The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1846-09-22
BY THE NJ AIL8.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 20, 1876.
Mexican affairs.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20, 1876.
Mexican affairs.
Important dispatches, we have been informed,
were received last evening by the Southe IN mail,
from Com. Conner They are supposed to be, in
addition to the official reports of the operations Of
the feet, copies of u preliminary correspondence
with Santa Anna, before and after his arrival at
Vera Cruz. The correspondence, if such there
be, relates UNIQUE stionably to suspension of hos
tlties with view to an ultimate peace. Santa
Anna must make all secure at home before he
can venture upon 60 bold step as a defnitive
peace with the United States; and this is evil
IDENTIFY his design in procaimDg the constitution
of 1924, the abrogation of which lost him Texas,
and finally led to his expulsion from the continent
We are expecting the return Of Mr.. Buchanan
every day, and not until he arrives can the policy
of the administration be understood regal ding the
offer OF Viscount Palmerston for the intermedia-
ton of the British government. The President is
so utterly sick tf this " existing war with Mexi-
(which, like wounded snake, drags its slow length
along"
that we are net altogether certain about the rejec
ton of Lord Palmerston's overture, though one
would suppose that we had gone now sufficiently
far into the morass to work our way through
without either the ad of the Queen of the Dutch,
or the King OF the French.
OF one thing we are perfectly satisfied, and that
is that the invasion via Camargo and Monterey, 10
a mere ru& de gterre-ihat. the Administration
have never had tue remotest idea OF peQetxetn4
| to Mexico by that route that the hope has Boon
of meeting the strength OF Mexico at Monterey,
and in effecting peace in a decisive overthrow
of the enemy at that point. The delay of Gen.
Taylor, has not been for the want OF pontoons,
pontoniers. tents, provisions, wagons, or steam
boats but with the view OF giving the Mexicans
time to collect their scattered forces so as to cut
them ell up in n single we-drected blow Now,
that we discover the Mexicans are disposed to
give way, and entce our army into the very heart
of the country, ut an impracticable dis
lance from supplies of men, munitions and
provisions, and at equally impracticable
distance from the city of Mexico, another line Of
conduct becomes indispensable 10 the conquest OF
a peace before the expenditure Of the term ofthe
twelve months volunteers. The Government has
seen enough, and the volunteers have suffered
enough, to justify the apprehension that not a so
ltary regiment will remain alter Its term OF ser
vice shall have explred-peace or no peace. The
glory OF the thing is not a compensation for the
heat, the rain, the long marches in the mud, the
mosquitoes, the sand flies, the scorpions, taran-
tuas, spiders, and the chaparrals. The gold and
silver mines have not been forthcoming-the rich
churches of the Aztecs still afar off in the dis
lance, like the illusions OF fresh water in the de-
serts of Africa. The volunteers, to use their own
language, have seen the elephant, and they find
him rather an uncomfortable beast 10 ride in the
march TO glory, and to tho gold and silver at the
end of The rainbow.
In addition to the expenses Of the frolic, then,
the world, to close the war within the SIX nontns
to come for at the end Of that period the army
will disband itself and disperse; at least mere -
every prospect of such an ultimatum 10 tne cam
paign, unless it is crowned by treaty OF peace In
the Interim ,.,.,
This affords the most satisfactory elucidation
N the alleged collision between Santa Anna and
our executive government Unless we have
snaedv peace, the march to Mexico will become
IN nerat,ve and 10 effect this, the entire army,
ha,ss and baggage, must be recalled from the
bsck door route OF Monterey, to the direct pas
sage across from Tampico, Vera Cruz or Alva-
lido. ON the gulf coast, either OF winch would
ave NJ least SIX hundred miles, land marching,
over the route from Monterey and Saltllo. But
before this transfer can be well effected, the time
NJ the volunteers will have expired.
We all know that between May and Septem-
Der. in 1912, Napoleon moved an army Of
100000 men, extending along a base line ola
thousand miles, making clean swarth across the
Russian empire, without the aid OF single
steamboat, and fighting the Russians every day,
while our army on the Rio Grande, with the
aid Of a dozen steamers, has actually made nve
days forced march in the same space OF ume'
which suiiiced the Emperor TO march bal. NH
lion of men over half the continent Oh Europe.
Neither the want OF tents, pontoons, lprovender
or baggage wagons, or any sscn stun, WIN ac-
count for this land tortoise progress oil our INV
ding armv No, sir; the enemy have dispersed,
and our army has boon uniting win me oensvo-