The Arkansas banner., 1847-12-27
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This important document is pah,sh.5 ,. ., Washingsea unaOn of the 6th inst It ss,. .,sae .e of Is anple columns. The editor of ths, sat gives the following review of it's leadsnv leans.s relation to the Mexicah war.
 Commencing with brief yet most persOepO-. exposition of the posture Of our military aHA,,. 7, Mexleo al the hcsianieg of the presen, eamn.,.s after the capture of Monterey, t recises the cr,' ration af the expedition destined to move r,, s. Vera CFuR and thence upon the city nf MaYIoa Leaving The force designed fog thss great snt.,n. at their place of rendezvous the island of I.A. the narrative returns Co describe and dalv sIvusl the intermediate movements of General Tsyla.s. column which Fesaltcd in the memorahle ha,ils ~ bueHa ViSts. Returning then to the main ln. V, military operations against the heart of the cprrov. countrys the report follows step by step, the ,r;us Phant mafch of the gallant army under Cen Srn,, from itspisce of authorization to tho National p,S of Mcxieo. We will not impair and weaken ,h... most adequate and impressive narratives hv apV .,. tempt at hridgment Suffice 1t to say, thai ,hex \, noble justice to the heroiaa which shev d~srric.
 me collateral expeditions against Chihaahs. santa fe, and California gre most sammar,ly de,' eEibed in their due order; their important hrarn, upon fe results of tue war depicted; and tho sivn, achievements which marked their sucre-.f,l n,. gress justly portrayed and appreeiatei, With H.. events and with due nOtice ef some snharlin-,. but highly hoaorSble successes os o,r arm. on ,s. line of operations from Vera Craz to the r5,v .s MAxco, the military navrative of the rrper, con clndes. No nader can fail to admire the ee,y analysis, the comprehensive arrangement and <. condensed energy of ianguage by which all th.s. gigantic enterprises, extending over half eou,ipss and stretching from the Atlantic to tho Pacific. s at once marked and apprcc isted in their iudIyiu. character, and yet blended haruaonlos.siy evrth,, parts of one and inc anv. great system of event.
 Turning from the past to tho future from ,h,, which has been done to that whtch remains to h. accomplished-the report surveys the various Wsa,, of conducting the war which present thcmsclves ,a the government, recommends the plan of aetyc operation in the enemy's country, and suns up the strong points of the argument ia It's favor with r markahle brevity, yet with great completeness and force. It is not easy to see how any candid luas- ment, keeping in view the only object of the var indemnity to be secured by just and speedy treaty oi peaeo--can resist the conclusion of the rs port on this point.
 Our readers will not fail to remark the numE-, and variety of other important topics which the re port embraces in it's staiements and discussonS
 The estimate and proposed organization of the al. ditonal force needed for the war the supervision o our Indian policy, itself extensive and complies, ted system; the affairs and operations af all Am bureaus attached to the general staff of the asm, and of course under the regulation of the War DA partment; the establishment and maintenancc of os, long line of military posts from the Mississippi ana the snperintrndencc of the general system of io,, tihcations along our inland frontier on the lak. and on the seacoast.-all these important obler,, forming part of the business of the War Depar ment, arc so enumerated and discussed in the report as to show that even lander the pressure respon sibitity ef organizing great military operations in. voiving the rights and character of the country and crowning American arms with the glory of an an. exampled succession of victories the Secretary has yet neither failed nor neglected to comprehend and master them in all their complicated details.
 We commend this most able exposition of
 operation of the War Department to the puhIIr
 tention sure to command high respect fe
 distinguished ability and energy which l,aes v displayed during the past year in this mo sxs. taut and arduous branch of the public svr ..f