New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-05-30

{, .xecra,ion of War generally, and OF The
a.rocioos War our Government is now waens O.
Mexico particularly. There has Dot before been 30
r,ucn saluiary Truth in the columns OF the bianke.
sbee, this many day. Every word OF 1t we leaF
firm with pride ct observing that we have Wf'''ea
90 frankly and fesrlessly in exposure and denunct
alton Of the master crime Of our age Inc courier
bss dragged in two irnu1a;eriaf extracts from oef
oolo,,,s If the Doth and 23d, when the responsible
Editor was q, Washington. as every feaoet mo''
have seen. These extracts from ARTICLES "nicn We
.ver .sv prior to their publication do not express
,r .e,t;,neptstope of them unduIy exaitng The
,,ouess of the Mexicans, the other asserting that
We have never tried our strength beyond our OWL
! boundaries tina, we have not been defeated The
writer doubtless meant by this emily that we had
never successfully prosecuted offensive, invading
hostli,iea and this is true in the general sense in
tended, though our soldiers and seanen have per
formed many gallant actions under such circumstan'
| ces But such Republic ours Is not well calcu-
| lated for offensive War for which Heaven make
as daily grateful hence the gallantry of our troops
! at the Thames, Little York, Lundy's Lane, Bridge.
water, and Fort Erie, were followed by no lasting
| ACQUISITIONS The battle fields on which we won
/ our victories in Canada were very soon atterward
once more in The possession of The enemy This
| doubtless, was meant by the writer in the passage
pressed into the Couriers service.-So with regard
! TO Mexico. We have repeatedly expressed our
opinion that the Mexican troops. no matter In what
numbers cannot stand before ours on an open battle
field. We stated this fully before any serious en-
eagement mad taken plsce-before we knew that
| b,J nod hin m mn ucith
San Isabel, though we were confident he had done
or would do so whenever he chose. But in a guer-
lila defence OF the defles and gorges in which Mex.
leo abounds against an invading army advancing on
her Capital, we apprehend her troops would not be
found 80 contemplate. Ali this, however, has no
thing to do with the substantial matter at issue be-
tween us and the Courier. The Christianity OF
that paper is enlisted the side of War, and Of this
War for Texas to the Rio Graude or to to the Paci-
fc 10 particular We are denounced as InHdel
for open adherence of War generally, and of
this War especially. Very good we glory in such
Infdelty, and mean to display good deal more
of it.
That we believed and wrote for last Monday
paper that the recent victories were not needed to
ensure the safety of our Army is most true. We
bad not then entirely dispeled the deusion in which
we were involved, with nearly every body else, by
the lying story concocted at New Orleans or farther
South ofthe almost total destruction of Matanoros
by the fire of our Artillery from Fort Brown, the
slaughter Of 700 Mexcans, &C. &c. on the Sd and
4lh. Surprising this not incredibly exaggerated
we could not well imagine that our soldiers were in
such extremity there as has since appeared. Yet
we have heard Of catching Tartar and next
time such gassy bullelin is sent along by express
and telegraph we will member to make a more
liberal discount.
The insidious meanness of the Courier in accu-
sing us of an attack on the lamented Ringgold in
paragraph which was written simply in exposure of
the necessary nhumanity Of War, may pass. II
can hardly have mised any one. We prize our
slaughtered officers and soldiers SO highly that we
would gladly purchase their restoration to life at the
cost of all Texas and the Fifty to One Hundred Mil
lions which the fomenlers of this internal War will
probably rob the Nation of before we have done
with it. Their hatred and that of all apologists for
War whether British American, or otherwise, we
expect to encounter, and are ready for it.
We copy entire the Courers conclusions, viz:
We would call the attention Of Canadian brethren and
the LONDON Times, to the commentary which the conrse Of
The Tribune and its tolerance among u.s. presents on the
thousand bels upon country. II will not be denied
tina, press under such circumstances would not be
tolerated London In Canada for the brief period of
twenty four hours. The building whence it issued would
the ground Its types destroyed and Its editor
made TO fee for his life from the Indignation Of ourag
cd and insucd people,
Bu, not so here. IN this much-abused country where
Lynch Law is said to be of unive sal application 1t Is our
that in the city whs Ieoces In the recent
triumph Of arms-and who does not would hazard
his life In protecting The Tribune or s editor from moes-
tatioh. II Is their boast that here the Press Is ree and
The Tribune editor we'll knows that in this large city, not
a solitary individual would aid in, or countenaDce the
slightest attempt thwart him in his raitorOus course
And this fact proved as by the extracts we have given
from his paper should teach the English Press that their
cutlery against our awlessness s as untrue Us Is graiu
tous."
To those who know the Editor of the Courier, the
drift and purpose of this passage will need no ex-
PLANTATION. Let him understand, once for all. that
we defy and despse al his efforts to direct against
US the rowdy patriotism of the Empire Clubs, Five
Pointers and groggeries which this subject, and
in general devotion to the maxim Our Country,
Right or Wrong. are his congenial spirits. The
Tribune has at no time these three years had less
than twice as many purchasers, either in City, in
Country or both together, the Courier has at any
time enjoyed and we now print more copies Daily
IMAM ever Out ~ ouu CIV CT OScN
with that portion Of the People who are earnestly
and openly in favor of Temperance Morality, Order,
Justice and Peace and these abhor this w ar and all
its voluntary abet,ors LIE, those who would gladly
silence the Press whose facts they cannot gansay
whose arguments they cannot answer. attack Us II
they dare
I B- The Journal of Commerce Of yesterday pro
fesses TO give chronological narrative of the diff
culties between our Government and Mexico, but
does 1t most unfairly. 1t asserts that act of hos
rlity had been committed on our side prior TO the
/ capture of Thorn;ons command by the Mexicans on
/ the Goth Of April. Now the Mexicsns assert that
Thornton charged them mot seeing their whole
force most of it lying in ambush in that affair. be-
fore they fred shot. But, be this as it may does
the Journal mean o say that throwing up breast
work and planting cannon in battery 40 as 10 COM