The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-09-13
BY TIL K m Ais.

WAsHISGros, Sept IL, lsa7.
The Prospect Of Psaes-Major Lally and the Train IN
his Charge.
The peace that General may make NJ the e.tss
Of Mexico, cannot be lasting win be- n At ALL
peace between the army OF the United States and the
Mexican government such 1t Is, that as far an the
latter is concerned, hoses shall cease. Santa Anna
may even go SO far 10 accede to the terms Of the
treaty which Mr. Trst carries with him, but he cannot
guarantee its observance by the Mexican people Pa
redes is In Mexico for the purpose of carrying on the
war Will he observe the stipulatons OF treaty made
without his consent! VIII he not rather throw himself
among the gueras call to his standard the disanected
chiefs repair Louis Potos and there prepare to
neuraze by and harassing warfare the fruits
of victories! Santa Anna may capituate and thus
the capital, but what then! The blasts Of our
rumpets at the gates Of Mexico will have caused the
confederacy to fall to pieces and the discovered portions
may submit continue to resist as 1t likes them. Con-
gress may ratify treaty but 1t Is question how far
the acts OF Congress may be recognised ut such juno
ture by the individual States binding upon each It
is besides certain that the whole Mexican nation Is vo
ently hostile to u.s. and Is not probable that the de-
sire to their capital from being occupied by our
troops however it may operate on the immediate re-
sidents will produce instantaneous revulsion
in the minds Of the Mexican people in favor OF
peace. The very moderate and liberal terms Of
the treaty In the hands Of Mr.. Trist may pro-
duce good effect sensible and rejecting men but
1t is to be feared that such are in Mexico, In .
very small minority.
1t Is not well to build too strong expectations on the
character Of the recent news become US to
manifest too feverh JOY at the least glimpse of peace
Everybody desires peace but the existence the nation
does not depend it, and entered into this war not
through quixoic love of hard knocks from desire
to display prowess, but with steady determination
% to ant Al her
hands We have now been sixteen months at war, and
this country has not experienced the slightest embar
rassment in her commercial industrial pursuits.
Should the war continue for as many years 1t could be
sustained without embarrassment difficulty, except
such factious opposition might succeed in encum
bering 1t witha The very insigni6cance of Mexico,
and the trivial resistance expected from her is the sole
reason that she has not been long since subugaed by
our arms. Not prepared to encounter protracted
sistance We did not at first organize Of
offence such scale to crush her efforts to arrest
progress Had quarrel been with any great Eu-
ropean power the last twelve months would have seen
million OF our citizens in arms II necessary Should
the war continue shall have nothing to apprehend
The only cause of complaint hithertothe drain tn
treasurywi be removed by the collection Of
both in the interior and the coast, to amount
which 1t is confidently hoped will than defray the
expenses Of the long as 1t may last Why then
desire 1t for humanity's sake, and all honorable
to it but let desire 1t with dignity not
clamor for 1t like children for toy beg for 1t It
involved our national existence. 1t would be equally
worthy of to despond should the CLEAN Of hope shed
by the late prove, as 1t may prove, but gnis
fatuus.
The greatest danger to be apprehended from failure
Of the proered negotiations is that the whole country
will be by citizens and that Mexico will
never after recover her independence. Such consum-
nation government desires most ardently to avoid,
but the issue will be totally beyond It's control should
Mexico continue the war.
regret to a disposition TO Major Laly for
moving forward without the achievements he sent for
1t was his duty to forward II he opportu-
nifty and his in reaching Jaapa with little
loss the best proof that he acted judciousy Those
in command of the reinforcement admit that their ad
vance was unusually slow-unavoidably 80, no doubt.
In such case and believing probably that his messenger
was cut OIL, renforcements appearing at the time
they might have been reasonably expected to have
rived Major LAly had option but to move forward.
Had he waited longer, his whole command might have
been surrounded and cut of.
longer necessary to conceal the fact that the
train under his command, Is Of great value.
GALvIENsIs.