The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-06-16 00:00:00

TUESDAY

MORNING, JUNE 16, 1846

brought I

ay the Britannia mail-steamer
4eat of war, on the Rio Grande, has, we
y, agreeably surprised the friends and ad-
of the American peopl2 in this country. Up
latest previous advices, it was clear to the
inpractised critic in military affairs that the
.can troops engaged in the expedition were in
Lion of great danger. Menaced by a superior
-qmunications cut off, and their stores
.mited, it was evident that nothing but the
,y and true courage inherent in their native
on blood, or some fortuitous error of judgment,
rank cowardice, on the part of the enemy, could
lable them to extricate themselves without serious
.oss. The accounts, however, which we give in
another place, show that the American army, under
General Taylor, has not only escaped from its dan-
gerous position, but has defeated the Mexicans in
two engagements, under circumstances which, giving
the usual margin for probable exaggeration, prove
that they possess, in an ample degree, so far at least
as physical courage goes, the material of which the
soldier is composed, whilst it is equally clear that the
Mexicans are, as a race, wanting in this most neces-
sary quality.

s, however, to the probable results of these
11s of the Americans, in what we cannot but
quarrel, that the British
the greatest interest. It would
y, which, we should imagine, even an
d not be capable of swallowing, to
aw levies of militia-men, who have
lexican troops, could cope with a
lisciplined European army.
however, to the peace of the world is,
irother Jonathan may get it into his head that
4_l all the world with as much ease as he
erthrown the forces of General Paredes, and
4et lofty in his bearing towards ourselves in
Already he has shewn symptoms of con-
excitement, resulting from this fleshing of
.en sword. Volunteers, who hung back at
,re pouring in from all directions to reinforce
iw victorious ai uly of General Taylor; and it
_ing except a prompt and unconrli-
nal submission, on the part of the enemy, can pre-
it a march up_on the city of Mexico. By the Ist

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uly, it is said, an army of 25 to 30,000 bayonets
to be organised upon the frontier, before whom,
:a thoroughly disciplined, no force which the
dean Government can bring to oppose them can
Ld for a day. In the meantime the American
adron in the Pacific is ordered forthwith to take
session of California, which will, no doubt, whilst
the hands of the United States' Government, as a
for the payment of the claim which will be
against Mexico, be so rapidly peopled by
ettlers, that it will be difficult to bring
Ile of its proper owners.
,n army ready organized, the coffers
nerican government filled with Mexican
le possession attached to the union, and
people elated with a sense of their newly-
martial prowess, will the present pacific
Oregon question continue ? It is true
it excitement of the bulk of the Ameri-
_ , ith respect to that question, has evapo-
This Mexican quarrel has been the safety
hear nothing at present of 54 degrees,
.nd whilst the eyes of our Yankee breth-
I towards their present antagonist, a
effort of statesmanship on the part of both
-rnments, would set the question at rest for ever.
\re are not by any means, however, advocates of
Apitancy in this matter. However powerfully
pported we may be with reinforcements, General
ylor has something to do before consummating
,mplete triumph over Mexico. He has to face
hot weather, already set in, and the fever of the
)s are not inured. We
nted, too, that his past success is
ed. Upon this subject, the Hali-
,
&ming Post of the 2nd instant, our latest
)er by the Britannia, states, under the heading
ews from Mexico : highly important,"—
The Mail of yesterday brought nothing of importance
contradiction of the abominable fabrications of the
This, as our readers know, we antici-

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York Sun

We shall not, however, be long without news. The
cadian arrived last night. We had a boat anc
off, but the night was so intensely dark and foggy
several vessels, we were obliged t(

er tou

the pursuit

Nit the news the Acadian brings will be published ix
Iforniny Post for England—this afternoon, at three

ntemporary

ver, does not appear to
to realize his promise, or the paper
;cident, missed the steamer. Should

lent be prolonged, the
tes will have to enter
) procure the necessary
t very well suit the palates of
A war, even " a little war,"
Mexico, they will find an ex-
-y see the prudence of pausing
ggle with Great Britain.

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In pursuing the inquiry, which we 'proposed to
trselves last week,—viz., the question what course
the most wise to be adopted by the various classes
the community affected by the coming change
our national policy,—we approach, next in order,
bourer. Throughout the
aria laN, question, it has been a telling.
,ument against the agriculturist, that the condi-
-7loyed by him in cultivation,
bred worse; and, unhappily, there
reproach. The farm-
er is not, in every instance, the prosperous,
nted being that imaginative people have been
le habit of describing him. On the contrary,
,00 Many districts, he is a being whose life, from
cradle to the grave, is spent with only the alter-
atives of half a meal in his wretched cottage, as
le reward of his daily toil, or the coarse fare and
and discipline of the union workhouse, as the pun-
hment of unwillingness or inability to toil. We
:we treated him in our legislation, of late years,
ore as a chattel than as a sentient being. By our
trsh and unchristian poor law, we have practically
lied into requisition the feelings and affections of
:man nature in his bosom, as a goad to compel
n to accept of the hard terms which we offer him.
say to the married labourer, " there is your
, and its remuneration ; if you refuse it, you
to be a husband, and have no longer the pri-
of a father." He possesses one solitary
I-the fact that his toil is in the fresh at-
-2,, and is one, unlike that of the factory
—er or the artizan, productive of health ; but
at very blessing we convert into a curse, by the
nit which we impose upon his appetite.
How little has legislation done for this class!
lave we given its members increased means of edu-
ation ? Have we conferred upon them any one boon
:alculated to ameliorate their physical or moral con-
iition If the habits and condition of the agricul-
;ural labourer be deteriorated, as we must acknow-

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