Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1846-10-22

HE WAN IN MEXfco Is 10 DC vigorously
prosecuted until the enemy shall sue for peace
No further reliance, i appears, is to b. placed
upon SANTA AsSA's pacific disposition. o.
upon any promises he may have made when
his return from exile was facilitated BIZ onr
! Government
With knowledge ofthe determinatp nbg,,.
which is now TO direct our military movements
Gen. TAYLOR will doubtless press on tov-ar5s
the city OF Mexico, striking powerful blows At
every point whore resistance may be Offered
General WooL's division. advancing on chi.
huahua, may be expected to form a junction
with the man army perhaps at ST Luis Po,a.
81, from which place the united forces viii
nave before them direct route to the Mex.
can capital.
Another line Of operations is also spoken Of
The Union of Wednesday evening has The
following
1'The papers have been Specializing upop
an expedition TO 1ampicu. We see no good
reasons why il should not be undertaken
We have still at least 10000 troops on The
Rio Gande. Allowing General TAYLoR,s
camp atMonterey TO have one half OF Ihem,we
have about 10000 more in that wing Of The
army, TO furnish troops sufficient for new
expedition. besides guarding the points we oc-
cupy on the river,and maintaining the connex-
4 ion between our different depoisv
/ We are not sure thai this estimate is alto.
gethes safe. But allowing that Cen TAYLOR
may leave Monterey with ten thousand men,
ii may be questioned whethert that is suiiicien,
force with which to invade nation OF some
nine millions Every days march will take
our adventurous army further into the interior.
They must soon come into th,ck,y settled
country where hostile population will sur
round them. The line communication with
the Rio Grand must be KEEP, up BY the esiab.
lishment of fortified depots at interval; along
the whole route, and every train of Wagons
bringing supplies must be strongly guarded
Nor can toragIng parties be sent out except in
sufficient force 10 ensure safety from attacks.
Moreover at every step ofhis progress General
TAYLOR will find his force diminished Mon.
terey cos: us five hundred men; il will take
probably five hundred 10 garrison il. Ii is
said that Saltlo is 4 stronger place, and better
fortified than Monterey
Now if the Mexcans adopt the plan of
avoiding general engagement and confine
the war to the defence OF the towns and strong
holds in Gen. TAyLoR's route, until they shall
have concentrated powerful force, they may
come upon our army, by and by, when il is
SO diminished in numbers and so weakened by
want of supplies as TO render the contest too
unequal even for American valor TO make up
the odds.
If Gen. TAYLOR is to march to the city Of
Mexico he ought 10 be reinforced. |; is recor.
ded among the memorable achievements of an.
tiquty that ten thousand men effected retreat
from the hear, of the enemv's country. They
were Greeks led BY XENoPHEr-the best sol
diers in the world, and led by one Of the ables,
commanders. They retreated from the coun-
| try OF the Persians-a people whom they had
beaten at Marathon, at Salams, at Platga.
with worse odds than our soldiers encountered
al Pa,o Alto, Resaca, or Monterey. If il
was great and memorable exploit, exhibiting
remarkable generalship to bring ten thousand
men in safety out of hostile country, what
shall we say of the military Judgment and
genius that would send ten thousand men
into the heart o. hostile country, with
march of more than thousand miles before
them; with fortified places and difficult noun.
tain passes 10 be forced with ~ exasperated
population around them; with the necessity
Of storming every town on their route, garr-
sonng them all afterwards, and maintaining
throughout the whole route an open communi
cation, by series Of well projected and strong
| ly guarded depots as remote as the RIO
Grande
We ar. no, likely to underraie the valour Of
oui Sitlf, NOlunletI5Faud IFguldfs, OluCcTs
and soldiers. We believe them capable ofthe
highest achievements short OF impossbties
Y ct if orders have been sent to Gen TAYLOR.
as we are told they have been. TO press on in
his march Of invasion, without assurances Of
suecour aud support we are persuaded that
such orders will involve fearful responsibility
Let the President call out the rest Of the CIV
thousand volunteers authorized by the Ac, Of
Congress. 1t is too late now TO calculate dol.
lars and cents too nicely. We are in for ths
war, and II must be fought out. A few nil
lions more or less are not to be thought Of I
II we are TO hesitate at the dread of expense it
may prove TO be an unwse economy, bringing !
on heavier expenditures hereafter with such I
terrible sacrifices of life and reputation as will
strike terror Ii,to the hearts Of those at whose
hands an account may be required Isylgour
the word2 decision, energy, blow upon blowl
So says the official journal. Very well. LIE!
the arm that strikes be braced let It's slnews
be made strong; let there be no stint We
know not wha, lies before us but we may be
assured that the business we have entered
upon in Mexico is no holiday work.--Boa
Amer.