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POETRY. )
From Binghamton MIL
What I Love to See.
•
I love to see aklantly fine
Look down Upon his neighbor;
He ought to scorn the base-born wretch
Who bows his neck to labor.
I love to see ailady fair
Support herlofty station ;
She should not speak to servant girls—
Those pests of every nation.
I lovo'to see therm both unite,
To crush Oil laboring classes ;
Exquisite nervcs can't bear the sight
Of such unsbapely ma s ses?
I love to see a - lovely pair
In haste for'annexation;
For all old maids and bachelors
Are an abopination.
I love to see dittinetions made,
As far as 'min is able;
And she who elmideseends to cools
Ought not is sit at table.
I love to see a gentleman
Make visits with }pis lady,
And bid the - s4rvant come behind
And bring along the baby.
I hive to see a!iountry town
Aping city manners ;
3lerchants despi,e the farming class,
And boot-makers the tanners.
I love to see an innate dread .
Of all that' i not iu fashion . ;
'Bove all tbing'S else, I love to se© •
All ruled 14 pride and passion. N
Irish VEIL
A Pat, an odd joker, and Yorkshire more sly,
Once riding toeetber, a gallows passed by.
Said the Yorkslifte to Pat, - If I don't Make
too free, ,
C.ivn the callowsits due, and pray where would
you be ?"
"Why, honey," 'Says Pat, " faith ; that's easily
known,
I'd be riding to town by myself all alone."
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MISCELLANY.
LAUGHING IN. THE PULPIT.—Said Mr.
C—, a PresbAcriarr minister of scone noto
riety, " I never laughed in the pulpit only on I
one\ oecasion, andlthat came near procuring my
dismissal from the ministry. At one of the
first discourses Vwas called to . deliver, subse
quent to ordsation, after reading my rexti,
and opening my tu b . ject, my attention was di
rected to a younsg maw with a very foppish
dress, and a head olexceeding red hair. In a
slip immediately behind this young gentleman
sat an urchin; who must have been urged on
by the evil one himself, for Ido not conceive
the youngster thinght of the jest be was play- I
ing off on the anti:iced dandy in front of him.
The boy held his'forefinger in the red hair of
the younc , man, about as long as a blacksmith
would a nail rokin the fire to heat, and then
on his knee, comMenced pounding his
imitatizn of a snail in making a nail. The
whole thing was ;so ludicrous that I laughed,
the only time that I ever disgraced the pulpit
with anything lite mirth." s.
STruucr..-I`e find the following in one of
our exchanges, it is a strange,story:
" A sentit:man hi Boston, walking home a few
evenings since, co his country residence, wrta.
accosted by a woban, who asked him for chari
ty. Hearing something jii47,..1e at his feet, be
looked down an saw himself Barontided by a
chain noose; sail suddenly leaping out of it, be
heard the chain tdrawn violently ageing -the
fence by the road side. He had- been decoyed
by the woman into the noose:"
It has boen charged of old against the wo
men, that they are contianally decoying the
more simple and unsuspecting sex into chains
and nooses (mattimoninl oneij—but this is the
only instance of the kind we ever ,heard of,.
where "the chain and noose" were of- such a'
very practical, undeniable character. We trust
all gentlemen, *ether, will give all oteitige
women who may‘ecost them la the greets or
roads, a wide berth. The idea of being noosed
in this fashion, and hauled tip to the *see.—
it is horrible, and leads nis to tbitdc there mast
be Mexicine abiut.—Sat. Pad.
PRETTY GoOp.—An old lady living ,011 one .
of the Telegraph lines leading from
observed come Workmen digging la bole near
her door. She enquired what it. was ,forl'—
"••To put a post in for TelegraPh." WAS
the answer, Wild with fury and affright, itha:
inernitinently:ilitesl her bonnet, and ran to ler
neat neighbor With the news, What vie you
think 4 : she eiilaimed, in breathless haste.
" they're a Benin' that cussed pararCpit
fight agin nty vfkor, and no* I reckon &body
can't spank a child, or scold a 'hand, or chat
with a neighbori but that plagny thing'll boa•
blebbin St all oter =nation!
,1 won't stand it
IT move eight away, whore tne ain't none of,
them onnateriazingr—usairat Zionist.
tr. • '1
at New Orlo*is, on Sunday
week bet, wee ittereied by or 2,000 peracit
rroin the Demeenttki trvirvi:
OCCWPALTION OF MEXICO.
,- , I
L is now two months singe, in treating of
thel Mexican war as It then existed, we profes
sad ourselesiticredulous of 'any peace to be
41 1 :.
arrived at
... y accommodation, and urged the
necessiq f a vigorous prosecution of the war
with a view to the occupation of the country
by a sufficient force of United States troops.--- 1
By the term "occupation," we do not under.:
stand the direct and permanent annexation 'ot`
the canary to the United States. Fur such,
a promotion in the scale of humanity, the Mex- i
icaulice are by no means fitted. Great as is,
oureverence for the people at large, and res
4 .
pee ul as all ought to be to their opinions, we
ma look in vain among the population of the
Mexican states, for that activity of intellect
andivigilant htelligence necessary to tbosd
who' world govern themselves. A people who
aim too troverbially indolent to pursue indus
trial ern loyments, and too dishonestly envious .
to permit others to Enjoy the fruit of their own
industry, would make unprofitable and daager-.
ous inmates of'our political family. A long,
course of probation is necessary so to regeneN,
ate them to their habits and views, as to make;
them worthy of self government. This procesii
of regeneration '.,they should go through mil
their own account, and under their out g0v.. 1
ernerant.. This government should be compo.,
sed, as fai as possible of native Mexicans to,,
the exclusion of . the Spaniards ; to gnarantedi
which, an American army should occupy thei
country at its expense, until such time as asys.
tem of entire free trade, scrupulous administra4
tration of justice, and undoubted security ti l l
property, shall have developed the commerciaU
principle to its fullest extent, and the whole]
race of Military bandits shall have been rOoted i
out., ' When ememercial and industrial inter:l
gists have become so strong as to rally round
and 'support the government, the United States
' troops' may be withdrawn, and Mexico for the
firstVide become-really a great and, indepenth
mat nation.
The curse of Mexico, as of all Spanish coun
tries, is the absence of the commercial princi=
ple, the great conservator of peace and inter:
=I tranquility. , This arises in a great degree
from the indolence of the, people, but in a grea=
ter degree from the jealous policy of the Spant
jab rulers, who have uniformly discouraged the
commercial andj.ndustrial operations of enter
prising foreigners among them. The system
of laws applicabli, to e, micerce pursued in
Mexico, is nearly the - same as that of SpaLi, i
and ,appeans to have in view, only the best ,
mode of impoverishing the people, and con.fis.;
eating the products c.l their industry to the osel
lof the offieens, for the time-being, in possessioo I
of power. The effect of this system has beeni l
the continued predominance of ,the military.l
land the utter pi , ysical and moral exhaustion of,
the Kinn/try, For the last fifteen years it has
I been noonly mani est to all the -statesmen of
lEurope; ut the t'ialiing portion of the leading_
Europe;
men in ,leiico, have been convinced, that the
; ultimate fate of that country must be its il , evi-
I table absorption in the Amen ican Union, either
!by purchase .or annexation. Whoever has
contemplated the progress of the United States '
l as a nation, end observed the process by whiain ,
tract after tract of wilderness Las been settled, i
i organized into a'government and erected into a
state, take its place as a member'of this con
fOeratiun, has become convinced, that no land- i
mark or territorial boundary has had any - re:s- i
' traint upon the movement, which has been one
of ihtlividual interests, most vigorous amid,kti,
the profound peace. The colonies of Spain.'
and France were peacefully invaded and finally'
annexed to the Union. The cession of the
'country south of the Sabine to Spain, did iiiit i
in the least retard the progress of ern igratien :4- 4 ;
-Although a state of Mexico, it became populotisj
through the influx of Americans. - The people
exercised the sacred right of ret-olution, declar
ed themselves independent of the;military dib
tatorship'ef Mexico, and obeying the impulse
of their affinities, annexed themselves to the i
United States. The Spanish rulers of Mexict, l
from the earliest times, foresaw the danger in
which their possessions stood, as exposed to
the constant pressure of a more vigorous raee,
and they twice committed the niistake of „s 4-1
posing that a colony of that race could be sub-i
Jected to, Spanish rule, as an out-work to - prh- I
teet the ' emainder of the territory froth farther
aggressi n. - In 1786, when Spain held
v, the
!ewer ley of the Mississippi, she had aided,
the States incidentally in its strughile
for inde ndence, by stkbjugating Florida ; yet
no soon 4 was peace declared, than she begin!,
toliread i the progress of the Union. She
simOht through irrire for a separation of the,
se ttlement on th 14Itsstssippi from the rest'of
the United Sfat
is s; in -- order that they' might
:forth separate teblic that might fall under
ittie t iontrol of S am. Events frustrated the
btrigues, and th territory passed into the, Tio-
Isemintiof the Uri ted Staten. When Texas be
icanifi ipart of Mexico, the same desire to form
I atilt% iftentaasettleinent as a frontier to Mexico
beatne!apparent, and great inducements were
held out-to settlers from the United States. 4—
The' goVerntnent of Spain, in the arrogance !of
the Spanisifehitrinter, really supposed that a
gre.at aral 001134 state 'would grow up iiit
4tts,.and, subjeCte:d to - Spanish rule, form an
assilile barrier to . :the futute encroachments .
'rthe United States:. 'The:Anglo-Saxon *lee
'possession 'of :clifiada; ofi ' the mirth; held rn
traltible the colonial territory of Britain, "'and
the - Indian hunter 'is said,. Irlieo overtaken
ili the prinithy the' flame of bunting'vegeta- 1
thin, to root up that !in tie vicinity and' literit.l
infordei `that it may oppose thii i . 'pregrpss
ofj, the glowing ocean - that _. - surtentidti
Wit, so: did, the feeble Spaniard inippode ' - that
11,6 . onui t tstaj the progress' of the Union, ' ,b+'
hniiling in hill control a ? tato peopled' by 'the e
SIMS race.'; Ile overlooked ,the fact, that' :the i
staidi'AMittican character eoold not heed 'tol
thii treiehirOttideatintisin of Spanish' b ride =—
..
geldisofiverei hil error'when the - infant' hit le
leitstft - O - ti - hiellieblelgiesp, and defied his' r
pli
. alr .6. ithOir r e hei'lieiv : I. fietirl ' Intlepeodetieei—:
liekthet, iitiiii retained independent; air even
h'i' t wideithOitlitra. itt t Eakepein
•
MONTROSE PA., THURSDAY, 140VEMBER 25,1647.
power; Mexico would have been satisfied, .--
eause,;ptill the object of having a barrier be
tweenitief territories and the dreaded r enterT
prize of the United States settlers, would have
been attained. The moment annexation took
plate, :New Mexico became exposed, as Texas
had boe,n, to the progress of the United States
pitmeets, and the Mocess of absorption was re
newed::, Hence the statesmen of Mexico, what
rl
few there are dese ing the name, recognized
war asithe only me ns of preserving their whole
county' from folio ing the fate of Texas.—
The same 'desire to hrow-a barrier in the way
of ourfuture progress was manifest in the stip
ulatio4 in the late abortive treaty proposed to,
Gen. Scott, viz r , that the country between the
Nences and thd Rio Grande should remain a
perpecital desert. The leading fear of the
Spaniards is further absorption. Not only did
all theipatriotic Meticans regard a state of
hostility as her only policy, but all the diplo
rhatisti of Europe - were convinced of its neces
sity. As an instance, we may allude to the
work of M. Duflat do Mofras, from which we
have formerly quoted, entitled, "Exploration
du Teriritorie de 1 . Oregon," and published by
order fif the King of the French, under the
auspices of Marshalt Soult, President of the
Council and Minister of Foreign Affairs. The
explort.tions of M. de Mofras were made in
the years 1840 and '4l, and contain most in
teresttng information in regard to tho political
conditton of Mexico. In. relation to the prog
ress of dismemberment he says
i
"Til L e Congress of Texas is in favor of annex
ation ,to thelleited States ; and it isieasy to
coriciiye how much this measure, if:it, be ae
eomplik.hed, will make worse the position of
Mexic3); which will thus find herself in' danger
of beiiig grtsitthily swallowed up,—at the south
by tIM Americans of the new 'State—at the
north iby thou who have already attempted
the'ecM4nest of New Mexico—and at the west
by theise who aim to make of Upper California
anothOr Texas.
"It'js interesting to consider the successive
ilisrnentberments, which. • within.a few years
from now, the old Spanish Viceroyalty, trans
formed into the Mesiean Republic, will have
undertone.
"WITH' have lost, at the south and' east,
Giiatirnala, Yucatan, Cfliagas, and Tabasco :
the'niwth and west, Texas, Cobahuila, New
' Sonora, and the Califernias. it may
[ Lessard of these provinces, as the famous Mar
guess of Bed:nar said of the Venitian posses
sions in the inaiaind; 'That the Th.pnblic
preseri.es them only for the want of somebod
to ehl;ose to take them.'
"A column of three thousand troopi, with
.
!some e.orvettes at hand, on both seas, ,would
suffte4 to subjugate the empire of Montezum
the conquest of which would be easier now
than was in the time of liernam Cortes."—,
Tom;,i. p.
We happen to know, that these views werti
fully . Otertained by the most reputable men oft
I - Mexto, among whom Gen. Almonte 'stand
!deserkedly hi i rh. That gentleman, as ministeti
'of Mexico near this government, addressed tO,
!Mr. tlpshur. the Secretary of' State, - a protest
under date of November 3, 11'43, against the
anreiation of Texas, expressing himself a•
!foll4s :
'hut if, contrary to the hopes and wishe
entertained by the g.overrment of the under
•if.n4, for the .pt es. ration of the good un
derritanding , and harmony which s'liwld reign
hetw4en the neighly.ting and friendly Repub
lics, the United States should,.. in defiance of
goodfaitb, and of principles of justice, which
they have constantly proclaimed, commit the
unlie&rd of act of yioienee (inaudito atentado) of
appropriating to themselves an integral part of
the Mexican territory, the andersizned, in the.
narnct•of his nation, and now for them, protests
in the' most solemn manner against such an agj
grst,ion ; and he moreover declares, that od
sanction being given by the Executive of tht
Unix]), to the
. iiteerporation of Texas into th
United States, be will consider his mission en
ded, seeing that as the Secretary of State will
havOearned, the Mexican gorerntent is re—
soircid to declare war as soon as it'receives in
timaoon of such act".
no persons than the Mexican ministers
bettdy understood the position of Texas as an t
independent nation—acknowledged as such by'
Fran,i;e, Great Britain and the United States,
and ber perfect ritzlit to neg,ociate as she-plea.
sed. Fur eight years Idle bad maintained ber
independence and fulfilled the wishes Of Mexi
can statesmen, in forming the wished for lmni•
er between the United States and the Mexican
fron(ler. The moment annexation took place
waVAecame the necessity of Mexico, to pre.
ser4 herself against the more rapid and cer-:
min bniiquest of her territories; by Peaceful
settlement on the part of 'emigrants from all
parte; of the world, having 53, - mpathised with
this great Union_ Of all others Gen. Almonte
wad &Ist deeply imprsed with tl is truth.—
He i a Mexican, and nut a Spaniard, and his
charfieteristies are rare intelligence and judg-
Men( far above the general grade of the Nex—
tcan spaniill intellect. Of great experience in
eivilisndmilitary employments; he possesses.
Whatis seldom found. in Mexico, greathot?Fsty
and '4levation oleharacter, with uns*ming
14trtetism.
" fa possesses, moreover, beyond any. other
li!fe4ean,"a profound knowledge of our institu
tioniLan unfeigned and, liy,ely admira4ion of,
our f_fitelligent people, tempered, by a, ound
finality fir the successfutsolution of iv at Ea
). peitns.denominate the great republic n'. ex..
p riment.. Yet he is a Mexican; ; and such
gaids'the very qualities whielctixeile ' ad
-1
'e nition 'in thirAmerican' race :air fital to his
ei nntry's independence: He expressed his
i
vievia fully upon this subject. on. the maim
.of lita departure from the Country, aftgri hie
flrstjiretest against annexation, to a gentle
roarijof this city,* admitted:to. bit.direOtJotir'
=O. Gen-0411100R. PiTtentio,Al4l. country
Itt *lke great .PrCsidentitti: Cleeltonr IPA ic4rilt
istfinishroeut e afthe activity ,ited - energy 'with'
'tirhiiit the campaign ' wit vcoithiefee o r both
.4- --"" ..-- -; ' • ' ,•-, , -.'l
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*Anry Wikoff, Zit -, ~ , ,i 'r:_.. t, 11.. i.
sides. The iinimation with which every 'free
man entered! into the strifeel—the dearness
with which all comprehended the antagonistidi
reasoningon the most abtruse questions of na
tienil policy;:and the 'ohm:berme with which
the views on both sides were promulgated, won
his adreirktiott, while they excited sonic therm
4 the possible termination of to much excite
ment. The tuoral grandeur of the scene was
cOmplete, only when two millions and a half
vines halving been east, and the result announ
ced, every men acquiesced in the supremacy of
the laws, anti returned to his Aaily avocation,
bowing, 'without a. murmur, to the will of the
people. The contrast this presented to the
helpless indolence bf his own dountrymen, who,
with thel most supine and stupid indifference,
Were actiostomed to look on while their riders
were changed,- and successiVe governments
subverted,at .be behest of every miserable ban
, dit who would muster a few bayonets, called up
the deepest regret in his patriotic bosom ; and
I ardently' did he long for the means of infusing
come of the spirit of freemen into the hearts of
Mexicees. _ The dings to herinationality ivat,
hpwever, preesing.: Since the', war of Mexican
independence commenced, 3101 co has been un
able to brgenize a governmeni,i or take a step
in advance ilia nation. In the mean time the
illuited Statett have spread dr i er the vast di)-
, *tiort
b l y ile rs hi ce d Spal et n a , cb a e n d a northernotherlar - u d n e:
bei
rtmerit of Mexico, raised ititto a state,qin
xed id to th e Union, and t en poured vio
-1
s into New Mexico and California. Be
e Mexico OotddArganise a !regular govern
lent she would„bc swallowed 9, and means-of
ristance, prompt dr, effective,: must, therefore,
bli resorted to, and war alone Would afford that
Mans. ' Two reasons seemed+ to ' urge this is
efectivi. The general contempt in which.the
Martialiprowess of the United E.tates was held
bi the nations of the world ; the diplotnatikts
aed historians of l . turoperlettieg slip no oppor
tinity 'to deride ' the military power of the
model republic," *bile the achievement of in-
dependence etill shed some , glory on the hel- 1
!nets Of Mexican. chiefs. Nl,itit this opinion I
prevalent, added to the vast natural strength
of Mexico, it wai deemed easy to carry
.. on a
defeusive max for ages—to guard all the passes
into the table-land, and 'defy; the. irruption of
United. Stites emigrants into:the fair fields of
Mexico. These
,views were current with Mex
jeans at the 'time the annexation of Texas Was I
supposed tolgive, the signal for renewed emi-
pluton into the northern proehice.* This war
I System!which entirely coincides with the vice's
of the Church, became the settled policy of the
Mexican goyeniment, when, en the first day of
March, 1214, the joint resolutions were passed
'by fheUongress at Washington. The chronol
ogy of 'events is important in determining the
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* The following are the closing paragraphs
of a letter, addressed by a. gintietnan for many
years resident Mexican consul in New York,
and editor a a Well conducted paper printed iu
i Spanish, fonnditt the hacienda of Santa Anna,.
1 to whom it iwu addressed, after the battle o f
Cerro Gordo 'hey clearly point out the pol
-1 icy above indicated : 1
' .. Prom all which I have liken able to ob
serve, I have obtained the thorough conviction
that this is an enterprising tuition, full of ener
gy, which borders more on rashness than on
true courage, ambitious ‘withbut bounds, . and
uniting to a childish viresumPtion a want of all
fixed principles -ot justice. Vbe blind vanity
with which they are possessed, causes them to
regarall other nations, acid especially our
race, + ith the greatest contettipt, and it will be
only by means of some bard lessons that reas
on can be knocked into thosei men whose un
derstandings are so far astray, in-consequence
of their never having known adversity ; and in
my opinion no otto can, learn them these lessons .
better'tban Melico. .
"To do this it is only necessary to prepare
yourself to maintain an endless War atgaiht , t
this country. . 41 , * * In - miler to accomplish
all this, there is no necessity for going hastily
to work ; but we can imitate the example of
Fabius the Tardy, acting , iwith the same vigi
lance that that famous Roman consul observ
ed, so that the Mexican army, may be preserved
in fact, -and.the war may last as long as the
one between the Spaniards and Moors, whilst
our privateers are scouring every sea, and an
nihilating-the Ainerican cominerce, and I will
forfeit my head if they do . not, on their knees,
beg a ;peace froth Mexico betme six years have
passed, allowing' her to dictate the conditions,
for it is not killing men which will alarm this
people, but the.expenses and. costs which they
are. p_iit to.
''t
' " Beyond this it is necessary to recollect
that war can alth be made 'with the pen now a
days;l and a manifesto on the part of Mexico, .
publitlbed in the three languages, Spanish,
Englitib, and French, would attract towards
1 her much sympathy, particularly from the Ab
olitioeists, in all parts of the world, who are
DOW botb nuntereus,-strong and active, for which ;
it wilt be accessary to_acttle all small questions
with the rest ofthe vichld. even Making tempo
rary
doncessioni; not' perpetual mice. ' When
these northern ind eastern "Wei see that the .
War is going toile clang 1 onn,;-thet -they have
to cootTik . ritolinuib, that their commerce is ru-,
iced, and their funds of credit prmitiated, - they
will soon raise the Cry sksiOst the southern
states, and* issue will be' railed 'Which will
Only end with' , tbe Union, 'and leave" the south
ern states alone. , 1 Aod how *rot of the na
tions would; rejoice in the humbling of the pride
of - the I.liiited States, and tiiiitglorrfor Mex
ico iM 'being tki,ose . Who,'lbald , the-cat l'. ,
0 Frin ally, 1 *le ea Oat at . present. An_ o l l 44'-
tion Wilince ; tele i lint, let YAW' Xf!,',o*
J im
len4 rest Kai ' ' that "iiii'this sortint - we
atilt *tit - ditiiiki 'Wit - 1 . 1 di only thitigirldell
taillyie the hoMitotilestitioanl tint. integrity
the! territoryi as , wket.,,Vetata in Ow lest
n be
um r dthi i) r oticiAseigtht 40 , 0 1 04 Oh.
1=444 tretb..3,. ikliioll.4 l'Adittout war,
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1 pews of the Mexiaidis, and we may,, theiefore,
!recur to dates. As soon 411 the tilexicait,gov
!eminent received notice of the passage of the
bill, they informed Mi. Shannon, our minister,
that after the 2tith March 'all intercourie be
tween the two governments must cease. - And
on the 22d of tilareb President Herrera Issued
a proclamation, calling upon • th'e states to; aid
the government in the conquest of Texal. Oe
the 7th of April, the joint cqienittee ofbeth
houses 'of the Mexican Congress repqrted a
project for raising means of resisting aenexa
titan'. The warli ke , preparation'' of Mexico in!.
duced Mr. Jones, President- of Texas, f.. 0 call
upon the United States for aid,,, and according- j
ly the ' department ordered Gen, Taylor to j
Corpus 'Christi. 'He embarked from Ndw Or-1
leans August 1845, and encamped at Corpusl
Christi. About the same time the United 1
States made inquiry, through : the con6l at
Mexico, " whether the Mexican government I
would receive an envoy, intrusted with full 1
powers.to adjust all. the questions in dispute i
between the two governments ''•" ,An enswerl
in the affirmative was received, and 314 John
Slidell appointed minister, on the 10th iif NO
vember. On his arrival, Mr. Slidell presented
his credentials, which were not reeeived 4 But
Gen. Parades "pronounced" against tliaguy- i
erntrient of Herrera, and overthrew it, ,on the;
ground that it was disposed foi Peace, i" while I
American troops were already an the tenitney
of the Republic ;" and Herrera refused, ion the
occasion of the late proposed treaty of tilexi'ooj
to form ; a part of the peace connnissiun,• on the
ground that his goyerement' Was -overthrown 1
fur entertaining peace propoSitions, On the
21st ofiDeeember tilr. Slidell was inforined bvl
the tilexican Secretary of State, that bb could
not be.received. .Oa the ,3d of June .garades
was made President, Andprepared fir war,
which he. declared on the 2,3 d of April, in a
nianifeito. On the' 20th - -of 'Decembers 1815,'
the United States ratitleilf the resolution an
nexing Texas. And on 'the Ist of Jtinuary,
y,i
1846, Mr. Slidell renewed his application tol
be received as minister. The Mexican goy-
°remota replied, that "it was i.esolved th main-1
taiii the most just of eausest . .at all .h4zards,
and Mat to sufferthe nation, to be des/16i1O . of
its territory." And thus, amidst threats and
preparations for war,,Mr. Slidell's mission was
ended ! On the 11th of tilareli,. after every ef
fort to preserve peace la Proved abortive.
Gen. Taylor broke up at COrptis Chriiti; and
on the 19th encountered a 111exi6in - I'orce on
Texian ail, at Arms Colorado. Oxilthe 221
he reached Point- Isabel; , tie the 286, he ar
rived on the Rio - Grande, opposite Matamoros.
On the 116, of April,' Ampudia - arriked and
took comma nd of the Mexicans. -On the 25th
of April, Arista arrived, and the Meitiean ar
my crossed the Rio Grande,, in - two days after
the declaration of ear by Parades, at!Mexico.
' From what has since been developed of the
temper Of the Mexican governmentand people,
no, reasonable doubt can) be entert.abied, but
that the threats of war made hy Gen. Almonte,
in his protest of 1843, againstannexation, were
thannalterable determination of the tilexiCan
government,& in piirsilanedefthe gene al policy
herein indicated. The conspiracy tooserthrow
the government of Herrera, •on the greund that
he was favorable to peace, was in operation ° i
before Gen. Taylor left NewOrleans'; and long
before he Bioko up from Corpus Christi, Mex
ican columns, were marching 'tn attack Texas,
without reference' to any boundary. •The dis
tinction between 'the Neuces and the Rio
()retitle was an after thought of parts faction
i in the United States. The UnitelStefes Sen
t ate. by A vote of 40 to 2, and the lionse, 173
to 14 'recognised the war as the act ot i tilexiee, I
although the federal Press and speakers have!
• not ceased to declare, that the war wail the act
of the United States executive. This treason
able slang is gladly transferred into !the - col
umns of the .European press, and affiirds the
'London Times a choice morsel • therewith to
feed its malice against. the Union. That - print
remarks, Sept. 30 : • . • 1
" fn the present state of public: otiinion in
the world, we sleiuld have :thought it p x tra or
clinary if the most abso lute of Eleropean soy - I
ereignshad dared to embark in such a war ; -1 .
hut that a man, 'temporarily invested with a I
junked power ' like - that 'of the President!
of the United States, should, by his own
will and pleasure, have plenged his coun
try into such a belies of eniliarrassuierti, is,
with Out eiception, the 'most extraordinary c-1
vent Which has ever oceurred :in the history of I
any diodern republic. - The sequel wi:l. si e ,w
whether the mere prestige of military )aehieve
meets is sufficient to . overthrew all tbo Tirinei-
Ples on which the constitution of the United
IStateS is professed folic footled; ,and.'even in
this affair of the armisticeand the, allied no- i
- gotiation for peace, wo shall be tutiouSte learn
how far Gen. Scott's gentle? t• will be approved
and supported by, his goverenCent, Which, no
doubt anticipated 'a more brilliant result from
the march to Mexico." , •!-
It has always beenfthe• ciao, that the petty
malignitY of the • ;London i ts it relation to
Americ,an affairs has,heetttitaappaintld as a ' - en
as tittered: and in the . presgia 'eaSe, the ma,g
nianiMity;'whielOs'bieemiVelicelisible tto a Bid--
iSlt niiiirt dr iising itt the *meant &triumph,
ittresting , the uplifted4lo4:4ltout - •tol.deai the
ftpishing blow, smd:Yet l aipilktt44lo l *lPleF.Y.
it censtripK kI
iete zrcaes . y. * F9rOtilittcl:y for
the twiner. ef
,grogitelint - . 00:- . tileileant obstiria
'ey wa 4 . ituti`toitiedf, 6 & thiPtifinagebri)Faiit - rel.
`sults *ctiArned iheleinniaign - linsenispteil.
lyi tkiiiloeolile, Of tbe iihnlqilni ; iiie,o oB ,::of
, Pennsytvanla. "1 *Tel*, , 4 1 .; Ark APIPlie!-,t9Pf.N,
7
Op', Ti4erablO. it4f4),lPLlintil.2lPMt,Pr P9g':
tel*tliat On 'tliir 0 ithei, water! 11 0 1 11',:kli
kiiginited ind'ile bniiitgiiiiii.ekicif 'Vet s - rep.'
liratinnr,Ar" aliehointe - nf ;envitiennt.P.,; z'k -.1. .. ~,. I
' :I¢e policy of the:ll4**ne,iniAniktllitwit
114 go ftIPW,44, it 0f.. , 001.tif Yikir,Pii.#4
-!4 - 1 1!#!c!'.. fr.,PAlrtr , ,4 6 ,,PrgrPk,0 , ;,
L nonnil, on ' . ',t_ke Actypfmu,i4 Olt' "fill' inilltip,
ale,eilkiff 'of*, 1104n . iiiiiiiiiiliiiik , thikrtn
itiiiationitinneititiiitnittinibotEnryinvtAiiiii
that ithe:Maticans i wire opiible•,,ordWoupt,.4-
,Eni,o,kiroklmT,i,ver,:iirOkille.;.*Verfik.,i
4cirmyrtigib itirphilcir.F - 1 1563 piait i #,,
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'tonishing campaigns, in .which, iebitevOlymiight ,
have been -tbeidispropOrtion iit”nuitibertil be- ' •
tweet the viSlunteers,or tha militia xifAilaini
ted States,' and the troops of Mexice,-votersos
of twenty=fiveYearlistamdin,g, iiet , ,aleptibat bits
been sustained) have placedthaVnion foreniest
' among militari . nations. .The world -haiszwit
nosed the nouSual... spectooo , of the, mud' of
10;000 valtinteers, 300 miles, throtigkon,eno- -
my's country, illipturing.T.nebla,,,' , '.orithits,sl),- \
- 000 inhabitanti, leaving , inr, it, a-, garrison and
advancing upon a. capital of 200,00„se*: dit
feuded by. 22,000 men, well-supplied with guns,
and posted* works of apparently impregnable
stOngth,'defeating them in:Soup:engagements, -
m
driving the ea and ecenpyingtha eitylf . vrith 1
the loss altogether Of 3i1)00 men l ; =Such Atm
-1 gy and indomitable resolution bave-I:deattnYed
I the illasions of the Mexicans, and sileacedifer
ever the sneers of European writers iind,d4o-, ,
matists, whilelheir fears have been awakened. •
1
The ” model Republic'' has been , discovered'
ito possess in thogreatest degree that . of which
it was supposed most destitute ,. military .zer
sources "and efficiency: Our institutions have
been &rind perfect in.their kind for promoting
:national Warlaic iir time of peace I; : andore now
proved eqUal4to any emergency in titnelof war.
IA nation 'ofrightanillions of people,.accustoni;-
;-ed to war,:hav,e limn conquerd in Awiveank
ipaigns: War and conquest are, hewever,.ik
1 compatible: with the genius of our inatitutiois,
1 which are based essentially upon the Will of-tbn
,people. Ilenle, coereion is inapplicablihtte
tany portion of the people existing :: bene.ithOur
1 laws. The anxation of Texari was in confotm
ity to the almst unanimously : -deidared tvishei
of her petiole, '{a nd. ,in accordonee.with tbo. v 4
' of the people cif the United .States,. , as.exprea
sed at the genbral election of 1844. : ', Misie9 -
sougheto coerce the ieople of Texas intosubr .
mission to an Odious dietatorahip, ,as a.il i pro r
teat "'for the war which ,-,was thotightlecear
sexy. to:protect her remaining tenitoryiofseln
the peacefuLadvance of American,siettlera.— r
1 She has -plicyed her game,: and lost:: ~No, PS
of the Mithetin people cat{, therefore; ;,lie,om* '
pelled to comi„--into the Union, nor.woold,their
presence be ati t all desirable. - That•whigh.la
1 desirable, lame et',., is that they aim:wad keep
the peace, and p y to the last cent•alltbe L ex,
, pensei and damages-that they have, opcatimagid
, 1)3- their errone4s policy and: obstinacy% .: ,: t.- -:
No Country on-the face o€ the earth, ' enjoys
so many natural advantages as MeS • tee. . sier
mineral ream:wefts beyond,doubt . "'mi.those
of any other; pat*, aud'are capable ; l iof being
developed to any , extent. Her .itint.:liikraost
fertile, and the eliniateresents .every variety
1 11 . of .temperature. .To bring tbeseinte, retuisi
tion for th e .service of the world, all chatiis -ler
1
1 quired is a
,firtn and liberal geverninent; one
that shalrnotueddle with individualtoteptise
and shall bare sufficient stability toengtitoluir--
Lice and protection to property.,. Suidila. go , -
emu:tent as ,we have intimated ~may :doubt'
be composed of such men as Alinonte 19111:, *.
rera, supported by a column of Unitettatatiak
troops,-the.chief of which should hove l Oh"-
i charge of military affairs—attack and craolieip;
ery Mexican force, andsuppress, ,with the i id,.=
most. promptitude and severity,,,insuireethaussy
movement wr.organized. hostility. ,` S,Y, 7.tbiSe
means ten years would not .elapse.-before Abe
,commercial principle wonhl-bar.e , .so. tlevelopiail
itself, as to atforikthe,civilgovernmentof 1i.4-
ico sufficient strength: tomaintaiwitself silo il t,
, the rise of any new military,interest,,A a
j infusion of the Ainericanrace impar t.woulk
ergy-and indOstry.gradually to ; . the; i ifideb*t
' Mexicans, and give. them such a- consistency/ i s
a people, as would enable l thgni.to:buWand de- .
eupy their territories ia:perfcct., indeNtAefitlti• -
• lf, in aftcwyears;ithey slGuld.tben i as ,qo:„.. t whale -
people desirennion with the. northern - 044414
would beet)* a 'patter oc.diseuffin.) I.,:ilkrit
The difficulti e s of 'Mexico =have grearttof
the fact thatthey; possess -xlitit tiatur*weaftli,
which they do not appreciaterioP exert! :their
selves to - ilovelope.. i
of
the,4;inatnietof
things that:a race of- enteiprising advintinvis
shmililiPezmit rich mines and valuable lands to '
remain uneerupicd, ',Merely becauseitheyi ?lire
within thelimits of:a geV.mninent when:J.loo.
plc are too'imbecile to t* them .. , to"; advant
age. -
Had 31exico been settled by a vigorous , ce
of Europeans, that Would. have- turned hal d
vantages to account,' developed its wealfEr liW
c'reaail its euminerce-ar. - 4 multiplied' ini 'get 6.,
i i
merits sho'Wanid 'net 'neikele - ii 'llitrigeref= s. ,l4-
' sing 'er 10i("gliy. eiiiikiation 'trete the ollertfi,,,,
but 4 r 1)0,1116 voidtVittlier havelriiikitiliNfo'
i i
the Itell'idlieti and, perliapSi MiSsiisippi*ltt
and kftiveri:Witlflkinericans ive:the liedietainti
of the' f6rtili botteni."., Virf doe, a tut thil Aill.
j gin: Sakiiie 'c'e' in:C . o4a f , reo. - iliatituefsl-
1 tier, anti seStfle wcstetliAripa to'inifeiletWent.
Ilenies ?` - 4 1 3 ti ptitlpkiilile, the !ititerioif:itigi - 3r
of the AfrietladritAoleflils.thtif t 2 diiiittitiiiktf?
- liflSo3,'acdoidlijglii HilinheildtP thil?tilite
'thin of WilS'6 l .so%ooo , ;:z l br li g IND
More. than that of the Unlted'Stite's;l'lrtielirdrrrg
to the' eensiiii. : Ilfe - katt4iis'ileivei2%oo,o:ol3%
and' tls.foi,4o k 000,1500: Hilt ilieltieiteittli
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