Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1847-04-14
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FsiOTCihsens: Vera Cruz has fallen! But we do not
hear OF peace Tue pride OF the MeXesn Nation is not
humeed shsh we persist IN aggressive wari Shall we
sl insist on the conquest Of peace Shall We not be
content to hold Vera Cruz Monterey Saltllo CauarRo
Tampico and Matamoras-but shall we 90 on 10 eapte
and to hold Mexico, oaeraiero GuanaxaO vaadod aud
Let US proceed TO consider the diiculte, We many en-
counter ami tho prolonged duration we may give to this
war sy pcrsistng IN this course.
II was remarked in the C,reroin, n,,,h. ~, H. ,,
ct wafhke iotce which State can employ aud its consc
qnen energy IN war; depend in no small degree upon he
Albfs 81 ats people. By tAe Aabits Of a ,,.l, / mean
here TO designate their modes of life the naur, az ,h,r
Industrial pursuits, and their standard of comfort or their
position m the scale Of For reasons apparent
To little tchecnon, these circumstances exert material
influence IN determining the proportion Of its populaon
in
An agricultural people will be more difficult TO CONQUER
than commercial OF mechanical one For similar reasons
pastoral people will be difficult to CONQUER than an
agricultural aud people IN the hunting and fishing state "a
nation OF hns'ers especially would be the most difficult OF
all 10 conquer In short, the military energy of State
depends very much esteris plru upon its grade of ciyi-
A''n' easier To conquer civilized nation aud
especially highly Commercial and mechanical one than
one that savage or sem-eivzcd. As nation teecdcs
from the most advanced stage civilization the Larger he
COMES the proportion OF population IL is necessary Il
combat IN order 10 conquer that nation Among absolute
saNagcs It Is generally necessary 10 CONQUER % per
cent OF ITS population. as 1t civilized state to conquer
| % per
The IS that among savar,s every r,,, . cn,,I
Warrior; aud war - all inconsistent with their
pursuits We did not conquer the Scmnoles until We had
either Killed Or captured the whole race France has bee,
cndcaNoing the last years at an cnormous CHARGE
q her treasury 10 subiugaie the semi Algerincs
Russia has been ios an equally long PERIOD ngiged
enauy unsuee chot to sahugatc the pastoral Circas
saus. Tho Romans never succeeded m their ,trt. To
snbugae the nomsdic Arsbans Parhiaus and Scy,hians
'h the other HAND, wbcn the ordinary and regular military
'''S 'i clNZtd state, amounting generally
two per cent only o IT. poplauon completely routed for
even partially often tunes the State readily sues far
peace single battle Will sometimes Suhiugate a highly
- - Ia. Las i III
ut Prussia, and ad the or Monarch at the feet of
Napoleon. The hauc ot i,sunEs transferred the crown
w England To william the Conqucror, although at
her PERIOD aud less advanced stage of CIVILIZATION the
AneloSaNon race, under Alfred Great resisted and
~lscot he repeated and terrible upuons OF the Danes
France though numbering twenty millions Of souls
saAed her all AT Waterloo with but little more h,n hum
drcd thousand aud when these were routed she submitted
quietly TO the cicaton OF the Allied Powers The bllc OF
lama hemood the P'ide OF Carthage and constrained her
'osle iof peace Hannibal hurried from the battle field
Carthage, ana declared that all lost aa the s,e
must submit 10 peace On any Yet Carthage had by
no means eNeTied her utmost inherent Warke capacity-
She sui abouugcd IN wealth aud population But the com
mccal habits 81 her people eminenty unavotabe 10
further exercise O. her warkc capacity. The saVaeious
Hannibal knsw that nation Of shop keepers would no,
continue war with any spirit after their regular warkc
force mad been DESTROYED.
The principal OF this difference between
savage aud civilized Nations are, that among the
former, much larger amour; OF physical force eau
be directed - warlSc purposes, and they are less
liable 10 % damaged by Among .zed
ua.ras he greater proportion 81 the population be
omp.o'cd IN some indusuial pursuit, which cannot be
abandoned without dmiuuuon OF the means Of subss-
ten,o Among savasc the primary pursuits o; the people
,Auntng or cNamp.c) but little inconsistent with their
warkc habits. They moreover subs.st chiefly upon the
spontaneous products OF naiurc-clyizcd nations chiefly
upon the products o. their labor. And have sa
wages 20 lose BY war; The storm OF passes over them
the atmospheric Storm the prairie. The grass bends
before H. oEi rises when bss subsidized. The storm pass
through the l0-es and upr0oug and rendng asunder
trees, mathematical the effects OF war on civilized
o. HHrN IHnzE ,h.r.
min saed force between nations more less advanced
m ciyi.lzalOn though not either extreme.
IL may DC asked what has all this do with the NcNi-
can waf IL mas this, ieoct zens that these MeXicans
are bur ite more IEan hall civilized They have but te
90 lose by war - TAR, they have gained by the liberal
course o; our Government purchasing supplies They
haotlay i've 50 mcaEv, that vii affect them but lite
They have but little commerce. foreign domestic They
have made no aauments, scarcely the mechanic arts
Their modes OF agriculture very imperfect Their labor
Ia short, u 81 but little value them, their industrial
pursuits and great deal OF may be applied 10 the puT
poses Of Guerilla war, without material OF prouc
non II we should invade England, and take London
Liverpool Bristol and Manchester, we should be able 10
cate peace u that highly commercial though proud na
ton But, although should take and occupy Mexico
Potos, Vera Cruz Iampc0 and all the Mexican TO WINS
o somewhat doubtful whether should conquer peace
oi tina, poor aud stupidity obstinate people. Look to The
Russian war IN Crclssa. Russian garrs5ns have occupied
mat country Tor years pas-but tie people subju-
gated Now and then they and slaughter their Rus
san invaders We have already had similar instance IN
Mexico Our troops Tor time occupied the province
Of New Mexico, without mo.estaoa. But at length the
people b-IcheFed many them, and drove gu, the
rest How many instances OF this kind shall we have be-
tore this war = ended METROPOLITAN.