New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-09-13
The New. from santa Fe.

The confused summary transmitted by the Yves
tern Telegraph of news recently received at ST.
Louis from Santa Fe is important as confirming
the many previous accounts OF the awful preva
lence of lawlessness. outrage and crime through
out New Mexico under the regeDeratng rule OF
Col. Price and the Missouri Volunteers Briefly
the away of our Government in New Mexico is
bounded by the range OF its cannon and musketry,
while even within that narrow limit, Its control
over the instruments OF its sublugatiDg despotsm
il ideal. The Volunteers however demoralzed
will obey promptly il ordered to slaughter and dis
perse a hostile army, since seltpreservatlon I'M
perstively demands this, and detection would seal
their DOOM But order them to refrain from
insulting and domineeriDg over the conquered
population-from plundering fields and dwell
ines and outraging womeD,-and they WW
not obey-at least, many will not and the
exigencies of the service often constran
even good officers to wink at crimes which
they reprobate yet dare not punish. In war laws
are silent and the soldier who has suffered severe
privations and braved imminent pcrils for his coun
try thinks il burning shame ii he is not allowed
10 appropriate TO himself some of the most con
venicnt and tempting 'spoils of victory If the
greater number when enlisted are virtuous, TEN
perate selfrestrained, a powerful minority noto-
riously are not, and their discourse and example
rapidly diffuses its contagion 10 others Noltaire
was not extravagant when he declared that the
vices and crimes of hall century of Peace are ex
ceeded by those Of single campaign. And 1t is
the nature Of the evil to wax and worse.
Comparatively few men ever imbbed principles
Of Temperance. purity, and humanity in camp
while the number who there acquire taste foI
and addiction to the vices opposed to these qualities
In incalculable War. horrible in its progress il
appsIhns in its consequences, including the dls
n,issai of thousands who have unlearned ndustr!
and been scbooled in debsuchery TO mingle will
the great body Of the People. The conquest of a
the world would be dearly purchased by the ho'
rors incident to and inevitably following singh
vigorous campaign
This same Santa Fe. among whose inhsbitant
rape, murder and vengeance for these snd kindre
crimes have been daily incidents through the las
ak or eight months, is included within the bour
daries Of Texas IS laid down by Houston n CO
and maintained al the point Of the bayonet by Pre-
sident Polk. II their infamous fslsehood that, i
the collisions on the Rio Grande preliminary 10 tn
recognition Of War American blood was she'd o
American soil, had been truth then the Governo
of Texas on ht long SINCE To have asserted urisd,
zion over all w.Nexico East Of the Rio Grsnde
demanded and enforced the termination of Nil
t,rv despotism there, and, instead Of allowing
Delessse to Congress to De chosen thence, shoul
have orsanre ed election districts and had polls opel
ed throushou, for Governor, Member Of Congress
&c. of Texas But nothing like this has ever bee
attempted. and the fact that the Santa Feans a
only restrained BY formidable Military iorce fro
rising and cutting the Threats Of all our coantrym'
among them. is fitting commentary on the boa
of sbloodless Annexation And It 10 remsrAsb
that Mr. Polk himself in.the same Message wher
IN he lsbored to establish the Rio del Norte as Il
rishtial boundary OF Texas boosted OF our cooque
Of Ner- Merico among other departments, icrgeti
that he was thus claiming truly as a conque'
THAT he had just before included within the limi
NJ voluntarily surrendered Texas.
DO we want any such acquisitions of felloV
.;s,.n. a Santa Fe would give US Do we WI
A meet its people in frendly council Z" membe
If the same community While IL is evident to-
"a must hold it by the bay ones II at all could
,.t;on.lly anticipate an accession Of strength WI
dom or harmony from its attachment to our Onior
Let calm good sense give the answer