Litchfield enquirer., 1847-10-21

There . lhile Jews iFOm Tie ssal . m3is
which cen be Felied On. since Gar lass, TEE
rumOr reached - seme DAYS ego. shul she r>k-
BILE had driven General Scott aud Aia amy easl
hsCapitGl-'hat in Consequence St0o Ma
commenced bsmbarding the sily--tAat Sauta
Anna, alleg rssigniRR aha. Rsssla~acy. had
returned iron GaUdalOUpe a, the head often
thousan0 fresh troops, with the deasrmianlrn
nf makips vigorous resistance in defiance a
the cits. These rumors have mol a. We. hsea
confrmed-snd may, and may not. be true -
Al al eveNls, we may soon expect 60 hear Of
more carnage aud blOOdshsd G,< Al The nst
authentic intelligence, the city had no, ear
rendered. and hos,ilties had not paused,
The staid and practical peoples Of New Eng.
land have been accustomed to inquire, heSose
embarking in an important en,erprixe, What
shallwe gain by ha--What good viii come az
it, These are important questions would
that our republican Presiden, had been Yankee
enough to have put them 70 himself, and Ia
have taken them into serious consideration,
before commenC ing his war>measures with
Mexico! Does any one believe that he .couu-
ted the coar Of lhase aggressive measures
IL he ID. be most ass0redly must have made
asaA 's3eent.
LstUs look at the matter for a moment
Mexico owed the United States $2,oes, 500,
which she did not pay at the time egreed upon
and this was made the pre,ext for warlike
movsmentson our part upon Mexican territory.
And what Is the result: At least 70U0 Amer
ican soldiers and officers have fallen in the
enemy's country, bv disease and the sword
and the war has already cost us 500, O0o, 900 ].
and we have not obtained the sum due US vet.
and never 'siN obtain it except in lands which
are 70 De blasted BY the extensi"n Of slavery
e<<E IS Ian northern freemsn st,n look on
<fneiy, OF fold their hands a. Indifferent
! #sasal -
ANd vii Mexico be any more obie to paw
her debts q III" end OF the war. than she was
when the American army crossed the Rio
Grande' Win her love TOR out laws and ms.
ti'utions be strengthened by the slaughter of
her sons. the piilaging Of her hamle,s, and the
sscking OF her cities! We may indeed con>
q"er h'r--bat will she ssay conquered. Rev.
olutSons have hitherto been with her as pas
times and are We to presume tina, when she
Y overshadowed BY the wings OF "ur Eagle.
she will De awsd into sub lection and become n
stable and pratisa member in the co-part ner.
ship Of statess And, finally, when o,,r govern.
lneht has sqnantiered a few more millions III
The peoples hard>earned money. and lett he
'onesof few more thousand Of her citizens
10 bleach on the deserts and in the chaporals
Vt Mexico, what good end shall Ne have ac>
II the poets and prophets Of al! ages have
not dreamed in vaia--il the pen Of inspiration
has not lied-tkere surely is a good time
'oming." when the accurscd implements of
human slaughter shall be beaten into pruning>
rocks a'd plnaghssharss, and when ,snatinns
hall learn war no more" And - II mt thc
iuty If every philanthropist and patriut, as
veil as every Chyisfi1n, to ent!ravnr by al;
awful and honorable means to hasten the
;oHsing ot that good time Can that ruler be
allied friend Of God CT man, Who. in the
meridian blaze Of the nineteenth century, car
'eedlessiy kindle the torch Of war Special,
or the snhjugasion and conquest Of neigh
'orins re:'ublie' Let every citizen answer for.
himself.