New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-11-18

u.~,..,. now regard this Nation with
an, ,noo,ouerable hstred-sll accounts concur
il dis The dream Of brbing Their onie''a'ns WIN
IT,. MILLION. Of Dollars into making such Urea
~, polk should dictate has proved as Idle
.. MO-, .tubborn adversary could have an
,icipsted. 1t was wre'ched device soon as 10
ho, at high minded Statesman could have origina'
"a nbss doubtless tended to Protrsc' the War
r., any influential Mexican who might wish to
me-. anon bis countrymen or their Government
,~,n.,dsrstions favorable TO Peace would naturally
be silenced by the apprehension that he would
forthwith be suspected Of acting under the info'
ence of Yankee gold. What is yonT share OF the
Three Millions T. is a question which would out
weigh the most forcble argument for Peace. No
such bill should ever have passed and yet we are
glad the Wings generally did not opposeit. Had
i, been defeated through their agency, IL would
have been vehenently asserted and extensively
believed that Peace was thereby lost
All the anscipations that Gen. Scott would be
able to find or form party favorable to us IN the
Csoitsl hsve likewise proved delusive The inhu-
sntis Mexicans hate and fight each other, bat they
hate us worst Of all and fthey neglect our troops
70 asht each other, il is because they find such
fighting easier and safer But they do not the less
hate Us universally and Gen Scott can assemble
no shadow Of Congress in Mexico. The expecta-
ton once entertained on this head is also exploded
Yet there are, there must be, thousands Of Mexi-
cans who are heartily tired Of the War-tired OF
its unvarying i'll fortune, its heavy burthens and It's
imminent perils. Though its permanent Annexa-
ton to this country is hardly possible, its anarchcal
breaking up into ten or dozen petty republics is
very kely TO result from the disasters Of the War
and the protracted occupation Of the metropolis
Peace is necessary To Mexico, though pride must
be sacrificed TO obtain IT.
We have hope. therefore though not strong
one. that Mr.. Trists new proposition may be re-
ceived favorably. The Mexicans will doubtless
copcede much 10 their Capital and be dciiy-
cred of the presence OF an invading army, whose
very smallness aggravates their modification and
disgrace. What can they hope from continuance
Of bostilitiesi Victory They have no army
and. though they might easily assemble tens Of
thousands around their standards, they cannot So
readily create ordinance, munitions provisions ana
pay. In the absence of these, a new army, how
ever numerous, will melt away like an April snow.
Their only remaining recourse is Guerrilla warfare
and that, though certainly annoying and wasteful
10 u.s. inficts or invokes quite as serious evils on
their own people. II can never Of itself answer
any substantial purpose.
Presuming that the Mexcans are now willing 70
listen to propositions for Peace, one formidable oh
stacle remains TO be surmounted In the last ne
gotiatons, they offered us quite enough of Califor.
pia-all that we need wish for We think the line
of $40 North, giving us the magnificent Bay and
Harbor of San Francisco, ought to satisfy and pro
badly will satisfy, Government On the other
hand, we think their recent humiiating defeats
will have reconciled the Mexicans to give up their
rgbtful claim to the Nueces and consent to the Rio
Grande as boundary, so high, that is, as III Paso
del Norte SO far, we think, all outstanding differ
ences can be adjusted
One difficulty remains and it is formidable
one. New Mexicois as intensely Mexican as Vera
Cruz it 10 30 10 day, after having been some six
teen months in power. 1t is a poor country !
we have no earthly need Of it it would cost us
heavy sum annually to hold it its people choose to
be Mexcans, and ought to be allowed to be. Yet
we suppose Mr. Trst is instructed to insist every
inch this side Of the Rio Grande and will do it The
loss Of this territory will not nure Mexico much
az the acquisition Of it will damage this country
and yet Peace may be lost on this very question
Still We hope for Treaty, even at the hands Of
Mr. Trist but his failure must not be taken as con
elusive. The moment it transpires, we trust Con
grsss will recommend Special Mission for Peace
and that such Commission will be constituted
consisting of Henry Clay, Tor Daniel w ebster)
John c. Calhoun and Thomas ii Benton, with full
powers to negotiate Treaty untrammeed. The
creation Of such a Commission would have a great
effect on the Mexicans. II has been most unwise
policy to send single Clerk from the State De-
partment as our negotiRtor, and he a man scarcely
known in or out of his own country. Mission
such as We have suggested could not fail to be ef
fective--could hardly fail to be successful Friends
Of Peace are you content to do nothing Let us
meet and devise the best means of fastening the
return Of Peace-let ne deliberate and ACT.