Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1847-05-27
From the North Americ
The War as ID stan dis.

Mexico without further and terrible sacrifices.
1t might be thought that victory so decisive
as lha. of Cerro Gordo ough. TO be sufficient to
discourage foe so frequently proved to be un-
equal TO the struggle, from further resistance /;
but the celeri1y and apparen, ease with which
Santa Anna. after the battle of Buena Vista, as
sembIed fresh thousands 10 encounter General
Scott, indicates a degree Of desperate resolu-
ton which will probably induce renewal Of
the effort TO stop The careor of our troops
There are still situations of vast strength inter-
posed between our army and the city of Mexi-
co and if the Spanish obs,inacy prompts a bold
and desperate defence, thousands of wives and
mothers in both countries may have occasion
| 10 mourn over the result. Gen. Scott may be
checked, he may be constrained TO mark his
| path with graves, and struggle at every step:
but il is our belief that he cannot be preEenied
! from reaching Mexico. And what lhen II
has always been doubted whether the capture
of the capital would secure submission. The
latest advces inform US of The probable lnien-
vernment il is also proposed to abandon open
resistance in The field and adopt the guerrilla
mode of warfare and every report that reaches
US speaks of implacable hostility and amending
resistance. If these statements be confirmed
by future results, we are but al The threshold
of this sanguinary war. We have turned but
the first bloody leaf Of this volume of horrors.
Lives innumerable, American and Mexican, are
yet TO answer for the insanity Of this Admins
iralion and we may look forward to a future
crowded with sacrifices and affections
Since this contest commenced there has been
everything in it 10 excite and crafty the war
like passions Of our people. We have victories
,ha, transcend the wonders of romance; and
national pride and national vanity appealed
to with an eloquence which it requires ex-
traordinary self.conlrol to resist. In time, and
with the sacrifices required having made Mex
leo wide sepuchre, we may conquer IT. AL
though The effort be one that must redden the
path Of our triumph with the best blood of our
country, we may effec, it, We may add dozen
Mexican States 10 our Union, and crowd our
Congress with members of every language,
complexion and character. And, although these
barren, or ruinous iriumphs be won at the price
Of bankruptcy or dsunion, still we may, and
will exult, with an earnest joy over the victo-
ries of our arms, for they the iriumphs of
our bre,hren-,he glores of our flag and the
pulse leaps and the shout rises before we have
time to think at what price all this glory has
been won. Yet we are constrained, in the
midst of these iriumpha rejoicings, 10 renew,
with sadder emphasis, the expression of our
dsapproba,ion of this war.
Congress, however strong the majority in IA
vor of the Administration. would never have
declared this war. Ii was commenced by The
Presidents usurpalion Of the war power. 1t
was commenced, whatever pretex, was at first
resorled to, for the guilty purpose of conquest.
That object is now avowed and gloried in by
The Administration and its friends Such a
war, with such an object, canno, be otherwise
than guilty, whatever glory may crown it, or
than unfortunate whatever rapine it may accom-
pIlsh It's reactlng curses must reach and pun
ish us in the consequences of preceden, Of
successful crime, andin the widespread and
reckless decentralization Of the people. Were
there other or worse evils in he train Of This
war, than those induced by military demora-
za,on, and the excitement of natural love Of
conquest, The relribution of time would be found
to avenge sufficiently the wrong we are COM
mi,iing. But there are other and more imme-
diale results which no good man can con,em-
plate without grief and horror The frs, fruits
Of those conquests are the extension of slavery
which the Administration has determined to ac.
complish, and the people TO aver. it, at any ha.
zard or any consequence. In this struggle, our
Union must encounter peril the most deadly
"a peril that may induce civil discord, and
may involve civil war
TO these costs of this unhappy contest, i, is
unnecessary TO add the painful sacrifice of hu.
man life and the aggrava'lon of human suf
fering, for these are considerations which The
friends of the war seem to regard as loo trivia
for notice. But there ia a consequence which
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