Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1847-10-28
:. From the Boston Post.
THE ADMINISTRATION! q. AND
n. THE WAR,

appropriately crowns the orllllanfg a.
chievements OF the American arms. -
The deeds Of our brave. county men
are above praise. Whether We follow
them en- the hanks Of the Rio Grande
to the memorable field If Buena Vista,
or in the unparalleled march Of Doni-
phan, or in the wids of California, or
in the brilliant landing at Vera Cruz
and the great battles before the Halls
Of the Montezumas, there is the same
union of'courage and conduct, Of bra :
very and skill, AID of indomilable en-
e'gy. No American, even the bitter
partisan, but viii re olce at such man
isestations Of character, ard feel proud
10 asctibe them TO the invigoraling
influences Of free institutions.
IN Blu! while due honor is given TO the
galIantry o. the troops, no less c,edit is
due to the power that supports them,
and directs in advance their move
ments. The. orders for these ale the
resul: of the most anxious con>N!ela
tion. Not an important step is
taken without a careful review oil
the circumstances OF the two countries.
There is, however, testimony at hand,
in reference to this point, that few will
be disposed TO gainsay. We aIlude TO
General SCOTS remarks on the inter
views he had with the Executive in
relation 10 the present invasion OF Mex
eco, in which the details were thor
oughly discussed. The General, wri-
ting to Mr.. Marcy. May %, lS45.
says: ~ scish had time to do justice
to my recollection Of the Presidents
ercel!emt sense, military comprehen
sion, patience, md courtesies, IN these
intervieus. 1 haze since often spoke
ef the admirable qualities he displayed
on those occasions, aoith honor, so for
as it was IL, my poscer to 90 him hon
or. Here is the willing testimony of
a frank soldier to the merits of an in
,elligent Executive. 1t is the emerge,
ic and able plans of the administration
that have been so nobly carried out by
The gallant troops. i is its compre-
hensive policy Ina, in two. years has
placed lhree -fourths Of Mexilo at our
mercy. ~
Our differences with Mexico are of
twenty years standing, and during all
this time the United States have been
constantly begging for peace with her.
Her wrongs agains. this country in the
administration of John Quincy Adj
ans produced serious complaint; and
then, for the first time, she affected TO
feel resentment because of the PROPOSE.
tons made by tina: administration TO
buy Texas of her. A pacific policy
was adopted with her, sand treaties
concluded, only to be violated on her
part. The accumulated insults and
wrongs curing Jackson's administ:a-
lion amounted to a sufficient cause for
war; but s',l forbearance and nego,la-
ton were resor,ed to. The Texas
question, meantime, assumed new as
pect; yet il was the same policy thai
governed Van Buren,. At length, un-
der Tyler, came Bocanegra's insulting
note, which called forth from Webster,
Secretary of State, a strong and just
reply. Sill the olive branch of peace
was held out, both by Webster and
Calhoun. President Polk has assum-
ed The same policy. A desire for
peace has THIS been expressed in ev-
cry form to Mexico, from 1925 to l847,
and she has i'll substance rejected all
forms of it, and in almost every case
with insult and gasconade. During
this period, the government of this
country has been administered by men
OF all parties, and many ofihem unsur-
passed in the world for moral worth,
intellect, and craftsmanship, who en-
tertained towards Mexico none other
than the kindest feelings. They de-
sired, for the sake of the great repub-
lican cause, peace and the fairest re-
clProclty.
While such has been the American
policy and the character Of the Amer-
can government, what has been the
character o! the government of MexI-
co? Daniel Webster, in his last speech
at Springfield, shall give it. He spoke
as follows:
81 believe The government of that
country to be the very worst in the civ
ilized world, pretending to regard the
rights Of the people. This republic,
which BY the way is no republic at all,
out military anarchy, has been, | am
sorry to say, for years and years, the
prey Of every miserable military
ups.art that could fnt! money e.
nough to sustain miserable army. |
have no sympathy, therefore, with any
government Or men connected with a.