The New era. [volume] ([Portsmouth, Va.]) 1845-1847, 1846-10-17
THE ARMISTlCE

As our friend Fisk used to say, :. we are mex.
p~ressibly delighted" on learning the fact from the
Union OF "Wednesday night, that orders have been
sent on to Gen. Taylor, to terminate the "Arm;s.
tice" of sixty days, entered into with the Mexi.
can General Ampudia. It shows to the world
'hst our Government is determined to press the
contest with vigor, at the same time that il holds
out the olive branch TO Mexico, which she can
seize at any moment.
The Union after commenting on the ohtuse-
mass of Mexico. in not taking the hints given
them at Palo Alto aud Resaca de la Palma, and
showing the strength of our Army, coo, 0 on
the Rio Grande. with The folly of expanding two
months time of twelve months volunteers in in.
action, and performing the very unnecessary labor
of combating The absurdities and misrepresenta-
tious of the federal whig press of Baltimore, who
always have been. and always will he opposed
speaks In the following decided manner, with
which we, and the great majority of the Ameri-
can people entirely coincide:
Mexico has as yet indicated Too slow a desire
tor peace. TO encourage us in any I" masterly in.
activity" We must hasten her movements
we must strike blow after blow. The papers
have been specializing upon an expedition to
Tampico. We see no good reason why il should
not be undertaken. We have still AT least 90
COO tr"ops in the army of The Rio Grande. AL
lowing Gen. Taylor's camp at Monterey to have
one-hali OF them. we have about 10000 more in
that wing OF the army. TO furnish troops sufficient
Tor a new expedition. besides guarding the points
we occupy on The river, and maintaining the con.
nexion between our different depois. Is the
Baltimore editor willing TO paralyze all these
troops, to incur all the expense of supporting them
for eight weeks, Z" until Mexico shall Indicate her
purpose of peace or war }" Certainly this is not
our policy. We hope by the time that the arm
lstice would have expired Of itself, we shall see
our triumphant flag flying at chihuahua, at Sal
ullo, and, If the newspap per speculaiions are 10 he
believed, perhaps at Vittoria, (the capital Of Ia
maullpas.) and at Tampico. AT all events, we
go for action, energy, and succcss-always pre-
pared, however, TO negotiate for an honorable
peace hut declining any armistice, until a treaty
of peace has been ratified. Let the National In.
telligencer indulge its foreign partialities, if il
pieases-let 1t consider the war unnecessarily
waged, and the blood idly shed. W. can have
no sympathies with such miserable and senseless
ebn'iitions. We see our country plunged into a
war. by The aggressions of a foreign nation
claims neglected, solemn engagements To indem-
nIiy our citizens shamelessly ficien,
causes for war given. according to Gen. Jackson's
message, years ago-our territory finally invaded,
and the blood Of our citizens shed upon our own
soil. The patriot sees these things as they are
and sees like a man of sense, tina, we must now
night 1t ont-before us an honorable war and an
honorable peace-and he will refuse to cant and
TO whine over an unnecessary war. He will see,
1t the National lnlelligencer will not, that the
only road to peace is the continued prosecution OF
a successful and a vigorous war"