New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-10-05
Character Of the War.
Fro~ ne Union Of Sal night

From ne Union Of Sal nShL
80. Mexico now ends barssli conquered and hum
bled pssi reirievsl b. the eSergy u our
add The yalor Of and yet assumes 70 ieJsc'
with acorn even while Der stropghOids are 10 ou P'
session snd Der Cs,isl wholly 81 our mercy a. &c Pr
positions 81 equitable snd honorable peace "aco W
nave kevt constantly open % her acceptance io"sfo
sach 60 enemy cur course 10 plain TIE character o.
our var must change u must Dc prosecuted VIC neN
srdor ard with new power. Oar enemy nus' oe ulsao
" feel i,s burdens and It's evils more ard more enc
must bear the brunt Of s expenses The inhsoan'' OF
Der towns mus. be laid under stringent cortiouhohs
Subsistence for armies must b gs'nereo nom he
country since eopciison IL spurDed the strong hand
must b. resorted TO. TO maintain our rshs ana oof
houor Mexico be made 70 feel that sne now cor.
tinues HE At her peril-s her peril OF inerffnt
evils and iossess her peril OF paying the pensv q
it, prosecution Ia terms Of pesce even rss
able 10 her yre,-nsions than those which we pave
already offered Meantime nothing must be vsrhns on
cur part 20 the mott vigorous prosecution o. 'ne
We must pour la roops upon her snd DEMAND eD
take IL her Authorities and Der people the means u
sabsi,uog and supporting them In the held
~ Such is the language held by the Pres'
dents organ with reference 70 our future operations
10 Mexico While the bodies Of three thousand Of
our own gallant countrymen are fostering IN ghsst
~ death or writing in horrible agony within sight
of The Mexican Captsl--whie the shneks OF the
crowds of Mexican women and children torn and
mangled by our shells and shot yet rack the gen
ersl em-whie it is even doubtful whether our
gallant Army is not enveoped in fearful peris and
decimated by fresher confcts-Ite bHtoH sets
up It's wolfsh howl for blood. and still more blood.
Mexico refuses TO cede US third OF her entire ter
ri.ory, thinking ought to be content with Texas
and an eighth OF the balance and on tins sole
ground Of difference hostilities have been resumed
and thousands have already biz the dust. But the
Presidents organ is still insatiste. 1t complains
that we have been too lenient and mercliui thus
far toward Mexico, and indicates that new regi
rnents must be raised, new loans made new iDlu-
rss inflicted We must confiscste, plunder' raw
age burn and waste as well as kill We must
make Mexico pay the expenses OF the war hence
forth Ito the grea, relief OF Secretary Walker In
short we have been st play thus far, and no" must
20 TO work 20 make the Mexicsns dread hate, alb
hor US We must make ourselves widely aohof-
red in order to secure Justice and Peace-and this
in the Nineteenth Century
IL 1t possible that the history OF Bonspartes op'
eratans in Spain is unknown to our rulers Ihst
struggle commenced like this-in weakness inde-
cisiob distraction, discontinue on the part oi
Spain met by power, energy, unity and victory
ON that of Napoleon. Bat contributions retalla-
tion' &c were after time resorted to, SO that
Spain should feel the evils of War. The issue Is
written on the soil OF Spain in the blood Six Hun
dred Thousand Frenchmen. The Mexicans are IN
part Of the same blood, with country scarcely
different in natural peculiarites and warlike re-
sources Shall we not heed the lesson