The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-10-30
BY THE MAILS

WAsHINGroN, Oct "a isag
Instructions 10 Gen Seou-Futur, Polic,,, - "a a
srnment-The People and III, uay
A great deal IL said about instructions said ,o h
the nature Of certain instructions said have gene
here by special messenger last Monday have no hest
tstion In prenounciDg thess specifications almost wholly
erroneous Amesssnger has gone down to Vera with
dispatches, and General Scott has received q sug-
geson that he 10 at liberty to levy larger contributions
on the capital and other principal cities Of Mexico no
new system operations has sketched out for him
nor will he receive any definite instructions to his fu
ture course until after he shs puths
In possession Of report of his operations since June
and OF his views with regard to the future There Is
scarcely any doubt that from him are now on
their way, and they expected last evening
They may arrive tonight
The adoption Of defensive line not and never has
been, seriously contemplated by the al
though since the capture OF the capital the eyes Vt tho
cabinet have descended from 30 degrees down to tho
Sierra Madre the constitution Of which as perm anent
boundary between the two republics finds no small IA
Vor inoeed there Is strong probability that If Mexico
would now consent to make peace this boundary would
Do Insisted upon by the nted Stass but 1t is only In tho
event that she will sue for peace within time
that the demands of government will Ia confined
TO the Sierre Madre. Should the enemy consent TO
peace without further eusion Of blood there are those
In the IaDinet who are in favor of demanding the Sierra
Msdre as a boundary and of giving Mexico an eouiva
ZENITH money as argued that any government that
would make treaty with the United States would re-
quire msney to sustain IT. and that 1t would bs
polite to make our demands large to involve the
necessity OF paying Mexico bonus her compliance
This argument is certainly plausible; but there little
to hope that Mexico will consent to such boup.
dsry, having so strenuously refused more mode
rate offer
have said the defensive policy ends no favor with
the administration On this question there Is no diver
sity OF opinion in the cabinet. The members Of that
BODY regard 1t as liable to nsurmountabe objections
We are In this war, withou at present. possibility Of
extrcatng ourselves with honor We must 60 on with
1t in some way 1t impossible retire from the coun
try altogether and leave things statu quo ante beu
This step would b. disgrsceul to and
unjust to our citizens. But Mexico will not mako peace
on terms admissible by We must, then, only make
the best of It, II We must continue the is better
that Mexico should boar the burthen The adoption Of
defensive line will throw the burhen US at the
same time will give the enemy abundant leisure to
recupersts his energies for further annoyance On
the other hand by crushing the State and
subjugatng the whole country prevent the organi
zson Of any armies and 1T the time possess
ourselves Of every Of that has hitherto
supplied the federal and State governments with
sources for carrying on the war
The people, Of both parties, have been always in favor
OF the war The opposition is composed Of politicians
merely The great of the electors throughout
country, have not regarded the party question
They have wings and democrats splitting their blood
the battlefield Of Me xioo with equal and patriot
ism, and every occasion that the has been intro.
duced at the polls party question: they have signal
ly rebutted those by whom it made issue. From
various the wings have triumphed in the
States where elections have taken place since last session
Of Congress The influence OF great and the alb
florence Of the people for the abolition principle dis.
guised under the Of the Wmo provso. have sus-
tanned the Of the democratic party in Pennsyva
MIA but in Maryland Ohio, Georgia, and Florida, tho
wings have gained solid trumphs-solid, because they
give that party gain Of three members in the OF
the United States In ls4o To the editor Of the Union
should the wings attribute most of the glory these
triumphs. GALVIENsIs