Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1846-10-20
THE ENQUIRER.
o1ning. october II. 1916.
piCH M.,ND. W

:, tho MEXICAN war. They pointed exulins'
!, the fact, that Gen. Scott had declared s'a' o
army could not be collected on the MO o,'"
hatore Tho IL, Of September, and that SAID dec'a
r,,;n,s had been fully verified. Iiue' oene'a
sco, frs, spoke of,he Isl Sep'emoer as inc ea''
nsriod for assembling an effective army; ou' upo'
.sober second though }" he corrected DIS h's' IN
nress,ops and fixed upon the LIST oe0o" 70 :"
lime Now. it will be recollected that on Inc d.
| sep,ember Gen. Taylor Left Camargo WIN d wen
disciplined and strong force, ana aeniessu =
,olendid victory at Monterey on the IAN seP'em
Der, JUS. a week before the day ~nich 1e"
| Scott, in his plan of campaign iha'caeo a. -
earliest time possible for commencing d" ~
men, from the Rio Grande.
There seems 10 be a universal agreement .
.;,inn ,b,, The Government has done well II
promptly ordering a termination OF Inc aru's''ee
Our only policy is TO push on The advantages w
have already secured, to give to Mexico ihces
s.n, blows and force her into a negotiation U
mare BEFORE The message from our govern
men,. ordering the suspension OF Inc arn''Sn.'
| can reach the American camp, Inc Mexican" w
.r,nsn IN ba ve heard of the result al Mon'e'
row and II satisfied Of The desperate nature VI '"''
,hsr ,ss;s,ance. NAV take measures TO neso''a'e
Sho,,d i, he mad enough still TO fight on, IS II no
opr policy 10 lose no more time, ana push cue
n an end? II The victories oil Palo A'o' nesae'
IA Ia Palma and Monterey are not strong ehousn
~ ;,nnress Mexico with our power-if the cap
,,.. a,d retention of New Mexico and California,
,daed - ,bs other brilliant and decisive achieVe-
mep,s Of our arms, do NOT arouse Mexico from "e'
dream Of successful and exuiting resistance ~ ou'
movements made with the express oolec' Vi VIZ
dica,ine our rights and Furnishing her 'nsolence,
:. Il wise is il safe in US 10 waste more Tune anu
allow her 10 concentrate her forces, and, thereoy'
bring on other and more bloody balsIest 10 PaS"
on our army, capture her towns, oiockaoe mel
mrs. seize Tampico and cut offthe Mexican sup
plies from that quarter and every other; IN a wo'u'
10 pu, forth all our energy and strength, 10 a COM
h;ned movement against her, oy land and sea, IS 10
consul, moi only our safety and honor, utlhe cause
If neace. which all desire. We are glad, then, 10
see This important step so promptly ana co'uiai''
taken by our Government.
But. 4, is said by a lew, il is inJudiclou' 10
break M the armistice, because The iorce unaef
Gen. TAYLOR may not be sufficient TO progress
much farther with safety, that Gen. Ampuuia
army ms entire, that The whole Mexican ma
lion will be aroused and greatly outnumoer our
army. which ma, be placed in serious danger
The Union takes up these objections and an
swers them fully. Its facts and deductions are
so interesting, hat We quote largely. In our view'
,,ev form AN agreeable diversion from The PAIN
IL, scenes with which the public mind has re-
gently been shocked and overwhelmed. lha'
excitement we trust, has exhausted itself IN The
aw,ul developments that have transPired-and
the community will now be disposed TO turn 10
me thrilling events in The heart OF MEXICO
What, prouder occupation, than 10 dwell upon
he trials and suherings, and glorious deeds, OF
"a, gallant brethren at Monterey-and 10 watch
eagerly their future movements towards the capi-
,al Of Mexico, and The probable hazards lhey
NAV run, or the new iriumphs they may achieVe.
The following comments OF The Union present
any Thing but a gloomy picture Of what we may
expect:
"Wehave no apprehension of Gen. Taylors
strength or his success. he has probably by ms
une. 10 900 troup, al Monterey-ior, Other troops
were ON heir advance TO relntuIce the b,0O0 which
,r carried with him. We do not state this TACT
Il. advised Y. We are no; afraid oi any lorce
which Ampudia can bring against him. he
o,ss between Monterey ami Sait,iio is me on J.
,,nouIlsn nj obstacle which lies IN our way; ana
tie twenty odd pieces vi neaVy di'iiie'y WIFI
we have won al Monterey, can scarcely De SUD
s'in,ad hv liner cannon on the part OF the enc
nv whilst they will contribute 10 open our way
though The mountain passes. They cannot cope
win rs in The open 6eld-ior no one now doubts,
mat 10. 900 Of our troops, the finest perhaps in the
world. are s~uficienI Ia defeat any force which the
Nexicans may bring against US. why, men,
>hnuld we nause in our victorious careerl why
,honld our forces "fesl al Monterey for The pre-
>eo,n and thus permit The time OF our twelve
month"; volunteers 10 waste away IN inaction l.
rbe "ClippeI" does no, do justice TO The energy
and efficiency of our troops. II has loo many
tears Of their success, which IL unnecessarily
saws. should not be lightly hazarded.' lhey
NAV be greatly out numbered" but we dreaa no
.uperiorriy otnumbers. Theirdiscipline gallanlIy
and skill will overcome all such opPos'ion.-
Mexico has as yet Indicated too slow a desire Tor
neace 10 encourage us in any mastery inacii-
NV, We must hasten her movements we
mus, strike blow after blow. The papers have
been specula,ine upon an expedition TO Iampico.
We see NO good reason. why ii should not be
undertaken. We have still al least ~, GOO troops
in the army of the Rio Grande. Allowing lie
neral Taylor's camp At Monterey 10 have one
hall OF them, we have abou, 5000 more in that
wing Of The army, 10 furnish troops sufficient Tor
a new expedition, besides guarding The points We
occupy on The river, and maintaining The con
n-xiun between our different depols. Is The Bal
more Editor willing 10 paralyze all these troops,
To- incur all The expense al Supporting mem lor
eight weeks, until Mexico shall indicate her
purpose of peace or WARP Certainly this snol
our policy We hope by the time thatine arms
ice would have expired of i,self, we shall see
our tT,umpl,an n, flag tl,ins at Chihuahua, at Sal
rl]o. and il The newspaper speculations are 10 oe
believed, perhaps al vi loria, (the capital oil Ia
maulipas,) and al Tampico. At all events, we
on lur acliun, energy and succrss-always pre-
nared. however, to negotiate Tor an honorable
peace, bur declining any armislice until a
Itea,y OF peacc has been ratified. Let The
National Intelligencer indulge its foreign par
,,ati,ips if il pleases-let il consider the wal
unnecessarily wagtd. and The blood idiyshed. We
can hive no sympathies vi h such miserable and
s.nseless ebulii:ions. We see our country
plunged into a war. by The aggresslons OF a lot
eish nalion-claims neglected, solemn engage
men,s 10 indemnify our citizens shamelessly vio-
la,ed-suficienl causes for war given, accor-
ding TO Gen. Jackson's message, years ago-our
territory finally invaded, and the blood OF our Gil
,zens shed uron our own soil. The patriot sees
these things as they are, and sees, like a man Of
sense. thai we must now fight il out-beiore US an
honorable war and an honorable peace-and he
will refuse 10 cant and 10 whine over an nnneces-
sary war. He will see, if The National lntelli'
senccr will not, that the onlv road 10 peace Is The
continued prosecution OF a successful and a visor'
Gus war"
We Yesterday received three New Orleans mails
and il was a dull business To scramble over Iheir
contents. Though ii consumed much time, we
found nothing very interestine-save, perhaps
The developments of The true designs of Yuca'an
,or which We refer to an article from the Plea
yune. Thai people, ii seems, under Inc suise o.
friendship for us, is at heart The true ally o
| Mexico and aids her with her acts. They fur.
nish a striking specimen Of Punic faith, and our
gove,nmenI >hould he on its Guard, and counter