18 JULY 1846, Page 2

Small progress has the American war upon Mexico made, be-

fore the citizens of the great Democracy begin to discover the inconvenience of having to provide for the expenses. Two salu- tary results promise to flow from that feeling : the citizens of the great Democracy will learn what is meant by saying that war is a game for kings and not for wise peoples ; and they actually contemplate an attempt to provide the money for their present hobble on the free-trade recipe—by reducing the prohibitory or protective duties of their tariff to a revenue standard. In what- ever cause, such a step would be a most signal and instructive lesson to the nations in finance..