Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1847-10-14
n.mber If the late House uf Delegates, from tie Tenth

neoher az the late House III Delegates, from l 'e"'"
Legion. for framing res ilufions, which a pemocfa'c
l-aisla lure were 90 d naurrJ cnnu5h l. iass, IN when a
,,ih,,. ia r,id In The par EMInEsr ABILITY" with
i, b,ei, lhe President had conducted The war. we sup.
...d ,b,, I'm, had becpne an article Of tho Denocr ate
faith. Our letplcxliy therefore may he itnis ned ""'h
we find the al1icial organ. since the receipt oil The ia'e
news OF the failure Of negotiations, Ginning III WIN me
WINGS IN roproiaiion OF he manner III Which h's'iiitles
have been prosecuted. ID" We exasg"ratef We refer
- the l,e number. Of The l. li1n. All the past course
If the Adm II slralion is, by implication, DENOUNCED
The war IS Ia be hencetJrih prosecuted with wy T.
W must' IL says, ""agea war, which Is more IKE a
war and less LIKE a peace" Ailer eighteea a.oaii's hos
,llltl.s waved by All A, inisilat IN, uias'lnied as To men
and none, Its official organ Is consiri ned 10 e'illcss that
the war has been mnTe like a peace than afytt Ing else.
NJ Wing has ever uttered Anything So severe upon tie
lmbeciliiy oi he Administration.
Il is a thing 10 lie remarked also, that Ills out If the
way exhibition OF candor aud ttuttiulnrss. which CON
ttasts 50 slrongly wlIl, the Sir Pcfinax Mae S~ycophan,
style which usually distinguishes the organ, has been.
for brief periods. res rIed 10 heretofore, wlien Mr.. pix
has found hin sell deceived in his eNI eclall"ns. On
more ilan one occasion, has lie Uni II protested ~, ST We
i,emen,ly, liza The war vas thereafter 10 be carried All
III dIp'Sfi ~ ~ "a way iuh NV ! NV 'ti'h
shows there mas no, vlgur enough in the cablnrt To eAe
cute a ncty plan, and maltcrs dragged on until, al last,
the organ admlls far nore than the bltlerts 81 eneny ui
MIR. Polk las charged upon him.
We do moi know What is lle plan which tile Ca5inet
at present contem latcs. We susI eel, however. tina,
1t embraces less ID large augmentation Of military for
cs, than an aggravation oi the personal sutieriu-s oil
M,xicaiis, in The decreased sever y with winch non com
batanls, women and child en-. are 10 be treated. From
the hints gwen by the organ we lnir thai. instead
oil paying ioI supplies, IS h.reIaiure. tnr eogn ~ Is Ia be
laid under military rcquisllion. 1t is d distinctly lniimated
that the people must ue ,nadr 10 feel the seyefilies Of the
war, that they may the souilcr incline their he1rls /
peace.
We da not charge tho Adaiinislr ltiun with the de ,ign
OF departing from the rules oi honorable warfare, winch
obtain among evil ,zhi nations. aud whicl, have been. 10
their credit, observed s. far in this contest by ur Gene
rails. But there are dark insinualions whlch would almost
induce the lelitf tina, war 10 the knife ought to be the .r-
der Of The day, and that the summary d sIn siiinn ufh, lp-
less old men, women and clhldrei-a Ia mode the Ar
kansas Cavalry-or the p.riz,n irregularities Of the
Texan Rangers. might BE- cAcus, ,occ s!onaIl " las an of
sal to the vindictl We bar blrismnfthe Mexican Guririlierps
We earnestly llole nothing Of The kind may disgrace on,
arms. The valor and discipline of our lroops Ia yr.een.
erall y. not been more cpnsp'cu us than tlelr .enernsity
Of any system which nigh, tend to c>aspera,e The mas
OF The people Of Mexico and make the wal thorough,
nati"ja do Ne doubt it. if,is We have pre,t,
distinct lntinaalion, The military occupation Of the Who'll,
country is 10 be attempted.