New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-11-20

CO.. Of aEs Unaed Stcses ,.a0 cetirc7g or
rc,,iv>y ;usg oSensise War and egpT0rs nc ea2'eo
,.,r,,,z,,, c,uy Country lsisht or Wrong
n the Daily Tribune Of Tuesday Eth ms: was
published originally private letter from u s
Artillery officer to his friend in this City to which
we would call your attention, especially TO the ioi
lowing passage:
81 as.,sed with g,q, if i. is only be obtained By
bu,ehering my fellow men and wish some OF our "a
Iorous friends at the North could see le - se
realities Of War and they would no DC 80 ne ~
ru.h into one on every trivial occasion IL MAKES me
s;cL now when think OF the scenes Witnessed ihey
were perfectly hoTrid On the night oil the "a rs our
shelis exploded in the city they were followed ~ inc
rnosr nrTife cries perhaps from women ana e""o'e'
which did not cease I'LL morning
Reverend Srsl what do you think OF THIS busI-
ness Of the causes which led to it and Of the ne
Iigion which looks coldly at it, then passes by on
the other side 2 This tearing to pieces OF women
and children in their dwellings with the most mur
derous and diabolica engines Of torture, which pro-
badly manned for life and racked with agony two
or three inefficient inofiensve women and children
for every soldier they killed or disabled, what have
YOU to say about lit 1t really seems matter o;
too much moment TO be passed over with lndihef.
ence bythe sentinels on the moral watch-towers Of
the Nation.
Have YOU ever asked what these poor women
and children of Monterey had done that should suo
iect them TO be torn in pieces by our shells ana rid
died by our grapc-shot? What is their CRIME
Nav: Where is our warrant for hanging and
sIaugiitering them until our very soldiers, trained
TO war and steeed by long practice to look with
Indifference on carnage, sickened with horror !
Call 10 mind tho whole array Of hlmsy pretezts Tor
this War Of invasion and conqucst-the claims
of our merchants, the rebuff Of Plenipo. Sldell,
the battles of the Rio Grande latter our invading
army had repeatedly been requested to retire from
before Matamoros into the real territory oil
Texasl-exaggeratc all these as INSCRIPTIONS
10 as Polk will in his forthcoming Message.
and ssy after all if the whole forms Justification
for our invading march into the heart OF Mexico
and the butchcry there Of the women and children
of Monterey.
Do not turn aside from this picture. Say not,
with Cain Am ] my brothers keeper This
butchery is prominently you, work ! 1t was your
solemn duty TO teach the People who needed you to
loathe and detest offensive War as among the most
fragrant crimes against God and Humanity-as an
aggregation Of nil crimes whatever. Had you
borne seasonnble, faithful, emphatic testimony
against this giant crime, you could have been heard
and bcedcd You need not have condemned h's
War in particular if you had but done your whole
duty with regard to War in general When Re
Ipiop shall have resolved to treat War ms Religion
ought to treat it, the last battle will have been
fought The War of Religion upon War IS the only
one in which an intclligcntly deyout man can con.
xistently do battle.
And vet cergynlenare III the ranks OF ourinvadlng
Army!-somo as combatants more to invoke God S
blessing on such operations that described in the
above extract! Praying that each shell may aIl so
as to mangle and lncerate goodiy number oil hu-
man beings-that our grape may tear OF! under Jaws
and SKATER knee pans-thnt our bayoncts may Ind
the hearts at which they are thrust with deadhest
purpose And we have cIcrgymcn at home who
devoutly pray for the samc-in vague aud courl'y
epeoch, indeed, but it means this or nothing. Are
they not in admirable business
Reverend Fathers will you not think OF these
things7 Thanksgiving is upon us, when some OF
YOU indulge in little latitude OF discussion on
secular topics; Now Years is not far oil. when we
are to open new account in the day book OF Time
and tho ledger OF Eternity How much more but
cherry shall be scored up therein to tho debit OF the
People of this Unioul Your influence may yet be
potential in deciding that question! SEQ that 1t is
not given, whether by speech or by silence ON tho
side Of Torture and Massacre! Speak out boldly,
speak promptly, and redeem Christianity from the
reproach Of abetting this internal butchcry! Speak
while it is called DAY
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