The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-10-06

We understand that no official dispatches from
either General Scott or Mr.. Trst have yet been
received at Washington, but il is generally con-
ceded that the Mexican accounts which we have
received of the failure of negotiations and the at
tendant circumstances, are in the main correct I;
they are, of course, exaggerated.
Our commissioner, Mr.. Trist, having failed,
the next consideration is, will our government
renew the attempt to negotiate, or will it, in case
of an overture by Mexico for peace, send an other
commissioner authorized to conclude treaty,
notwithstanding the i'll success Of Mr. Trsts
mission?
On this subject we are assessed Conformation
which is worth communicating to our readers.
Although there is no expectation of edy peace
entertained by the public or the administration,
yet we believe that it there should be single
glimmer of hope perceptbe, no matter how in
distinct it might be, Mr. Buchanan himself will
go as commissioner to Mexico, and endeavor to
settle the war. In the mean time, however, it
is the intention of the government to infuse more
vigor and energy into the prosecution of nostili-
ties than l. has yet done, and in doing so it will
receive the countenance and support of every
citizen throughout this Union. The plan will be
to conduct the war with rigor, and at the first
symptoms of returning sanity, and disposition
to treat of peace, Mr.. Buchanan himself will
probably 60 to Mexico and receive the PROPOSE
tons that republic may make, for no more pro-
positions will be made to her.
On looking over the terms of the treaty which
Mr.. Trist took with him to Mexico, our readers
cannot but feel surprised az their liberality.
They furnish convincing proof to the world, that
beaten and thrashed as the enemy is, with his
sea-ports, his towns, fortresses, and his very ca
pital, in our possession, that we wished not to
take advantage Of his humiliation, nor had any
inclination to wrest from him more than what
was Just to ourselves. Indeed, many of the po-
litical friends of the administration in the
South, and few here, find fault with him tor
presenting such liberal terms, and insist strong
ly that he should have demanded much more
than he did 1t must be borne in mind by all
who think thus that the United States is now
enacting scene which history will record with
impartiality; centuries hence the war with Mex
leo will be talked of in private circles and be read
OF in librari and public institutions all over
the world How much more agreeable is it to
our feelings, to be assured that the most unre-
lenting of our enemies, when talking of the
terms of that treaty, will not deny that they
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tice and liberality, and that in offering them,
we desired not to take advantage of a PROSTATE
foe, but to secure an honorable peace.
There is an apparent inclination on the part of
u portion of the public to censure Mr.. Trist for
departing from the letter of his instructions, in
consenting to entertain for one minute, an offer
to make the territory between the Nueces and
the Rio Grande neutral; and to give up New
Mexico; concerning which, it is represented, he
asked for forty-five days, to consult his govern
ment. We can scarcely believe that Mr.. Trist
has really acted in the manner represented; yet
the Mexican reports represent such to be the
case. His instructions were clear and express,
not to entertain any proposition short of New
Mexico and California, and boundary of the
Rio Grande and the thirty-second parallel, under
any circumstances; and in no case, unless peace
depended upon it, to abate the claim to Lower
California and a right of way across the isthmus
of Tehuantepec.
If he disregarded them he has injured him.
self and his government, but we shall await fur
Their accounts before we can believe he did
do so