The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1853-03-18
The inaugural and the National teIiigenoer

wArssaAx, and GKoSoK L. NELSON.
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The inaugural and the National InteIiigonoor
The National Iatligeacsr retracts and apologies Ia
its yesterdays sequel TO its late assault
upon the President as startling" dlbusief II says
'It gives pleasure add that, TO his honor asa
patriot who disdans the trammes in which misguided OF
have sought to bind him. he mas us wo
discover In closer view OF his inaugural address, ip
ably moi only ds vowed rebuked the most dan
gerous theories propagaed IN the name OF manleS'
destiny"
In the same strain and citing several passages oil The
inaugural to which we called its attention. and in which
il now finds the spirit OF Washington himself" the In
teiigsneer thus renews its apologize confession;
In coIa,pq these successive aitmations by the Pres
dent of the authority and due experimenting
Providence the law ofnatons, and to moral law noe must
ia shesr Justice roget all suspicion OF h being under the con-
troll of the -dsstinarans, and merely regret that
casual expressions in phrase OF the inaugural which
seem the first glance TO lean to avorte doctrine OF that
school, have given rise TO appehensions on hat ground ."
ANY quarter"
This is well said. 1t belokens repentance which
NAV work TO reformation We are glad TO think that
our reply three days since its assault upon the Pres
dent may in some humble measure have contributed to
bring the Iatetligeneer to this conre frame OF mind
There is only point in the wing organs acknowl-
edgment which strikes suspicious. 1t speaks OF
first glance" the Inaugural and subsequent closer
review" OF it and this says after having been "sared
bv that paper for a whole week, and after having written
several columns OF comment upon ii Here is surely
full evidence that more than first glance had been
taken at the Inaugural, and close review" of it had
been had. Particularly this the when in the
Intsgeneer article the Presidents language was,
showed, carefully garbled and distorted. fair state
oont nolicy Of naner might been ada
with half the trouble. But since the whig organ has
hauled down its flag, and fred its lee gun in sign that
there fight in il, it entitled to quar-
ter, and SO press the point no more.
We regret to observe, however, that the Iaiegener
is still dsingenuous enough to insiauate that The Presi
den, in some remote or indrec, way connected with
certain extreme and absurd declarations which it al
eges to have been put forth during the by small
clique OF who claimed to be his supporters In the
InelGgenesrs article, having for its caption The New
Administration" and purporting TO be made up of
Thoughts suggested by the Inaugural" find the fol-
lowing passage:
.They claimed during the canvass in the event OF the
election Of their candidate for the presidency only
the obligations of the law of nations should,
this country, be cast of and uampled in the dust
but they expressed their faith and that this people
should, in humble prostraton before this new idol OF
Manifest Destiny, take upon themselves dictate law
the peoples Of Europe merely, but throughout
world, by nterposing whenever hostile drum is rolled,
or hostile cannon fired To assert for this government
preIne authority which equally free all
other nations as to us TO seize and all contiguous
or adjacent territories islands which tempt the cupdity
OF the party in powers to countenance private predatory
expeditions from our waters against the possessions OF
friendly nations, though forbidden only by every prn
cPe OF national and moral law but expressly forbidden by
solemn enncments statute books and to exert
all the national force to rescue such expeditions,
successfully repealed by their intended victims from the
consequences OF their discontinue"
Now, we doubt whether any man claiming to be dem
ocra and not in lunatc asylum, talked or wrote
quite in this fashion. But when the late
canvass opened the country reused and stung by the
sscredi,able in which foreign relations had
been conducted and in quarters and among very
small, isolated clique of menpolitical shmaels-here
certainly noisy and crazy dllibus,ersm Blu,
the President had TO do with il than he had to
do with the faith of the Mormons. He was elected by
people who knew he had nothing to do with it, and who
looked to him with assured confidence for just what ia
his mastery Inaugural Address he has given them in fit and
weishty words, which have already sunk deep into the
popular heart-namelya most patriotic, wise and states
manliks recognition OF all that belongs to our national
honor, growth and position including as OF necessity the
srctes observance Of national Justice and faith and re-
eu'un6 IN 'na' ony uue poncy OF peace winch " asks
nothing from other nations that is not right and submits
to nothing which is wrong" That the whg organs should
be chagned and Inundated by the contrast between such
foreign policy and much OF tina, exhibited by the late
administration. natural enough But such feeling
BY no means Jus,es them in ransacking the periodical
and newspaper press for lawlcss and insane absurdes
IN professed examination OF the Presidents opinions
.declaredby himself Fortunately however such tactics
against the President his party impotent as they
discredi,able.
AT the conclusion of its article the Inlelesno.r ia
vors the public with a hat detailed exposition
OF its craftsmanship in regard 10 the island OF Cuba
Against the policy OF the acquisition OF Cuba in any
manner or at any tms the Intsgsnoer urges that the
island will be OF no TO commanding the Gulf of
Mexico This strange idea leave The Inie,gen1er TO
d'scuss with It's late wing administration which as the
country well knows, has, in Mr. Everetrs Cuban letter,
proclaimed and demonstrated just the contrary. The
isshgsncsr then urges that mas, not acquire Cuba
because the acquisition would involve the substitution
OF republican government, there in place OF ",he mos.
acct submission TO despo,sm and also the substitution
OF religious liberation in place OF religion established bv
lawW The spirit and cogency OF these objections 10 IN
policy OF acqaison may be safely left 10 the Judgment
OF me American people. And, finally, the whir organ
c''ones m an'i-scquisition argument, by the following
precious specimen Of commercial and financial pb;los
opby ''' p'''os-
IN Nns' condition would the United Stair. be n,,o.a