Wisconsin herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1846-1849, 1846-10-31
Sa0TaEaing OF MONTERREY.

Ss0TlEAang on Monterey.
We surrend large portion Of our
columns to-day to the details Of the
la;e struggle at Monterey, which will
be read with o profound though pain
ful interest. The gallantry OF our
conntrymen, the discipline and e6ec-
tive leading of our army, have again
been proudly indicated. To van.
qulsh the half civilized, half armed,
badly disciplined Mexican masses on
broad plain like Palo Alto, was an
easy achievement compared with the
storming Of place of such great ma
iural strength as Monterey, wherein
the advantage of numbers WAS strong
~ seconded by that of position, and
wherein OndiscipIIned yalor and nfe-
rior physical force could be Induced 10
stand on The defensive behind walls,lar
better than in the face of steady vol.
leys of cannon and musketry, and the
ominous sheen of advancing rows of
leveled bayonets. We trust the Mex.
leans are now convinced that they
have no chance to resist or troops in
opon warfare, even behind entrcnch-
ments, and that the fortunes of war
have nothing in store for them but en-
durance and discontinue. In this
CONVICTION only can we find any oxpla.
nation Of the assent Of Gen. Taylor 10
an Armistice for so long a period rs
eight weeks. IL there is to be more
storming, more bloodshcd, il was surely
unwise to give the Mexicans 80 long
time in which to recover from The of-
fects of this blow.
That the Mcxicans have made more
gallant and more obstinate resistance
at Mo terey than was anticipated, in
this conntry,is certain. The three days
fighting. the heavy loss of our troops,
obviously not exaggerated in the ac-
counts which have reached us,) and
the terms Of capitulation, all testify
that the badly armed, worse fed. undis-
ciplined Mexicans have fought better
than the character they have borne A.
mong ns would give reason to expect.
True, they fought for their hearths,
their affairs, their National integrity,
their wives and children, while our
soldiers fought FOR - wbal1 How
stands the account in the books of the
Recording Angel
IL does seem 90 us that no consider
ate man who believes that The Universe
has Ruler, would willingly be.
come responsible for the suffering Of
one thousand human beings, the deaths
of probably half that number, the rid
ding and ravaging Of populous
christian city. with the innumerablc
bcrcavements and agonies herewith
connected, for all the power ofPoIk or
fame Of Napoleon. None can lay that
these Mexlcans in Monterey have de-
served death at our hands; none can
fail to sec that they were defending
their own soil; we think most would
! prefer to have fallen with them in de-
feat rather than have died in the arms
Of victory among the cxulting inya-
ders. And can any one believe that
the responsibility Of all this horror is
not charged somewhere? Corporations
are said TO have no souls; Nations often
act as if they lad none; but Divine JUS
tice is not thereby dcfrauded. Every
citizen Of the United States who has
in any manner chccrcd on the chariot
Of War--who has not done what he
lawfully could do TO arrest its to
some extent pariaker in tie guilt of
these awful buichcries, and therefore
responsible before heaven.
Nc trust the thirst for slaughter Is
now satiated and that our Government
will make open and favorable proffers
Of peace 10 Mexico-pro,iers which
the world will say she hanorablv NAV
and ouehtto accept rdere professions
OF Willingness TO Great are not sufIi-
Gent. Let the terms on which VIC will
make peace he submitted TO the i'm
partial judgment Of mankind, and let
US mt any rate refrain from further
gl.Cer, except in our own defence. -
We, do not need the territory Of Mex
eco; we should hardly consent to incor-
porate her people with ours on terms
Of perfect equality, and we have no
right to subject them to a government
which they had no hand in directing
We can gain nothing by farther iDva-
sion and offensive warfare that We
ought to desire. Peace! Peace! give
US Peace! Has there not been enough
OF human slaughter in such cause az
ours?-N. Y. Tribune,