Washington telegraph., 1847-02-24

"H"ie VI hls Vehpt Nsie w hNul VI HuaIa'
II so, | considered the further etlusion oil
blood not only unnecessary, but improper.
Their force was also considerably larger
than ours; and from the size and position
oflhe place. We could not completely in.
vest Ill SO that the greater portion oi their
troops, fnol the whole, had they been dis.
posed TO do so, could, any night, have aban.
dohed the city, at once entered the moun'
tain passes, and effected their retreat, do
what we could Had We been put to the
alternative Of taking the place by storm,
(which there Is no doubt we should have
succeeded in doing,l NC should, in all prob.
ability, have lost fifty OF one hundred
men in killed, bnsides the wounded, which
wished to avoid, us there appeared to bc
prospect oi peace, even If a distant one.
| alsn wished 10 avoid the destruction of
women and children, which must have been
very great, had the slorming process been
resofiel to. Besides, they Ahad very
large aud strong iohilieatiOn short dis.
lance from The city, which, i carried by
the bayonet, must have been iaken ut great
sacrifice of lie and. with our limited train
OF heavy Of bailering artillery, /, would
have required twenty or twenty-five days
10 take il by regular approaches.
That they shoHld have surrendered
place nearly as strong as Quebec, well tor.
liied, under the direction oi sailiul engi.
neefs,-their works garnished with forty.
two pieces Of artillery, abundauily supplied
With ammunition, gaffispned by 1pJp reg1
lar 1nl 20nO Irregular troops. IN addition
Ia Sum, lhnn.ani citizens capable ol, land
np Doubt aeiualy.) bearing arms. and aid
!ng in iis deirnee-to an opposing ioree OF
halt their number. scaniily supplied with
pfovs ohs. aud with light tram ol atiil'
Iey-is among the unaceoaniable occult
tenees Of the times.
| am decidedly opposed 10 carrying on the
war beyond Sali.llu IN this objection, which
place has been entirely abandoned BY the
Mexican :brees all OF whom have been
concentrated a, San Luis Poiosi; aud |
shall Iosa no Time in taking possession Of
the iorncf, as sO1a ibe cessation Of huslili.
ties referred 10 ctpifes--whieh have noli.
lied The Mexican authorities vii b. the
case on the l3lh instant, by direction ofihe
President Of the United States.
II we are (in the language Of Mr. Polk
aud General scott under the Necessity OF
"conqlcr.ng peacc"-and that by taking
the capital Of the counlry-we must 90 10
Vera Cruz, take that place, aud then march
on to the city OF Mexico. To do 50 in any
other direction, consider out Of the qnes.
ton. But. admitting iha, we conquer a
peace by doing so-say, at the end Of the
next twelve monlhs-wiil the amount o!
blood and treasure. which must be etpend.
ed in doing 50, lbs compensated by the
same ! think specially II the coun
iry We subjue is to be given up; aud i'm.
arine there are bu, few individuals in our
country who think of anneIing Mexico to
the Unilrd States.
| do ~, intend Ia carry on my operations
las previously stately beyond salliilo-
dcem.ng Il next to impracIable To do 50.
II then becomes n question as 10 what Is
best u be done. II seems tn me, the most
ludiciols course 10 be pursued on our part,
would be- To take possession, AT once, Of the
Inc we would accrp, by negotiation, cI.
lending from the Gull Of Mexico 10 the
Pacilic, and occupy the same, Or keep what
we already have possession Of; aud that
with Tampico, (Which hope to take in the
course Of the next month, or as soon as
can gctihr means OF iranspotation,) will
give Ms ali on this side OF The Sierra Madre,
and as soon as ! occupy Saillllo, will in.
cuda .iI or seven States or Provinces.
thus holding Tampico, Victoria, Monterey,
saltillo, Moncloya, chihuahua, (which |
presume General Wool has possession OF
by this iimr) Santa Fc, and the CALIFORNIA;
and say to Mexico, "Drive Us from the
country l'--lhrowing on her the response.
bility anl expense Of carrying on offensive
war-at the same lime closely blockading
all her ports on the Pacific and the Gull.
4 course Of this kind, if perseverod in for
short time. would soon bring her TO her
proper senses, and compel her to sue Ior
pracr-pruyidcd there - u government IN
the country sufficiently stable iorus to treat
with, which, fear, will hardly be the case
br many years 10 cone. Without large
reiniorcements of volunteers from the u.
siates-say, ten or fifteen thousand, Chose
previously sent on, having already been
greatly reduced by sickness and Other cas-.
ualiies, DO not believe ii would be ad
yi.ab!c to march beyond Sal,ilIo, which l.
more Than 200 miles beyond Our dcpos on
tho Rio Gande---a very long line on which
tokcrp up supplies (oAor land route IN a
country like this for a large lorce, aud
certain to be attended with an expense
which will be lrighIlGl 10 contemplate, when
closely looked into.
From Snlul.o TO San Luis Poiosl, the
next place Vi Importance On the road to the
city OF Mexico, is three hundred mllc', one
hundred and forty badly walercd, where no
supplies Of any kind could be procured lor
men or horses. have informed the War