The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-05-05
The Effect or the Mexican War In Europe
Anxiety OF the English to hear from Busn n
Vista and Vera Cruz.


[From the London Times March Isl
The debates in the American Senate surprisingly
instructive The New World ID now delivering 70 the
Old most impressive homly national justice, and
Illustrating by living example the eternal truth Of its
Precepts The Americans have removed their neigh
oor and must now pay for their transgres-
sion They plunged headlong into war, not only with
out counting the cost but without distinctly compre
hendng their own motives clearly asoertaning
their object In the Senate 1t Is much matter
OF debate why the war was commenced how 1t to
Dc conducted or when 1t Is to be concluded Three
points are suggested probably comprising tho
beW 1t is said to have been necessary repel nva-
siona reason not unlike that alleged for the absorption
OF Cracow 1t Is then described for tho
determination Of the boundary In question IL final
pronounced as absolutely requisite for the Of
the expenses incurred This is certainly making the
most OF thing. OF the of rivers which tumble
into the Gulf Mexico at its north west CORNER IL a
doubted which shall form the boundary between the
two nations; that selected by the Americans for this
honor il crossed by the Mexcans and the fact de-
clared to be an invasion; war is forthwith commenced
this invasion. the bound
ary e. to decide whether there has been any invasion
at all and subsequently continued to deray the cost of
the inquiry Napoleon used 20 say that should sup
port itself the Americans for making 1t explain it
SELF aud find its own object well a. its means
Thus In the public law OF the New World status bei
will be equivalent to bsh and further justin
cation of war need be sought for beyond the fact Of its
existence.
Toa certain extent, the responsibility OF the Am.ri
cans Is doubtless monopolised by their President MI
Folk never consulted Congre" while there was much
for consultation He imported the war ready
made into the Senate, and informed his countrymen
that he had terminated peace his own account But
though might not have been possible for Congress to
ignore Immediately the existence OF war which
raging under its yet IL might have withheld Its
assent from its subsequent operations. rnanipity in
the country there certainly is 1t would be mort
just to deny that the condemned for various
by respectable party; but taking the nation
body they must be fairly considered accessories after
the fact What they wanted when General Taylor
crossed the Bravo perhaps they could hardly tell They
knew that their enemy weak and they, therefore,
anticipated glory They that he had wide terrific
ries and they therefore reckoned conquests But
what they were to win, and how they to keep it,
were points on which the event shows that they had
formed no settled opinion.
Their fate has been strangely appropriate. Beyond
their credit and their costs it is true they have not
much at stake but far these points concerned
would be hard to conceive more desperate dilemma
than that to which they reduced. They have won
battles, taken towns, and dispersed guerilas they
hold birds OF the enemys country but they are no
their than first What they want clear
enough: To save their honor, they want the MeAcans
to ask for peace TO their pockets they want them
to pay the expenses, and they desire that all sur
renders should be made with such good free will as to
exempt them from the future necessity OF that armed
occupation which they well know they afford
to maintain. To conquer Mexico is not enough they
must have the assent Of the Mexicans to the conquest
They have driven the horse TO water, and now they
have got to make him drink. The Mexcans have no
thing but to be sulky and obstinaea duty which
there is doubt they will honorably discharge. The
circumstances of the belgerens all in favor of the
weaker party The Mexcans from whom 1t is
to extort this hardest of all confessions least of all
nations susceptible of the torture. The war scarcely
disturbance Of their political social sys-
tenn than ordinarily results from their semestria
revolutions They have abundance OF room and al
ways elude battle They have centre of power Mt
u
vantages well the disadvantages OF low political
organization, and far easily scoched than kill
ed Their vitality, If imperfect, is evenly dused and
their provinces would suffer little from puaton
"A snake The Americans who have conduct this most
the task They have army and have constitutional
objections to raising one They have no money, and are
resouely determined to find none. They have no Gen
era and have just agreed never to have Yet with
these natural and political disadvantages, they have
either to continue of which nobody can tell the
the conclusion to confess their folly and their
helplessness by ridiculous retreat.
How to from this most awkward die NINA il now
the uueson In the Senate y the more passionate IL
recommended to act more vigorously than on the
present plan and to push at to Mexico To this 1t
is replied, with some force that II is not quite certain
they can get there and with infinitely force
IL IL most certain that the capture Of the metropolis
would produce effect than the capture Of Fam
pico MIR Calhouns plan which we mentioned ON saur-
day acknowledges these difficulties and may be taken
perhaps exposition of the least possible expense at
which the Americans get out ofther difficulty The
problem to be solved is how to apply the screw to the
Mexcans in the least costly and the most effective man
To this end Mr. Calhoun proposes that the line OF
the Del Norte should be held to the Pass and should
then be continued due west to the head of the Cali
fornian Gulf Along the river 1t would be the easil
tenable the Texan borderers might be thrown in
moment any point in peril, while the unnhabited coun
try through which its continuation westward would run
would demand very troops for its defence Alto
gether Mr. Calhoun estimates that it could be held 10y
i've regiments and three forts and Mt annual charge
of two and half millions Of dollars. This is perhaps
exercising the sricest practical economy in the ndu
gence of folly, though 1t hardly very likely that
the people who unconvnced by Hannibal ad pora'
removed from Monterey to the mouth Of the Colorado
or course provision is made for the contingency so
remely probable that negotiations heard Of
and in this case America Is to retain permanent pos
session of the line thus occupied in other words the
original question between the Rio Nuoces and the Rio del
Nore to be settled by the coniiscaton Of Cafornia
in addition to the retention the debaabc river Lest
however readers should be distressed at the
want Of reributon in this conclusion beg to in
form that the gain will be Irish gain nftor all
SIR said Mr.. Calhoun in his place II put higher
question: thirty millions of dollars to be expended in
nus War-ls
for California fifteen millions Of money! Surely these
| ARGUMENTS must have gone home to the Senate and
taught them how infaby certain conduct in nations
we'll individuals is excluded from the ordinary chances
Of prosperng BY MIR Folks plan thirty millions OF dol
| consideration of fifteen millions by MIR. Calhoun
amendment the valuable object is to be gained by
| An annual disbursement Of nearly three.
From the London News. March al
The peace s6ciety-ifi il funds adequnte-ought T.
vote medal to President Polk His burlesque invasion
Of Mexico is more likely to throw dscredt on wars by
making them ridiculous than the strongest argument
tho most eloquent persuasions
| Two American armies moved 10y land on tho Mexican
frontier The crossed the io Grande at Palos Altos
the other in the vicinity Of Santa Fc. or the latter
only know that descr, nervcnes between IT and Mis-
souri, that the men are dying by dozens that Genera
forna. Colonel Price takes upon him to dsoboy tn
orders of his commander in chief Lieutenant Coonc
Wlloch emuously disobeys Colonel Price; and Colonc
Donphan acts independently of them all. Az for tn
grand army which forced passage at Palos Altos, Tia
impossibilty Of marching any distance into Mexico ha
obliged the descend the river
their troops In order after they have been reinforced
attack Vera Cruz land passage into the wealthy an
populated districts of Mexico, either from Paos Altos
rampco having been found mpractcablc, the invader
have resolved to go round to Vera Cruz by whic
they might have done at first After the loss Of muc
time and many men (by sickness) the invasion has ye
to begin.
The original plan Of advancing upon the capital hnvn
been abandoned the superiority Of the ono romnil
be tested Vera Cruz and the Castle Of San Juan %
Ua be simultaneously attacked by land anu sea
The castle Of San Juan de Uluan Gays seni-oicla
looking article in the keu York Herald. VIII De ioi
some time occupied by troops after It's capture io
the purpose Of testing the effect OF the climate on them
| A humane experiment this; and the Mexcans seem re-
solved that IL shall have a fair trial for abandoning the
land Of the romo, they understood 70 DC ortyn
the passes the decliyity Of the great tae anu
fi,,ra calienfs where the masma Of tropical climate
will kill them or II is like shutting up cohection OF
yermn in the mephitic Grsuo del cane
L. l. ,,. tint .nrnn 1nsnivnp 70 This effect la. beon