Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1846-06-17

es through country ineXpressaby pictu-
rescue and beautiful, yet the ignorant, idle,
and degraded population, the total absence
OF cultivation and Improvement, and ge-
neral appearance of wildness and desoia-
ton, produced with me feelings partaking
OF gloom and melancholy. Neither in 90
ing or returning, did | see one human be-
ing, man, woman, or child, engaged at
work of any sort. The great mass of the
population doZe out their lives with no
higher thoughts or purposes shan the beasts
which perish around them.
To a similar result is what our author
tells US Of the mode of agriculture. The
pillow in universal use is a wooden wedge
without particle of iron.
The Army of Mexico has never done
any thing else than to make revolutions.
There is no single good which it has ac-
comPlshed. What use has Mexico for a
standing army? No foreign power will
ever invade her. There is no motive, not
even that Of plumber, to do so; for they
are so impoverished that they have no
thing but the wealth of their churches.
and surely no civilized enemy would take
that. They have fears that we will assaI
them. | believe that those fears are
groundess, but if they are not, what re-
sistance could Mexico offer? A feeble
woman and a strong man armed would in
adequately express the inequality Of such
a contest. Her impoency and helpless
ness are her best protection.
The army, and more particularly their
cavalry, may do very we'll to fight each
other, but in any conflict with our own
or European troops, it would not be a bat
tie but a massacre. Frederick the Great
who was the author in a great degree of
the modern system Of tactics, had three
maXims as to cavalry. First, that a caval-
ry corps should never be charged, but al
ways make the charge. Second, that in
charge Of cavalry, they were not going
fast enough unless when halted the troth
from the mouth Of the horse struck the RI
der in the face; and third, which was ra-
! Their the summing up Of the first two, that
the spur was more important than the
sword. In other words, that the impulse
and momentum Of the horse was f more
consequence than the arms and bl0Ws-oI
! the rider. What then must be the muir
derous Inequality between a corps of Anne
rIcan cavalry and an equal number OF
MexicaEs? The American corps, from
! the superior size OF their horses, would
| cover twice as much ground, and the OBJ
siructlon offered by the MeXicans on theiI
small and scrawny ponies, would scarcely
cause their horses 70 stumble in riding oy Ell
them; to say nothing Of the inequality OF
the men themselves, five TO one at least il
| individual combat, and more than twice
that in battle. The infantry would be
found even more lmpotent The men are
generally of diminu'ive stature, wholly
unaccustomed to labor or exercise Of any
sort; and as conclusive proof Of their
interlorlty to our own indians, will men
ton the fact that frequent excursions are
made into the interior by marauding band:
of Comanches, who levy black mail to ar
extraordinary extent upon the northern
provinces OF Mexico. 1t IS not unusua
tor bands OF hundred Comanches thu;
to penetrate several hundred miles int
the country, and carry oil as many horses
cattle, and caPtIVes as they choose; there
are not less than I'VE thousand MexIcan'
at TINS moment slaves oil the Comanche;
-ahG oil all our western tribes the 20
mancheS are Inc most coWadly-the De
'awafeS frequently "hip them live to one
l ne Soio'GrS VI 'I'e mexican army are
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