The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1846-11-18


rtoral ACCOMPLISHMENT Of which the only ascsained
result is.s heavy charge upon the public exchequer
usns. :.smsns i' the pons cs
fornia has or has not again joined the confederation
at IL % IN s:s:n Of
from what !: .onswhss gssndiequsnty called the
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opponents with whom the British soldiers have recently
hadso contend in Hndussan The defence Of the passes
In Upper India and their utter abandonment In Mexico
furnish still stronger points Of contrast.
General Ksarneys opinion of his adversariss may be
into his camp by. General Armiio the Mexican com.
mandsr, at Fort Bent
The army of the United States were then at Fort
Bent which post they quilted the ID Of August We
40 moi remember ever to have read Of easier invasion
ss p than this one Of
est glance at the accounts WILL believe be q salts
factory justification Of the somewha, contemptuous OPT
Nota shot was fred-not foeman appeared On tho
l3th, the United States army encamped at the Sar-
pillo and here they learned from Captain Cook that
force Of 900 Mexicans and Puebos with 1900 armed
Canton Pass near santa Fs. General Kearney had at
length reached his Austerlitz-his Mont St. Jean The
result, with arrival Of the mail and the promotion of
licious.
This sjust though Napoleon had planned and exc
rs courier in safety into Moscow. The prophetic gra.
titude Of the authorities at Washington to General Kes
ney, exceedingly we'll timed it was clubbing him
Knight Banneret-hailing him Impertorn on the bat
tie field without moments delay
The writer OF the previous account concludes as fol
"In conclusion, let me say that we have not lost
man IN tho artillery nor have any sick at the present
S' mat We arc all as c0n'sn''d as we possibly can
Az no mention is made of loss in any other arm,
as cheaply as their comrades ofthe artillery.
What can be the termination of such warfare this,
rites in the spirit Of Horace Smiths southeyian &c.
must
:" am blessed Glendoveer
lis mine to speak and yours to hear!"
From the London News, Oct. 27l
With the sublime of extravaganza, Burke depicted the
French democrats pricking their dotted lines" the
them into joints and sirlons What would he have
said to the Americans Of day. who having devoured
ing their dotted lines" Mexico and driving the United
States uncontrolled through the midst Of that puts
Not only has Commodore sloat taken possession of
California now and for evermore, declaring part and
parcel of the United States but General Kearney has
done the with Santa Fe and New Mexico. compel
ling alcaldes and cures not only to submit, but
to swear allegiance to President Polk. at
officers Of the United States military and naval service
would have ventured upon issuing proclamauons such
question: (Which will be warmly discussed among our.
seves' Of the rghHof the executive thus to spuate with
out condition the annexation of whole foreign countries
and foreign populations"
American commanders, indeed little restricted in
their grsndiioquence by Instructions from Washington
Yet the plau II It be one OF conquest has not been i'll
conceived. Well-concerted measures appear to have
been taken by the generals for becoming masters Of all
that portion OF Mexico east of the mountains and far
south as Tampico General Kearney has conquered
New Mexico General Taylor has taken equal pains for
Gaines or General Jessup succeed at the time
the attack Tmpico the Americans will have already
carried for point Of the Mexican empire
with Potos and its mines within their reach from which
even Mexico Is menaced
We cannot believe, however that their purpose
quest with the exception Of California and Of Santa Fe
which is eastward Of their proclaimed boundary line,
the Rio Grande.
The government of Washington and the naval and mi
tary Commanders certainly counted on the power and
the viii Of Santa Anna to make peace He has not been
and that he will have the power if the Mexican General
Ampuda and his force should be driven from Monterey
General Tay lors success however probable, is by
means certain Ampudia is good artillery officer. He
seems well supported And General Taylor has given
his foe advantages by changing his policy towards the
o and like hs British IN
altered dollars for the food ofthe army But Wash
and orders have been given that the and his
| are to live upon the country.
commander desired. Ampudia has issued terrible pro-
carnations to deter the excsns from supplying the foe.
General Taylors new plans Of living by plumber will be
more etectual than Ampudias proclamaons, in driving
of the Rancheros with their provisions and cattle beyond
the reach ofthe invading army.
III Ampuda Will but stay TO be beaten" writes an
American general all will be we'll Should he mere
y retreat he will battle Taylor and render hts force and
his expedition utterly useless"
Every thing will depend on what takes place at Mon.
terey. II General Taylor receive check, may
reckon the war being carried with the greatest vi
gor against Vera Cruz and Tampics Should the Next
cans, under Ampudia be defeated and dispersed Santa
Anna may be expected to step forward and make
terms indeed, not SO favorable IL he could have
concluded at once, but still conditions absolute
ly destructive Of the empire.
should the continue fatal may prove to Mexi.
it will scarcely prove less disastrous the United
States and to its government whose financial discredt
and distress will be laid bare This would be no,unlke.
ly to produce crisis and either compel and
rigorous taxation or induce vote Of the legislature
probating the war and its author, the President.
The Policy of France-Thc Revulsion In the
Entente C0Hdlale.
From the London Times, Oct. SOL
The Prese Paris Oct 2s Observes that now that the
Duke and Duchess of Monpenser have entered France
accomplished with which the Duke was menaced the
period is arrived to close the long discussion to which
the spanish marriages gave RISE French diplomacy"
Has accomplished work of the most lofty bearing. It
has ELECTED this IN the interest Of the country, in the
great nation owes to its allies In the great interest Of
the counry-snd, We may add in that Of Spain likewise
oft best alliance. from that political and Commercial
servitue with which England menaced her-France no
the will place itself in her presence at the foot Of
the Pyrenees and threaten to bring down on her that
spirit OF the revolution of which she is the evil genius
France sure hereafter to find in spain where the wor
ship of monarchy will long be perpetuated a friendly
power and faithful guardian of her southern frontiers
y, and in resuming her rank world an ally which
may aid her some day to maintain the balance OF power
on the seas so much compromised by the formidable
force OF England France must find henceforth in the
union which has been accomplished advantage which
cannot but ameliorate her position in the world. A
struggle for influence has taken place in Spain between
France and England, and France has been victorious
This result alone would be Of the highest importance
but this importance ia increased still by the dis
satisfaction manifested by England and by impotence
Of the efforts which she multiplied in order the
check which she had not foreseen The result is
compshed; and whatever may hereafter ensue the
Spain shall not fall on the head OF prince de-
voted to the policy Of England. But France, whilst
securing this result has not violated any of the bases of
public law in Europe She has not interered with that
principle of the balance Of power in Europe established
100 since to the eternal separation of France
from Spain. Should events, impossible human
foresight can imagine, produce that confusion which
Europe wished to prevent the renewal of the renunca
the matter beyond the influence of any fears still more
now that Princes enjoy but restricted power and that
the sovereignty belongs principally to the two nations