How Can Peace Be Obtained?

The Ohio True Democrat nnswers this query by enurnerating tho different plans tbat have been proposed. One is to retain militnry possession of so much of Mexico as we now have by a large standing army, and bloekade ihe Mexican ports till such a treaty can be obtained as will suitour rulers. The second is 10 send such an army into Mexico, ns will knock her down at once, nnd compc! herto beg for mercy on her knees, to save her existence. This ismoreeasily tnlked about than done. - This was the design of the administraron in asking the appointment of a Lieut. General. Our people are not y et mad enough to attempt this. Thethi.-d isto withdraw the troops this side of the Rio Grande, and blockade the porls of Mexico till she will sue for peace. This plan is deemed ineffective. A fourth, proposed by Mr. Sevier in the Senate, is to put S3, 000,000 into the President's hands, to be used indirectly in bribing the Mexican rulers to make a peace by which New Mexico and California shall be ceded to us. It is doubtful whether the Mexican notion would consent to aliénate a third or a half of thoir territory, until reduced to much greater extremities than at present. A fifth plan is to withdraw our troops this side of the Neuces, bring home the blockading squadrons, and say to Mexico, we want not a foot of your territory, but we will establish a boundary between us, and settle all our difficulties by negotiation in the most liberal and equitable manner. This is our plan for a peace ; and so far ns we can see, it would be much more likely lo succeed than either of the others. We could then pay up the expenses of the war at our leisure ; and having no territory to be divided betsveen Liberty and Slavery, weshould have no quarrcls among ourselves on that subject. This is the best way that Mr. Polk could getout of the difficult spot in which he is placed. Me is involved in a war which he can neitlier successfully prosecute nor end : and we will do him the justice to say that we do not suppose he ever intended to get inlo it. Ii was an accidental war on his part. The advance of Gen. Taylor to the Rio Grande about the time our minister was negotiating in Mexico, was intended only to scare the Mexicnns, and make them willing to accede to our proposals. But instead of running nway they begun to fight. Mr. Polk in his present circumstances would do well to adopt the reverso of David Crocket's rule, and now he is sure he is wrong, back square out. fX5 The Michigan Argus nnd Detroit Free Press say: 'The Whig papers of this State are amusing themselves by placing black Ünesaround the nnmes of certain Democratie members of our State Senate, because they refused to vote fora certain Whig resolution on the subject of Slavery.' The Whig resolution which the said Democratie Senators oppoed with ' might and main,' was nothing more nor Ies3 than the substance of the Wilmot proviso, excluding Slavery from any new territory to be taken from Mexico. Indeed, it must be a very funny thing to mark the men who vote, at this late hour of the day, for the extensión of humnn bondage! The reereant Senators, and their dough-faced and mean-spirited apologists of the press, may soon learn to their sorrow that the great body of the people are amtising themselvcs' in the same way. - Grand Rapids Eagle. (IC5" A very numerous meeting Jo take measures for the relief of Ireland was held in the City Hall at Detroit on the 20th inst. Bishop McCoskry prosided. We have not room for the procecdings. A communiention is to beopened with otherparts of tho State, to procure supplies, with the design of forwarding what may be contributed,as soon as the state of navigation will permit. CC?" The sleighing is excellent.