Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1847-11-12
From The Cincinnati Gazette.
TIE PROSPECT BEFORE US.


Under this head The National InleI!ig ,nccr Of
the 28,h October sayS-"Even since tho emis-
sion OF our paper OF vest rday, we have c. uEr-
nation of rhe determination of The Ex 'culiyc--
having done nothing within the last eight months
but 10 place lh5 country III more difficult pass
in regard 10 the Mexican war than il stood in
when Congress last adourned--not to wait the
five shou weeks which interyeueS before Con-
gress will again be in session, but take such mea.
sureS as in It's high and mighty wisdom and pow.
er 1t deems cxPrdIei for the permanent ocCupd-
ton Of Mcrico! Truly did the organ of the
Government Uhe Official G0z,ue) lrtdlct 10
months before The Presideu brought on tho war,
nol only The war its, It, but the "Sccord Conquest
of Mexico" Already we are so deeply in for
il, that all the attention Of our National Govern.
menl al The momCm is absorbed, instead oiin the
proper affairs and interests of the people, in pro-
yldlng or the final conquest and government OF
great nation, between whom and the UnlIed
States, when it pleased our President 10 60 10
war with it, there existed unrepealed and still
unbroken, Treaty, the fundamental article OF
which was that "there shall be firm uvoube
aud universal PEACE and a true and sincere
Friendship between the United States Of Ameii-
ca and the United Mexican States, in all the ex.
tent of their possessions" &c.
The objects for which this government was
established have no relation to such slute oil
things as this conquest and proposed permanent
occupation Of Mexico. The Constitution of The
Unired States conlers no such powers upon Con-
greSs, much less upon The Executive, as those
which the President has exercised ever since
Congress last adjourned, and was indeed prepar.
ing 10 exercise while Congress was yet in sos.
sion.
But not TO transcend our pre-
sent purpose, let US introduce TO our readers the
evidence which we now have Of the present de-
signs of the Executive. They will be found in
The following extracts, the first Of which is OF
precisely equal authority with the Correspon.
dence tf the Philadel phia Ledger, which we have
frequently had occasion to speak of, and the
second of which is from a source always to DO
relied on:
Correspondence Of the Baltimore Sun.
WASHINGTON, Oct. &c, l847.
Sufficient intimalions have been thrown out
in regard 10 the orders recently sent 10 General
Scott TO convince me that he has been directed
ls: TO trouble himself no longer about Iruces,
armstices, negotiations or protocols; 81, 10 leave
undisurbcd the shadow Of a government now al
Queretaro; 81, TO prepare for permanent occu.
patton and for tranqulIzing the country; 4th, 10
disarm the whole population of the cities and
country on the road from Vera Cruz to Mexico
and break up and destroy their arms; and 5lh
TO levy contributions upon the principle cities
and States
Correspondence of the Journal Of Commerce.
"WAsHNGroN, Oct. 25.
81 learn, from various sources, that the Admin
istralion has given such orders to General Scot
Us will prevent him from again offering or ne
tcpiing un armistice, or invlng the Mexican
Government, TO make peace. The day has gone
by. too. for offering any pecunlary Inducements
to the Mexican rulers, or compensa'lng for ter
rilory."
The lntelligonccr also quotes from letter tc
The editor Of the New Orleans DIa, dated Al
Mexico, Sept II, the writer's intelligence heir 9
vouched for by the Delm. We insert below 4
few passages from thn letter not having room for
The whole. The writer expresses The opinion
that The present attitude of aflirS, leaves 10 us
but one of Two alternatives, to wit: military oc
cupaton aud government of the country, or u
fall back upon Il line which we are determined
to hold as a boundary, and maintain ourselves
there until Mexico sues for peace, on our owl
terms. The writer says:
"Annexa,ion of the States Of Mexico, Puebla
Vera Cruz, San Luis, Guanajuato, Guadalojart
or any other OF those popuous States included in
The line drawn from Vera Cruz TO the Pacific, be-
ing totally out of the question, and one Of The
creates. falacies ever ProPagased. If we annex