American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1844-1846, 1846-10-24
AmIrttou Republican,
AND
BALTIMORE CLIPPER.
SATURDAY MORNING, Der. "a, ls46.

Saw Jr,SpE ULuA. We mentioned, some
DAVIS since, the receipt of beautiful and accu-
..,, I.Iios,tion of this formidable fortress, by
M officer in the navy, and we have the plea
cure TO present it to our readers in to-dSy'S pa
per, engraved by Meosrs. johnson & Dor
,sv expressly for this paper. We have not
hoen able to preserve the colored lines OF the
criminal but that is not material, as the appear
,nce and strength of the fertilization are gwen
with great accuracy iH the engraving
A report was recently current that II was
The intention Of our government, TO oiSor an
attack to be made upon San Juan de UNA ny
our fleet; hut, if such was the design, II mas
bean abandoned, as We see bya paragraph III
the Union-and glance at tho plate when We
rive will shew, that the fortress " so we'll pro-
tectos ., 10 render it Rpregnabls to any as
.ault which might be made by sea- lndsso'
80 .borld consider it an act Of madness TO at
tenpt to carry tbs place by sea 1t would
cause an immense and useless slaughter OF our
naval officers and ssamen.
Presuming that many individuals, Whs are
not regular subscribers to our paper, would llke
10 POSSES the lithosraph representation oil thi"
strong aold Of our army, we have issued extra
papers to-day, which can be had at the counter
Car FOR VoLUNrEERs. The Union of
Thursday last contfadicts the report which we
Il d L.,
noticed few days since, that the President
had called upon Pennsylvania and other States
for additional volunteers. "No such call has
bsen made, :" says the Union aud yet the edit or
adds-"we cannot be mistaken in stating, TINT
a VIGOROUS prosecution Of tho war is the order
of the day. But we will not undertake to de-
velope the plan of the campaign. The events
will fully dovsIope themselves" We are sorry
10 have this contradiction in the official organ;
for, if''a vigorous prosecution OF the war is the
order of the day." as we have been repeatedly
assured it is by the Union, it would seem to be
indispenIibls that additional troops shall be
called to the field of action. This object of our
government is presumed to be, to compel Mex
leo TO submit to an honorable peace; but this
cannot be achieved by small military force
scattered in various sections; and we therefore
entertained the hope, that the President was
about to exercise the full power conferred upon
him by Congress, by calling into service the
whole of tho fifty thousand volunteers. BY
suck proceeding we should probably be able
to strike such blow as to drive the enemy at
once into terms. That would be ga vigorous
prosecution of the waI;" but we cannot see how
the war il to be vigorously prosecuted with the
present number and arrangements of our mill
tary forces. The troops under Gen. Taylor
may fight valantly and achieve victories, but
it will be by the sacrifice of many lives, and al
the hazard of finally being destroyed or csPtur-
ed by superior numbers To compel him to
proceed with his present force, and under exist
ing circumstances, would be to require him to
gut the safety of himself and army "upon a
cast, :" and tho result may prove most disastrous
to our arms We consider it cruel to thus thrust
him unprotected into danger; and hence We
hailed with pleasure the report, that additional
volunteers were to be sent to his assistance.
We have heard the difficulty Of procuring
money urged as reason for not calling out
more volunteers-but this is paltry excuse,
as the expense to the nation will not be dimn-
lshed bv the present course Of proceeding, as
the war must inevitably be prolonged 1t was
the duty of government to count the cost
tba No nj
common sense could have supposed that " e
could overrun and coHquer Mexico with few
thousand men, or without mourning very
heavy expense. Congress supposed that fifty
thousand volunteers might be required; and
the general expectation was, that such force
would be sent against Mexico as would be able
to bear down all opposition. A different course
has been adopted, and the safety of our troops
is likely to be perlled
The official editor may talk as much as lie
pleases about ga vigorous prosecution of the
war being the order of the day." but We arc
convinced that, to conduct the war vigorously
and successfully, we must have much larger
force than is now in the field.
The EFFEcr OF THE NEUs IN n YORK. The
Express of THURSDAY evening says: Private let
ters are decidedly more favorable as to the rise
of American Produce than the published &C
counts. some of tho most respectable cores
pondens state, with great confidence, that
prices vii 20 still higher The effect on this
market mas been most stirring-ererything is
up, Flour has advanced to S6,o5; at which
over 5000 bbls have been sold for Shipment
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