The daily union., 1846-10-01
ylGOR In THE WAR.

ylGoR IN THE WAR.
We are glad TO perceive that the feeling Of the
country in favor Of the most energetic and effective
war measures, ih the present posture of our Mexi-
can affairs, is fast becoming almost unanimous In
huential whig journals are speaking out strongly
upon the subject and in the democratic ranks there
Is hardly dissendent voice.
Our government, we are well assured, Is fully re-
solved To second to the utmost these patriotic wishes
Of the people, and to spare no effort to urge on the
various lines of army, till satisfactory and per
manent peace is won. The attempt OF Mexico to
proerasthate and gain time, by prolongng negotia-
tons will be met, on our part, by increased vgOr
We have exhausted the resources Of conclliation.
We have shown ourselves, flom tho beginning,
friends and seekers Of peace, if peace can be had
with justice No mediation is needed 10 place our
government, towards Mexico, in an attitude which
must command the favorable judgment Of the
world. No mediation can avail to shape our
purposes and our policy in the war. These are
fixed upon grounds Of night not to be shaken. 1t
only remains for US, then, TO carry through what
we have begun, and bring our hostlliues to
prompt and signal issue. This course is demanded
by the justice Of cause, and the reused spirit Of
our people. The war must be carried on in
such a spirit as to teach at once the Mexican
government and the Mexican people that the
blessings Of peace are not TO be lightly sacrificed.
The Mexican government must be made to feel
that delay, and a lemporizng policy in negotiation,
ruinOus to u, as they injurious to us. We
are told that the Mexican government cannot con-
slider nor make propositions Of peace ill the Mexi-
can Congress meets. IL is fit that Mexico should
know at once the whole cost Of such a resolve. II
is we'll for her to understand at once, if the
question Of peace is not to be entertained ill De-
eomber tina, the intervening months wall witness the
rapid and victorious progress OF our arms into the
heart Of the country, and that arms will briste
upon its strong holds, while our squndrons beleaguer
and threaten its coast and that all this will be done
in the spirit aud purpose Of efectua and invasive
war.
Such a course, We are persuaded, is demanded by
the crisis From among many similar expressions
Of opinion which We find in the whig press, we Sc
lecI the following; AMI we repeat that on such
subject we are glad 10 perceive the opposition press
adopting tone 50 just and patriotic
tTom the \. o. e ON. Times.
USIrED STATES AND MEMco.-The information
OF the suspension by the provisional government Of
Mexico, Of The proposition for peace, made by the
Unted States government, - beyond pcradycRture
authentic. We have different letters, all from
reliable sources, which repeat the same intelligence
There s no doubt Of It's truth, and none that The
prUtoNt upon which the rejection was based was
that the question of peace or war could be alone
solved by Congress- and that this body was not to
assemble until December next. The reason assign
Ell by the government Of Mexico for Its summary
refusal to accept the liberal aud magnanimous offer
Oi the United States - speClOus hut hollow and un-
satisfactory. II sincere disposition had been felt
TO put end to the cffuslOn Of blood, and to meet
our government in the lran: and generous spirit in
which the offer was made, all difficulties might have
been readily surmOuntcd. IL Congress be alone
vested with authority TO declare or proclaim
peace, the question could have been submitted its
dChberation with comparatively llttle delay by the
call OF an extra session, or, rather the Fastening Of
its convocation with the elections tha; are to pre-
cede it. The reply of the Mexican ministry con-
vlncCs US that whether they acting under the
immediate advi3cmen, OF Santa Anna, or assuming
the responsibility during his absence they seek to
play fast and loose to temporze and palter with us
IN the hope, perhaps, Of gaining time for formda-
bic preparation; or it may be, Of obtaining a truce,
which will furnish them with an opportunity by
which they can call together and consolidate their
scattered forces
Whatever may be the consequences to Mexico sf
this rash and iadvissd policy, we are not of those
VINO Imagine that the lndignty Of a refusal throws
the slightest opprobrium on our government, or can
affect It's reputation, either at home or abroad. Had
an offer for peaceful Tc"GmGnt Of existing diff
cultles emanaed from power equal or inferior to
Mexico, its re- lection might be attended with a de-
gree Of natIsDal humiliation; because it might have
been said that fear, not humanity, had prompted
the proposition. The United States are amenable
TO no such charge. immeasurably stronger than the
country with which we at war having recently
manifested our superiority by two decisive victories
having oSerrun large portions of the hostile SOIL
captured an entire provmce--sezed upon the towns
Of The enemy, and driven her soldiers out Of sight
victorious In the most complete aCCeptation Of the
term, we can defy maevolence itself TO discern in
recent protier of peace, ought but lenent and
comprehensive magnanimlty, that was willing TO
pause IN career of trumphs, and tender the olive
branch to u defeated and disprited foe. If our
cIemency has been misconstrued into fear by Mexi-
CO.. If that bcsotted nation, with arrogance in an
inverse ratio of ITS power has chosen the arbitra-
ment Of the sword, in the vein belief that our re-
sources are exhausted, bitterly, we trust, will it be
made to repent the error.
IL seems to now, that all further talk of com.
promise, all tagging, halting plans, must at once be
abandoned. We have made fair offer, which has
been rejected under pretences too transparent to de-
celve. To renew the offer would be dishonorablc;
to remit the prosecution of the war, dsg raccful; to
conduct IL tamelY ana tardlly, deplorabie. The
most short rt'sghted policy cannot but perceive that
the only means left of conducting ho9tilities
with effect, and of thereby abrdging the duration of
the war, is TO strike swift, sudden, and overwhem-
ing blows. No sooner will the news reach WASH
lngton than we hope TO hear of the most active and
vigorous measures Mexico is already invaded at
different points Let the forces now engaged, each
in its own sphere, push forward to its destination,
covering the country with American troops, and
seIzng and securing every stronghold their route
until all the important possessions of the enemy are
in our hands. We also hope that news will soon
arrive that the Gulf squadron has been ordered to
its miserable and abortive demonstrations and
procrastinating bockades, and to accomplish some
thing that will rebound to the navy by Gripping the
energies of the foe. Whatever il done, should be
quickly done. The nsolont Mexican gathers cour-
age from our delays, and deems them evidences of
weakness He should be undeceived by few
strokes of military strategy, skill, and valor, simi-
lar To lhnae vhinh atLIIcE INN LiLl -l