Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1848-02-17
The At,;tude of the wings.


the wing majority In the House of Representatives
had accomplished the reference of the Presidents
message TO the appropriate committees The shame
ful fact-the fouy shameful fac-ls that In time oil
war eight tceekS Of the session have passed, and this
frst prelininarysiep the intelligent transaction Uf
the public business of this American people has not
yet been taken. |
The naotre of the wing party in this scandalous
waste of the time of the people by their servants IN
Congress is not doubtful. The wings of the House
take this course and encouraged by OF their
leading journals to take 1t, an order to Protong me
lcar and defeat the efforts Of the administration to
bring al TO an honorable close In this manner the
wings seek to PROSTATE the administration To this
end they seem to be entirely willing at the same time
sacrifice the character and the best interests OF the
country the with Mexico. Blind to all the dan
gers and evils involved in this needless delay OF the
return of Just peace, their eyes are open only To the
acious prospect of wing ascendency and the spoIls
of prescription which it will bring Intent upon pro-
vidng for the hungry throng of their INSCRIPTIONS
and corrupt followers, the leaders of the wing party
almost openly avow and most plainly Indicate by their
action inacton, that they regard the suitable pro-
vision for the supply and reinforcement Ut our army
in Mexico being, in the COMPARISON, but dust III
the balance. thousand voices from Mexco-voices
both of wings and democrats-of men in civil life,
and of solders-tell of the effect In that country OF
this policy Of the wings. We hear from every source
of information in Mexico, that her military rulers
look the wing leaders of this country ps their allies
and friends-the sole hope and reliance In refusing
peace and protracting the war. The Mexican jour
nails are filed with ant-Amerlcan dIatrlbes OF Amer-
can politicians and journalists against the war. Al
ready that outrageous vote of 50 to 81, in which,
by majority of UOice, the wings of the House
have declared that this is unnecessary and I'M
constitutional" part, and begun by the Presl
dent of the United States'-that declaration which
n view of the fact that the bill of May To- 1886
III tha Of
udr Of inraSion against Mexico, was voted for by al
most the entire of the whig party in Congress)
must in its plain selfcontradctlon, in Its manesty
actous purpose, its gross disregard of the facts of
the case Its necessary operation upon the govern
ment of Mexico, and lis wantonness OF assault upon
which with the previous concurrence of the
whigs has been made, now for more than eighteen
months the cause of our whole country against her
foe-this formal wing declaration, thus Infamous in
its character, has doubtless already reached the Mex
can government Queretaro, and is at this moment
published and placarded III the city of Mexico, to
rouse up the war faction there TO new malignlty, and
new courage, and new efforts against our army and
against peace! The wings of the House, finding
time yet put the Presidents message in the
hands of their committees, and so to prepare for the
of legislation most needfu to give the govern
ment the of securing peace, hnd ample time TO
put forth this uote which must make the of every
patriotic American who hears it to ting with shame
ton against her dcfamers! Not only is this shame
full against the executive government not true,
but it is without any decent pretence of truth for If
1t have anything like probable to stand upon,
why is it not followed up by the great and solemn
remedy for violations of the constitution by Executive
power? Why, in such case does the sword of I'M
peachnen instead of executing justice upon the gull
ty. yet rust in its scabbard Prompt and jealous
thus TO SANDER and outrage the government and the
cause of their country-ready and active TO up
our Mexican foes TO new obstnacy, and fury, and
slaughter, the wing leaders well contented with
their single deed, and, taking no more heed of the
urgent business of the country have gone compoSedy
| to sleep upon its ldurelS
To adopt the no-indemnty policy of ''no more ter
ritory'-to decare a begun and prosecuted upon
their party votes violation of the constitution
to defeat delay till delay is equivalent to defeat,
the supplies of men and money wanted to close the
war, upon the pledge to vote which supplies not a
few Of them chosento keep the public business
away from the preparatory consideration of COM
mttees, if in the nefarious hope that disaster may
overtake our army, or bankruptcy force its way into
our national treasury-to delay refuse all proper
facilities the government for the negotiation of
war oan and at the time TO create artificial
panic in the money market, by predicting a financial
pressure which cannot come TO the treasury, the
country in general unless through the needless alarm
of whig camors and the suicidal coercion of wing
of peace while our army remains in Mexico as ii is,
yet to withhold the additional regiments wanted to
make its action more efficient to secure peace-to
proclaim that without slight and temporary war
tax tea and coffee, the treasury will find difficult
to borrow money; yet to refuse such wartax, which
a patriotic people would gladly pay In such cause
TO finch away from vote 10 withdraw troops,
and yet to delay suitable provision for their adequate
maintenance in Mexico-to cry out, in word, that
something must be done to off ruin to national
interests, and yet to delay, day after day, and week
after week, either to do anything to get ready to do
anything useful -this-al this, and just this-seems
now TO be the way in which the wing leaders in Con
gress inclined to stand by and sustain their
try and their government in time of war
Such policy is the deah-warrant of any party in
this country which shall dare to carry it out Such
policy is a return to the worst days of the Essex
Junto-of the Hartford Convention-of the "Black
Cockades," and the "Blue Lights " 1t is the old cry
of Jim MadiSOn'S 0ar, and Jim Madison may fight
IL OUT" put forth again in the same fell spirit of
''moral treason which, in 1872 dashed to pieces a
powerful, and wealthy and well-organized party, in
its shock against the steadast patriotism of the Amer
} can people = Union.
AFFECTING ANECDoTE oE PETER THE GREAT.-The
following anecdote is related show that the Emper
or Peter the Great, not savage as some have
represented him to be Peter had violent passion
for officers daughter named Munce Moons, and
used more assiduous means to gain her than monarchs
generally are forced to at last she Yielded and be-
came his public mistress, and he loved her for ny
rolu foupd 0nofa fol dov he