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nor amy war; set on foot by the Executive,
solely in pursuance of plans Of his own. They
want no war, moreover, which, like this, could
have been not only honorably but proftably avoid
ed, had the wise and safe and humane course of
his predecessors been followed by the President
OF the United States. They want no war for con-
quest merely Still less do they want war which
is to exhaust the public treasury, TO harass the
citizens with the most fatigung military service
in which the climate will be far more fatal than the
bullets Of the enemy--and which is, according TO
the Presidents avowed intention, to end, after all,
IN negotiation, which, upon every principle Of COM
mon sense as well as Of public law, ought to have
preceded instead Of following the bloody fray.
On the subject Of the hostilities which have ac-
tually commenced on the Rio Grande, let us sup
pose case which would show the Declaration Of
War against Mexico to be as premature as il has been
precipitatc In the anarchy which prevails in Mex
leo, where (the forms Of the Constitution having
become as much Of farce as they are in danger Of
becoming among ourseves) the Presidency becomes
the prize OF the most enterprisng and successful
soldier, why may not ARrsTA, universally reputed
as an ambitious as well as accomplished General,
taking advantage Of his rank and his influence over
officers subordinate to him. have seized this OCCASION
without orders from his Government, to make a
dash at our army, which, If he do no more than