Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1847-02-09


be madness 70 attempt the oxpedi ion 10 the
city oC Mexico with less than fifty thou
sand men. Suppose that we have succeed.
ed the American Army is in posse ssion
Of the civ. and the President: and Cabinet
following an iiiustrious example. have fled.
The FIRST solcitude OF tho American COM
mandar would be to follow :hoir example.
AMI leave tho CITY rs soon as possible. lie
would soon ind that the possession of tho
ap.,al gaze him no moro power than tho
possession Of any other city, aud that his
army could not be sustained there. Ii
We pay for tho provisions supplied Us. We
Shall not iniure bu; beaoi. the Mcxicans
dran ii apScia affh i6in ,n.s cause
must seriously atlac, our currency, for,
Treasury notes with or without interest,
viii not answer tho purpose. Is our cur
rcncy II n condition 10 bear this abstrac-
ZION cl specie. or oven that which will be
required for the payment of SO largo an
armyi let i be remembered that it was
precisely the Same cause.-The largo dis
6urscmcn.s for foreign wars--which
caused Ito suspension Of tho act of tho
BANK OF England and continued it for
TWENTY-FIVE yc2rs.--lf VIC do not pay for
these supplies, we shall not got them. The
Mcxcaus will destroy them rather than
TT us have them without compensation
Bu: the truth is, the supplies are not there.
ei.her for Us 10 buy or 10 take without
paving f3r them. If they were. how
should 10 ga. them2 The valley of Mex
ieo pcaaaees literally nothing.
That valley is walled in, not with
mountains but with lcdgos of mountains,
- I -, sbrno
hundred mites. In small and disconnoci-
ed valleys ia these mountains their grain
is cultivated and carried on tho backs of
mules to tho city. Could any army sup
ply itself by foraging parties in such
country. ovon if tho supplies wero adequ-
ato. which they aro rot! Oar army, there
fore. must be supplied from home; and tho
only roiat from which these supplies can
be transported is the city Of Vera Cruz.
do no: say ihis lightly or without full in
formation. The city of Vera Cruz, then.
must be taken. From this time 70 the 1st
Of April Is abou. eighty days. Docs any
one believe that our army can be concen-
tra,cd there before that time! And then
The yellow fever is raging with the mos.
destructive violence. and tho chief uso wo
shall mako Of the city whom taken will DO
as a graveyard. | havo hoard j, said that
Of the twenty four thousand troops which
wo have had for THO last eight months on
The rio Grando. oight thousand have diod
or been disabled by diseases and wounds
and have been sen: home, and the climate
to which shcy have boon exposed is by no
means so unhealthy as that of Vera Cruz.
If we tako Vera Cruz, garrison must
DO permanently kept at that piaco--tho
IL ~ on Tho
Garrisaas must also be established az diff
fcront point on tho road 70 Mexico, besides
10 convey tho provisions and
of war, and all those men and
this multitude Of horse and mules to be fed
with provisions carried from this country
to Vera Cruz, and thonco packed on mules
10 tho city of Mexico, 4 distance Of two
hundred and seventy miles. Tho daily
consumption of such an army will BIO moro
than that of the city Of Baltimore. Can
we raise the funds 10 meet this enormous
oxpcnse2 I doubt It. Can wo place in
Still moro do doubt that. Tho enthu-
siasm for volunteering has had its laot
paroxysm.
Nothing will causc another unless
(Which Heaven forbidD some disaster be-
Ia our armies, anu iuSil our people Will
rush to tho rescue. How long will our
armies have to endure tho privations and
tolls Of such a service, and our people its
cost2 If were 10 venture n prediction /,
would sooner shy ten years than any
shorter period. We have 70 deal with two
races. tho Indians aud Spaniard, most
for iudomtabe for.tude-call
it obs.inacy If you please, in our enemy.
In like circumstances ourselves, wo should
call il for.itude md heroic virtue. and 20
the world will call il in the Mcxicans.
What motive will Mexico have to mako
Doace2 Thus far, tho war has not injured,
but in every way benefited her. Why
viii i. DO otherwise for the future? /
confess canno: SEQ. Certainly, tho pos
session Of tho palace Of the Montezumas.-
If any such palace exis.ed-wii have no
SUCH effect. but one exactly opposite. 1t
is not by singing and irritating her with
nct;es tina: Mexico is TO be brought TO
terms. Nothing much short Of utter de-
molition will mako her succomb. Are we
10 20 TO that extreme2 Tho
spiri. or the age. justice, humanity, policy
forbid.
Oar armies, however, arc not yet at tho
city Of Mexico; nor viii they ever get
there without enormous
awaste Of wealth and loss of blood.''
So many are the miracles Of which the histo-
y of war informs US, that hardly say