Arkansas intelligencer., 1847-07-03

yet, am"hEst oilers, Col. BIssCl, Of luc Illinois,:
Copts. Thomas ana Donaldson, of tho artillery
and host Of others. Tic mail closes, and one
!as just arrived q. IL. +.
from The Nelc O,lpuns n,Iig.
SPANISH VIEWS OF THE MEXICAN WAR.
The pconlr of tins country seem /, b.. affected
with morbid appetite for every thing that Is sud
OF them abroad. The violent abu>c Of the .on ION
papers, the learned ignorance Of the French ,uru.
aIlsts, and NOW and then the profounI sprcuaiions
Of some modern AnacAnrsis, who has derived hi,
opinion of men and things American from two
wcrks' experiment of rnilrords and steam.
boats-ara all looked for with anxiety, and de.
vour"d with eagernc4s. With sucn IL disposition
on the part Of the great body Of readers we can.
not but suppose that The following spccuIations Of
Ell HeraidO, of Madrid, of the 26Ih of April, will
be interesting. They are the ideas Of au irtelli.
gent SPaniari upon the probable fate of an OIL.
shoot of his once powerful and sin proud rnce.
The editor takes for gospel tie English and ilcxi-
can accounts of the battle Of Bnrna Vista:
"Ihc latest news from Mexico announces
triumph of the arms of the republic. which would
be CRAFTY ny 10 US as SpanardS, ns united to the
p"opI" of that country by so mrny ties and 50
many traditions III common, If We thought ii
could drclic. in favor Of MeNlco, the present des-
pcratc struggle between the Spanish and Ang}o
Saxon races. But unfortunately i, Is not 50
We see Ihot alter prolonged disasters, after in.
G i rr~;~, ur-Eo,,,.I -, r,ulufru ,.'...--,
of who's" population makes war most difficult. tho
M"NIcans found II necessary 20 unite tuc flower
Of :hrlr army. in nunlrr fouriuu superior to that
Of tho AngOo-A Americans, 10 achieve Triumph
exceedingly doubtful, attended With losses wA ch
rendered any new operations Imrps>Io,r.
II his victory, II IS true. has somewhat rcanl-
nj il I,.,S
Il nation, whcse people are not Homogeneous, are
SuSCc IlIbe Of being rcanimalCd; but IN exchange
for this advantage, ii has deeply wounded the
PEitc Of the Anglo a AmcrIcans, an i: IHcy dc.
tvruIlue to employ all their resources the conquest
of Mexico IS inevitable.
"Ict it be considered lhat the Mexican troops
have been obliged to make hercuIrnn effort to
gather ir" trophies from one or the dN !>onS
Of the clrmy-thnt this effort Is Utmost a defeat,
as 1t has left them cAhuusted-and that there vet
remain in the country three or four divisions of
the enemy, ngains, which nothing can be opposed
and ii must be confessed that this victory of
Santa Anna Will only serve 10 prrc,pitair the
feeble nationality Of M,>co, down the dccvity
winch ivas to the prccipcc.
''Tor ourselves, wC believe that NJ, Nicu is al
rcn0y virtually blottod of the Ii,t Of inir pend
ent nations What can BE- expected Of n nation,
distracted by revolutions and contests Cor ophem-
eral power, when the enemy is at It's gates, and
that no common enemy, but ono which aims nl
nothing less than the dcsrucl on Of lis nationality?
~ il" army without resources. even without
tood-thc rcketty politicians of the capital con-
spring 10 overthrow tho established order OF
thIngs-the clergy occupied in srcrclng their
valuabes, and in exciting the fannticaI opposition
OF the people against the sale of their property,
without considering whether tho Anglo Ameri.
cans will not appropriate il with less CEREMONY
the only fertilization Of lhc cCust threatened by
lormdahie sQuHdron-a great part of the
country occupied by an army highly disciplined
composed ot mea whose energy is proycrbIa, and
abunIanIIy supplied with every kind of munitions
what can result from all this! We look upon
the consequence inevitable. Enthusiasm wi,
b. rcawukcncd in the United Slaies. An ire
sisllhlr torrent Of volunteers will inundate Mexico
And II viii not be long before the Eagle Of The
'Vnion Will light in triumph upon the amcicn
capital Of Monlczuma.
/ ''N g. as panla rds, cannot but lament tins re
suit. The last remnants of the magnificent worl
of Herman CorteZ are about to disappear, and on
OF the most brilliant pagcS in our history will b.
bound so TO speak in the volume Of the stranger
Sorrowful effects OF revolutions! of dCmagOguIcu
tendencies prematureIy cngraited a natIo
, without sta nina 10 support the effects of unho
ambition! Thirty years of Independence hav
not sutiiccd 10 make the Mexcans n nation. not
Withstand they have held in their hands III
richest elements that Providence ever place
within reach Of the human family. And why
! Because they have strayei from the proper pail
5 because they desired to form republic with tn
materials fit only for Il monarchy; because the
f converted, by single decree, the ignorant an
oppressed Indians. the drcgs Of the population
) ignorant until then even of the language Of the
lords, into free cltzens possessing all the righ
) which free nation could give. We now belo
though too late, the unavoidable OWLS which tn
error drew after it.
, And now, is it no, permitted to ask what ii
nations of Europe think of the indefinite extensic
S which the American Union is acquiring, al
which it carries forward with as much safety
rapldIty, sometimes by arms, sometimes by mo