Weekly national intelligencer., 1847-06-05
FROM THE Srw ronK EXPRESS OF NAY 81.


ed to but rushed upon musket and muzze and offered
up life freely for such countrys order" "There
could not be Government long, society, he added cor
a nation, if every member of up his own will and wis
dom and especially soldier against the properly constituted
authority. But, he continued, " can you tell what
are fighting for !"
This very question have often put the Administra-
ton and It's organ, and in vain too that not only
despair Of answer, but confess inability
inven N reasonable one.
Meanwhile the country and the habits Of the country we
greved to and to say becoming accustomed
war, that fear will be long time again before and
all the horrors of will be viewed with the disgust and pain
that they viewed with only year ago. when first
heard of the battle Of Pao Alto. The that exists
far away and the "gorous records of it dazzle us that
hardly think of the goans Of the wounded and the
dying.
No weep but far away
Are deep blue eyes to weep in vain,
Fair lips to smile again,
And hearts 10 wall the bitter day
We can pity and shver over the details Of suffering nfct-
Ell by nscruable Providence in Ireland, and the tales Of
Skibbaeen starte with alright and horror, while with ap
parent Indifference make widows and orphans at Vera
Cruz and Cerro Gordo and waste with sword and FIRE the
hitherto peaceful habtaons Of in the valley of the Rio
Grande. We curse the Brons who invaded New ork and
shed blood Concord Lexington, and Camden but
their accused example ourselves initiating Jaapa
Perote, Sallo, and Monterey The unholy ambition Of
that cuts down nations and people from the Red
Sea to the Chinese Sea, and that carries sword in hand
cross OF ST George from the the Hmmaya noun
ans, shocks every fourth Of July that have but
our stripes conquest from the
Upper Rio Grande TO the CALIFORNIA; from Gulf of Mexi-
co, 1t may he now, 10 the city Of Monezuma. We too are
cutting down all who resist u.s. aud we too sword in hand
are struggling TO place our flag in triumph Mexico upon
the snowy sides of Popocape and acchuat the rough
rude names Of which monarch mountains we trust will re-
call to the immense distance that our countrymen
have gone.
The conquest of Mexico !" There is an historical thrill
in that phrase which the dispatches fernando Corez and
the eloquent pages Of Prescott have created but
Coriez had plea for his invasion and his crueies mis-
sion from Catholic Chrsendom to break the idols of the
Cacques and TO unur the banner the cross The secret
OF his success was the religious chvay that his mission in
spred, and read his letters his Invincibe
Emperor and Sovereign Lord Charles the 5h without sym
pahy Tor the enthusiasm however wrongfuy directed Bu
what sympathy Europe feel for now or postey here
aer IN the causeless invasion have hand-te nva-
son be remembered Of sister Republic that copied our
revolution, our history constitutions examples un
fatal civil wars subvered all regular civil government and es
ablshed only the military Thus If Cortrz and his Span
ads dd conquer Mexico they conquered but nation of bar
baans OF doaors, OF cannibas almost and in exchange
or the conquest they them the Christian religion and
he ight OF cylzaon while conquest is over kindred
government and neghbong nation, from whom il we had
Oeeh injured, we yet bound suffer long through SYM
phhy Tor ITS msortuncs in having made an effort TO he ms
ee az we had made ourselves BEFORE however lis people
were properly educated for freedom Cmtez was the servant
Of an Emperor aid Of Pope, subdung nation of savape
we are republicans subduing republic and a nation of re-
puocans and we have for the subugaon we are
attempting but unbidled ambition and wicked willis
\" subdne Mexico however, If this what some call our
mission, ~ so papably TO subver our own Government
ha we are IN hopes amid the ntoxicaon Of successes