The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-07-08
THE MEXICAN WAR THUS FAR.

The war in which we are engaged has now pre-
,ented itself fully, and in all its aspects, to the
judgment Of the world. The ample and able re-
port of the Committee on Foreign Relations Of the
House OF Representatives, has stated may be
supposed, the view taken Of the whole subject by
the American government. The address, or as we
might call it, the annual message Of Paroles to the
Mexican Congress-one Of the ablest Of the recent
Mexican state papers, by the way--presents fully
and clearly the position fthe Mexican government
in relation to the war And finally, the last arrival
from Europe has brought us the judgment of the
Leading European nations upon the subject,
in so far as that judgment may be gathered from
the leading public journals in England and France,
and from some incidental ausion in tho course OF
debate in the French Chamber Of Deputies. Some
points in this European judgment of the war are
well worthy ofnotce 1y
In the first place, it is a striking fact, that
Mexico, weak, defeated, helpless, and hopeless as
she is, has gained in Europe no sympathy whatey-
err. She seems in this have forfeited even the i'm
memorial privilege of the unfortunate and the feeble
English policy is surely not too well pleased at the
first blush ola successful American invasion of Mex
ico though that same British policy may indeed,
upon further reflection, appreciate Justly the inesti-
mabe advantage Of the permanent peace upon the
North American continent to which such an inya-
sion looks Yet the British journals disinclined as
they are to see any extension of our territory.
pronounce almost with one accord that the
character of the war, thus far-incudng, we
may presume, the course Of conduct which
caused the war, as well as the mode in which
1t has been prosecued-bas sunk the Mexican char
acter lower than ever in the scale of nations One
of the French journals has been erratic and ventu-
rous enough to argue for an armed intervention of
the French government in behalf of Mexico. Bu,
even this journal, the Epoque puts its suggestion
distinctly on the ground of the future French inter
e"s IN the matter and not at all upon the Justice of
the Mexican cause. In word, Mexican policy to-
wards US, in the midst of its defeat and disaster.
hnds on the other side Of the water neither sympa-
thy nor defence The reason of this is obvious.
The European nations we'll know that our govern-
ment entered upon this Mexican war with reIuc-
lance, and only when any peace, save that peace
which should be gained by successful war. was no
longer possibility.
Again: Judging from the Indications of E,ro-
pean opinion which have just reached us. no man
can doubt, we think, that our war with Mexico
thus far has given the other side of the Atlantic
a new ana stronger impression of our national en-.
ersy' Inc terms IN which the European papers
speak of our military operations on the Rio Grende.
are altogether novel in the foreign accounts and es
Inmates OF American transactions. Butthe truly i'm
pressIVe aspect of our Mexican hosttes has not vet
reached Europe, and is not to be found in ouy t,vo
victories, unsurpassed az they are by anv nrevions
feats of American arms. The rush of our polun,,,,
army 10 The scene Of action is the fact in al, our military
operations which should strike, and which will
STRIKE the governments Of Europe with the deepest
and most enduring Impression. This spontaneous
military energy of federative republic il wba,
both England and France have ALWAYS ,ffec,ed n
dIsbelIeve They have regarded il "a nnoss;b.
They never lose chance to sheer at the c,,.n .oI
der. In an article bearing the sppc,r,ncs or a
MANIFESTO OIL Inc PaImerston party, the Morning
C"roho'e mas undertaken an elaborate refutation of
ne 'uea' "hioh II processes to find in the American
journals, shat the Oregon question is 10 D, settled in
Msrtco." Assuming the conquest of California and
of other Mexican provinces as the pecesssrv rs,,r,
of the continuance of the war. the Chronicle ne,
gravely argues that even such brilliant suce,ss
would form no conclusive reason whv ENGLAND
should yield to us on the Oregon question. The
adoption Of such line ofargument in such a ouar-
ter, shows how strongly the Mexican war has i'm
pressed the public mind in England: How much
VIII this impression be deepened, when il il known
that volunteer force Of many thousands few. at
the hrst call OF the country, to the Rio Grande with
a ceer'y that could hardly have been surpassed by
the disciplined movements of a standing army.
pay no respect and attach no value to the .
crude reports given out in some Of the French Jour
nails as to the probability of an armed Intervention Of