Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1847-10-09
THE WARTS MANAGEMENT, &c.
FROM rHr BALTIMORE AMERICAN


BALTIMORE AMERICAN.
The late rejection by the Mexicans Of our overtues for
has given occasion for Of those periodical bursts
martial enthusiasm TO which the official paper Washington
gives way whenever its ounded confidence in the pacific
disposition OF SANTA ANNA and his Government meets with
disappointment The Union Of Saturday evening speaks in
this wise
" The character Of change must be pro-
secuted with ardor and with power Our enemy
must be made to feel its burdens and its evils and more
She must bear the bunt of its expenses The inhabitants
her towns must be laid under stringent contributions Sub
sistence for armies must be gathered from her country
Since Cancellation is spurned the strong hand be
10 to maintain rights and honor Mexico be made
to feel that she continues the at her per lat her
peril of mourning all its evils and ossesat her peril of pay
ing the penalty Of its further prosecution in of peace
even less favorable TO her preenons than those which
have already offered Meantime nothing must be wanting
our part TO the most vigorous prosecution of tho We
pour in troops upon her, and demand and take from
her authorities and her people the of subssng and
supporting them in the feld"
Now, respectfully submit that the public has had
felt Of this The character of the has been going
change since the first exhibition of Santa Annals dup-
city, when Gen. TAYLOR lay the Rio Grande without the
means Of advancing to Monterey. Again and again, the
dupe OF an extraordinary inatuaton Mr. Polk has allowed
himself to be played upon relaxing the rgor Of military ope
ralions IN the belief that peace through Santa Annals n
ence and good faith just hand On every such
sion the President has found himself the victim of woful
seldeusions yet each Notifying disappointment has been
speedily followed by relapse into the weakness of creduty
into the indulgence of hopes our armies with in
adequate forces, with insufficient supplies have been
obliged to wait after every be paazed by the
delays of aborive negotiations The thing was ridiculous
long ago now begins the aspect Of insanity
But after every successive failure negotiate the Union
has been loud and prouse with Just such words have
quoted above If any will take the trouble refer 10 the
files Of that paper at various periods such the epoch of
Mr. BucnASANs rejected proposals. to the Mexican Co
venment through Com CONNER shortly after Santa Annals
admission into Mexico the time of ATocHAs useless
sion Of Mr. TRIsTs Intellectual advent upon the Mexican
Shores he will find that the Union has been repeating itself
with parrot like volatility, and with such display of
bal valor and patriotism paper such ourshes of heroic de-
signs and OF future performances that Bombases and Capt
Bobad, rolled into one, with the martial temper of their
swords ansused into the pen, could have produced
glowing manfestocs of prowess in advance.
The repetition Of the language which has frequent
y preceded disappointment gives rise confidence
I" We hare tailed long enough" says the Union True
the remark might have been made long ago. " W.
must be done ith this kind Of ,oar, too much like peace
Well, who made it SO 60 We must conquer a peace BIZ
those only hich calculated TO effect it, Very
good Trust to brides, to the good faith OF
your chosen adept in eachey, Santa Anna Taylor had
been permitted to march towards the city of Mexico
cenate there his forces with those of Scott the gores Of
Buena Vista sninng his way and catching brightness
and fevo from succeeding victories there would be
sion to speculate TO "those only" which
calculated to effect peace. This would do No, the
happy idea of that masterpiece of diplomacy which would
make the Mexican leader the agent of Mr. Polk in Mexico
could not be given up. 1t still remained to be whether
Santa Annals permitted Mexico might not be pro-
ductive of pacific results
Look at the consequences of this mistaken policy if that
can be called policy which is marked throughout by weak
Taylor kept inactive the line of the Rio Grande,
while Scott marching for the city of Mexico by way of Vera
Cruz fights the battle of ceo Gordo with an army compos
ed in part of twelve months volunteers whose of
vice is the verge of expiring He le after his victory,
with crippled means. He advance beyond Jaapa I'M
til he reinforced Slowly he makes his way Puea and
there he wait In the time his communications
with Vera Cruz INSTRUCTED by the encmy he
spare to keep the line open. Every detachment that
reinforce him has fight way every train bring
ing him supplies arrives at the of successive struggles
Mr. Trist is with the army negotiate with enemy who
make of their hopes of cutting off, gradually and by
DETAIL the whole invading force. The city Of Mexico how
ever approached and Gen. fights the battle of Chu
rubusco with nine thousand An amstce succeeds
and il is expected that city Of $780, 900 inhabitants the
midst Of populous country, with army defend
than the invaders will listen Of peace
when those very invaders nine thousand less numbers
three hundred miles from their point of supplies and liza
| bic TO have all their communications cut off.
1t will be seen by letters from Mexico, published in this
mornings American that the garrison Pueba has been
hemmed in by 1000 Mexcans for three weeks and that
or Lay, with 1000 men, who was his way reinforce
Gen. Scott is surrounded and shut up Japa and
venture out 1t further appears that about month has
elapsed since the battle of Chuubusco before reinforcement
start from Vera Cruz to attempt force its way to Gen.
SCOTS assistance. Gen. Lane left Vera Cruz for this pu
pose the 10Th with detachment, perhaps of some 1000
men. The whole country, says the letter from Puebla,
swarms with guerrlas.
We shall look for the meaning Of the Unions assurances,
Of energy and pompude in the future conduct OF the
to the words themselves but 10 the actions which shall
follow them The country is anxious to know what are now
the designs Of the Administration and what are to be the
for carrying them Quito know whether the former
are wise and the latter adequate
OFFICIAL.