The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1847-06-12
Missouri, for five companies Of mounted vol
unteers, to serve during the war with Mexico,


THE WAN. The signs from the seat of
war portend another severe battle between
direction ofSnnta Anna. While there is no
reason to doubt the success ofour arms, we
believe most of our people dread to hear of
battle and are weary Of scenes of blood and
carnage, and certainly none are more sick Of
them than soldiers who have been in MeX-
co and witnessed such scenes personally
This seems clear from the circumstance, that,
of the thousands of volunteers a corporals
guard can hardly be retained beyond the hour
when their time eXpres--und if any
body curses the war and its authors
they are the ones that do tiff the ac-
counts we have from them contain any
truth at ALL Touching this point we have no
ticed many from volunteers like the follow
ing, from the Baltimore Patriot:
"a volunteer, who has returned from the
Mexican war says: Il have seen the elephant,
trunk, tusks, and all, and am more than sat
isfed. went out Polk soldier and return
ed Taylor Wing"
The war has become one Of plumber and
robbery-the authors oft, now, do not pre-
tend to ask any thing less than about one
half of Mexico, aud ms they could not get it
otherwise, the army is pushed forward to
take ito speak genteelly -but to speak truth
fully and honeslly-to steal il By force Crar7ns
One pretence for making the war was, that
Mexico owed us. If is right in rich man
to fight and kill his poor debtors, aud destroy
their property because they could not pay,
then it is right for Polk TO push forward aud
fight and kill MeXcans and destroy their
propcrty-not only slay their soldiers but
their poor innocent women and children, aud
even the pduperS in poor houses, as has al
ready been done.
Perhaps such things are morally right
We will not say they are not, for should we
do so, some little petty Treasury leech of
Folks, might pop up his head and call us
.ttderai;-(and would not that be political
murder:) but we reckon, that, should any
poor man happen to he indebted to ms, VIC
should hesitate little before staying him,be-
cause he did not pay us, or before killing
his wife or his children, more especially
should ;hey happen to be in the aims house.
People generally think the taking of life no
rinng thingyet TO collect two millions of dol
lars, Polk has taken some 5000 lives of Amer
lean soldiers, and n no less number of MeXi-
cans, besides women and children. Ii is
l..I l..
much harder to cause the death of 10000 to
collect small debt of n poor naton-onc Of
doubtful business too.
Should our country he invaded and war
come,-as alone it can come in ustice-in
self deience-our people would, with united
voice and heart and hand, rally in such n
defence and life and treasure would be ha2-
arded without sigh But when war is an
invasion-an aggressive war-a war ofattacb
IA war in which men are chased into the
heart of their country in order to Kill them
no wonder few persons are found, of obtusc
moral senses, perhaps they may be, who be-
come sick, at least, 10 hear Of the blood and
carnage attending it.
Great britain has won for herself Il name
ofnellabIe iniamy 10y carrying on such wars
-ouryoung nation, above all others, should
irown upon course of policy like hers
Britain has trodden upon the heels of India,
India has called her saucy and then Britain
has fought her and slain hundreds of thou
sands other people, and then proposed TO
cease killing when India would yield terrific
ry--and now Britain has good share of In
dia!
TIE MlsERIEs OF WAR. The Transcript
says, the official paper of Zacatecas, Mexico,
the Hacetaro ofApril 18th, contains two
letters, one from the Mexican Surgeon at