Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1847-06-28
DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE.
From the London 1ia,es. june /

+ Europe will b. tired oi campaign in which conquest
brings no particle Il credit and fighting prospect Of
peace and IN which 1t is equally impossible 10 applaud
the vi=turs cafumsarae the yanqushed The ntell-
gene, from America which Published yesterday cor
rcspands 81 exactly with the information To be expected
that II might all have been printed by prophecy fr-
night a-o After establishing provisional Government
in Vera ruz General Scott jok the tuule io Mexico hy
the ordinary road. winch slopes in a North esierly d.
rriiun along the fun the low lands Of the Gulf
7ast to the torras fcnpddrs If the first plateau lie
passed the Puente Naeunal without opposition. though it
has always teen considered OF the defensble
posts the route.
There is mi, much doubt tu; that the Americans can
march Mexico. aud could have done time ago
Santa Anna could certainly operate on their flank from
his pet Orzaa If he had the proper means motives
aud IT, is stated, this MeScans positively preparing
for real resistance al La Pueba, another affair might
ensne But presume that few OF our readers will put
much faith in the determination patriotism Of the in
yaded IA lion.
Nen Spain is like Old Spain cl lid was
hike parent the Mexicans had but been blessed
with little iaylen, the whole scene would be
dcrfl representation oi the Peninsula IN 1909 They
yspur and bray and boas and fun without the smallest
ap ol their daily disc mt lures. Their papers
and pr0canaiIuns filled with predictions Of future
victories 10 the utter exclusion Of present defeats. As
fat words and perhaps, even a. Tar resolutions 90,
they all daring and Defiance ADD yet they adopt
an ordinary precauon ora blde ordinary shock. At
this momcn. by femporc revolution In The capital,
thcv have displaced Comes Farms and exalted Don Pedro
Anaya newly created office Of President substitute,
with absolute power for every thing except theconcluslon
Of a peace To read their various manileslocs.
could possibly conceive that they any any other
than The waTke and unconlucrahle nation under
Heaven. The confidence Of Nano after Cannae alto
gcher vanshes compared with the ptccacy Of Santa
Anna after eighteen led defeats within thirteen months.
De repubIicd despGTusSe, indeed Why II this Is
iottitude. the MeNcars infinitely courageous
than those contiguous islanders Of the Caribbean.
whose only historical fault is boing really too brave"
Aud the extraordinary int of the story IS; that these as
scrons Of Httepldy and patriotism do actually appear
both unversz and sincsre There is peace party IN
Mexico The voice ofall is for open war. There is no
tern sm people ao driven 10 patriotism by the gull
oiine and the gaows as at Sarag aud Barcelona.
With one accord aud one heart they proclaim their
own lnyncbe determination never TO surrender, and yet
they never face an enemy for moment, and now, when
he the gates of their capital they neither forii
tying arnlng and will probably be found without
cannon mounted or baalll n mustered. All this how
ever. but aggrayale, the difficulty of the Americans
They neither want 10 capture the chassc the
population. They want friendly surrender, peace
ful sale ui coveted province They want the Mexican
nation To atiy Bargain, pronouncoa free consent and
resign quiet possession and the patriotic obsilnacy
which precudes this arrangement is precisely that 10
winch the MeNcans are equal The American journals
admit that the most complete Of their has
pr reduced visible effect the temper Of the invaded
people and II but te further that these can
now possibly 90 The Americans have already got all
the coast the customs the chief FORTS aud the CHIEF
towns; aud while wife, they have probably got The
metropolis OF their victims. They have dispersed their
armies. captured their generals. and Destroyed their Nj,
TER4; but II s confess thai the 'War seems about ms
far from coc when started" and it is to be
what force viii he brought to bear against people
hose sell sulccncy suffers by no dseonilture whose
decisions dspccd by no defeats and who dis.
pense with government, capital coast, as easily
as with character or credit.