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! THE REPU03L1CAJN. W, B. GULICK, Edltdy and Proprietor .' . ; I j ; "Wednesday, December 7 184T,' Tlie Measure of tliePeisiocrat tc Party- HOW THEY OPERATE. On this subject,, the Philadelphia Ledger, tf Thursday week, has the following re marks; " Without stopping to dispute about causes or to assign reasons-, why and wherefore, the principal financial measures of the present ad ministration have been entirely successful.. The Tariff, which reduced the duties, and Which, it was predicted, would lessen the re ceipts from the customs, ii the Treasury, has greatly increased tlfem, and but for the extra ordinary expenses resulting from the war, the revenues Would largely wants of Government. In exceed the turrent effecting these grai- ifying results, the manufacturing interest has not been impaired in fact, it is growing and strengthening more rapidly than ever before. This is as the Secretary author and father of the tofthe treasury, the present revenue sys- tem, predicted it would be though he was at the time opposed by political friends and foes. ' The fact of the i success of the measure h therefore fully established. Partisan poli ticians may cavil as jhey please as to the cau ses. - 1 i j The Warehousing System, a part and par cehof the present reverjue policy, has also worked with signal satisfaction both to the Government and to the commercial interest We have not heard a wh sper in opposition to it for months from even partisan oppo- nents. Its success, there ore, may De aaaea " 1 ' 3 3 3 to the measure previously the mentioned, and to ' Independent Treasury, which, though Urg ed and defended mainly as a peace measure, has worked to a charm evm in war. It has been in operation now a year, and has proved all, and more than all, that was predicted of it. During the last six months the Secretary of the Treasury has traosJ erred some twelve millions of soecie from the North to New Or- ' leans; sometimes sendingithe identical specie , from one depository to another, andat other times, transferring the same amount of specie by depositing specie already in New Orleans, in the Sub-treasurv there, purchased from in dividuals in exchange for the same amount of specie handed them in New York. And all this has been done without the loss of a dollar at an expense not exceeding one quarter of one per cent, and at suchlimes and in such manner as not to .disturb in the slightest de gree, the trade and businejs of the country.- what would have been the condition of the money market if the twelire millions sent by the Secretary from the North to the South had been deposited in Bank, forming a new basis of discounts and had during that period of six months, been checked for by the Secretary? What an outcry we should have heard in fi nancial circles, and what failures would have been chronicled as the consequence. But, under the Independent Treasury, those twelve millions have been transferred without producing as much as a ripple on the surface of the quiet water. And yet, the separation of Bank and State was-opeaed Undet predica tions that it would destroy all the banks .by draining them of their specie. The banks on the contrary, never had so much specie on hand as since the Indeper dent Treasury has been in operation. Ii was to create trouble to the merchants and the Assistant Treasurer would be unable to count the gold as fast as received. On the contrary, it has created no trouble ; and there has been received at the Custom House over two hundred thousand dol lars in one day, and for three weeks nearly a million a week has been received at a single olfice, countad in and again paid out, with less inconvenience than "the same amount in Bank notes could have been. Iomestic exchanges were never so regular and foreign exchanges nave uceu in uur mvor ever since ine mae V. -- !-.-.. r 1 -i pendent Treasury went in to operation. We no longer hear of ups and d owns in the money market; of expansion to morrow. The Banks, no day, restriction to onger having Gov- eminent money to speculate with their busi ness is kept within means, and every thing goes snijg and smooth. The prosperity of the Union is unchecked all the great interests of the country, commerce, agriculture, manu iactures, &c, were never more flourishing and prosperity and happiness abound through out the land. These are the fads as they ex ist, and partisan politicians may, ascribe them to whatever cause is most Agreeable, but be ang facts the people should know them." A t Loco Foco Abuse." Whenever a Democratic paper says any about Mr. Clay, that looks 'like censure of his views er his course, our Federal co temporal lies -cry out that we are " heaping filthy abusp upon the head of, the Sagd and Patriot." Why is this Js Mr. Clay so far above all other mortals that his coUrste. when he choos es to come before the puplklnust not be spo ken of by his fellow-citizejis? If Mr. Clay cuuoses 10 uuer seniimerrts not only, at va riance with those of a majority of his fellow- citizens, out also witn those which he uttered some months since, is it treason to say so ? It may be in the eyes of h s servile worshi p- rship with no one else. :inheat LexJ Now. here has ngton speech, de- wunceumiaMexican war m unnatural, and gea tor unholy purnos speech some 6 or 8 months leans. thf Kama t purposes, whUst in ms ns, the same Mr rT ulm ew o bame air. Clay regretfetf that since m New Or- Dre vented him from becoming arr actor in this same iviexican y.i. sious to have the pleasure of slaying a Mexi can in this " unnatural" war, "and thought of asking for some nook or coiner intheArrtiy thai he might assist in avenging the wrongs -of his Country"- and now ne trie same- Mr-. Clay) says that it is unjust, and ought to be put a stop to riglit oSV What has produced this great change in his sentiments? The great misfortune of Mr. Clay's political life has been that he has been constantly veering about to catch the popular breeze, and in so doing has been compelled to be inconsistent with himself. His friends have himself .kne t6 Mume if he has received some hard knocks from the Democratic press WiZ. Jeuf. . Libeling the Nation Some of the DDOonents of the war, instigat ed either by party feelings or peculiarity of notion, or, we charitably hope, through care lessness, unjustifiable, however, in the journ alist, do not scruple to.make declarations and institute comparisons, which reflect libelously upon the character of the United States; as sailing at once the institutions of the country as well as uve integrity oi the government. nf mtrsp ihprft is sorhel allowance to be made for the use of language under excited nartv feeli'ncr: but nothing can justify the use of infamous comparisons, whereby the repub lican character of the . natron, and the privi leges, of our people are represented to ' the world as things devoid of any practical good. One of these notions, and which seems to be in flippant, use, is the attempt to compare the conquest and annexation of Mexico by the U. States, to the subjugation and partition of Po land by Austria and Russia. Mr, Clay al ludes to this matter (in-ln speechand depre cates fan act which may affix "to bur name and national character a similar, if nofcvorse, stigma." Thus, as it were, suggesting a mode of reproach, and drawing- a comparison by HrkiVh tn efivroMi rUr countrv from one of w tvvq -r : j ho most execrable deeds of history. We wv w ' j hnnp. that sueh allnsions as these are to be at tributed to 'thoughtlessness rather than . wan tonness ; yet, when they occur in the delib erate text of a written speech, . or an editorial article, they are , liable to suspicion- a sus-. picion, at least, of culpable indifference to the fair fame and the spotless integrity of the na tion. A citizen should , be found anxioUs rather to extenuate an act he might think of doubtful character, than to set doWn aught ih malice. And we are Confident no man who will make a deliberate comparison between the two acts, will hesitate to admit that gross injustice would be done , to our government and neonle bv the persevering assertion of similarity between the two. , The dismemberment and partion of Po land was the result of a deliberate and fore determined purpose to suppress the diffusion of liberal principles, and to obviate their effect upon the subjects of. despotic power in territo rial proximity. It is true that the dissensions amongst the Poles, themselves, favored the monstrous deed by which her nationality was extinguished, but in no single particular justi fied or palliated it. As to the comparison be tween that affair and our .operations against Mexico,should we ultimately annex the whole territory, we defy the most ingenious to pre sent one prominent feature of similitude.--Even the mode of conquest is Utterly dissimi lar. Poland was overwhelmed by jthe most fearful disparity of numbers against her, and an unsuccessful resistance was the precursor to degradation and death ; or, still, worse, ex patriation to the icy and cheerless abodes of Siberian misery. ' Subjugation was followed by the extinction of that liberty which had conferred much happiness upon her people. though not thoroughly systematized in prac tice. 1 he loss 01 nationality included servile. subjection to a heartless and suspicious tyranny- u . .. .: I I Mexico has her dissensions ; she has the name of a republic, and the rule of anarchy. And in the recklessness of strife has chosen to be dishonest, insolent, and impracticable, She has brought on a state of War with Us, and will not yield, even Under the complete deleat and prostration iOf military and moral power, to conditions of peace at once mode rate on our part, and not 'dishonorable to her. In such a case, annexation has7 been sug gested, and what does that involve? Any sin gle one of the consequences of the subjugation of Poland, more than the nominal extinction of nationality ? Not one. The people of Mex ico would continue to possess their own territo ry in their own right, not as Mexicans,. but as free citizens of the United States. They would be under the protection of those nation al laws which are common to us ; and as States, would be free to adopt their own mode of government, subjectonlylto that compatibil ity required by the spirit of our constitution. Some modifications-would be introduced for the general facilitation; of the intercourse and harmoHious assimilation of public and social relations; and time, aided by the prosperous cfnd happy effect of practicnl republicanism, would speedly gmde them to those peaceful realities which we enjoy. .' Wre had intended to: say a few Words i lation to agroundless question put by Mr Clay. viz: t 11 v oiiuuiu -vve seeK io mteriere with them m their mode of worshinof n Saviour V But it is bnlynbcessafy to quote the question, and refer to the established poli cy of the United States, to. prove how mean, ingless it is. There is not a man in the Union who seriously believes that " we seek to inter fere with them " in any such matter. We say the question is meaningless, and so it is or it has a subtle meaning we not choose to infer. ' . - . ftTThe Charter Oak,' published at Hart ford, (Conn.) utters the following language in respect to the late Col. Ransom : " -" ' Among the killedin the recent battles be iore ine uy 01 Mexico, is .Uoi. Kansom, of the fs'ew JLngland regiment. He took the sword in an unrighteous cause, and has nerish- ed by the sword. We regret his death only 1. aL2i .( ii 1- - as we regrei uiai oi oiner nomicides, whose career of blood is arrested by the gallows He has perished ingloriously for he has pensnea m an inglorious cause.' Such language is as disgraceful as it is in human, and cannot be justified oh any ground. And this is one of the Papers which is de lighted with Mr. Clays speech ! fnThe Union understands" from the best authority that the treasury notes of the United States are 8 per cent, advance in the citv of Mexico. . .This state of things is most fortu- nately calculated to benefit our schemes of fi- nance, it will contribute to enable us to nav our expenses m that country upon more ad vantageous terms. WJhi$ Authority on the War. It is well known to the country that Mr. Reyerdy Johnson; one of the Senators of the United States' from a whig -a Clay whig-a most decided whig. vy u tuts nappy, inereiore, mean in the autnor lty of his i opinions to confirm die views which have so often' been taken in our columns of the justice of the war- Let other whigs abuse it as they may, for being unjust outrageous, a violation of the constitution ; we call in the shield of Mr. Johnson authority to protect the. war from their violent attacks. We for bear further comments. -The following speech of Mr. Johnson,! in the Senate of the United States, on the 12th May. 1846, is -extracted from the Congressional (jrlohe and speaks for itself: . . .-.- - . kMr. Johnson, of Maryland-, rose and said, that when he 'first heard of the peril in which our army was placed, and the invasion of the territory of the Uni ed States hy the Mexican troops, he was resolved to do whatever lay in his power to rescue the one and repel the oth er ; and he was ready now to do whatever ap peared correct arid proper. , Judging from the inforrriation before the Senatesand he regret ted that the documents accompanying the mes sage 01 yesterday, were not belore the Senate he believed that a state of war does exist4--not in the strict constitutional sense but in the other, and almost equally important sense, ta wit 1 the territory the United States had been invaded, and with an armed force. He (Mr.4 J.) was riot present in the Senate when the annexation, resolution was passed ; but in honesty and candor he was compelled to say, iiat had he been, he would have voted ao-ainst it. Texas, however, had be6n annexed to the United States, and the Rio Grande had been recognized as her boundary by the United States, and by those governments which had acknowledged the independence of the repub lic of Texas. Further ; in pursuance of the offer of the Congress of the United States, Texas had adopted a constitution in which the Rio Grande was stated aS her hou laws of ther United States had been trtrndp.d over all , the country to that river, and the territory in dispute was recognized as one of nery congressional districts. it was no matter, then, how this new State came into the Union she was now one of the States of that Union; was entitled to all the privileges of a State ; and her citizens were entitled; in their persons and property, to. all the rights and protection afforded to citizens of other States; the faith of the United States was pledged to vindicate her fights, boundaryVand territory. The U. States having thUs adopted the Stale of Texas, thq invasion of the territory within the boun dary which her cpnstitutiwclaimsj was an i?i vasion sof the territory of the. United States, and should be repelled accordingly. He (Mr. J.) could not vote for the amenmertt prepo sed .by the Senator' from Connecticut, (Mr. Huntington.) He could' vote for mi amend ment which implied that the United States was an , aggressor in a War ; but, in the present case, ne wouia aa vocate such a coursexa would show to the World that the conflict wa not the seeking of tlie United States, but of Mexico. In conclusion, Mr. J. observed, that if'he was right in his view of the extension of the jurisdiction of the United States over Tex as to the Rio Grande, &c, we were as ac tually in a state of war as though the news had been received that the entire forces under the command of General Taylor hadbeen attacked and cut off by the Mexican robps." Washington Uimii v , - . ' v ' Changes of Sentiment in Great - t - -.Men. ' -.' I Mr. Clay, in the commencement of tie war, , at a meeting in N. Orleans, as he was reported at the timt, took decided grounds in favOr of every citizen supporting his country, and long ed for an opportunity to "slay a Mexican." Now Mr. Clay denounces the war, and cen sures Congress for voting for "what they knew to be a lie that the Avar was exacted by the act of Mexico.'' What has effected so material a change in Mr. Clay's views? v Mr. Webster, also, in 1846, in the United Stales Sehate said, "if any advice or media tion were offered to Mexico, he had no doubt she Would be advised to peace ; and if it were offered he for one should then be for asuspen sion of hostilities ; but if Mexico preferred a senseless persistence in war, why then we should let her have war, arid rigorous war, until she should be brought to her senses.5 The only mistake that our government has made in following out Mr. Webster's advice, is, that it did not prosecute the war rigorously. Mr. Webster. has also materially changed his views, and is even for withdrawing supplies for carrying on the - war. Such changes of sentiment in great men, in a single year, are extraordinary. Phila. Ledger. Mr. Clay's Speech While it is a national misfortune that the great and eood men of our countrv, do not exercise upon national affairs the influence to which they are justly entitled, it cannot be denied that their influence'With the great mass of their own party, is frequently so d Verpo wer ing as to destroy in a great measure, the free agency ot its members. And precisely such is the position of Mr. Clay in regard to a very large portion of the Whig Party at this time. His great and varied services to the country, during a long life devoted to public affairs, his admitted; patriotism and talents, and his fearless defence of what he considers the right ;- and withal," his repealed failures to reach the Presidency, ' while inferior men havebeen elevated to that high station in direct repuuiation ot Mr. VJlay's acknowledged ht ness and claims- have given him a claim upon," and a power over a large portion of the Whig Party, which induces them to question the sincerity and doubt the hnnPcHr nf ptotw Whig who presumes .to differ from him in opinion upon national subjects: But while this feeling may exist to a very great extent among: individuals compossng the Whig Party ; those who control the public Press, must not and may not yield to it, if they would preserve .their consistency or merit the respect of their readers." Among the thousand and tens of thousands who have so long and so steadily adhered to the : fortunes of Mr Clay, there is no one who has been more con" stant in his support, or would now go further to secure his election .to the Presidency were it possibly than the writer of these - remarks. In 1832 we devoted "our columns, our time and our means, to his election and in we were among the last who consented that I duomer canaiaate-should be run against Mr Van jBuren. V- In 1840, when those who have since! been loudest in sineinr his nni conedcting all kinds of schemes to defeat his nominatidn, we opposed them at every step n'r tbfiir TirorrressLtandiriever -"abandoned the hope"- that Clayf:and- Webster . Would be our candidates,until : Harrison .andyler ;were nominated and- the Con ventidn adioUrned , TheVrien who thenbjecte tion anO election oi neiiiy v1 Tribune and'its co-laborers in this State,; and lot that act, will never be forgiven, by those who TealiyHlesire to see ivir. jayjmuc x 1 Bidential chair. ; Of our course m , 1844, and riPTfirtioris-iri his behalf, we ;heed : not ;t T'KAvlwereiwithout -avail s-iand.W Hep thft Tribtihe and its associated wSq had led honest men from his support in l oucouia Af nndo the ' Work- of their hands, they found no'difSculty in poisoning the minds 6f the abohtioniits against mm ; vut u was not such an easy task to wipe out the recollection of their own slanders. j;Vr;f '- We refer to the fact- of our adherence to Mr. ' Clay since 1S32, whenever he desired to Viol a ran Hidate for the Presidency, to demon strate that if we differ from him in many of fi,'a i'pws advanced ih his recent . speech . in ic not because we do not warm 7 to the man and to his noble qualities, but be cause blindly to subscribe to all his positions, wtiuld be an abandonment of our oft proclaim ed! convictions. Fortunateiytoo, Mr Clay is ro longer a-candidate for the Presidency Havin reached the age of three : score years and ten, he expressly declares that he comes before his countrymen as fa private and hum ble citizen" to expresses vewsand opin ions" of the policy best calculated to "deliver our country from the penis and dangers which surround iu" And who can read the beautiful "arid touching declarationIn the iitle of "the vear autumn has cdme and thfe season 'oflflowers has passed away ; in the progress " of yearsmy spring time nas gone oy, ana !'I too am In the Autumn of life, and feel the frost of age"-who, we skv can read this touchingly poetical. language, and again desire to see the venerable and venerated statesman, submitted to the turmoils p.nd abuse, of a con test! for the Presidency? ;!Yet there are such men ; and it is because hts late speech at Lex ington;va3 made at "the instigation of Politi cians who are determined, to force him upon the Whig Party as its candidate for the next Presidency, that we feel it incumbent upon us to raise our voice against the speech itself, as hostile to the spirit of the Whigs, and Certain to bring npon us defeat, if adopted as our text book. What may have been the chances of Mr. Clay's success if he dould have been.in duced to remain silent instjead bf being urged to take the suicidal course5 he did, we will not pretend to say; but it is not more certain that his letters in 1844, destroyed his chance of suc cess! in the great "contest, than that the speech which we yesterday laid before our readers, has annihilated every prospect .of his being a successful candidate in 1848. We are opposed to the whole movement ;, and not the less so, that it has destroyed wThat hope there was in the minds of many, that circumstances were combining to elect to the 'Presidency one of the kblest and purest men! of our party. But we are not of those who under any state of things, desired to see the great leader of ihe jWhig Party, again brought Upon the po litical arena. Henry Clajr in retirement at Ashland, with a hold upon the affections of the people which no other man possesses; without office, patronage or station, and yet belojred, respected and alrpost worshipped by a large majority of the intelligent and reflect ing portion of his countrymen occupies a position to which the Presidency can neither givejdignity nor importance ; and to drag him forth! again into the field of party politics, either with or without his sanction, would in our judgment be cruel and unjust. Cruel to Mr, Clay himself, and unjust to the great princi ples ot the Whig party. We do not believe that under any circumstances, he would have been elected to the Presidency ;; and we be lieve that with the opinions put forth in his late speech, even the semblance of a chance of success no longer exists. Were it possible, we would as heretofore, reioice bevond meas ure alt the hare prospect off the electiou of Mr. Clay, to the Presidency ; but finally pursUaded as we are, that such a contingncey is not pos sible we owe it to candour and to our Whig Principles, frankly to say, !that we are deci dedly opposed to his great name being used in connexion witn ine iresiaency. oreat as is oujr devotion to Mr. Clay, - we profess still greater devotion to our principles; and we nave no nesitation in saying, that we would rather mnch rather- witness the triumph of Whig principles in the election of an inferior, but honest Whig to the Presidency, than:to incur the glory of defeat to our cause in con- nexion wiin me great name 01 me patriotic statesman of Kentucky j ' " These are not the sentiments of a day based upon his recent speech ; but they are the sentiments of nine tenths of the honest Whigs of. the country honestly entertained and frankly expressed, ever since the' disas trous! campaign of 1844. j In common with our Whig hrethrem we have freely put them forth vvhenever occasion called for odr doing so ; and at the hazard 01 being denounced as unfriendly to the great statesman of Kentucky, vve now aehDerateiy repeat them,accornpanied tith the expression 01 our well settled con victiOn, that if the friends of Mr. Clay persist in forcing him upon the Whig Party as their candidate for the Presidency, and succeed in their jefforts, a more disastrous defeat than that of 1844, is in store for us ' With these views, and , believing as We do, that the "people are desirous 01 rewarding the great-: military achievements of Scott arid, Taylor, we 'shall labor) unceasingly, to procure if possible, the nomination of one of them as the Whig candi date for the Presidency; in the full persuasion that either, if nominated, will ' insure the tnumph of the Whig ticket and the establish mentiot Whig principles ; while if defeated, and f Ir- Glay again presented for the support 5 .Whig parly, we shall of course, give mm all the sunnort in ' our nnwpr lull belief that -our labours will as heretofore, be m vain, and that his nomination will ne cessarily perpetuate the reign of Loco Focoism anu misruie. . . , . it is an ungrateful task to review unfavora bly, a speech irom one we esteem and admire as we do Mr. Clay ; but we do not hesitate to pronounce his late effort; such an one as he would never dreamed of making -were he JUW i ie 5arae,a?e as whon. nviaio i. nobly sustained the government of his country m itsi war. with h& mUtc e-L - vJ lhat herery justly says-"was a war of na twnal defence required for thp. vinrlirntiAn national rights and honor ; and yet at the very commencement of that War we invaded Cana da and carried desolation and death to the homes and altars of the unoffending Cana dians who had never harmpd us!: But this did not make it a war; of "aggression or of con- Mr.' Clay : and .Mr. Clay ,0 viA-Vtf ' ORnf xvhen L:-v, ,T3.,Mftxico gives. prde rs to her Generals, to attack .the American larmy whereVr it may be found in Texas, south of - - ... . the Sahine and when because we go in -disputed territory 4he Mexicans are intolso, and make war upon our army, and we. repulse and follow her fceatett forces into her own territory, beho!d it isTno longer fence, but torie of aggression and conquest J Nowy we do not desire tolustuV the sending of 3errTaylo 16 me "Rw Urande. : Inat was a rhsh and wicked :act ;Jmim gave ;eHfi;i MpTlfvvtriljssail us oh- the lelt bank of that river.'; "When she did so assail us, she became the j aggressor ; and when we add tdthis the historical fact, that her Generals naa positive oraers 10 jnvaue x " -us north of me 5z7i;andvwcr6 actually pro ceeding to execute them-rit is indeed a strange infatuation. Which denominates this a war bf aggression and - conquest, and wnicn in ine same breath,- proclaims bur invasion tof Cana da in 1812, a war of defence ! The people do not so understand it. Their instincts do not lead them to such conclusions. . They know and feel, that Mexico struck the first blow; and when they are told that Ht is Mexico that is defending hcrjiresides, her castles f and hef Alt TARS, not we"- they feel that it might nave oeen us 11 we naa not as in i olx, carnea a defensive war into the enemies country ; and larrre as is their benevolence, thev nrefer thai it should be as it rather than that we should now he resisting her intended and proclaimed sDeech of Mr. Clay shall have been read invasion or our terriiorv. auu; wxicu mu throughout Hhe rlehgth '1 and breadth of this great country, many will be the tears shed in silence, that Henry Clay-he who o nobly stood by his country in 1812, and even to this day, detettds the invasion 01 Lanaaa-snouia have denounced this wrar as "unnaturaV'--a war of "offensive aggression," in which Mexi co, not we, is "defending her firesides, her castles, and her AL TliJ," against whom? Why against the gallant and patriotic spirits who have so nobly offered up their lives in defence of their country's honorj arid shed upon our arms a halo of glory which has eleyated our natiorial character in the estima- ion of the civilized Ai'Orldi and called forth a eelinjgrof gratitude and pride in the bosom of every man whose heart is capaDie 01 Deaxmg in response to chivalrous deeds and gallant bearing. Ana yet it is nejiry oiay wno thus characterises this war who thus clefends Mexico against the acts of her chivalric inva ders who thus unmtentionallyendorses the abominable sentiments of the New York Tribune, and will shortly be quoted by it as sanctioning its ; denunciation of our gallant army as a band of robbers, plunderers and murderers, for whose defeat and dispersion. hat editor arid his co-laborersj are justified in praying as theyhave, to the God of Battles J We cannot subscribe to such doctrines ; vve cannot, with all our revererie'e arid respect for Mr. Clay, unite with him in his seeming res ponse to the heartless assaults upon those who have covered our country with glory ; and in our sympathies for Mexican' sufferings, we cannot forget the sufferings and death of our own gallant softs. If it be indeed a war of conquest and aggression, if we have wickedly assailed . "the firesides, the castles,'and the al tars of Mexico5'; t we have robhed, plundered, uuu umruereu ner peaceiui people : wno ana what are the men who have ,nh,nfj,,rJ tn dn his devilish work? , When the news of the . .w victories of Palo Alto and Resacade la Palma nnnnA Tvr. r.u ;f tit-- Clav wn there nA Vower1 iht if vnnn0r tvmilH KimceJf to nJr War His fra ant snn Hid n Vn Nntee nnH Tj 1. ri... j ' -c i i i i i i . wouiu ue uaveaone so n ne naa oenevea that he ivas wamnrr cnh a n-ar oc m cta,r a scribes 1 NeVer nevpf ; w ..'vw iMC, W MVU U. T A,L Ul3 1T1I . VICI V UH" 1 In censuring as he had a right to do, the bllvofthe Executive in haemtr th;0 ' . ; - .1 and seeminis-ly invitino- .invasion ..nr. ntt -J r w . v M-iwv-4JC T Ul hv the mnwh tn tho nv.vt .r R J . O auietlv waiting for the invasion ihrtni.j tended and avowed bv the Mexican p-overn merit ivir Kj lay nas gone too Tar and put Mexico altogether in the ris-ht-his own o.nt nlto- !. j-hi . J . , . T gether in the wrong.. He has by his speech in our opinion,hejd out inducements for Mexi- co to withhold the beace he so arr. enYh. rlpcio- and thus, very unintentionally. rirrted course at war vyith that patriotism which has tne enormous Federal - Bugbear ol m enc constituted so cohsplcuous a trait in Jjiis long mous" natiorial debt ? During this tim-,v-life of patriotic devotion'to his country. the American Army has performed featsbf;. I V . 1 T J V- 'I'hirty years ago, Mr. Clay could not have made such a speech ; ten years ago he Would not have done so : and that he should have made it at this time, is nlil-e his future fame and for the a.hievempnt nf . "w uuiuuuuuic iui tne peace ne aesires. . .'-.. i t . ' n 7- : r-' I We call attention to the subjoined remarks of the Baltimore' Sun. on the'sfneerh of Tr Clay : ' -t -J- F.tit Jn tWcH w . .. ration thf tar"r rf:u: .-.:.' .;. i'i vv.iiicci,.wiia a. uecia- .u:.u n- .p . - T w vviuui cumaci 01 opinion occurs. JbJUt as we havft ari frennenfrvr o.. riv. w:- " - w"vj viiiu : iu una uui ni, we -i.nll a..'.-' ii 1 - . 1 snail not enlarge upon it .now. Mr. Clay uses the words "Tf we hA rAt tv, should-have no war" And armin.- Th,.o the war rommen v 'n . r. v --."..vv-., uuu iug , jl iCBiueiit, alter having produced it, appealed to Congress." ii-. aie iwo miHgs auegea. Jb'irst the cause of. the war, in thannexalion of Texas, as an act of our Congress ; and, second the war it self, as an act of our President.' .We dispute assertions.. The waTnnVi'nM.. - -- w ill III ill II1IS- eraDie aamixture ot lolly and conceit which is the basis of the military character of MeiVo t . . . y - . . ;. 11 was projected by the jealousy and hatred of i!AtJJtl?an leaaers. ; The cause of these emo tions was the annexation of Texas to the Uni ted States ; "but Mexico cannot plead that cause -. r 11 1 : - .-. successiutiy betore the : world as her justifica tion, and least of all do we expect to find 'a "cit izen of the United States maintaining it, The United States and Texas acted as independ ent nations in the deed of annexation, and it is injustice to both' to charge the cause of the war with a - sentiment of reproach against ei uier "As for the.war having been produced by the IUS tice demands. Had Mr.' , Cla y been in the Presideritial chair, he would'have been dere lict in duty had he' withheld the protection of tne American armies irom any portion oi ter-" xiory glared to be annexed,. Such a. portion of temtery.was Oireatened, and occupied, and nvprnm hv nnr. u rrf MpTicatl cavalTV. President threw the protection of our- flag over it.. : Mexico, at that ume, reiusea toire- ceive our minister, ciotnea witn power to negotiate upon the subject ; declared war aga- . I .it. . . 1 I if SSaS l" a6s""yi and w? disabled soldiers, together with a numi iitUtl ZkI-', ofBcers-J- AmoDtSthe latter, Generals Jed lul in relerence to this assertion as strict ius- ou:u5 i-i-iio Warner that v j luat.iu, uuu mi iitiuc ui mm vtiaij At that vptv tMrtmftnt AVAtV ffflno.T th United States Tfas Actmg Hnd , jl tractive injunctions pt the tresideat ; from any aggressiye act. : J s i " But let us see what was the oriv. Taylor. with reference to this moWv the ttio Ajrramie. j tie writes to the si of War, on tfcs 4th of October, and 5' - It is With great deference that I . ALtEN suggestionJ da topics which may y matter of delicate negotationj but if y Il.sti ernmenijin.Benuug me quesnon titbo' tu m. I cannot doubt' tfiat th'e settleitieht J greatly iacixiutiea ana Hastened by ing possession at once of one of two points on or quite near . thkt river.' oil; We 1 : IVTovi'A haririir ' Riih?eailentl 1 :o"t1 minion of Mr. SlidelL' the lino nf a i ther iUVAiw ' ft f ir HPIaJ . - . Grande was forced upon the United r,.. cause Texas had declared it as the Wl of heir territory in her independent wS capacny,aira uius bug , o"exea tfi United states-. - 1 ne oraer ro march T7ia imnla.ltQTrinfV VkAOTl TPVAlVai1 1 Taylor, he wntes aeram under date of ruary ioio 1 Our advance to the Rio Grande vriR produce a powerful effect, and it may the common, navigationr'of the riverlfn; fto iat t be disputed ' ' , This seriously connicts with the iw i 1st b Mr. Clay's speech, that the; war m Mfe h blv have oeen preventea,'iv amongst W indurA things, 4 GenV Tayfor had-beeh permM he so d rtmdin: where is own " ffood sense nrmJyT i mlJ him .to oeieive ue ougiu w xcuiam, at lofWrn Wfi nnw come to the next imnutatm Nec inst the President, that he did pbt apT)fsFIa3rt Appeal to Congress for what ? ' To deCQd war? No ! he was endeavoring to mfobejiter He acted altos-ether within his appron! 4 c 4 sphere, and executed, with a view to the i: select oi his country the uuuess wnicn ine commotio tion imposed upon the incumbent of ijaplr eminent station to w'hi'dh he had been ctV :- . - . . nh Tlie JExpenscs or tlie War, enrtH THE UKJiAT UAL Jb U UlCfin TL. P.J. 1 ... I I xne v eu era i papers are consiauuy noic ur to the view of their readers thevenon: expenses of the present war as well as the mendous, crushing Weight of public .o6,r wuicii vuege expenses nave aireauy iuircj-, ' 1 rk L whh they are daily imposing tiyuu 00h:iountry I arid all this for the - purpose oU; ? citing" the prejudices, of the people awiP those in whose hands the conduct of this is placed under the constitution of the f&:eitia try. Now, in the first place, with a h'in-h-, 1 dea, patriotic people, vuis is noi ine point I be settled in determining whether the v rtiiirbt n he nrnsHriited: "f We trnsf thn k neonle have h'6't vet Secome SO merccnarv -v- 1 to calculate the dollars and Cerfts which it w&erfJie Cost to vindicate the' outraged honor of in Republic. We trust the day will be far (j'dayg p tant when such a mean,- degrafding sejilmer.tre ttJ as this will find an abiding place in the tato'op of any American citizen. But has the m Clay' reality, thus far been so expensive as the F(vsns J emhsts would have the gopd people to beiid i r' - ; ' "ttTBSCCH rcucia. , , , , - , .ti 3 brazen narainoxm 10 v ww i j J me waT were over nan a munon OI oomv da v. when thev Knew tneir statements m false. We have also seen it stated that war had already cost the country one hundn 1 uiuiiuua wi uvuaia i uuuaui wc. the real facts, and what has the.wir Mr I far nptnalltr nnit the nnnntrv f I hpip nrp i " v vv w v V . lacts i when the present administration caa I into power on the 5th of March, 1845, the n coras OI me treasury iepanmeni snew ir . - i the United States' debt then amounted i on ' fn T" '. . 'i. . X. i JL I ! . . ,., 1 117,788,799 62. 'Ihe same redords exht nq - - . A. . ,,;.! fflU tne aeDt oi tne u. btates to De d. ix. fi which it will be seen, is an increase ol ::!181 public debt of 27,333.624 31 -1m7.il . i. - ..!.- J.., e". ovv, me warxias t-xisieu airt.au) . 18 months, and in that time the sum of tw ty seven pnilliohs of dollars, has been tne of the country These are, the nak tacta and we dety bur -adversaries to deny controvert them. Vhat, then, has (icon. 5 1 ' ' . I nrig acnievea victories, ana muae con ttne lustre and brilliancy of which throyi lne shade every and all other mlliturv op tions which have Vet been nertonneu en - I.-. ... j I Continent. If the sole result of this war I 1 . l . l li ' 1 . i i no ouier man tne raising me military p-,v ana resources ot Uns Republic in the w ihe civilized world, the money which wel: thus far exnended. .woulrl be. wr-ll laidcu:- .! 1 J. r- ---- Tut when it is considered that this is a vindicate the honor of, the country v.ln. J u .:. t . 1 " oeen grossly outrageu-wnen we reiau - we must either have, tnnnelv MihrniUeliw k T i V ,:T,y . suit and wrong from a foreign pp wern repelled and chastised that po wer- s; l.j t J I k . 1 1 there is not a man in the country so qcvou Pa!riotlc ree.im&s) as t stop and cn liners; as to stop arid calculate dollars and cents of the transact! It" tilingion Journals Still T,n.f av frnm M exiCO- WTa. j- xr.. r.vlr.fiT.i W t 25th uit. The steamship Alabama arnveij a?jl New Orleans from Vera Cruz on the &H f ; 01 tne 46a: She left the latter place mzec lRth n t Kv th Qornvn wehaveaau5"iv the City of Mexico up to the 8th, fuy- . .. Uueretaro,- the present seat 01 me w - government, to the 5d. .. h The news is not very important. The jyUviiI rillas have nlmoct entirelv disaDpeared ; 6ena! the road between Vera Cruz and the ,appo! The great train of about 600 wagons f If left the Capital on the 1st tilt., amv :iagarf ' - : . I n c 1 5i . j I ra Cruz on the 15th, without ay moie taent A nnoTitTYi of denuties had arrived at U .vthe al ed at athe al Lnro. and Conrrsess had .been organized, -.of the; first, tbino- to be done was the election ...minir President. Herrera: Almonte, and PenaJ remo na, were the most prominent candidates, .refer i. l lit. Aiauoiua UL uu' ill uv. . . . j " i j ' . . i Uce ai On the evening of , the 24th ult., f zens . 01 isew nariMim Orleans assembleo. -AVrr i. v . I'hel .- -r -"O ""' - masse in front of the St. Charles serennded : the gallant duitman, Shield f C uWinrnl ! The T.eris?atnre rtfffom'nnt have F ...Crym f-, - " . v. v i IAA v . - Kill . a resolution instructing: their M. 0 s 1 vori their influence to procure the repeal ci v ionat isting newspaper ppslago law. V lot !rth -1 voca mail ars. w d Pira The, mme td e n -T1 i V .In feapt deiiv feteb iion bad hapd i In Prin Artie H sit ttlond bust ricx of L withl vou: J A l ,lar,
North Carolina Republican (Goldsboro, N.C.)
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Dec. 8, 1847, edition 1
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