Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1846-09-30
RICHMOND DAILY WHIG.
WEDNESDAY MORNING. SEPTEMBER 40. is4,
The War of ..ConciIiation -
ny ToLER, ELLIOTT a CO.

The indications from Washington arc very decisive. that
the President has become satisfied that he can never sue
coed in I" eonquering a peace" with Mexico, by making IL
the intcr.s, Of tho people OF that country that the wal
against that intangible Thing, rHrIE GOVERNMENT, shall be
pro,seted one. The idea was at first a farcieal one. and
could only have been ongcndercd in the minds OF these
who conceived il By the most singulary erroneous est.
mate OF the Mexican character. BY what fatality the Ad-
ministration wa. iaduced to suppose, that. differing 30
widely from the people Of all other countries, the citizens OF
MEXICO could be induced. almost en- masse, to abandon
their own flag. and to nail the approach OF the Invaders a
their lihcrutorsu from al oppressive tyranny, we are at a loss
TO conceive. II the President and his advisers had paused
TO consider tho effect which would have been produced
upon the people Of the United States, had an invading
army from Grent Britain landed upon our shores, proclaim
ing that they came to wage war. not against them, butt
yninst their Government, IL seems to ne that they would
Zoe heen ut once satisfied OF the falaey Of the hope which
they seem TO nave ''-1-is~d IN regsrd 10 IN. 'aassass OF .
similar proceeding on our own part towards the Mexican
Government and people. American citizens would deem
such an effort to separate them from the Government TO
which Iboy owe allegiance, as a degrading imputation upon
their patriotism and as an insult TO their Understandings
and though, like the Mexieans, they might conceal this
feeling in the presence OF a powerful enemy, they would
not be less prompt to asail him whenever u rcverse Of for.
tune should enable them to strike an effective blow. Such
will be The fate Of our army in Mexico. Furnished readily
with such supplies as they required. and as the MeIicans
were able TO dispose OF, al prices which all accounts concur
IN representing as most enormous, our army Will noNorthc-
less find, should they meet with a reverse Of fortune,
(Which we do not. however, think at all ~probable,) a for
midable and fcrceious enemy in their rear. whose seeming
friendship, as all accounts now cUncede, is but u ~perhdious
mask, which they are eager TO throw of. The truth is,
the people of Mexico,-even those bordering most nearly
on the United States-can never be incorporated with the
citizens Of this country. OF distinct races, they are stll
more widely separated by differences of religion and by
their social habits and customs; and, so intense and endur-
inc IL this ontaunnism of feeling. that even If the WAY shall
he terminated by the annexation 10 the United States Of
all that portion Of the Northern Mexican States bordering
upon the Rio Grande, from its source to its mouth, there
will be almost a universal exodus Of the Mauritarian race
by whom IL is now populated, between whom and the
Anglo-Saxon, If there be no actual %antpathy, the points OF
assimilation arc TOO few and feeble TO render their amalga-
nation possible.
But, we are DEPRESSING. A New Orleans correspondent
Of the National Intclhgeneer relates the following anecdote.
Tor the purpose of showing the views and expectations OF
our government when the war commenced
"a field officer Of the army, now with Gen. TAYLOR,
told me, when passing through here, that he was IN Wash
ihgton last spring when the hrst news arrived Of hostilrues,
and Congress adopted prompt measures for the war he
was conversing with a prominent member Of Congress,
tho chairman Of an important committee, which brought
him in constant and confidential communication with the
Government, Of which he was an ardent political suppor-
ter, aud This officer was stating his views as 10 the most e-
iecual plan for prosecuting the war against Mexico; and,
after he got through doing 80, added thHtif his plan was
followed he thought the wa: might be brought TO q close
10y January next. January ." said the chairman in re-
ply with much Gstonishment; why, SIR, II we cannot close
this war by July, the sooner we buy of Mexico the better"
"Well, sir" said the officer, 'f such are your expectations,
the sooner you begin TO get the money ready 10 buy her of
the better"
From the same letter we make the following interesting
extract, from which the reader will be enabled TO form some
idea OF the folly of the Administration in attempting to
carry on a ''war OF conciliaton," and the immense expen-
di,uto 10 which it has already led. and the amount Of which.
when the aggregate shall be summed up, will make tho tuG.
- - -. r II Eli
War seem to be thrown into the shade by the unsystematic
and extravagant scale upon which the Mexican campaign
mas been conducted
Gen. TAYLOR will ne doubt reach Monterey and will
find a city Of non combatants, and the object Of the cam
paign no further advanced than at MatamOras. We may
Jake some OF their seaports, but that is Of no material con-
sequence, as Mexico has but little commerce, and mono
that IL OF any advantage to her, as II IS all done by foreign.
op, and in foreign ships; and os to taking possession Of her
frontier towns or provinces, tits very acceptable TO the IN
habiianis, US our army, by their immense expenditure IS
ennching The country by consuming every thing they can
furnish, and paying four prices FOR every article. As to the
manner in which the war thus lar has been conducted, Ut
Ter ignorance, waste and extravaganza have marked all the
arrangements connected with II here at home, and has con-
sequcnty had u corresponding effect on the condition aud
movements Of the army aud in nothing has there been
grossor OF more palpable errors than ms regards the meas
of transportation. and a volume might be filled with details.
At this moment our levec - ineumoeied with wagons III
tended for Gen. Taylor's army, lying day after day, with all
their fixtures, exposed to a sun which raises the thormome-
ter 20 1902; and mules bought 10 the Western country, and
brought here al a great expense, are being shipped by yes
sells which receive $1,000 to $4,000 freight for the run
down ~ the Brssos Santiago, carrying 100 to $50 mules
each; many Of which perish On the voyage from want OF
proper care, and tho usual risks OF a sea voyage, and one
hall OF those landed will die from not being aeclimated.-
One Of these transports recently embarked l2I mules here
md landed 2G the remainder died or were thrown overheard
IN a gale; aud all this Ia done when far better, more service
nblo and acclimuted mules can be bought there at S25
each. All this. however, is but . mere item in comparison
with other arrangements, and particularly with the the Or.
Engagements connected with the inland expeditions 10 San.
10 Fc, &c"