Weekly national intelligencer., 1848-07-15

"a moral traitor" They stand terror to d
brave a warning TO the selfish no, to resist but
profit by them, and lesson to the ambitious
urge them on, as Gen. CAss is doing, as not on
the means Of getting info po,eer, bat Of mailing
ailfinated aolen attained.
II is difficult, under the strong indignation whic
every sentence of this fagrant Locofocoism mu
rouse in one, to stop within any reasonable boun
| OF commentary: but we entreat the attention of Il
whole country to the murderous and Goddess Ia
guage OF some further sentences. Besides incuc
ting blind Fatasm, as stupid and as slavsh
any that the lying prophet of Arabia ever taugf
they breathe-and breathe il without The redeemir
pride of valor and honor--a spirit Of carnage
barbarous as that Of the early Norwegian whose bal
quet was held splendid in proportion to the numbe
Of skulls of enemies for the guests to drink out d
or as that of the Feejee islander, who thinks
has as many souls in him as he has eaten bodies !
his adversaries. CannibaHsm can hardly be wors
than this:
1t is hard to find war ouf Of sohich good ka
unSCOn6Cl0uX
instruments in the hands Of God, are obedient d
the great law of power; and, epen achen blinded
By circumstances, and filled acifb the Aowest pas|
sionS, are Dorking out the great results his iaw
demand" 500 " He sCho forces his svo,]
acith the torch Of ciuili1ation and The sword ind
degraded countries, opens the way for the glor,l
and moral elevation of future generations, eithe
consciously or as blind instrument in the uni
yersa government"
We have, without designing it, extended this
ANALYSIS of the War and Conquest theory of the
I" Progressive Democracy so far as to leave us
no room for any demonstration Of the utter incom-
patiby of foreign wars and conquess with the par
ticular structure and genius of our own Govern
ment. We shall find time to do that hereafter.
For the present we adopt, in conclusion, from an
able article in the ST. Louis Republican, the follow
ing concise but just view Of the subject:
WAR, discarding reason, is mere trial Of
strength: all its rights the rights of the strong
est. 1t has nothing to do with justice, except
that sort of justice which assumes the form of ven
sgeance, and is administered with steel, and lead,
and fire. The object of each party to the war is
TO do the other much mischief as possible to
kill as many men, sack as many towns, and blow
'up as many forts as possible. Ii property be
taken, the captor applies it to his own use and
if ne happen to have no present use for it, he
destroys it. lest it fall into the hands of the enc
my and strengthen him. II is mere brute force,
destroying the works of God and man, and is the
very reverse of the Divine commandment to in
crease and multiply and replenish The earth
"The wise and the good who established our
institutions neuer contemplated foreign aggres-
sire Dar on our part. They made ample provi-
sion for defence, bm they made none for foreign
conquest. In making our Government as it is,
'they had no design to establish local Sovereign
that might subjugate and domineer over foreign
: countries. On the contrary, they assumed the
glorious truth that men are capable Of governing
themselves, and, in order carry out that problem,
and TO to the people the blessings that be-
long to it, they built on that foundation. And
: hence the Government actually established was
8 made by ourselves, and for ourselves alone. and
not for other countries. Any attempt, by force,
; TO extend and apply our Government to other
countries, IS a dangerous breach of our fo,uldaa
fion ELF-eovERNMEST--whose neces-
sary result will be temporary despotsm abroad,
and permanent corruption and decay home."
We have dwelt more at large than we should
otherwise have done upon the doctrine that Car
mage and Devastation are not only admissible
but even necessary and proper means Of Civih-
cation, because it is the first time the People
have had an opportunity to pass judgment upon
this doctrine, and upon the fitness for rulers of the
nation of one who either upholds or countenances
it. In succeeding numbers Of "The Campaign y
the rghtfulness Of War as the alternative TO nego-
foion in the adjustment Of differences with foreign
by the case Of the resort to it
by the Executive in our dispute with Mexico, and
the Partially 10 similar resort manifested by Gen.
CAss and others in the Oregon controversy-win
necessarily come under examination.
LITTER FROM GEN TAyI0P