The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-06-19

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The Effect Of the Battle OF Cerro Oordo In
England.

which 1t equally impossible to applaud
tho victors commiserate the vanquishsd The ntei
gsncs from Americas which published yesterday,
responds so exactly with the information to be
pected that it might all have been printed by prophecy
fortnight ago After establishing provisional govern
ment in Vera Cruz General Scott took the route to
Mexico by the ordinary road which slopes northwest
erly direction along the ascent from the owlans of the
Gulf coast to the rras tmPiadas OF the first plateau
He passed the Puents Nacional without opposition
though has always boon considered of the
dcfensibe posts the route. Santa Anna had de-
Gerdo mountain ridge about hall way between the AM
gua and Xalapa the first respectable town the road
from Vera Cruz the capital Travellers have deserib
cd this journey undertaking of insignificant en-
erprse with the aid Of the best dencas Of the
yanced pretty smoothly till they found themselves in
front OF their enemy, on the 18th Of April
Santa Anna is said to have decamped in good time
leaving his carriage, like Joseph's at Vttora the
spoil OF his pursuers who In place Of Muros and Cor
regios discovered the apprecabe treasure
highly favored Cubas and excellent stock Of preserv-
cd meats. Ampudia, tho second in command left the
field early without his hat aspendd white charger
conspicuous that Of Roderck the Goth The Com
mander-in-C hief is reported to ba ut Orzabs tswn
issued proclamation, stating that there is another
Thermopy@" between Xalapa and Mexico. The Ameri-
cans were politely received BY tbs corporation and
rote from which town they will march La Pueba and
to the capital General Taylor as rumored having
been ordered to effect Junction with the main body
u southwark march from San Luis.
There is not much doubt but that the .4ercans can
march to Merico, and could have done time ago
Santa Anna could certainly operate their flank from
his post Orizaba he had the proper mo-
tves and IT, stated the Mexcans positively pre-
pairing real resistance La Pueba another af-
fair might But presume that few Of read
ers will put much faith in the or patriot
ism of the invaded nation New Spain is as like Old
Spain child was like parent 1.-THE Mexicans
had but been blessed with little Bayen the whole
would be wonderful the PENN
suaTin 1909 They vapor and Drag and boast and ume
without the smallest parent of their daily dis
With predictions of future victories to the utter excu
sion Of present defeats As far words and perhaps
as far ~ resolutions they all daring and de-
ancs and yet they adopt ordinary precaution
or abide ordinary shock. At this moment, by
tempsre revolution in the capital they have displaced
Gomez Farias and exalted Don Pedro Araya newly
created office Of president substitute with absolute
power for every thing except the conclusion of peace
10 read their various msnifssos, person could posi-
bly, conceive that they any other than the most
warliks and unoonquerable nation under heaven The
confidence Of Varr0 after Came altogether vanishes
compared with the competency Of Santa Anna after
eighteen settled defeats within thirteen De
pulled non desperdsse indeed Why If this is forth
| tude the Mexicans infinitely courage
| Gus than even those contiguous islanders Of the
@really too braven And the extraordinary point Of
the story that these assertions Of nrepidty and pa
triotism do actually appear both universal ana sincere
for open There is terrorism people Is
to patriotism by the guiotine and the gaows
| Saragossa and Barcelona. With accord and one
heart they proclaim their own invncibe determination
never to surrender, aud yet they face enemy
for moment, and when he IL at the gates of
capital they neither fortifyng arming and will
probably be found without cannon mounted bat
difficulty of the Americans. They neither cap
ture the towns nor chasse the population. They
friendly surrender peaceful sale coveted pro-
vince. They the Mexican nation to ratify bar
gain pronounce free consent, aud resign quiet
arrangement is precisely that to which the Mexcans
equal The American journals admit that the
complete of their arms has produced visible
effect the temper OF the invaded people, and 1t is but
little further that these possibly 60
The Americans have already got all the coast the
customs the chief FORTS and chief towns and while
write they have probably got the metropolis their
victims. They have dispersed their armies captured
their generals and destroyed their material but it is
that the war about as far from its close
AZ when 1t started;'' and 1t is to DO what
force will be brought to bear against people whos se
su6Ictency suffers ~ no discontinue, h0se detusons
dspetied BY desas, and who dispense With go-
uernmsn capital, or coast ss easily Nth eharae-
ter or credit
From the London Chronicle
Az far a. the Of their military operations
serned, nothing conclusive conceived than
the late tments OF the United States generals
against the forces that the Mexc&ns able to
oppose to them in the field 1t is impossible read the
accounts OF these successive actions without somehng
like feeling of contempt for the beaten party 80 strong
effect do the trumphs Of military on
the mind Almost despite Of the claims OF justice,
and Of compassion for the countless and unoffend-
ing thousands whose fatss inextrcably bound up
with those of the beaten troops, is tempted
claim that they who know Ill how to defend
try not worthy to possess The prize OF empire
so all history tells usbsars inscribed upon the legend
Not all the military success however OF General Scott
or OF General ayoRnot victory in twenty
even though they have been as CALAMITY fought the
side Of the conqusrors those Of Buena Vista and Ger
Gorde could turn the United States into aught
than Of brute force il you will OF military dsci-
pline. Never should we forget with what slight
this entered upon by the authorities at Wash
ington; upon how trivial prstext how immense
misery has been inflicted upon an unoffendng
people That the Mexieans a bulent and mprac.
csbls is granted granted too that in the field
soldiers they have unable to cope with the
still all this will not convert the brgandage Of unautho-
rzed attack into a legitimate war.
Even If we admit that the non-payment Of certain
trf
bel for his conduct In this matter 1t is to be
bered that it in great owing to the OF
tho United States agents In Texas and the
that province, In consequence from the Mexican
fsderaton that the central reduced
state OF permanent Reorganization Feelings of hos
tity too were engendsred in the hearts of the Mexi
cans by the conduct of the United States in trans
acten which predsposed them to resist any claim that
the envoy from Washington might set UP; and upon
those feelings the Americans should have looked
quietly, and without any very violent Of l-wn
Time should have been given TO those who had lust been
despoied OF OF the frest portions OF their empire
in order that they might decenty to veil II thew
soud not entirely suppress the soreness consequent
That which have often foretold would be the ruin
OF the Mexcansin military point Of viow has actually
come to pass The imaginative galantry tho Spanish
but Ill out Of the rough ordeal OF practical
trial Because each individual OF whom their armies
composed IN In respect inferior courage or In
skill at his weapon to any of his Anglo American ONO.
nents therefore they jump to the conclusion that
Mexican army can in the aggregate offer efectua
sistance to that Of the United states They forgot that
thoueand Bayards could never break modern square
Of Infantry nor resist mo.ern charge, III they had not
themselves passed through the hands Of drill sergeant
They will not trust to their best allies their deserts
their yellow fever but must needs fight great battles
which invariably terminate in one resultdisgrace and
defeat.
We cannot say how far Santa Anna may be compelled
to fight these disastrous actions by the political position
of affairs in Mexico Such may be the Of things
that defeat Is preferable alternative to the
suits Of inaction. II this be not however, the he
must wfuly intend his countrys ruin, or be litter
subject for asylum than the command Of an army
After his recent experience at Buena Visa--not to
speak Of the experience Of a long fe-he must have
been perfectly aware, when he threw up his entrench
ments in the face of Gen SCOTS advancing force that
II he attempted to defend them he was lost He had
ample time to choose his ground, and yet he does
not appear to have done with any peculiar military
kill
There does not to have been any such great To-
cal advantages about the heights Of Cerro Gordo
should have entitled them to the dignity of the Therno
pylD Of Mexico True that the ground is described
by General Scott Al being broken hx mountains and