is the fault not of the masses OF that party who, II
left to Themselves would have been true to the patriotic
instincts of free people) but of their leaders There is
the Lexington platform" of Mr. Clay proclaiming that
the "rightful boundary of Texas the only egit-
mate object of the war; and that the Nueces, and not the
Rio Grande, was that rghtfu boundary There is the
letter of Judge Mclean exhoring the wings in Congress
10 stop the supplies, while the yet raging, and
our gallant army surrounded by all the pers of
mvs country three thousand miles from home There
i; the declaration of Mr. Webster, that all laurels
won in the war are " furnished" by its injustice.
There is Mr.. Corwin's Infamous invocation to our
Mexican foes TO ''welcome' brave soldiers with
.boody hands and hospitable grave" There is
the whole chorus of wing oratoy in the Senate, enforcing
Mr. Berrens resolution disclamng all territorial indem
ntv There is the yet recent vote of the wings
the House of Representatives, declaring the unne
cessary" and unconstitutional" There are the whole
series of diarbes the wing press exhorng the Mexi
cans to hold out till new administration could come
nmagnfying the evils of the war-proclaiming it alike
unjust and unpopular the resources of our
treasury and in every form of partisan malignty thus
rendering direct ''ad and comfort" to enemy. And,
finally there the effect of all these things in Mexico
the disgraceful circulation among the Mexican people
of American speeches and American newspapers to
revive their tagging obstinacy and against u.s.
and cheer on their blind natuaton TO new and yet more
hopeless efforts And, finally there is the concurring
testimony from all the various of Mexican intel
lgence-he letters of officers and soldiers in army
the official declarations of the Mexican priesthood, the
official publications of the Mexican government, the
combined voice of the Mexican press, and the
solemn proclamation of the American general-all show
ing beyond dispute that by this factous and reasonable
course of the wing leaders the war has, in fact been
prolonged, and its evils and horrors immensely aug
mented.
These things notorious They have sunk into the
hearts of our people. They have placed the wing party
in position before the country than any party has
held since the Hartford Convention terminated its ses-
sions in 1914 The people feel that a party SO
guided and so impelled is no safe deposltary of
our national power-that national rights and honor
safely be trusted in its hands Widespread is
this feeling among people, it is perhaps strong
among no other class of them among our gallant SOL
ders now on their from the of their patriotic
toll and peril, and triumph These have with their
eyes, and under most impressive circumstances, all
the effects of the which the wing leaders have
pursued They have felt in bitter earnest, what it
was fight hard battles and win glorious victories in
far from home, which traitorous faction at home,
the midst of and security set itself up Willy,
and aggravate, and denounce They look upon the
wings the party hostile to them to their efforts, and
their fame Hence it is that in all parts of our country
We nd tha and in 1s
Of information testimonies like the following, to the just
Indignation and contempt with which the who have
fought our battles look upon the wing party and
policy A returned volunteer writes to the Columbus
(Oho) Statesman the following statement of extraord
nary political transformations worked among the soldiers
in Mexico by the conduct of the wings at home;
81 went to Mexico saunch wing. did all the battalion
more, Md, in the second Battalion under Col Geo W.
Hughes, consisting of I,275 men, of whom l,270 were
men, leaving and just before left the of war,
vote was taken to see how many Tom Corwn wings there
s sss among US Inc vote ''0'a 'Da'' wing
Facts like these-and especially the feelings which
produce such acts-must tell most powerfully at the polls
in November next 1t is idle to say that the war is no
longer an issue-that is past and finished, and no man
is now called to vote upon it. True the is happily
reached the shore in safety and triumph; and there
fore the present Just the time TO mark and to remember
those who abored the utmost to obstruc and hinder
the perlous voyage True, have terminated the war
most just and honorable treaty, which has added to
country territory vaster than that Of the thirteen States
whchaccompiished our Independence and therefore now
is the very time to remember the party and the policy
which, for purposes of faction opposed to the utermost all
territorial indemnity True, have filled the civilized
world with the renown both OF the proves and OF the hu
mainly of our arms and therefore now is just the time
remember the party which, for its own selfish purposes,
abored 50 nefarousy to defame these trumphs and the
cause in which they were won. True, we have thus
glorously completed war, for which all the prepara-
tons were to be created anew-which to be waged
at distance of thousands of miles from military de-
pots at homewhich was be carried in its operations,
both by sea and land almost the entire expanse Of
a continent --true, have in two years brought such
to such glorious conclusions, with public debt
Treasury and published in columns does not amount
to one-third of the public debt incurred By tie of
1872 and with our government in such condition pub
lie credit as to realize half million Of dollars premium,
issue of simple per cent stock to the amount Of
o;een millions OF dollars and therefore now is just the
proper moment to hold to fit responsibility the party
leaders, who. to scare our people from the mantle
of their rights and their honor, falsely declared
that the war was costing shalt million Of dol
lars day." and that our treasury must inevitably
break down in bankruptcy and in beggary under the bur