Litchfield enquirer., 1848-06-08
PDllTlCAL MATTERS.
From the National Intelligeneer.
What of the Mexican War;

The last thing we have seen worth rea ding
IN the newspapers on the subject Of the War,
IS the following philippine in the New York
DAY, Book of Wednesday lasts
II is evident that this great Mexican war has
| 'hzzled out There is no more glory to he
won or claimed in il. A new victory, equal
10 buena Vista, Sacramento, ct Cerro Gordo,
might be obtained every week without creating
the least excitement here or in Mexi:n The
miserable, Helpless inferiority of the Mexicans
has long been go completely established that
,he recOmmencement of the work Of slaughter.
ing them would cause ahout as much sa1sfac-
| ton in this caWntry as the announcement that
the army Of the United States was employed
IN the massacre Of legion OF monkeys, The
Mexicans have found their true policy at last
which is to lay PROSTATE and unresiStng,
though still unyieldng, like mnd-tulule
with head and paws under cover and she'll shut
up. Armies may march over them and tram
Pile on them FIRE and sword may ravage their
fields and habitstions murder and raplne may
have free course Of desolation among them {;
butthere they will lie, in weakness and mis-
cry so utterly helpless and hopeless as TO be
beneath contempt, silently Appealing from ty-
ranuy to God.' and eyoking even the tardy
sympaihies Of common hQmaaity-but in.spite
81 toTce and fraud, unyielding and UNcoNQUER.
ED still. They know that such a struggle cam
not last forever, and that this passive .resis-
lance must IN time be completely successful,
They know that il the war is all on one side,
the expense must be all on that one side, and
that there is a bottom to the longest purse
The announcement that the treaty is rejected
BY the Mexicans. and that the war must be
continued 1, r An indefinite period. with inevi-
table aggravated ferociiy, horrors, expense aud
infamy, would be received with one universal
grcan Of anguish and disgust throughout this
mighty and 'victo,SoWs republic. The people
have supped full of horrors they are sick with
the smell of blood from the reeking shambles
which they have erected in hundred fields,
from Santa Fe to California and Yucalan. The
arm is weary with staying. The pen lags in
recording the sale and dull repetition OF
slaughte,s, aud the silent but sure and steady
retributions of the pesiilence Of the victory.
And the question suon to be uttered and felt.
il not answered, is. Who's to pay for all thisT
Where is the money to come from that is to
OF thrown into this hottomless pit Of petdition,
and senseie>s, ai,nless, endless crime! II more
than hundred millions of dollars have b en-
spent in two years contest, with no name
aole result but profitIess slaughter and the ac-
QUESTION Of barren pestilentiai so'l that car mol
produce in thousand years enough to pay the
cost Of keeping il six months. what mortal can
estimate the WOnStrouS expense ot WdSlHB ttlIS
shameful war 10 the attainment Of the ayowed
purposes Of its proAigate AID stupid promo
ters'
Ii is useless--it il senseless-to attempt to
suppress or disguise the actual state and result
of the matter. This nation is worsted, baffied,
defeated. disgracetully defeated, in this miser-
able war. 40 power on earth aan change that
result ThspeImanent acquisition OF BALI the
TERRITORY of Mexico would not improve the
state ofthe case particle. Every square mile
would be an added expense and an added l"ss
to the Treasury. A portion Of it, now hall
colonized by Americans. the Government now
know neither how to keep no, how 20 get rid
oi II sticks ike the Ceniaurs envehoIned
lunic to the victor-victim. The enbariass-
n.eni Of the foolish creatures who tumbled ire
country in,u this wretched. inextricat lie plight,
would he ludicruus if it wete nj so woiul to
the suffering people
I The history of the war may he considered as
already writer and closed, though the war it,
self continues Indefinitely. Intermediate pa
ses may be occupied with the tedious partcu.
lars, but the conclusion is. tina, ii was the
bane Of the nations prosperity. the death Of its
h NOR, the grave Of its liberty