Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1847-11-20


ever heard of, who able to butcher and enslaye
whole regions without showing his face and even
of has true hideousness men must have had some
glimpse, before at last, stripped of all disguise, he
stood confessed before them in the whole horror of
his countenanee.
While, then, such system of protracted dissi-
mutation was futile and false as to its immediate
object of continuing to deceive men, it was equally
vicious in another direction by imposing upon the
President necessity of striving to keep up appear
ances it palsied him in action, fettered him in ne
collation., and encountered his movements.
But if secretiveness be the main talent of the
Administration, we can hardly say the same of its
recognised organ to which we ourselves stand
ready to avow our obligations of knowledge IL
we have understood at all times, the subject of this
Mexican war, we owe it almost entirely to " the
Union.' 1t was "the Union that first betrayed
to us the fact that zoe Were to haze acar with
Merico, beginning WiM bloodshed ON the Rio
Grande !; 10 it we were beholden for the discovery
that the war aoas to be ,caged for conquest. Not
entirely frank at first, it did not tell hoc much
conquest zoe aDere to hare but, soon making us
amends, it opened its bosom and let see that zoe
,oere TO anaer all zoe could get So, at every
fresh step in the progress of this suspicious and
wellconducted business, in the clear mirror of the
Union could always the shadow of each
approaching device, whether against the enemy
whom we are killing purely for their own improve
ment, or against our own victorious Generals,
by way of avering what both President and
Government Editor have always held in holy
horror-the danger of popular infatuation for a
military chieftain.''
The latest revelation with which the Union has
favored is the following important hint as to the
manner in which are to finish the conquest of
Mexico, and to dispose of the landed property
therein, when we shall have completely subdued
that country. The proposition is, as our readers
will see, brought forward by adoption from another
Democratic paper; but it is heralded with strong
ntimaon Of approval, and is clearly appropriate
part of the system of which this Administra-
ton means to carry into effect, if the humanity of
our people is not too much reyolted at Il:
FROM "THE UNION" OF FRIDAY LAST.
We select the following article from the New
Orleans Mercury of November l. 1t is written
with great force-though there will be, Of course,
great diversity of opinion about the suggestion it
offers as to the disposition of the country conse-
quent upon its 'subjugation
MExrco-The question has now changed from Shall
we conquer Mexico }" TO "How shall conquer Mexico
There appears to be but opinion this latter question:
which is that it to be done by planting strong armies in
each Of the rican States, and thus subding them in de-
TAIL The great objection to this is, that would be
pensvehat would require at least hundred thousand
men, We do not think so ; and base our opinion on
what armies have already done and what they are now
doing, Mexico General Scott holding complete
subsection city of hundred and fifty thousand inhabi-
tants, bitterly hostile to him. with only handful were
of American soldes-and this too in the very centre of
Mexico, the difficult point of a-about which all the
Mexican forces concentrated Six seven thousand men
undoubtedly sufficient for such position the city of
Mexico and less than half that number any of the other
States would be all that necessary
Now let how many States there are There are
Oaxaca La Puebla, Vera Cruz Valadold Mexico Guada-
axara, Guanaxuato, Potosi Zacaecas Queretao Tamau
pas New Leon, Durango Sinaloa Coahuia Sonora Chi
huahua and New Mexico-eighteen States in all and the
number of troops that would be required in each of
these States would exceed three thousand men, Two
thousand would be sufficient quarters over three
in ohersso that the entire force required in the eighteen
Mexican States would be only 54, 900 men,
Now judging from what have done thus far, think
the above calculation amply large, for is demonstrated that
1900 OF fully equal to any 5000 TO- 900,
least of the best Mexican troops So that cope with 900
of each Of the Provinces it would be necessary
for the Mexcans to have of at least 600 in
each of their Staes-or, in all, army of $780, 900
The probability is, that 80 600 of would be amply
sufficient for the complete conquest of the whole Of Mexico
Now, word about the expense, which 10 be the
great difficulty.
The plan pursued by Government should undoubtedly
be make the invaded country pay the expenses of the
by supplying armies with provisions beasts OF burden,
&c far the of Mexico of every descrp-
ton will admit That Mexico is able feed our armies is
proved from the fact that thus far have been able buy
of them all that wanted OF course, them If zoe stop the
buying sySem-a system entirely contrary all the estab-
ished usages of wa-ue shall be able to TAKE all e tant.
To what them the interior of the country affords in shape
Of PROVISIONS is to be added the Of the seapors all
of which in hands, Contributions also on the
different States could be made And from those three Sources
il pmn, that ALL nearly ALL of the expenses attending
the support Of army of from thirty thousand ftytou-
sand could be easily betrayed We confident that the
properly managed Mexico could be easily conquer
ed and held with but very little expense this country.
Let armies then, begin Immediately 10 radafe from
The city of Meric0 into all The Mexican States; and
there three thousand average in each Of
the Mexican States from New Mexico the Isthmus of e
huanepec the country may be considered conquered
Such part would divide the forces Of the
Mcxcans that they could do nothing We should have in
possession all their capitals and ater capital Of every
description and if With all these hands, could
do nothing, them and not till then, would do to think of