The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-11-28

Interesting Intelligence from Washangess.
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Inc utItCuU xucsttOH w tn< UeIS SOH8TesS-HQTs
Faiksr's Measures-Mr. CLays Policy.
The Mexican question will not be decided at
the approaching session of Congress. No line
will be draNn-no troops recalled. The whole
question wi be left for time and the American
people TO decide
But in the meantime, the administration will
push strenuously the measures necessary to keep
Mexico in subsection. The Secretary of War
will demand more men. The Secretary of the
Treasury will demand more money, and will
ask Congress TO impose ii tax on tea and coffee.
congress will grant the men and the money; but
may not impose the tax on tea and coffee. Il
may De asked, If the army be augmented and
Kept sun In Mexico, how is it proposed to main
tam ~ Ihis is grave consideration, not to be
dismissed with fiippant commonplace, or false
calculation. The Secretary of the Treasury
VIII demand another loan, and will propose tax
on tea and coffee to create fund for its repay
ment. But this tax on tea and coffee, even if
Congress consent TO its imposition-which il
doubtful-wi not be sufficient, without other
sources of revenue, for its extinguishment
And here is most important issue. Certain
gentlemen on the one side, declare that we can
not exact any revenue from Mexico-that she has
no public mines-that her people are too poor to
be taxed-and that the duties on imports will be
but trifing; and on the other side, the Secretary
of the Treasury, who has been for the last year
laborously investigating the subject, will declare
his belief, from the evidence before him, that we
can obtain om'Mexico a revenue nearly as
large as that which her own government collect
ed. This averaged twelve millions. Mr..
Walker will submit his tables to Congress, and
should that body come to the same conclusion
with himself, it will have 10 share the response
bility.
have said Congress may not impose tax
on tea and coffee. 1t will be remembered that At
the last session Mr.. Wentworth's resolution,
" that 1t is inexpedient to levy any duty on tea
and Coffee" passed the Honse by a vote Of lis
TO 10, most of the northern wings and two Of
three southern wings voting for it. 1t is difficult
to persuade the West to favor the measure, but
nevertheless Mr.. Walker is determined to try.
II is too much TO be feared that the Mexican
question will be debated in the spirit of Presi.
dent-making. Indeed, there is an absolute Ger.
tainty thai such will be the case. To the Clay
wings, the Lexington speech will be the law.
The Scott wigs will oppose the policy Of
Mr.. Clay, because it is Mr.. Cay's policy.
The Taylor wings will probably unite with the
followers of Mr.. Calhoun, in favor of the adop-
ton Off defensive line. The Administration will
support the territorial-indemnity policy enuncia-
ted in the Presidents last annual message, and
to be reiterated in his next.
The sublime magnanimity inculcated by Mr..
Clay is, it is to be feared, too Utopian for prac-
tce. The American people are generous, but
scarcely so generous as TO adopt his counsel in
regard to Mexico Mr. Clay is, however, right
in one thing. If we are to be magnanimous, let
it be on q large scale. Let it be NO halfway,
| skulking measure. Let US, if we are to surren-
der, do it with the show as we'll as the reality
of magnanimity. Let US, in fine, give up all, or
give up nothing. We shall save our national
reputation better by surrendering to the enemy
every foot of ground. for which we have contend
eddy assuming all the expenses of the war
by assuming the debts due from Mexico to our
citzens-by Withdrawing our army altogether
from her soil-by complying with her own die
tate to evacuate her rritory, and call off our
ships from her coasts-than by virtually confess.
ing that we are unable to subjugate her, sneak
ing of behind line, and leaving to her the boast
that we could not move her. We Justly claim
the battle of Buena Vista as a victory Of the
American arms; but it was, after all, passive
victory. 1t was a victory, inasmuch a. the
enemy failed to effect his purpose of driving our
army from its position. Should we adopt the
defensive line policy, Mexico will have az
just claim to triumph over as Gen. Taylor
had over the army of Santa Anna at the battle
| of Buena Vista. You set out" they will say,
'with the avowed purpose Of conquering q
peace. Have you succeeded You can no
longer maintain possession OF what you have
taken. You are compelled to retrograde. It's
not that you do it voluntarily. Yeu take a
portion Of our territory you would take all,
if you could hold it, The valor of the
Mexican nation has compelled you to re-
treat. God and liberty 20 And they would
raise armies, and swoop down upon our for
tifcations, and harass and cut of our forces
in detail, at the same time that we would
be compelled TO bear all the burthen Of the war.
No, if we are to get out of this war without Sc
curing peace, let us not sneak out OF it; but man.
fully and magnanmously surrender, in accord.
ance with Mr.. Clay advice, everything for which
we have been fighting. We would then come
out with load of debt, and with an empty purse,
but with at leastthe air of conquerors, weary Of
conquest. II will, besides, be more economical
TO put an end at once to all expense, by disband-
ing our army, and recalling our fleet, than to
support that army in the field, and that fleet in
the Gulf, at our own expense.
We came out of the last war with honor. Let
us not disgrace ourselves in this.
But the country will not suffer itself to be dis
graced Politicians may chatter in Congress,
and out of Congress, to serve their own purposes.
but their chattering will be lost in the deep rever-
berations Of the peoples voice, which will be
heard in November next, from Maine to Texas.
GALvIENsIs.
WASHINGTON, Nov 26, lSf7.
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