The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-07-15


tons upon all classes for its support and mainte
nance. The Mexicans never will make peace
with us upon the terms we propose, or upon such
terms as we would accept. Whatever territory
we want as an indemnity for our old Claims
and those growing out Of this war, we must take
possession Of and place force upon II strong
enouub 70 keen il. Mexico never Will give up
1.-THE of the territory we want and peace 49, there
fore, out of the question.
We must establish military government In
Mexico, sufficiently strong to guaranty the per-
| m,nence of the government of the different
states. and that power we must sustain until cir
crmstances shall enable Ms to withdraw within
our own line.
| The leniency with which we have treated the
clergy of Mexico will, we fear, be thrown away;
as yet it has made no favorable impression upon
them, and the prospect is by no means flattering.
That class have, no doubt, considerable anxiety
relative to the fate of the capital, and they will,
without doubt, exert all their influence to save it
from the outside barbarians All their influence
will be used to preserve the city; if that falls,
there will be an end to all the probabilities OF
peace; the matter will then settle down into
long drawn out occupation Of Mexican territory,
and administration of Mexican laws, or Ameri-
can laws to Mexican people. Every thing de-
Ponds upon the course of things before demon
stration is made upon the capital, and If peace is
made at all, il must be made before hostile ar
my enters its gates.
The moment we take possession Of that city,
the whole policy of our government will have to
be changed; it must give up the mild, cenciiato-
ry course it has so far pursued-it must abandon
all defensive systems and act entirely upon the
offensive; in short, it must make the war weigh
as heavily as possible upon all classes in Mexico
make it unpopular with the masses, and so in
crease the burdens of taxation as to make them
cry out for peace, IN any shape and upon any
terms.
There has been considerable comment re-
Gently, in some of the party papers, relative to
| the Misunderstanding between Gen. Scott and
| Mr. Trist, and we regret toisee party complexion
given to the affair, it will give aid and comfort
to the enemy, and create bad feeling between
the friends of the two individuals Interested
| The position Of one is in way connected with
the others-one is military, and the other cannot
| be anything but diplomatic, being represented
BY civilian, member of the State department.
We trust the difficulty between these parties will
not lead to any arrangement of public affairs In
that quarter.
|
and cheap systemof postage,have always contend
ed that SUCH a system, if adopted, would sustain
the department amply, and in a few years per-
haps produce surplus, after paying all expenses.
This was uniformly opposed by Mr.. Postmaster
Gave Johnson.
That functonary was obstinately of opinion
that the experiment Of cheap postage would
never succeed but happily for the interests OF the
| Ill o,>l sIo
vailed. 1t was not expected that charges of ten
cents and five cents would Immediately reim-
burse the department, but it was urged that in a
few years the correspondence of the country
would increase SO much to more than make
an equivalent for the reduction from the old es-
tablished prices.
| We are rejoiced to see evidences of this state
| of things every day. The last that came to our
knowledge was in the case Of the Rochester, ~
Y, Post Office, the receipts of which, for the
first quarter of the present year, are much larger
several hundred dollars-than they were for the
corresponding part of last year. We insert
statement of the business of that Office for the
first quarter of the years l646 and AIS
Whole number Of letters mailed or. ending
whole number Is: or ending june 80, 1875 S7s
| Excess In favor Of ls47. ............ STAB
This statement shows on increase, In three
months of S497 10 over the same period last
year; or difference of nearly two thousand
dollars a year, in that Office alone. We think
Rochester is one of the best, if not the best,
city in the Union for testing the operation of the
new postage law, and we have no doubt that the
second quarter of the present year will show a
still greater increase.
Mr.. Cave Johnson made great mistake in
this, as he has in almost every other matter con-
nected with the Post Office. We wonder what
he will say when he sees this estimate No
doubt he will wipe his eyes and exclaim, as the
old lady in New Hampshire did when her son
jokingly informed her that her pet eve had pro-
duced lamb with three tails, swell, now, is 1t
possiblel La only thinks
TRAVEL TO EURoPE-THE SAILING PACKETS
While public attention is occupied with
ocean steam navigation, our lines of splendid
sailing packets which have for SO long time
been the favorite and preferred means of travel