Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1846-11-07

em limits, ord heats and ncessant rains Cypress human
le On its Atlantic frontier terra caAne, infested two
thirds OF the year by fever deadly all but natives In
winter, winds called norheIs its coast and almost
forbid approach few habo and most Of these impaccable
to vessels Of heavy burden Its interior. dged by lofty noun
tains, passing through eveydegee Of its lade and dyid
ing mpeneiraby except by two difficult passesSallo and
JalaPats respective table and much Of these spread out
In extensive barren pans-occuped by hardy people, in
ured 10 pivaonsof the simplest habsiegular industry
accustomed provide only for the daywith few IDEAS
these the offspring Of bgoy, ignorance, and pridea vain
jealous commxure of heterogeneous races but united
overriding sympathy, hatred Of foreign domination OF
hundred and fytwo elective appointments to the Legsa
ture, not conferred on native Of Europe
To conquer such people, situated, may be termed
bold undertaking, yet doubtless 70 be accomplished with the
necessary expenditure Of lives and money But take pos
session Of remote frontiers to issue poclamaons and to win
few indecsve battles-ths conquest How has this
been attempted
BY selecting, base line the Rio Gande from its mouth
Camago, and thence piercing interior passes
be stained with the blood Of fendsa distance of four
hundred mebeore the outer skin Of the heart Of Mexico
reached, planting depos the be garisoned by
faithful soldiers If this to be the road to peace, how
utterly msconceved the route inadequate the
The base line requires for its protection force Of five thou
than thirty miles apart that each may sustain the other
and each lesser depot ought to be protected BY least three
hundred men, while to hold Monterey Sao, and the
eral other smaller intermediate Potos less than
three thousand men would be wholly prudent estimate If
So these precautionary provisions ask addition Of five thou
sand men thus demanding at least thousand secure
the transmission of the necessary supplies and maintain
the gasons This estimate may appear arge-perhapsit is
but it must be forgotten that the whole be-
tween Camago and Potos of provisions to be
found
The active force under Gen. Taylor, Monterey, we
will assume to be ten thousand If the enemy in
condition to resist than two thousand be subtract
ed before he leaves Salo Allowing for casualties and de-
potts. his force be reduced less than seven thousand
efficient before he reaches Poosi will be recolect
ed that the advance must be slowihe country ste part
of it vo atr; and from Vanegas onward to Catorce of
extreme dcuy-n midday excessively hot night severely
coda various temperature most trying to already
eebed by the heats they have sueredmany of them with
seeds Of fever In their BLOOD i'll provided supplies limited
In clothing is supposed this army thousin
have Potos before it what then its situation It is in the
midst Of state Of two hundred and fifty thousand SOULS of
whom than fifty thousand concentrated within cir
Gle of six leagues in the immediate vicinity Of its capital oc
cupied by industrious artisans fighting for their redes and
their affairs having army Of less than twenty thousand
men in its 'front.' and exposed be off in the by
numerous population Of Zacatecas
But this army to be reinforced from Tampco Have the
Cabinet studied this route Have they considered well its diff
cuesis bar excluding vessels Of over twelve feet daugh
the contested landing the climate the approach Aamira
the many winding paths beyond-a country " precpous
without supplies, in part of which there no running
streams but distant tanks and westhe distance nearly two
hundred miles, requiring twenty days to make its way
unobstucted by adverse Will these respective armies
meet simultaneously If the smaller is foremost may il not
fall the larger in advance it exposed without aid
yet this reinforcement not yet organized the trump in
the hand Of the War Minister reinforcement to be COM
posed Of one fourth regulars volunteers to be
commanded in this dangerous through enemys coun
try by volunteer General perhaps Governor Of State
not unless recently, mustered into the service for such nm
anomaly has existed perhaps exists.
Meanwhile where are the residue Of the troops Genera
Keaney Santa Fe, military Governor of part Of the State
Of Texas waiting supplies General Wool preparing to ad
to chihuahua four hundred intervening nesto
do what To make diversion in favor Of Kearney-or
after further march Of more than three hundred miles, to eat
and with sharpened appetite trow, Christmas dinner
with General Taylor. 1t is said his destination is changed
hope So For Of all the plans DEVISED this expedite on to
chihuahua is the most ncomprehensible.
But let suppose all to happen wethese united forces
assembled and another bloody victory gained over the con-
sodated strength OF adversaycan advance further
for they all must How far To the labyrinth Of Qua
nauato hundred and twenty miles sleeps or dcep de-
files whose towns contain seventy thousand people to Que
rcaro, than hundred miles beyond over rugged
cests and dark avnes whose capital 40 900 people
distant from Mexico similar distance, through hostile hills
and swarmng with guerias Mexico at last is reached is
won perhaps The torn and bloody flag of victory floats over
its palaces What then Are the people conquered Or
dispersed in remote Businesses they waiting the moment
when the term Of the volunteers having expired victor war
worn regulars are left to permission capituate
Is this necessary result of the Far from it. But
to reach thus far would be the necessary re-
suit Of the poicy-of Of the army For we affirm that the
clear and deliberately formed opinion of General TAYLOR is
against this expedition this journey. We affirm
before disaster comes that if comes the army be not
responsible. Until the orders arrived their almost uni
versal belief was that the about to terminate What
they will think when called upon encounter such
say peris may be imagined still, they wM do their dufv
What finally, we ask, must be done The answer is
twoold, and It is obvious The Cabinet and the country
must begin to feel Of moderation The husbandman
the artisan, the vlager the citizen, reflect and
the PRESS with its many voices spca-and they must
speak the language Of peaceof honorable and an early
peace TO be concluded BETTING powerful republic
contendng with a weak one
Meanwhile real energy must be cxerted ample military
provision made equal to the great emergency The army