New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-07-30
Mexfro and Rome.

IA. N<.- Yoyl Tyiban< the regular organ OF ne ~
pocrites c.nrers sns prstenders 70 aneyn mon psy'
hss an article in which IL 10 s'temptso 70 o's1 ~
lei between the Mexican war and tna "n'e1 tne
r,.ncb are Carving on against the Romans There
cannot be ANYTHING Of the kind done v'tnout ooing
great injustice 10 this country out inst can P'o'e %
hindrsnce 10 Wing sort OF animal WIN ~nom pat
rio,i.ro 4. an unknown sentiment" &c &c.
''''''N = Boston Time.
~ We afectionately advise The 7tns>s dit
10 the Baltimore ArgSt/ 70 keep cool, in spite OF
the weather and other irritsnts. By reason Of
their uDseemly agitation, these journals miss en-
tirey the point Of the case. Dor former article On
this subject had one single purPose-to expose the
Internal character Of the maxim, Oar Country
right or wrong We did no, 60 at al into the de-
merits Of the Mexican War, having exhausted that
subject years ago. Long before that " ar broke
out " e among thoussndsl bad been watching with
nsinf.l anxiety the drama Of covetOusness, false
pretense, bad neighborhoOd, bad faith and overt
outrage by which Texas vas first wrested from
Mexico and then with decent hestancy annexed
10 the United States. We had exposed this meta
non. game at least as early a. ls42, and We think
still earlier. We had resisted il 70 the utmost Of
our strength through 1913, ~. and dows to the e-
val consumm alton ia ls45. We had all along be
ieved and said, You psrtissDs Of Texss' you An
nexationists, are vsging War on Mexico-sn IN
ust, strocious War. We firmly believed M
Clay in 1s44 when be said, "Annexaiion ana
War with Mexico Identical. l7ee 70 'ne
same effect Mr. Van B0ren's letter OF ths' yea'J
We believed-nay, we kHetc-Coi. benton sPoAe
,roth when he exposed 90 forcibly the brszen vi
aiuy Of the claim Of Texas 70 the boundary Oh the
Rio Grspde-s claim on the strength OF when
lanes x. Polk and other such declared that our
National Territory had been invaded, and Amen
cso blood shed on American soil. We never con
tro~ rted the assertion that American ctlzeDs ha'
been wronged by Mexico also, but we INSISTED AS
every body knows that tie Var did not gro'r ont
of fISse. but out Of Annexation aud the claim Of
Texas 10 be bounded by the Rio Grsnde.
Now. then. we come 70 nsln question be''er-
ing. a. we and millions more 1ndeuiab'y d'd pc
Geve. that this Mexican War grew directly out o.
Annexation and the Rio Graude bounds7y-that
u was but the complement the fifth act Of long
train Of conspiracy 70 plonder and partition Mex
co Lo,- dtdR b,comc ms 10 regard that War
Ought we to have desired the discontinue and
slaughter Of the Mexicans, the prosustlon and
partition Of their country That Is the problem
which We illustrated by the example OF France
and Rome.-not the Justice or injustice OF the
Mexican War, but the consistency aud proprety
Of the opposition made 70 that War by those who
regarded II as we did. Vow is not our homan IL
iustrstion directly in point Meet 1t II you can
gentlemen but done imagine you can evade II
We dare you to attempt showing that every
Frepcbman v no walked with Ledru Rpllin and
,-.;1o-.., IA tho panocratic process ION Of June
l3th--every Frenchmsn who execrates the polIcy
Of Barrot and Theirs to which the Roman hepuo-
tic has been sacrifced-is not a direct and earnest
CONTENDER Of the doctrine, Our Country night or
wrong"