Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1806-12-24
camp If Nacsgdechss, oet.if, 1906.

i Informed your excellency BY my act,
| ter &c The 2oth Of last month, that l had
SAINT that Of your excellency Of the s4shoI
the same month to.she captain general Dr'-
gadier Don Nimesio Salcedo, on WHOM !
| depend, because I was not vested with .
competent authority, forts discussion, and
as the answer belonged TO saId ch'eI.
| Ha.ter my self that in consideration OF tue
| good harmony which reigns between our
governments, your excellency would nave
expected his answer 10 determine on your
operations, because I am not at liberty not
60 carry into execution the orders which
| command me to consider the Hondo run
as the boundary line Of the province
see, by the letter OF your excellency OF
| the 9TH inst. which / have just received,
that against my hopes you have marched
your troops towards The Sabine without any
| hostile views against the Spaniards, but
| with the intention only Of maintaining the
| pre,ensions Of the United S.stes to that
side Of said river.
Your excellency is very well acquainted
with the sacred duties of a soldier ! must
in consequence declare to your excelency,
that though the result of The operations
which your cxcellency has undertaken,
| ought not in any manner whatever to be
considered as an act of hostility provoked
by my government, mus oppose myself
to it, 10 discharge of the obligation which
am under. to oppose myself to the ag-
gressions of the y. S, and 10 preserve en-.
tire, as far as liesio my power, the domi,
Mons Of my sovereign.
take the proper means that your ex.
cellency may receive this letter, praying
the Lord our God that be may preserve
your life for many years.
am, respectfully, &c.
(Signed) ANTONIO CORDERO.
His excelleney, Gen. flames Wlakins0n.
Extract Of a letter from the captain general
Dan Nimssio Saiceso to governsr Cni,
borne, dated Chihuagua, 18Th of Septem
| Der, 1906.
BY my orders ] am bound 10 maintain
the best harmony with the government Of
| the u. s. and to that end | have directed
| all my views, as your excellency may be
convinced by the conduct winch has been
followed, and by the letter. which under
my directions, the governor Of Texas
wrote oa the 7lh Of March last, 10 the
| commandaue of the fort of Na,chitoches,
exhorting him nc, to repeat, on either side,
any acts of hostility concerning the disput.
ed territory. OF this letter major Porter
acknowledged receip., and gave assurauc.
es that he was on the point Of sending an
account of tito gen. Wilkinson. to whom
he left the decision /; which, however, has
not as yer been verified.
After this intelligence your exceliency
| will find no just motive to draw the sword
| on account OF the movement of the troops
on this frontier, especially after being as.
sured that neither those troop nor their
| chiefs have had, or at present have, any
| orders to make new establishments. Your
excellency may be assured that all my &C.
| tions are directed in compliance with my
| duties, and with a view that l may, at no
| period whatever, be repreachsd with hav.
| ing suffered, in any manner, The u,uipaion
of the smallest part Of the doninions Of
my king under my charge. But in consi.
Iteration of the assurance which your ex.
celiency gives that the subject is now 10
| treaty bstwesu the W. governments, and
| the irankness with which you state the dis.
| puted claim as one that shall be amicably
| adjusted, without availing ourselves of our
! rights, the operation Of our troops shallbe
| limited (under the responsibility OF your
exccllency) to patrolIng the disputed lands,
to see and prevent any settlement from
being made by the citizens of either ma
| tiou.
Your excellency knows very well that
| whilst this is the most moderate behavior 1
can adopt, | must also repel all aggres,