Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1845-09-11
The Mexican War,

direct from the headquarters Of the United States
troops in Texas. These headquarters have been
established by General Taylor at Corpus Christi,
near the mouth Of the river Nueces, or Bay Of Ar
ansas. The spot on which General Taylor has
fixed his encampment is said TO be pleasant and
salubrious one.
While writing upon this subject, we can hardly
refrain from recommending to the notice Of our
readers the following from the New York Morn
ing News against the War spirit which the annex
ationists have kndled up The article is none the
less valuable because it comes from conspicuous
Iocofoco organ We are always ready to recon-
mend and adopt any thing good coming from our
ad,ersares Following the article from the News
will be found one from the August number of the
Democratic Review:
From The n. Y. Morning News
Nine-ienths Of our people, eateris Paribus. would
rather have little fighting than not. The old Adj
am is about as rampant in our American republic
canism as in any other branch Of Anglo-Saxondom.
They rather prefer TO do the fighting in question
themselves the next best thing they like to look
on and see it done by others. And. whether done
by self OF deputy, they like to see il well done, ac-
cordng to the old established laws and principles
of the fighting theory All this, we repeat, we know
perfectly we'll. and therefore very far from being
surprised at finding our doctrine and advice in
regard to this same Mexican war (if Mexican war
here is to be) civilly but decidedly demonstrated
against at once by three Of most respectable
eontemporares-the Evening Post, Albany Argus,
and the Union the last carrying the multiplied
weight Of its representative character. They all
declare for strong and energetic action, which
means nothing more nor less than vehement attack
with view to put an early end to the threatened
hostilities by some prompt and crushing blow or
what may be called the ofeHsire-defeRsiUe system
BE It so, If so ii must. BE the sin aud the shame
be the crime and the disgrace--whaieyer Of either
there may be-on the heads where they may belong
We wash our hands of the blood. our skirts Of the
stain If such war is to come, shall sing
peans TO its heroes, no Te-Deums for its victories;
we shall covet none Of its laurels Mexico has
been hardly dealt with in the whole business dealt
with as i'll beseems a noble and powerful nation
dealing with a mean and mpo,ent one She has
been too much dsregarded and despised. While
no substantive rights have been iniured-snd we
have the whole law well as the whole profits on
our sde-we have been too Indifferent TO her feel
ing, too contempiuous OF those imaginary rights,
which have been not the less sincere for being alb
surd. II has been all fortite in re on our side,
with none Of the suarifer in mode, and the relation
between the two in point Of power would at least
have made little Of the latter a graceful adorn-
ment Of the former, Different influences unhappiy
ruled the hour perhaps after the 4th Of March il
was too late for change
And now the result is, that Mexico, mean and
miserable as she is-maicious too, il you please
is about 10 march up to certain demolition, in a
military collision with us, on the simple point Of
honor reluctantly we all know--hopelessly as
she herself cannot but feel not TO recover Texas
not to gain any thing imaginable but simply be-
cause she feels 'cornered in position where an
attempt at least at war seems vitality due to the de-
fence of her national honor, the preservation of
that popular pride Of patriotism which it is not for
our people TO deny a virtue.
II IS not IN human nature-not in ours, at least
to look with satisfaction upon any fight between
big and ntle-between a lion and Fat; even tho
all the right may be on the former side, our own
side and all the wrong on the other, the enemy's
side u" we're only royal Bengal tiger now. or
an elephant, or hlppopotamus any thing at
least toerably equal even in bulk, it might pass
But the lion to roar against a rat-he eagle 10 strain
his great war-scream against buzzard We have
no stomach for the business, and never shall have
Cancellation Cancellation concationi Re-
tween powerful and weak it is never too late for
Cancellation. We would have our Governmen,
send special mission Of Cancellation with unusual
form and solemnlties, TO explain and Justify our
gh' 10 soothe sincere rritations, to satisfy Offend
ed scrupes of PRIDE TO deprecate endless foolish
and criminal illusions of blood Let there be NJ
the same time overwhelming force concentrated a,
Inc necessary points both for defence and for blood
lessly stringent blockade, if necessary How GRACE
fully would such an attitude become our country
before Mexico How beyond all compare superi-
or the moral glory Of peace thus secured TO that
OF submission extorted from crushed. desparinp,
ana sun hating impotence, by thousand San ia
cintos
But such counsels will avail but little either with
our people, or, as a necessary consequence with
our Government. Alas that II should be sol So
much the worse for them and for MS a--for Mexi-
co-ior the poor wretches of Mexican soldiers.
dragged IN coffles 10 battles not their own for orr
Selves Tor our own true honor for the cause of
Christianity; for the progress of the human race.
The article on Annexation in the Democratic
Review OF August, displays spirit so different
from the petty Trades Of the Locoloco da ylies that
it is worthy of notice
Alter running over the old arguments alb out spoil
alton, conquest, territorial aggrandizement, &c, it
makes the following candid avowa
We would not be understood as approving in
all its features the expediency and propriety of the
mode in which this measure has been carried INTO
effect. Its history has been q sad tissue of dipIo-
matte blundering,-insead OF our present rela-
tons with Mexlco-instead of the serious risks
which have been and those plausibilities of oD
pr06iam which ace hare had TO combat not ,pifhouf
great difficulty, nor NTH entire suceess-insteod of
the difficulties which now throng the path to salts
factory settlement of our unsettled questions with
MeXico-Iexas might by more judicious and |
concilla,ory diplomacy have been as securely in |
me Union as now-her boundaries defned-Cal- |
lornia probably ours-and Mexico and ourselves
united by closer ties than ever. All this might
nave been, we little doubt, already secured had |
couHsetS less ctolent less rude Lse one-sided less so