New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-05-14
NEW-YORK TRIBUNE.
The Commission of Peace.

ina, the President has determined upon the imme-
date appointment of Peace. Commission to
Mexico This rumor may be but one of the many
babbes that are continually sPringing up and dis
appearing from the surface of the political metropo
Il. We see nothing in the Union" to justify 9
belief in it, and we fear it is but the hope Of some
eager enthusiast whose wish is father to the
uoaght
I, cannot but strike us with feelings of the most
poignant regret-of the deepest contrtion and
,bame-that Commission of this very nature
might have been sent t., and received at, Mexico
before the commencement Of hostilities by whose
Intervention all the criminal sacrifices of blood for
which our rulers must be responsible here and
hereafter all the countless expenditures of the
war and the gross decentralization that war neces
sarly produces, might have been successfully and
honorably avoided We have wsged war for
.selve months-a war in which we have suffered
spd retaliated, injurious outrages in which our
bavest have fallen, and through which our land
has been clothed in sadness and mourning-and
what have we gained What save the glorious
victories of Palo Alto, Resaca de Ia Palma, Mon
erey, Buena Vista, Vera Cruz and Ceno Gordo--
al Gogothas all fields of blood and, save some
other glorious achievements, by the Army Of the
West, like Sacramento. boodless to oil but the fu-
gitive Mexican What have we gained but an
eternal feud with the revengefu unlorgiving Span.
ish blood-What but an interminable war between
races!
No rainbow of Peace arches the news of to-day
Our late adyices from Mexico bring to our hopes
DO promise of happier days in early store for u.s.
True, we have routed, and it may be disbanded
the Mexican army their battle array has disap-
peared before vomiting engines of destruction,
like snow before torrid sun. II may never be
rallied again But in a nation ofmilitary authority,
ned by no argument save the brutal logic of arms,
where can the hope of obtaining peace be reposed
With what power Of that State do we negotiate ?
The one that but late controlled it, we ourselves
have destroyed and, from the chaotic ruins no new
one hss emerged, or can emerge for a definite pc
nod to direct and dominate its disposition or des-
tnies
Wehave not much belief in the institution OF
IBIS Peace Commission Still less in any good con
sequence Of its appointment Nor do we find much
cause Of encouragement from the accredited organ
q be Executive. on the contrary, nom reading
he late official promulgations, we compelled to
adopt still eoomer, than any former, view of the
condition of affairs in Mexico. The war is to be,
'ording to the minatory oracles OF the Organ dd
=, erzecionen-" War to the knife and the knife
to the bilt"
In late number OF the Union appeared the
suggestion of an intention which, if carried out in
the spirit with which it seems entertained, may be
haught with the most portentous consequence
Speaking of the fact that the Mexican Church had
volunteered to assist in the repulsion of invaders
the Union thus menaces retaliation:
"lu this aspect of the il may become matter OF
rave consideration ii the Church continue TO oppose
spesce and furnish the fuel OF war whether inc I'M
nenss revenues of the Church of Mexico shall be eft
Observation-Disclosures they shall be suffered to remain at
the disposal of the enemy, and to be applied to sustain
the war against us-whether justice and policy 90 moi
eQusy dictate that they should at least be se9nsfersd
daring The continuance Of the rdr as legitimate means
OF cutting Oft the enemy's supplies
SO this war accursed in its origin is destined to
be still more so in its conduct and consequences
Its to be war not only of races. but of religion
Our sodiery, in its prolongaton, are to be taught
not only to treat the degraded and deienceess
Mexican as one of a different race and ever hos
tile blood, but though protesting the same religion
and worshpng at the same altar ourselves, to
hold him schsmatic an infde in truth, whose
Churches it is excusable to spolate, and whose
ceremonies it is commendable to defle! National
Generalization never approached with more fear
fully rapid steps and National crime was never
mourning greater danger of retributon.
Still we hope-and shall hope, till hope itself be-
comes desperate-tha Peace may be attempted
That our sinful rulers will yield to the public opin'
ion-whose misguided direction put them where
they are-which demands peace peace, though at
the sacrifice of territory we have overrun, and OF
millions wastefully expended We have done
enough for honor We have done enough for
glory Let US do something for humanity, some
thing for lfrespect-something for the satisiac
ton Of mankind.
sAuT DE ST. MARIE.-The communication be-
tween tha haah een resumed The Do