Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1847-02-06

thing meant by this it by advancing the city of Mexi
We have already penetrated far into the interior Of the
Mexican Republic. What evil have thereby inflicted
upon her. say nothing Of that extremity Of suffering which
is to reduce her to for peace The inhabitants Of the
which have taken just their persons
and propeyas free from molesaton in all their pursuits
and occupaons-as they before the commenced
and the profits Of their occupations greatly increased by the
presence of large additional population ready and able to
pay for all their products and doing at extoonate prices
Will it be otherwise when advance to the city Of Mexico
That is only of their citesthe principal one is true,
but the only Are march to the city Of Mexico,
and then march back How long must our army remain
there II is very clear that to abandon the place as
taken would accomplish nothing, but, the
trary would protract the war. How long must our army
remain there, and how long will it be possible for us
yes, say possiJle-to provision that army To do SO
for month will involve cost little dreamed of by per-
Of what number must that army consist Garrisons
must be left at Tampico Vera Cruz, Jaapa and Perote
Of two thousand men each place. How many Puebla
city Of ninety thousand inhabitants and in the the
most dense and wake population Of Mexicon the neigh
borhood of the renowned and warlke Tascaans should
say that the garrison at Pueba should not be less than six
eight thousand The garisons at Tampco and Vera
Cruz will have be reinforced rather renewed every three
months the ravages of more than pcsental disease
in those modern Gogothas. II any resistance is offered to
the progress of army, who say how many we
shall the thousand and artificial dees which
the presents, with than walled town to be
ormed and, added to these, the avages Of peslence If
this enterprise attempted with fifty thousand men, with
reasonable estimate Of loss Of life from disease and battles and
the necessary garrsons left the line Of march, shall be
fortunate we have thirty thousand enter the city of Mex
To collect these troops, concentrate them at Vera Cruz,
the city of Mexico and remain there long enough
tn nroluce result at least wear How
much money and how many lives viii that years operations
cost us Certainly not less than hundred millions Of
dollars and twenty thousand lives. Are that the
benefits which will result will be compensation for what il
will cost Are certain that shall, in truth, have
compshed any thing If, believe the result will de-
monstrate, the planting stars and stripes the palace
Of the Moneumas has really potency charm but in
stale and ridiculous rhetorical foushes the Mexicans will
have how mpoen for evil to them is this
advance their capitals and it will have only added to the
vndcve revenge which they already cherish towards to
quite sufficient degree.
do not believe that when all the charges of the war; up
10 this time be settled in the shape Of bounty lands
PENSIONS losses of property and the thousand acaps of
war; that it will be found be short of sixty seventy mil
lions. The late Florida fOrty-two millions, with
never than oneh Of the army in Mexico, nor
oneenh of that which proposed to send there and sup
piled, too, at much less cost Could not this money be
better spent 1t would cobweb whole country with rail
roads But, where shall we get this money Not much
longer by the spendth expedien of giving notes. for
in summed financial up this time This
certainly last always. II stop, if before,
when fail pay interest except by the issuance of
new notes. When debt is increased to hundred
and fifty two hundred millions increase Of the tariff
the exigency for oil that any considerable
duties of the articles will diminish
possible alternative will be direct To that
plexion it must come at last.
But if all these difficulties surmounted the end is not
yet Mexico is yet humbled-not crippled Thus
far the has in every aspect, benefited her. 1t has
tonazed her people, elevated her military character and
the expenditure OF large Of foreign capital in
her borders.
could extend this article already long, by many proofs
Of the power Of the Mexicans submit prvatons and
their readiness to do Let suffice A most terrific
civil has for many years been raging in Sonora State
bordering the Pacific Houses burnt to ashes,
aocks exterminated and one-hrd Of their butchcred
You will scarcely five miles without seeing human
hanging from the limbs of trees for no quarter has been
the law of that Yet entered into the minds of
these fierce and unappeaseabe combatans make peace
til this with commenced Can reduce all Mexico
TO such extremity this Would do if could
Have any to expect from any thing short OF
We may destroy her commerce. it is true. But she has
very little of it, and that little indispensable Besides all
the grains Mexico supplies itself with salt sugar, coffee, cot
onin short, with every thing that is necessary
and then there the frontier Of Guatemala through which
she may supply herself very little greater cost and in spite
Of We may also cut of the from her
houses But of those all hypothetical but about
ten per cent for the payment Of the interest her public
debt The payment of that interest is suspended which
relieves the Government much than the deprivation Of
ten per cent Of those customs embaasses it. Besides this
less than twentieth OF the Of Mexico derived from
foreign and, therefore, the income which
would pay for foreign merchandise, and duties upon it is still
in the country and subject other and less ecacious
forms of taxation.
SANTA ANNA is at San Luis Potos with less than
twenty five thousand five leave garsons of not more
than 5000 at Vera Cruz and Tampico he march bis
whole force upon either OF them weeks In the
mer when army weakened by the ravages Of disease
detected and broken-sped by hourly buals Of their
rades, who will say with certainty that events will
which will shroud our whole land in mourning
have thrown together these suggestions which the
suits Of much reflection and personal knowledge the
facts upon which they based. No evil certainly
suit from fair presentation Of the difficulties which lie before
Il is better that those difficulties should be exagge-
rated than that they should be overlooked moderated.
Am asked, is the then inerminabe confess, with