The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1847-12-28

On the contrary. it would encourage Mexi-
co 70 perseyere, and tend-to pretract It IN
definitely.
1t is no, to be expected THAT Mexico, lafA
ter refusing 10 establish such line as
permanot boundary, when CUR victorious ar
| mics are in possession Of her capital, ,sQl
hearl'of her eounttys would UperAiit us 10
hold itwilhoul resistance. That she woull
continue it,and thstia 'tis most iiarrassing
andaauuoying gfornsy there canabe nos aoabtt
A border warlato, Of most sayags chatac1
ter, extending oysr-aalong cline, ,owo,fld' be
INCREASINGLY wagodsbrlt lwoald srsqIlfs n
large army to be kept contmually ainu tile,
field, stationed in posts and satrisons aleng
such asline, TO protectanJ5 defend sisa1The
enemy, ,lrelieyedsfrom theapIesonce of our
aiinies ON his COASTS and in aio'pspnlous
parts of the interior, would diroct and Sc
leciing an isolated post for attack, would
concentrate his forces upon liz This would
be condition of affairs which the Mexicans,
pursuing their faver,e sygen Of guerrilla
warfare would probably prefsrto any other
Were we to assume defensive. attitude Oh
such line, all the advantages of such a
state of,war, would BIS on the side Of the CIV
envy We could levy no contributions upen
him, or in any otherwoy make him feel lils
pressure of the war; but must rcmaiu mac
tive, and await his approach. being in coh'
slant uncertainty at what point Of the line or
at what time he aiigh. make the assault
He may assemble aud ofgsnze an over
whelnaing force, the niersr, on his own
side OF ihe line; and, concealing his purpose,
make a sudden assault on one Of our posls
so distant from any other as 10 prevent the
poss biiiiy Of ftiinoly succer orrenforcemeat: :
\ a d, in this way our galan, army would be
/ expose ed to the danger Of being cut off III de-
tail, or if, by their unrivalleabravery and
prowess, every rfhere exhibiisd during this
! war, they should rspel the enemy, their
numbers. stationed at any one po,nl, may be
too small to pursue him. II the enemy be
! epnlssd in an attack he will have nothing
else to DO butte retreat to his own side Of
the line, and being no fear Off pufstiig
enemy, may reinforce himself at leisure for
another ATTACK sn,the same, or some other
[point He may TOO, cross the line between
1 oSr posts, make incursions into the country
which we hold, murder thesmlabiants there
of, and then retreat 10 the interior, before a
sufficientltorce can be concentrated u pur-
sue him. Is ia 'eot e fmo7 aNl 'aai tt
Such would, probably, be the hnrrasslng
charsc cter ofs more defensive war on our
/ part. If our force when attacked, or
/ threatened with attack, b. permitted to
cross the line, drive back the enemy asd
conquer him, this would be again 10 invade
the enemy's coudtry, after having lost all
the advantage ofthe conquess We have al
ready made, by voluntarily abandoned them.
10 fold sucnallne successfully and IN secu-
rity, il is far from being certain IhatIt would
not require as large an array as would be
necessary to hold all the cohqae5,s We have
already made, aiid 10 Gconthus the pIosec,i-'
lion Of the WAT in the heart of the enemy'o
country. lttis also far from being GER
tain that the EXPENSES of'tle war would be
diminished byssnch policy. r.tf. se" a 't
am persuaded that the best means of
yindicaiiug the national honor and interests,
and of7brnging the war to an honorable
close will be to prosecute it, and with in
creased energy and power lin the vital part
of tho esemy's country inny snnual mes.
sag to CongfessI declaIed that the war
had dot been waged with avew to conques;
but having been commenced by Mexico, il
has been carried into the eneny'sa country,
and will he vigorously prosecuted there with
a view 10 obtain an honorable poace and
theraby secure ample indemnity for the cx-
Rpense tho wal, as we'll ss TO sui much in
A. 4lag.
demand against Mexico, Such, IN tsy jadg.
ment, confines tobe oar true policy ;inIeet
the only policy which will probably secure
per maneni peace. ai's 9siAa'f, "af 20 2fa
a1l thas never been eon.emplaerA By me, as
an object Of the war, 10 make a permanent
conquest, of the Reposlic Of Mexico; or TO
Tannihilate her seperate exisiencs as indssl
pendent nation. Onths contrary, ii has
BENNY desis that she should ssaintain Elerl
nationnlitys and under good government,
adapted to3het cundiiop,y be "a prosperous
and free ropatlic. ,pie United States were
the first, ,!asaong the nations 10 tofecognizo her
ind ependence; and has always desired to be
on, terms of smity and COED neighborhoo,I
with her. sThis1 she would not suffer- sByl
hsr OWN conduct we have been tcompellsd
to eAgage nlthe present waf;--and lui its
pfesecutien we seek not lisr overthrow as a
nation, butin vindicating our tafional honor,
we seek to obtain redress for the wrongs she
has deno MS, and indemnify for last de-
nands againstsher We demand an honera-
BILE peace, land that peace must bring with
it indemnity for sthe past, and security for
tho faiurs.s@ Hitherto Mexico has refused
all accommodation by which such peace
could be obtsined '.4,e7F9 hsH=a1
a Whilst our armies have advanced from ,
victory to victofy,afre the commencement :