The War

We Cn: ihrU 1 large sha re of th is paper is filled (vith articlcs respecting Ihe present war with Mexico, nnd the evenis givwing out of it. We tieed (Rake rio apology, however, for this. lts influences on ihe national fimnces, vvill be momentous, in tlio accumulaiion of a Iarge nntionol áebí: on ihe liberties of the country, by perinanontly inrreasing the numbers and nfluence of the army, and augmenting the appointing power and patronage of the President : on the peppetuity of the Union, by its probable extensión over a vast amount of foreign terj-ilory : on il. e religión of ihe country, by making it tbc advocate and supporter of wars of conqurst and rapiñe : and on the national disposition by making our people, naturally enierprising and energetic, eager fur the acquisition of miliittry glory and foreigndomination. Those who have attentively studied the American characier know well that when the public will shall have once taken a military direction it will find ampie support in the restless, ambitious, and avaricious traits which dislinguish our n;ition. Our two thousand newspapers, rittend of being obstacles to the iropagation of this class of sentiment?, will be its strongest ausilliaries. As a general thing, the leading_ papers advocate those positions which they thinlc will be most acceptable to the readers, without much reference to riglit or wrong, or the permnnent good of their country : and the smaller papers follow in their tracks. In this wny, through millions of papers, tlie popular will rol's on through the nation, day by day, liks an ever swelling stream, growing more impetuous anci resistless as the volume of its waters augments. It is n solemn fact that within one yeai past, the nation, as a whole, has acquired a reü.-h - yea, a keen appetite for ulood, ivhich it never could have acquired during a cenHiry of peace. It is whetted up to astill higher point by each successive victory, and if the 'rocess be continued, after a short time, we may exjiect that when sorae American victory ofWaterloo shall have been gained, all the barriera of patriot ism and religión that have been hitherlo opposed to war will be broken down, and the whole nation be intoxicaled in one general paroxysm of joy and deTighf. What matters it thftl multitudes of their countrymen hnve been slain while invading a foreign ;ion, and wic.'owaand orphansbeen muliiplied by thousanus 1 Have we not obtained iive or six " glonous victories V' And what is the blood of a few thousands of countrymen worlh compared ivith these? The American charactcr is sensitive and ardent, and when it once permnnenlly tnkes a mililary dircctinn, lliere is reason to bclieve that it Vill prngress at a rata which will leavc older and more phlegmatic nntions far behind. Yet all the lossons of history teach us thit when a nal ion so far loses sight of riglit and uslice as to ntlempt to injure or destroy a foreign pcople, it has alrendy laken the most important steps for the destruclion of its own liheriies. As lo the prospect of peace, we see ïotliing very encournging in the present aspect of afïciirs. The result of the war s as vet by no means clelermined by the ecent viciories. The Mexicana have )een beaten, but there is no evklence thnt bey are conquere. There Ims been no deficiency of courage with them. Everv battle thus far, allhougli unsuccessful lo therr. ; las Leen a bloed v one lo the victoi-s.' Gen. Scott, in beginning his march for the city of Mexico, has enterad on the trying part of the war. In Btrfltmg nt the heart of the enemy's country, with a smal! army, through a toad 300 miles long, easily defended at many points, and through fin old and well populftfed 10gion, he hfli assumed a position, which, in anolher nation, w.)u'd bo exceedingly hazardous. What wil] be the result witli the Mesicans, we have no data by which we can prophesy. They may give in at once, and demand a peace on any tenns; or Ihoy bc disposed, after llie enrnplo of their Spnnish ancestors, to carry on a ten years rxterminating warfare. It is Ihe opinión of many of our editors, thnt Gen. Scott and Lis troops are already revelling in the halls of the Montezumas" in the city of Mexico.- It may be so. We shall soon have important and definite news concerning the result of their journey.