The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1846-05-23
A New Article or War-How TO Deal with
Mexico.

A New Article or War-How TO Deal with
Mexico.
The Mexicans are peculiar race, and they
carry their peculiarites into every thing they
dertake. Even war itself is tinged with those pc
culiarites, when conducted by them. All other
nations except Mexico, conduct war on the same
principles and with the same materials but the
Mexicans have a peculiar kind of ammunition
besides powder and ball, which has proved very
effective in times past among themselves.
Let us explain our meaning.
1t will be recoected that last summer, feet of
low long black schooners, of beautiful model and
finish, was built for the Mexican government by
one of our most experienced ship builders in this
city These vessels, among other articles Of freight
took away several printing presses, fonts of type
and shooting sticks, for the use of the Mexican
government.
These presses formed the subject of surmise
and conjecture TO all who were acquainted with
their destination, and every opinion but the right
one was given as to the purposes to be accomplish
ed by them. Late occurrences, however, have
brought TO light the true uses for which those
presses were used
Every one, we presume Is acquainted with the
fact, that the daily revolutions that occur in Mex
leo are accompanied with little or no loss of life
or boodshed; that one dynasty is ovcrthrown, and
other erected, in the space of day or week,
III requently without firing shot, and with,
con- parauvey, little excitement or trouble. All
this is accomplished by the peculiar revolutona-
ry and military weapon they are in the habit of
using on such occasions This weapon is the
press; and hence we have solution of the pur-
poses for which those printing presses were pur-
chased in New York and taken to Mexico. When
military aspirant is DESTROYS of supplanting the
existing usurper at the head of the government,
all that's necessary for him to do, is TO collect
body Of followers, armed as well as possible, col
lect all the other means necessary to effect his OBJ
ject, arrange their adherents in military order, and
with the printing press in front, take up their line
of march to the capital. While on the march, the
press is employed in striking off ,lcianemto,
denouncing the person then in power; and if the
pTonnnciamento Of the new aspirants be success
fu in convincing the people of the necessity Of
change OF rulers, the revolution is complete, and
the new candidate takes the place Of his rival, to
be superseded in time by other adventurer.
Paredes, the present military usurper of Mexi-
CO, is not behind his predecessors in using this
great military weapon. Knowing the effect it
has on his countrymen, he supposed, probably
that pronunciamento against General Taylor, dis
fectual TO parayze its strength, if not 10 cause
revolution He accordingly tried the experiment,
and his generals scattered his pamphlets in large
quantities among General Taylor's forces, direct
ed principally TO the natives of Europe, urging
them to betray the American flag, and go over to
the Mexicans. 1t did not succeed very well, how
ever.
Now, we think that Mr.. Polk and his cabinet
ought to take hint from these movements Of the
Mexicans, and conduct the war against them, in
part, with the same kind of ammunition that they
have employed in their revolutions, and more re-
Gently against our camp. They have every fac-
lily for such purpose. The other day, the New York
pilots rendered their services to the government,
and likewise their splendid fast sailing clippers, for
any emergency in the present crisis. 1.-THE go
vernment will accept the services of one or more
ofthese vessels, we will engage to furnish a splen-
did double cylinder printing press, made by the
celebrated house of Hoe s. Co. of this city, for the
purpose We will also despatch some printers
and engineers with the press, and march in front
OF the grand army of 80, 900 men, to the capital
OF Mexico, striking off pronunciamentos, in the
shape of EXTRA HERALps, at the rate of seven
thousand an hour. Let us have printing press
necessary article of camp equipage-as well as
he Mexicans have it, and if our pronunciamentos
do not demoish theirs, we will be much mista-
ken. Let our EXTRA HERALps contain an adj
dress to the Mexican people, informing them that
we come as friends and not as enemies. That
we war not with the people, but with their mill
tary usurpers and despots, and that we have
marched into their country for the purpose of rid
ding them of their tyrannical rulers, and g,aran-
tying to them the benefits of free and stable 90
vernment. This proceeding would endear the
people to us--we would be hailed rs deliverers.
and IN short time the war would be ended and
addresses presented, by the thousand, soliciting,
and even begging, to be annexed to the United
States.
1.-THE government will make move in this
mattes, take this suggestion, and act upon it, we
viii engage to fulfil our part; and the result will
be the accomplishment of one of the grantlest and
most momentous revolutions tn at ever took place
in the civilized world.
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