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bee waged from the first with view to secure peace
peace with such indemnity will make it just and hon
orabe-peace with such guarantees for the future will
make permanent To this policy of peace all the great
interests of our land deeply committed. The farmer
Of country finds his true prosperity in the ranks
of our army, but in the cultivation OF his fields at home
and that wide market and free exchange for his prod
ucs both in the and in the western continents,
which stable peace alone fully open and secure
Peace too is the great element in which commercial
prosperity and wealth expand To plough the land and
to plough the sea- and gather the havess of both
successfully, is the work of peace and in this great
work, the substantial welfare of our whole nation is
buided up. Neither the unfortunate and inevitable
causes of war; nor yet the great splendor oil
worldwide renown which It's trumphs have shed
people and our institutions have for moment
blinded government to these great truths nor in the
least contributed to eface their deep impression.
And to this great end of peace the Administration has
abored both in diplomacy and in war, with all possible
energy. Almost for the first time in modern history
has had to do with nation protesting to be civilized
which absolutely spumed all negotiation, and from the
very first the very last has refused to entertain
consider any terms of peace whatsoever By all its love
of peace, the administration summoned to subdue
such enemy before peace could by any possibility be
obtained With what foresight, with what energy, with
what consancy in the face of appalling difficulties, both
home and abroad this wise work of necessary sub
ugation has been carried on by the government and by
our gallant officers and soldiers, until to be
on the very verge of accomplishment, is known to the
country and to the world and will hereafter form
one of the most respondent chapters in our ma
tonal history In less than eleven months the north
ern and western provinces of Mexico have been oc
cupied by arms; the flower of her armies driven be-
fore us in inglorous out her principal seapors seized
and bockaded her principal stronghods seized with
carnage, at Monterey captured in almost boodess
victory by signal display of military science and
combinations as at Vera Cruz till at last her fares
trail Cities and her ancient capital itself, seem
to offer themselves open and easy prey TO our con-
quering arms Nor has our policy, in turning
quests to advantage and in efectualy crppng the re-
sources OF our enemy, Jagged behind victories in the
field Already a comprehensive plan of military contr
buttons; promptly devised by the administration, and
brought out for execution at the fit moment, is just going
into operation which will transfer in small measure
to our conquered foe, the future burdens of the
Thus, all that and policy can do to secure peace
with such nation Mexico, has been rumphantly done
by the administration, while crippled 1t has been
by the delay of Congress in furnishing the forces needed
for the prosecution of the More than this
Foreseeng that one great difficulty in the way of perma
nent peace must arise from the want of government
Mexico strong enough to make peace and TO guarantee it
against the risk of sudden revolution, the administration
has wisely permitted, in the return of Santa Anna, the
presence upon the of operations of the Mexican
leader, from whose paramount influence with the people
the formation of such government at present
most TO be hoped for The conquest of Santa Anna at
the head of the Mexican armies, precisely that feat of
from which, the state OF that country consider
ed, permanent peace most likely to spring 1t is the
settled policy OF the administration in the interests of
peace fully to accomplish this conquest of the cho
sen Mexican leader Much has been done towards
it already. But the efforts of the administration will
know no relaxation. The armies both of General
Scott and Of General Taylor will be promptly reinforced
till Mexican pride, vangorous and obstinate as it
may be, shall and feel the utter mpossbity of
tinued resistance. We have heard it suggested but we
will vouch for the accuracy of the estimate that the
former army will be in all about OOo and the latter not
less than 10000 The end 10 be thus accomplished is
well worth the price of It's accomplishment for that end
is-secure and permanent peace, with just indemnity
But neither the stubborn pride of the Mexican popula
ton, yet the distracted feebeness OF the Mexican
government, has been the chief obstacle to the admins
tration in seforts to conquer peace" Fachous part
sanshp home has done utmost and its paal
we the effect of victories abroad 1t presents
serious difficulty than the of Mexico herself AT this
very moment while Scott and Taylor may be sweeping
through widely dvergng lines of operation TO the other
stronghods OF the enemyat this very moment when
arms and our policy most sgnaly triumphant Mexico
to the enduring shame of Federalism be spoken-Mex
leo looks up from her prosaton to believe and to excaim
through all the organs OF her public opinion, that there is
an 'entre party in the United States, which takes her
part against our government and Systematically alvo
Gates her in public councils The habitua
language of Federal presses and the whole foul
of Federal defamation in Congress- have made the
Mexican rulers believe that the Federal party here holds
our be national horror, papable violation Of
our constitution, and deed OF Heaven-darng aggres
sion and injustice. These outpourings OF federal
passion roll out sonorously through Spanish transa-
tons, and are reechoed everywhere by the govern
ment presses in Mexico They tell the blind and in
furate leaders of that wreched people 10 hold to their
arms that relief will long from the distracted
councils, and the opposition votes at Washington that
one wing Of the federal party is really refuse
supplies for the war that the whole federal party is
loud -mouhcd and pertnacous in its denunciaon of the
war; and we have seen, in the famous or Infamous
extract from the Mexican government Journal which has
gone the rounds of press, the of Webster is al
ready cited that Of the leader in movement to elm