The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1847-03-11

Ouf otdio otflltS bu AsaN FeiaAN - 49,
Montezumas has really no potency or
charm but in stale and ridiculous rhetoric
al fluurlshes, the Mexicdns will have seen
how impotent for evil TO them is this long
vaunled advance TO their capital aud II
will have only added TO the yiudiclEe re.
yenge which they already cherish towards
US to quite a sufficient degree.
do not believe that, when all the char.
ges of the war, up 10 this time, come to
be settled, in the shape of bounty lands,
pensions, losses Of property, aud the rhous-
and dfter.claps Of a war, that II will be
found 10 be short Of sixty or seventy mil.
lions. The late Florida war cost US for.
ty.two millions, with never more than one.
fifth OF the army now IN Mexico, nor one.
tenth OF that which It is proposed to send
there aud supplied, too, at SO much less
cost. Could not this money be better
spent Ii would cnbweb our whole cOun.
try with railroads But, where shall sc
get lhis money Not much longer by the
spendthrilt expedicnt Of giving our notes,
for 10 that is summed our financial resuur.
ces up 10 this time. Tins certainly can.
not last always. II must stop, # not be.
fore, when we fail to pay interest except BY
the issuance OF new notes. When our
debt is increased to one hundred and fifty
or Two hundred millions, no increase Of the
tariff can meet the exigcncy for all must
see that any considerable increase OF duties
on most OF the articles viii diminish reNe.
nue. by rendering their importation a los
ing business. The only possible aIterna
Ave will be direct taxation. To that
complexion II must CONE at last"
But, if these difficulties are surmounted
the end is not YET, Mexico IS not vet
humb!ed--not even crippled. Thus far
the war has, 10 every aspect, benetitied
her. II has npll0nal1cd her people, ele.
waited her military character, and caused
the expenditure Of a large amount Of for.
eign capital ~ her borders.
could extend hi, article, already too
long, by many proofs of the power OF the
MeNleans TO submit to ptvauons and
their readiness 70 do so. Let one suffice
\ most terrific cl,ll war has iur many
years been tagiug n sonora IA STATE bnr.
dcrlHg on the Pacific ocean. Houses burnt
10 ashes, lncks cNlefmnatel, aud one third
OF heir men buichefed. You will scarce.
y 20 five miles without seeing human car.
casses hanging from The limbs Of tho trees,
for no quarter has been the law Of that
war. Yet 1t never entered the minds Of
these fierce and uu'ppeasabe cnmbaant~
~ make peace unt,i ibis war with Us com.
nucHccd. Can We reduce a,, Mexico 20
such an extremity as tins Would we do
50 Ii we could Have wc ans reason 70
expect peace from any thing short Of it
We may des,foy Ter commerce, II isttuc
But she has very ht''e ol d, ard tina, liz.
tic not nlIsp' Besides a. the grams
Mexico supplies ttselt with salt sugar, cot.
Tee, cotton, b short, with c,ery thing that
IS necessary o man, aud Here Is lie iron.
her Of Gua,emala. through whicA she may
supply herself ct very hule cost, aud ia
spite Of Us. We may also cut or The rev.
enue from her cuslom.houses. Bltor hose
revenues all are hypothecated bat about
ten per cent. for The payment Fl lhc inter-
e, On her public dc5,. The paymenl Or
lsat interest IS nov suspended, which re-.
ieyes tie Government mgch more than
BE deprivation Of ten per cent. of those
customs cubarrasscs il. Besides these,
.ess than ore.,veulle,h Of the income Of
Mexico is derived from foreign commerce /;
aud, therefore, the same income which
would pay for foreign merchandise, 4ad
duties upon i, i. stu 10 the country, and
SUBJECT - other aud less etficaciOus forms
Of taxation.
Santa Anna !, now III san LOUIS Polosl
With not less than lNCny five thousand
men. II We leave earrlsous of not more
han , 0G2 meuat Vera Cruz aud lpmnico.
l,e can march ID, whole force up0n either
at lhcm ~ two weeks. la the summer.
when our army IS Weakened by tie raya.
ger Of disease, dcJcclcd aud brakeu.spnt.
cd by hourly burials Of their comrades
who val say wl,h certainty lliht eyents
wtllno occur winch viii sbloud OCT whole
!and ~ mourning
have thrown together these sugrcs.
tons, winch afe The results ii much fe.
ilccl1n aud soma personal know ledge Of
the facts upon which lhes are based No
cgI, certainly can result from a lar pre-.
sen'auon Of the difficulties WHICH he be.
fore Us. II IS better that those difficulties
should even be xaggeratcd than that they
should DO overlooked or moderated.
Am | asked, - the war then tutermlna.
bic confess with such demands on our
part as have been indicated, can see lit.
tic prospect OF It's conclusion. Wlh wise
and iifn men at the head Of all SIN Mex.
icn, Il seem, to me clear that she may nro.
trhe' II unlti We shall not be able Is Prose.
cute Il further. Oi such men such a cti.
SIS rs - the present IN Mexico has, IN ali
tines aud countries, been prolific. Soon.
er o. later, we shall be forced 10 cease nc.
tive operations. We can never do 50 more
gracefully or more adyanragcou,ly than
nov. The country between the Ncuces
and the RIO Grande was Tie prolessed oil.
JecI Of the war. We have unIlsputed Dos.
session 81 that and Iusl,ce aud policy both