Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1847-10-13
FROM THE BALTIMORE AMERICAN, OCT. s.
THE WAR-TTS MANAGEMENT AND
TERMINATION

periodical bursts of martial enthusiasm to vhch the
Official paper at Washington gives way, whenever
s ii-'o.hued confidence In the pacific disposition
SANTA ANNA and his government, meets with dis
appointment. The Union of Saturday eycninp
speaks in this wise:
1.-The character of our war must chance II
. must oe prosecuted with new ardor and with new
power. Our enemy must be made to feel its bnr-
dens and It's evils more and more She must bear
the brunt gifts expenses The inhabitants OF her
towns must be laid under stringent contributions
SUBSISTENCE Tor our armies must be gathered from
her country. Since cancellation is spurned. the
strong hand must be rcsurted TO. to maintain our
rights and honor. Mexico must be made to feel
that she now continues the war at her peril-at her
peril ot mourning all lis evils and losses-at her
peril OF paying the penalty of It's further prosecution
III terms OF peace even less favorable to her preten-
slons than those which we have already offered
Meantime nothing must be wanting ON our part to
the most vigorous prosecution Of the war We
must pour In new troops upon her. and demand and
take from her authorities and people the means of
subsisling and supporting them in the field"
Now we respectfully submit that the public has
had surfcit OF this. The character of the war has
been going to change since the first exhibition
oi SANTA ANNA's dupicity, when Gen TAYLOR
| lay on the Rio Grandc without the means of ad-
Vancing To Monterey. Again and again the dune
OF an extraordinary nfatuation, Mr. Polk has al
lowed himself 10 be played upon, relaxing the ri
gor ci military operations in the belief that peace
through SANTA Annals influence and good faith
was just at hand On every such occasion the Presi
dent has found himself the victim of Il wolul self
delusion; yet each Notifying disappointment has
been speedily followed by a relapse into the weak.
ness OF creduty, into the Indulgence of vain homes
and our armies. with inadequate forces or with in
sufficient supplies. have been obliged to wait after
every new success TO be parayzcd by the delays of
ahorvc negotiations. The thing was ridiculous
long ago; ii now begins 10 wear the aspect Of in
sanity.
! but after every successive failure 10 negotiate
the Union has been loud and prGfuse with lust such
words as we have quoted above. II any one will
take the trouble to refer the files of that pancr NJ
various periods, such as the epoch Of Mr. Bucu,N-
ANS rejected proposals, sent 10 the Mexican GOV
eminent through Com. CoNnoR. shorty after s An
ia Annals admission into Mexico or the Time of
ATocHAs useless mission, Of Mr.. TgIs1's inef
eciual advent upon the Mexican shores, he will
find that the Union has been repeating itself with
parrot-likc volubility and with such DISPLAY of
verbal valor and patriotism paper, such flourish
es OF heroic designs and Of future performances
that BoMBAsTEs and Capt. BoBADIL, rolled into
one, with the martial temper of their swords trans
fused into the pen, could not have produced more
glowing manltestoes Of proWess in advance
''Wnat act is this
lha' rcafs SO loud and thGndcrs in the index -
The repetition Of the same language Which Las
SO frequently preceded disappointment now gives
rise to no confidence. NE hare hHted ionr e.
/
might have been made long ago "JDe must be
Done 'c't titS hihd 81 'cGr, too much Ike peace"
! Well who made il so? ''UIc mast ccno,cr !,
peace by those means only arIich are ca!cuhtcd 10
erect a." Very good. Trust no more to brides.
no more TO the good faith of vour chosen adept in
treachery SANTA ANNA. IfTAYLoa had been rer-
mtted to march towards the city of Mexico, to con-
centrate there his forces with those of SCoTT the
glores Of Buena Vista illuminng his way and catch
ing new brightness and iervor from succeeding vic
tories, there would be occasion now to speculate
as 10 ''thOse only" which are calculated ,o
effect peace. This would not do No the bapny
idea OF that masterpiece of diplomacy which would
make the Mexican leader the agent Of Mr. Pork in
Mexico, could not be given up. 1t sill remained
to be seen whether SANTA Annals permitted return
to Mexico might moi be productive ofpaciiic results
Look Mt the consequences of this mistaken poli-
cy, if thai can be called policy which is marked
throughout by weakness. TAYLOR is kept inactive
on the line of the Rio Grandc, while ScoTT. march
ing for the city for Mexico, by way of Vera Cruz.
tights the battle of Cerro Gordo with an army com
posed IN part Of twelve months volunteers, whose
term OF service is on the verge OF expiring lie is
left, after his viciory, with crippled means He
cannot advance beyond Jalapa until he is reinforced
Slowly he makes his way to Puela and there he
must wait. In the meantime his communications
with Vera Cruz are obs'ructed by the enemy he
cannot spare men 10 keep the line open Every
detachment that comes tu reinforce him has TO lioht
lis way every train bringing him supplies, arrives
at the cost OF successive struggles. Mr. TRIsr is
with the army, to negotiate with an enemy who
make no secret of their hopes of cutting of. Grad
ually and by detail, the whole invading force
The city OF Mexico, however, is approached and
Gen. ScoTT fights the battle of Churubusco with
nine thousand men. An armiSticc succeeds and
II is expected that city of SO, goo inhabitants in
the midst of a popuOus country, with an army 10
defend IL tar more numerous than the invaders will
listen to terms OF peace when those very invaders
nine thousand or less in numbers, are three hun
dred miles from their point of supplies and liable to
have all their communications cut Of.
f twill be seen by letters from Mexico published
in this mornings ,4ncrjcGn that the garrison at
Pueba has been henmed in by ] 900 Mexcans for
;, three weeks, and that Major LALLY, with 900
70 men, who was on his way to reinforce Gen ScoTT
is surrounded and shut up in Jaapa, and cannot
venture out. 1t further appears that about one
T. month has elapsed since the battle of ChnrubiscO
before reinforcement start from Vera Cruz 10
attempt TO force It's way 10 Gen ScorT assistance
Gen. LANE left Vera Cruz for this purpose the
nineteenth, with detachment. perhaps, of some
two thousand men. The whole country. says the
letter from Puebla. swarms with gueras
we shall look for the meaning Of the Union Is
assurances, OF energy and pTompiliudc, in the flu
; ture conduct Of the war. not TO the words them
selves, but TO the actions which shall follow them.
Z The country Is anxious TO know what are now the
r designs Of the Administration and what are TO be
the means for carrying them Quito know whether
, the former are wise and the latter adequate.
= TIE INDiAN WoMAN.-Tho following beautiful
selection Is specimen of the eoquonce OF an Iudi-
= an woman over the contiguous graves Of hcr hus-
. band and infant:
+ The father of life and light has taken from nc
: the apple Of tiny eye and the core Of my heart and
laid them in these two graves. ! will water tn,
with nv fears and fbc other with milk .,