The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1848-02-03


contest. Outing the.mosl favorable o s
cd Of tho pen;nsulaf var, carried on IN !,
country friendly to thespsihe British force.
los. annually sixteen per cent. ons. fourth
Of whom died Of wounds and casu,lties
Ia Mexico We should lose al least ,wco,v
per cent. per annum Of regular forces, and
a. leas, forty per cent. Of volunteers.
remarked Ia tie isihmus between thS c..
plan and Black Sens that the Russian far.
ces required TO be recruited entirely i,
three years that IL, 10 say, they required
a renewal Of one.ihiId every year.
The conquest Of that country b. Russia
affords us lessons We ought 10 profit BY.
The Russian forces o,erfan the Caucasisp
country in 1906. and received The submi,.
sion of the people. They conquered
peace. Well, in 1907 pissed ihr,ush
the heart Of the country, which had Lesu
garrisoned With twenty thousand men for
eleven years at a cost Of between ,iy,v
and seventy thousand men, or sirAor se,.
en- thousand men year. Al tina, line 4,
was necessity TO wal, The departure of 4
train from post TO post, as II WAS unsafe 10
move with less than two pieces vf artilIsry
and full company Of INFANTRY Til,
state Of things continued until 40, when
the Caucasians organized powerful op.
position 10 their conqucrors, aud up 10 The
, present day have cootended against them
with advantage. The Caucasus does %,
contain more than million and eissll u
inhabitants /; the Russian empire uoi sss
!, than sixty millions. The Caucasians have
! no regular army the Emperor ak tas
dfcd thousand well disciplined troops,
Both the Pfesidenl and the Stcfssr
! build up a,system Of line defence, - Il i
il called, whi,-i, they easily oyc,iAsSw, 4.
,r cause no military man would suggest such
an anomaly. They suppose frontier caa
7 only be defended BY chain Of posts bor.
y ldefing on tho line whereas i Il bsss y.
a. cured By 4;ruug interior detenees. Hut /
- did no. intend to intfude ny opinion On
military matters. Settle whai territory
I" YOU intend 10 ciaim. aud tell Mtxico ,au
" intend 10 keep II. She will buster snl
protest, but never attack you. Her lead.
\. ers viii have too much Al stake 10 venture
so far from the capital. She wiIl have To
means to equip armies and manisin Item
on iong marches and disnnct campsiens;
VI and hazard nothing IN saying ihs, lso
o. or three strong places 10 The ,nlviisf VI car
~ line would keep them N check Tor, hsll'
To- century, aud 10 less time We might Luv
an title, # thought accessory. BY siop,n;
N. this plan peace would come at least ~iIl
70. present, indemnify, and. instead Of .raisir,
Of thirty Thousand men. you would hs,
'st troops enough 10 keep peacsatle pos.c,sn,
o. q our new territory, and might dismis
50. the volunteer force. ss.ss saa
md TO succeed in levying the military "a,
IN tribu'ions tho President speaks Of. snd pr.
ut sisioning The army by force. the uoe,
do, mus, be very much increased. L, i
INK quires very large force 10 piccurs ~
plies without paying for Them. They q
lfm only be gathered by formidable delsrI
is'' meats, and our army never hiss bsen q,
'os. never will be sufficiently numerous 10 ca
ble the commanding General to sepaisl
NJ. so many men from the main body.
'ph ] have given you my opinion very 10,
no sriedly, for II appears 10 me there Is Tad
IF tt't~ ~ sse~sth E'sAsHaS saw tu0tsu ~ Y
en- pursued. We can as this period wi,hdrs
as Our forces without dishonor uay, such /
J 10 net would elevate US in The estimation
''h the world. The slightest reverse
o. threat Of foreign inisrsen.,on-- mich, rss
al der such 80 act difficult, IL mol i,npfsc,.t,
me bic. Before our iioors essemair the Ne,
ae' ican territory thai people ought 10 ID III
'fo. what We Intend 10 do. I, is barely p6ss
OF bic that they nigh, be disposed 10 peas
upvu witnessing ss.ar u,v,vw-... -
'"g With regard 10 the details of the dsiene
mt of the liue--no, the line defence the
IN can be determined very Easily, and ihil
70" we might bc@eeHatu Of reugain,ng unmc
my sied for twenty tears, aud forever, wii
u'd such precautions as might he taken al u,
'rssiks cost. .
sestI# With great respect and regard, sr
Tiny dear cir, yours, truly,
he J. X. p0IvsETE
4 lion. A. r. BrrLrp, U. :. Sera,s,
ave Washington.
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