the future HithertniMexico has refused all• the time o f issuing it in a prodamatien_ accoinmodation by wlich such a peace donld 1," ".' '• hie irk' of emlity and Concili 'tie , be obtained. Whilst our armies Piave advanced from view I ,t)prevent the boils 1-.),Vth tory to victory, from tie commencement of Ile )leiinan'..pdpirlation from takinunpllarmti; war, it has always been with the olive-branch itainA,Ars,Oraslh4war ormducted - on-';Our !pa . of peace in their hand and it has been in froyisippit-andpther supplies furnished ',too s power of Mexico, at every step, to arrest hos 7 gtrf Mrmy, by Mexican citizens were paid for tilities by accepting it: `rid:lll)44i agteed npon by the partie One great obstoc)c to the attainment of ftir thejapse ist a few months; it becanrdit s • peace has, undoubtedly, arisen from the fact, area that 'these atsurances, and thisi in' that Mexico has beenj so long held in rbjec- i*difment; had fitilediso pi:adage the des! tion by one, faction 1r military usurperafter ittiiVoptrt!i' the' itirticairtpoPulation:: another ansuch had been the condition of in- ' While the wall had been condlicted Oni 1-which - 4reir successir& Meitilding:tO:the most irumaneitenible r • meats i lieveiheen placed, that each has been principles obseriled by civilized nations, it In• s deterrelTronimakino peace, lest, for this very 1 waged in a far , different spirit on -the part sf factiowlingPellitlrour pow,_ Ilexitoji,..i.;;iot.,,ippreciating our . forbear)] eau ; Such was the fate p'f „PreehientTHerrera's the ,Mexictiii peepleilenera,lly , became lost 4 e niministratiort in.,145 ; for,:beingidisposed e- to the nit Atatee, and levnlled themselv ten 40 listen to. thet overtures l otl-the United of, every eppertunityj to' coinruit the moist sa States to preVent. , as is fully confirm- age ezedreesnpon ointreopZ. Large numb el by an efficial opTesPondentre which took of the pnpulation took ui aims, and, engagirg Owe in • the month Of :August last, between in guerrilla warfare, ribbed and murdered itn hint and' hiskloverrnilienti , a copy of-which is the most cruel manner individual soldiers, or herewith.oomiuMnicntMd: "For this cause a- parties,,whoM accident or other canoes lose, the revolationithich displaced him from : had. separated froni the main body of otir power was met on foe) " by General Paredes. my bands of guerrilleros and robbers infestd Suelvinayilre.the co4dition of inseenrity.of the the roaiN harassed, our trains, and, whin e er Faaertt ,/ievernment. it ,was rn leir power, cut' off our supplies. Time can,be no doubt that the , peaceable - 'The-;.ll.l,.xicans haying thus shown,thetrisel es • 'll,mtWell-dispaseil ittliabitants of, Mexico are' to•be wholly incapable of appreciating (Int f r mamboed. that it is Ethe true interest of their bearauco and liberality, it was deemed pro er country-to concludet an , honorable , peace with to ohapge the manner of conducting, the r, timi4.lnited -States ;,"4 but. the. apprehension of by making them feel its pressure aceording hemming the victims of :notate military faction 4 the,usa es observed under , similar eircumst n• or. 'usurper may hive prevented- • !them from ces hy: 11 other civilized nations. • teMelfasting their feelings Wany-:Public act. Accordingly, as, early as the 22d of Septo n The removal of anyi such apprehension would ; bet, 154.6, instructions were given by the S =ly cause thent to speak their sentiments rotary of War to Major Gen. Taylor to " dr and to adopt the measures necessary supplies "Ifor out army " from the enemy, wi Sir the restoration of peace. With a people out 'paying fer them, and to require contri distracted . and divided by contending factions, Lions for its• Support," if. in that way he r sad &Government !Object to constant chang- satisfied he coaltl" get abundant supplies et, .by ..successive , revolution% the continued' his forges." , " directing the execution successes of our arnis may fail to secure a sat-I, these instroitions, much was necessarily 1 islactory peace. ,Ii such event, it may become "i to the discretion of th 6 commanding offid proper for. our coo itmoding generals in the, who• was best acquainted with the eircumste Sold to give encouragement and assurances of ees by which he was surrounded, the want protection to the ,fronds of peace in Mexico in the army, and the practicability of enforc the establishment aid rnantenance of a free re- the measink.,. ; imblicanGovernment of their own choice, able ; Gen. ,'lrtylor, km the 26th of October, 18 1 and willing to cons ride a peace which would 'replied, from Monterey, that "it would h be justto them, and secure to us the indemni—' been impossibld hitherto, and is so now, to s ty we demand. This may become the only tame the army to any extent by forced eon mode of obtaining tinth a peace. Should such bution of money or supplies." Fur the be the 'tenth, the or which Mexico has forced ons aSeigned him, be did not adopt' the s upon tie would thusn be converted rinto. an eti- icy of.his instructions, but declared his re, during blessing to )],erself. •After finding her; ness to dr so " should the army, in its fu torn and distraetedii by factions, and ruled by ' operations, 'reach a portion, of the country wl military usurpers, government should then feve her may bp made to supply the troops with adv with a. republican Government in, the ienj,TY- tage." He, continued to pay for the article anent ofrealludepOldence, and domestic peace supply which were drawn from the cue • tindproaperity, perf o rming all her relative du- ! country , . , ties in the great fainily of nations, and promo- instructions were issued to 1' ting her own happiness by wise laws and their Gen al Segit on the 3rd of April, 1847, faithful. execution. - repli d, freer Jalapa, on the 20th of May, if It . after affording 'this encouragement and (, that, if it It 3 'pep ted that " the army' b nehtion, and after all the persevering and i supp itseli by forced contributions levied tl f - I prot.,.. _ ea..., Pt-- ---e. --- , -i i ttincere•eff ' orts we huve made, from the moment' on le, country,. we may ruin and exasperate bons base been long delay«l. The peculiar Mexico commenced;the war, and prior to that ; th e i , luthitants, mad starve ourselves." The posigilin in which 'they have been placed, and time ; -to adjust onr differences with her ; we! same' discretion was given to him that had the deSire on the part of my predecessors, as shill nitimately.:f then. We shall have ex- been to G-eleral Taylor in,this respect. en. Well i myself, to grant them the utmost inaul }tainted all hono ra ble means in pursuit . ofd Scutt, for tie reasons assigned by him, lso gent 4 have hitherto prevented these claims ittimAtti.must continue to occiqy her coup- i eontiaucd t pay for the articles of suppl for from ping 'urged in a manner demarcled by Arxwith our troops: taking the fidl-meaiure of, the army w ich were drawn from the enem . Strietlustiee. The time has arrived when they indesanity.into out -owe bands, and, must -au- t he tit army bad reached the heart o the ought/,;to be adjusted and liquidated, and efforts force the , terms .whieb our honordemands... ; , most'Wealthy portion Of Mexico, it was suipo- are new making for that purpose. o• ; To at otherwio, in the existing- state of sed that th obstacles which had before tat 1 .1t is proper to inform you that the go;ern gangs in ,Mezieo, said to' withdraw our array time preve nte d it would not be such as to en- Inenqf Peru has in good faith paid tl.e first 'itim& alma* wOuld Actt, 0n1x..:1.. ,, . ;01 do . ; 1 Aar tin_arac aide the le vi, of forced gent -''• Iwo ;;Instabitents of the indemnity of thirty =Lot.whien wn Complain unredressed,- but tions;tor its support ; and on the nrst. ot ep-. them and dollars each, and the greater portiob -be the, signed for new anif, fierce -,cMl tember, an again on the sixth of Octo er, -Of tbkinterest due thereon, in execution of' the )) dissensions. - wnd ', heir revolutions—all laic 16'47; the o ' der - was repeated in despatches ad-i convention between • that government and the hostile to peaceful', relations with th e United; dri.,Sed by. h o Secretary of War to Generale United Stales, the ratifications of which were Stittett.. •-,- --- 4- • ~. 1 • -, „ • lScott, and lis attention was again called to tbel exchanged at Lima on the thirty-first of Oeto i„site.oidts. tlierep,ii a -danger, if ou r trodpsiluiliartance tmaking the,enemy bear the bur- ' her, .IA6. The , sums to which the claimants werti withdrawn before a peace was concludpd, i r dens of the war l by requiring them to furnish!' , l are respectively entitled will be paid on de thwtltbe . Mexican ipeople, wearied. with tstOi 1 the means of supporting our army; and he l taanot,at the treasury. itowk . oi , retwolationtli.aod.ileptived. of protectiii I was diretted - to adopt this policy, uuless,l by I itivite the early attention of Congress to gorltikeir - fersoAs. and property, might at length I doing so, there was ,danger of depriving the ar- i the piesent condition of our in China-. hly,ihollat4 to yield to foreign influences, anditoi ray of the, ecessary supplies. Copies of these Undes our treaty with that power, American out themselves into the urnukof some EuropPitlesputches ere forwarded to general Taylor citizens are withdrawn front the jurisdiction, i w wowtorthroh for protection from ,the anarelis , for,* gov nment. Whether civil or criminal; of the Chinese gov • • and suffering widlih would ,nstie: This; fOrl gu th e lirty-first of March last, I cansed ernment, and placed under that of our public. r r wontjalicess,jujii IA ..nfirs , ~ co of oar, estitb- lan order to be issued to' our military and naval functionaries in tbat cr•nntry. By these alotie Um' policy, we 410ELA* v. 1. 1 14 to resiit.lcomiliandelia to levy and collect a military eon- can our citizens be tried and punished for the 3VWo,l44; : never -dOnsent, tha:C...- lefko sbouldltrittition t pon all vessels and mercha dise 1 pomMission of any crime ; by these alone eau i1.4-thtts.eouvertetkinto..a anonard h y . governed i whicb mi g ht enter any of the ports. f M xicollnesOons be decided between them, involving -... - ,-. lit ary ocer- ' 'inch the !rigl. rid id b' 491 1 4/ 41 41, 11 1;neie• :- - 101exice wour *ear. neighbor,. and her boun istiegiore ,conterrginouss with-.our an, through site jojkokixtent,ittoss North Ameneim itaritiluestAirom-pjan to 'Ocean. Both teiibriataAtemluer44l l Y,' Srtphsve the, Aeeßeet haw** btx re aeration and proape . rity,i---- 1148 Wit igimpugsible that , with 'Lary ittstsre surd to own A . afety, we ian.. ever become ittOiraut tq her tee. 7 :i-k4ay lie tbgt . the Mexican government, 101. le d have uitscoostrned or misunders . tiod tflAglor nee, IPA our objects, in desugng, oouchide an amicable adjustment of the ex liatiottligerences thetween. -the two countries: They,saaLhave sttpposed that we would alib is:43o itmugriubng to ,the nation; or they guff iiiiiro'dzawn *lse inferences from the sup pouottruti*m,Of Opinion in the - troitod States „ minion iu zne on tie inbieet of he war, and. may have ealcu loitadito_ gatz byprotraetingiej and, lin ,that ,wermi#,l4 ultimately 'al)indonit, al prgethir .withoatiinsisting on any indernitity, *Ri k i 4. ) . 1 4 1 (0 4 0 6 .0 • Nir.bater'ie,s:PaY betthe rslikirflovAo. l33 l l nler,lsilic4 ,6 ove aFt.edt the adoption and irosecution of the energetic parproposed litttSt soon undecei#e the*, the, fitytreproiseention . the war i lthe enemy ;a*. be:nlimleto:4eel its ~`Fressure More , .14*, hey lisve,haret ,* ofore [ ppm., it was deemed, proper .to,zoticluct] gip a 'sprit of ,torticaoce tins in`lriew, early ICI, 'ioseie r meted to aOneili(tte as 4 ;far as alstateoo r t7ar l lf#li,..PerMi!* 414 mass of the 24e:xicink , toutmrio4 them that dr Wilt ws4 wa giaiot peacefu“nbabitanta,Of sgaip,it they.' fai tlilet2s govern rilmtt winch had coiattiencek hostilities to ninon frotnAcit minds ithe false impressions which thilli 4 tts :10 interesting, rplers hadiffrt- OWsjitipted maize,, that;the war 01104 rd Csir!.jrispne.orift:quest ; Anti a iffpww and thelielturffshis, which] were o : tre: fitted °. and -"ivrthrit*;-, 1 ,44 .t4-13.nr,rigtti. OM% and prom tiliontitit !Milted titnqe, *ate Net! iv * nltiA4rls o.. isolthl , o,ol4*644"*,lr*Mtf,lftittstcA e iknl4 Tthi'fidt je ditxdampaffai , to j'eP P theiir POr , 11944 11 r:4, Frui*th VA irereiwnowipe* l iviehit4ohey dirietitabildteliid's4,irer Vl44 4 9Prti4 - 111 6 4 1 1 0* gkAg us t ;", „1; Sitbis I NMTelt AO4O 1 0 11 1 4 ,b / 6 0$ 11 r TOtlerk fib% tiqW . 45 1 017.6": 0 1 1 11100016 airAtorY9lll4l thite*Pth 41.400004 k Vitagoip bp‘/mor i s9ooll4 010 1 V)101 0011 01 4 /• `44F1N*00441#4 moor miihky occupation, and to apply 1 contributions towards defraying the expe of die war. By virtue of the right of quest ,and be laws of war, the conqueror, .saltin4 his own safety or convenience, ma, ther exclude foreign commerce altogether! all . streh p''s„ or permit it upon such t and ixindit ons es he may prescribe. i the tubeip 'ports of Mexico , were bloc by our nads, he revenue derived from i dutis, underhe laws of • Mexico, was pal; 1 to the Meiicau treasury. Atter these had! : fallenl, into our military possession blockade as raised, and commerce with 1 perMitted Upon prescribed terms and ci Cong. They were opened - to the trade of all nr epoti the payment tittle duties more moi ii their amount thah those which had pretionsly levied. by 'Teske ; and the revleini, wbiCh was formerly paid into the Mexicanltrear I snit, was directed to be collected by ourlmili- I tarfand naval officers, and applied to the usel .of our army and navy. ; Care was talientil4t the - Ofricerii, soldiers, add Sailors ,of our arni i awl:navy Blimild be exempted from the opera-, tionh,of the order; and as the merchaindisei upon whiCh the order operated muilt, bunons. 4 by Mexicitn citizens, the contri• `fed were, in effect, the seizure 4f the riuktic revenues of )11exioo, and die catipn of theta to our Own use. In dir ting ibiOneantira,"the object was to compel t o enijf to Contribute, as -Tar' u practicabl 44-1 warils,the expensel of the war, :Igor the aintount of contritnitions,whic haeE levied in thislorm,l re.* you to tl e aO-: nouipanytnit reporti . 4"tlie - Secretary AVIV; . _ 'ii - Ornr,fh , Secretary Aeilitary. of tb_Niivy,' by sti appears t ' t a sum exceeding half* mill 4 ' aha bee 4 :collected. ' 114 A qant would imaontptOli . hav been :), _taiielillar'er; htit' for. the.difficu#l,9f k e_pi4 'L ?Oil - 4ooooo;atioOstiiiiien the coast d the), Latiiiier t ..t o ni. tik.enahle.the . :o6,4l of thei T64'04024 '14)044 , 1 0. transport. and vet , it,;',6 ' the inbabitantirif. Ili ecuatii. :. It 'la! Ic44o:.t . 4fetitt Ailf.o4ofictOt:y;' i great .'elq,,e4k;lie,Eo,ol23rim4:l(6l by i 0i.44 sidjto** mideV,llityi ticieitiOi to th.ot la. 1 , ; .Itteiiitire*llitiVa. recently , ''' 'oolp 'a ' tiyl 'Aretr.4ll4o4l -1 4 *44'4 . ii4 l 4 00 .13( iii - ****Alt P_liiiiii't!if,* ~ *:,-.: : ' ape. i Ilie 4( ;#4 ll4d it-4 -°:° V-i ,141 , e5"1"14 . ' ! , ': :. , 11,Trifi*W0--.o4eiiiiiiii , 4o4-4160* At l , ; 644114ilia l ,oviii fal*lPoolitaingt::"Atk: . re i ./ : ,, ,. 2 lsiati h , ;i atfi ca, to is : ,,liik. ~.-_'., .. :if' 1 in4rfg, ilitirieur . st-4 011 7 1010 • • • • . .. . . . ders.tolt s effe c t av acco rdi ngly been given. l ent. States upori this Contreptinis induced me .4 !Sr itieili'is - tiolicy‘'.at healsame pint , : that our to rec oMmen&apprOpiljati . ons . ecestiify for the: even tititairp.: will- P. relieved 'front .ti heavy , mint-online° of these tinssiOOs ,fi .' . drain,AliMeiican R . ple' till be Made to feel! I yeOmnientl,to O n n:gc e 4 tat o n appropr i- Ithe!bnpl'etis of the wiiir;- and consulting the i r ar s on bii made, to be : pail) tOltVe Spanish gov citrtvintetieets;, may be Induced the more readi- ernmen4 for:the. purpose of !ili4ribution among 1 1.1 to tcOiretheirruldis to accede tiU a justlthe clailnaatts ili " te - Ainitsta& case." , I on - ppitee., Irl. . : 1 . • i tertain the doni t cictionthat fbis4s due to Spain Aftito4hatidjournment of the qast session of, under the treaty of the tenath of October, (10000, events transpired in the prOsecetionil79s ; ,and, taoreover,;' th in { from, the earnest o tle*ti al v which, in My judgement,. required a; mannerl in Which the elalin. ecivitinues,to be ur- i 4 eatei,Aittnber' of troops in the 'held than bad 'ged, sollong - ;ris it shill remain - tinsel:tied, it *ill 4ween iiddkieipittedi , -Tiliestrengtii - .lotthe army- ibe a sonrce ofirritittinn,and i t Msenii , bet we en . Was actiordingly increased by " accepting" the: the to countries, which ma,il prove Wily antriceSibf all.the volunteer forces authorized.' prejud ial to; the interests l'fif the United byi the ilk of the 13th of May, 1801, without i Statesi Good policy L Al no less an a faithful puitingi* construction on that act, the correct= compliance wit h our treaty obligations, requires neo9flfldeh Was scriously questioned. The that the inconsiderable appropriation demand , Volunteer forces now in the field, with th ose ed sho ld be niade. WhiCii bid been. " accepted;" to "serve for A tailed Statement of the ; condition of the t.' : Wcl4 'Mon th s," and were discharged at the -financ , will be presented in the annual report end of heir term of service, exhaust the fifty of the i Secretary of the Treahury. The im amlmq Mon authorized by that act. 11ad