The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-10-12
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present is, with what view is the war to be con-
tinued? Il cannot be to conquer peace, except
by pacifcation Of the whole country; and uni
versal pacifcation is but a preliminary step to
universal annexation.
Is the war TO be continued without any other
object than to repel FORGET is it to be continued
for the purpose of adding the whole territory of
Mexico TO the United States
II cannot be but for the latter purpose at all
events, it cannot be without that result IL is
not reasonable to hope that peace will be gained
by a limited prosecution of the war, or on
prosecution Of it based upon the motive OF con-
querlng peace. All that delusion is past, ana
now we have two courses-either TO withdra"
our troops altogether, or to continue the war
with an svowed determination to occupy the
whole of Mexico There is no middle course.
The administration has yet adopted no resolve,
nor would il be proper to do so in the absence of
all official information with regard TO the failure
of NEGOTIATIONS But it is useless to conceal
that the question moote1 in the cabinet and that
already with the d-liberative board of that body
the question has ceased, from familiarization,
TO be the bugbear that it was. Nay, it would
not be extravaeant to say that majority of the
body are prepared to notion the entire subjuga-
ton of Mexico, should the official representa-
tons of our commissioner and the general-in-
chief of our army holds out little prospect of an
early and pacific adjustment of our difficulties,
as do the Mexican accounts we have received
The occupation of the entire country, with
view to its permanent retention, is regarded as
political necessity from which ii is now impossi
BILE for us to escape if we would.
There is middle course, but it leads directly
TO one Of the two extremes-that is, to the total
subjugation and occupation of the country. That
middle course is, to maintain In Mexico an
army that will overawe resistance, appropriate
all the revenues, establish purely military gov
eminent, and hold the country until Mexico shall
volunteer to comply with the demands of this
country. But the issue of this will be, whether
this government wish it or not, that before
Mexico will assent to our terms, the country will
be overrun by citizens of the United States, who
will never consent either to leave their posses
sions there, or yet to live under Mexican laws;
so that it will be impossible that Mexico can
ever again attain the position of an independent
sovereign nation. Now it is morally certain
that the President will recommend this middle
course in his next annual message to Congress.
He will do SO with an entire consciousness of
the result to which it will lead, and doubtless
not without desire to produce that result-not
that he would not gladly put an end to the war
now, even on the terms lately offered by Mr..
Trist; but that he probably sees no prospect of
bringing it to termination, except by the entire
subjugati6h and annexation CT the country.
The organ of the President still waxeth
grosser in its grossness 1t berates the Mexi.
cans by the column, for our victories over
them; calls them all sorts of vile names,
and labors seduously to tarnish the glory
of our arms by stigmatizing our foes, whom
our generals have seen fit TO treat with
chivalric and punctilous courtesy, as "de-
based race" 1t is to be hoped that the
wings, for the honor of the country, will
not attribute to the admnistration-to any adj
ministration that could attain power in this re-
public-a participation in this most indecent alb
jurgation of vanquished enemy-at such time,
too, as the present. when half the land is in
mourning, either real or anticipated, for the
lives lost in this sad struggle The organ can
not be patriotic without being vulgar; but its
vulgar sentiments should not be regarded as the
sentiments of the administration.
The CASE OF PAUL BRUNI AGAIN BY the pa
pers in this it appears that on motion to the
special term of the Supreme Court, held before
Judge Edmonds, and after full hearing, and
solemn consideration of the case, it was decided
that Judge Drinker, though state officer, is pro
hac rice, officer of the United States, deriving
all his authority from the United States, acting
under law Of the United States in execution of
a Treaty, and that the Court had no authority to
review his actions. That whether his power to
act is conferred on him individually by name, or
by virtue of his local Office he is officer of the
United States in that case, amenable only TO its
tribunals and the motion was publicly announ-
ced by the Court as denied, and so stated at the
foot of the opinion of the Court, and it was sup
posed that the clerk had entered general order
accordingly
But after the decision, Judge Edmonds, on an
er parts application of Bruni's counsel, allowed
a clause to be added to the order entered on the
decision, in effect, "that the order was to be
without prejudice to any new application for the
same writ, upon the same or other papers lat ge-
neral term of the Court" And thereupon, on
part only of the same papers, an er parte applca-
ton was made to the Court at general term for
the same writ, and it was granted. On the oppo-
site counsel discovering that these er parte pro-
ceedings had been taken, enquiry,we understand,
was made Of Judge Edmonds on the subject, to
which he answered, that the clause added to the
order was allowed parte, after the decision
made, to allow virtually an appeal from his de-
cision; but that he did not intend to allow at gen.
eral term the motion to be made on part only OF
the papers; that he had already refused to hear
Bruni's counsel sr parte on that motion, and d.
rected him to give notice to the French govern
ment and after the appearance of their counsel
and argument against 1t, he had deliberately
decided it, he did not allow him er porte, and on
part of the papers only, to reverse the solemn de-
cison of the Court.
On these facts, motion was made to the Court
at general term, to SET aside the writ, on the
ground Of irregularity and after argument, the
latter motion was refused by the Court, no reason
heinn assianed excent that the Court cansidered