1 AUGUST 1846, Page 2

The United States are obstinate in the war against Mexico,

though not very rapid in advance. The attack by sea is to be pushed more vigorously ; and San Juan d'Ulloa is to be assailed. It is melancholy to see even so debased a nation as that of Mexico falling to pieces before the invader. In some sort, her present history may be taken to illustrate the necessity of education : it is ignorance that makes Mexico so weak. Her people are brave; but dense national ignorance permits a monstrous corruption to possess the state, makes the people blind to the necessity of uniting against the foe, incapacitates the leaders from properly organizing or equipping an army, and bids her forces retire like barbarians before inferior numbers.