The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1852-07-15

Keep 1T Before the American People.
That the Louisville Journal, favorite sheet
among the wings of Fayette county, declared in
1916, that the ''Mexican war supported on
ly by men of low instincts andlow intelligence.
Keep 1t before the American people, that Tom
Corwln, great wing luminary, at present Sec
retary Of the Treasury, declared, ''that If he
were Mexican, he would welcome the Ameri-
can soldiers with bloody hands to hospitable
graves
Keep it before the American people, that Dan
iel Webster declared that 'sthe Mexican war was
not voted for by any body, but that the Presi-
dent (Polk) made it without any vote at ALL
Keep it before the American people that the
Cincinnati Gazette Vhig) said,
'No man, no people, looking on upon the con-
test, can help sympathizing with the broken
power of Mexico, and uniting in uttering a BIT
TER CONDEMNATION against our govern
ment"
Keep it before the American people that the
4eaia (O.) TorchIight Whig) said,
THAT the Americans will soon overpower
them (the Mexicans) there is perhaps little
doubt. Yet we must confess that our synaDa-
hies are with THEM. They fight for their
country, their affairs and their homes'-we for
posoer, and ptuader, and extended rule They
are fighting for iberty-we to extend the area
of slavery. They in the rtght-WE IN THE
WRONG. They may appeal with confidence to
the God of battles; but, if we look for aid to
any other than human power, it must be to the
INTERNAL MAcHINATIoys of HE'LL for thus far
it would seem the Devil has governed and guild
ed all our actions in the premises,'~
Keep it before the American people that the
Eastom Register Whigl said,
eve are in in which the sympathies Of
the civilized world must be AGAINST Us
Whoever prays that Ged sclU defend tie rigAt-i
mast pray for the success Of our enemies
Keep it before the American people that the
7Dhn Standard (JThig) said
''We learn from the L. s. Gazette. that
Messrs. Saveny & Co., Iron Founders in Phila-
delphia, have received an order from Govern
meat to manufacture one hundred tons of CAN
NON BALLS in the shortest possible time
These balls we suppose are for the purpose of
shooting the Nericans for detending their FIST
rights"
Keep it before the American people that the
" Hampshire Statesman JFhig) said,
''No one is bound to enlist or volunteer in
war of invasion or conquest. Letev one keep
aloof from this uarighteous, INFAMOUS, GOD-AB-
Mexican war, and it will soon come
to an end. The prospect is, Matthe ad1aiaistrq-
ton can get neither nor money 10 car7zy on an
aggressive acar much longer. Thank the Lord for
all that"
Keep it before the American people that E.
u. CuLUer WAig) said in Congress,
''My constituents feel, one and all, as I do, a |
burning indignation against this disgraceful
war"
Keep it before the American people that E.
EH'dre Whig) said in Congress-
at is a war of invasion and conquest, against
the desires, wishes, and interest of the great
body of the people"
Keep it before the American people that j. r. |
Giddings Hhig) said in Congress,
''Sir. if l were a Mexican, as l am an Ameri !
can, would never yield while foreign soldier !
remained in my country"
Keep it before the American people that the |
Boston Daily CnronotyPe (Whig) said,
IF there is in the United States heart wor-
thy of American Liberty, its impulse would be I
TO join the Mexicans Itmust
be sad and wOful joy, but a joy nevertheless, |
to hear that the horde under Scott and Taylor,
we're every man swept into the next world"