The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-08-15
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wA.nrsoros, Aug. 10, ia,

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Scott at Pueblo.
The stay OF Gen. at Puebla Ii omnous Of stout
resistance to his further progress He the value
of celebrity aud expedition He has proved it, He knows
that 1t would have taken not half the men to reduce
Mexico In May last that 1t would require In July In
May the capital was in consteruation-without a
army, and without plan Of defence. II would then
have been easy prize TO force Of 10000 and the
nucleus for the enemy would have been
destroyed. They could not have recovered. Their
munitions and foundries in Mexico and the
surrounding villages would have been captured. ana
the means Of further resistance, save by guerilla
skirmishes, completely arrested. Wherever the gov,
have been pursued and captured or driven Of. by q
hsndfu Of men They could have been constantly ha.
raised. until harsssed into submission General soott
should not have left Vera Cruz with less than 25 900
With force to Taylor In April last OF i0ooo
from Vera Cruz the General of the North could have
moved down via San Luis with force Of leaving
the required garrihons behind by the middle OF June
there would have been joint army in the city Of Next
OF 10000 with all the principal places garrison
ed from Monterey southwark and from Vera Cruz west
ward This we believe was part OF the aipl9ms.lo
plan Of Col Benton 1t might have been adopted with
out tie Lieut. General and would have been the cheap
But it was expected the Mexicans would succumb
with the reduction OF the castle and city OF Vera cruz
Tbs experiment had been successful in the case OF the
French bombardment and we had reason to suppose II
might De successful again Peace was wanted and n
ture In vast and what might be unnecessary armies OF
invasion The sequel proves the calculation to nave
been exravsgant and injurious Armies from the COM
mencement Of the amounting to an aggregate ex-
ceeding $4,000 men, been nearly exhausted de-
tsched operations in the deserts Of the North and the
penetration of insufficient army toward Mexico.
stopped within eighty miles of the capital in defa ut Of
renforcements for three months,
The truth is the has been rather Of psrsua-
sion than of coercion More has been expected Of the
Mexicans In what could do, than in what would
do. We have relied more upon our power in reserve
than upon the strength Of armies In the field We
have too much of the Mexcans from the law Of
representation and too little from their Spanish obs
macy and selfsuciency II does appear to that in
all this there has been a very peculiar magnanhity
shown to the enemy which, however creditable on the
OF humanity has been most disastrous to the pros
poets ofpeace.
Now all that have to submit in conclusion Is this
that from appearances Gen Scott be detained in
Puebla till the meeting Of the u s. Congress; and that
Taylor In the meantime may be detained Mt Monterey
and the be found In st quo The reinorcements
going down will just about ill up the vacuum made in
the rank and file by the guerilas and the climate. The
cabinet however have better ofpeace in
the interim than by the public We hope
they have II not 1t will be the first business Of Con-
gress TO set about settling this Mexican
The administration has prosecuted the war with
vigor, and Congress has seconded its demands; but
neither Congress the administration called for the
requisite number of men vigorous without men
vigorous by piecemeal is the most expensive Of
all wars Draughts Of few hundred at a time in vi
gorous will have cost than the concentration
at the same day and operating in the same combined
movement Of 100000 men in the enemy's country.
Finally have this consolng opinion to give to the
Congress, the the plan of the wsr-a peace, and
the conditions of boundary and the locality Of
boundary and the cards Of the next Presidency
will be thrown into the hands of Mr. Calhoun. w.