Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1836-08-11

\ ACAdSs ~ ptaSSu ICY Otu uouul. AL
ready we hear OF the advance of Gen.
| Urea, with an army of 10 10000
soldiers (; and, though we do not un-
| derstand or believe that the soil ofTex.
as was pressed by an invading footstep
at our latest dates, yet the energy and
promp,ness with which so large an ex.
Pedihon has been fitted ont for the cam
palgn sufficiently evinces that no time
Will be lost in its prosecution. The
field will have been taken early this
month by the invaders but il is not
| probable that the decisive battle has
| yet been fought. Tho Texinn com.
mander will be constrained TO fall back
TO concentrate his forces and evail him.
4 self ofthe succors which will be con-
stantly reaching him from the United
States. At the proper time he will
measure his strength with the enemy,
and we cannot doubt that the result
will be reiteration of the victory Of
San Jacinto.
We have ever sympathized at the
distressos and rejoiced at the triumphs
Of the Texans. We iervently wish
them prosperity, glory, security, and
Independence. They cannot desire a.
ny blessing which we would not accord
them, unless it be annexation to tho
United States, to which we stand utter
~ opposed. Even were it desirable,
we should insist on the postponement
of all measures looking to such an
event, until after the recognition Of her
independence by Mexico. Grant that
we have nothing to fear from Mexico,
we have national character to sustain
in the eye Of the world, which must DO
seriously affected by any gross viola
ton Of our own cherished principle Of
non-intervention in the affairs of other
nations. Europe must not be taught
to regard us MS people waiting TO
grasp everything within our reach, and
eager to profit by the internal commo-
tions and misiortunes of our ncighbors.
It's quite enough that armamcnts are
publicly fitted out in our South. western
cities to operate against Mexico--that
advertisements for volunteers, 81 Of tho
time of their contemplated departure
appear openly in the public journals
under the very eye Of our District At
torneys-that the entire staff of tho
Texian army removes from the field
of victory 10 principal city in the
Union, TO be Toasted and congratulated
on their success. All these may pos
sibly be reconciled with the relations
Of amity which subsist between the Uni
ted States and Mexico, and which we
are bound 10 maintain. But, though
the acts Of private individuals may not
be sufficient to convict us of violation
Of our national faith, similar demonstra-
tons on the part of those entrusted
with authority must be subjected to a
more rigorous construction. They
must infalliably be regarded not mere
~ as a violation of our national faith
pledged to Mexico, but an outrage up
on the moral sense of the civilized
world. We are panied, therefore, at
perceiying in the Washington Globe,
the following announcement, which, so
far as the facts are concerned, may be
regarded as oficial
"Ollicial dispatches from General
Gaines, dated Camp Sabine, June %,
communicate the intelligence, that the
Mexican army at Matamoras, under
Gen. Urea, had been reinforced to the
number Off 900 men, and was on tho
18th Of June, on its march, and rapidly
advancing towards Gnadaloupe Victo-
ria, and the head quarters of the Tex
ian army. The motto to which the
Mexican army were sworn, was ex-
termination to the Sabine, or death.
/" Before receiving this intelligence,
Major Sterling c. Robertson had re-
ported to General Gaines that two men
had been recently killed, and another
wounded, on the waters Of the Navaso-
ia, in Robertson's colony, about twen-
miles west of Nocogdochcs, by the In
dams Of several different tribes, Cad
does, Kitchies, and others,) who had
taken and carried away several women
and children Of the families of the men
that were killed.
"Gen. Games, considering thatthese
recent acts Of hostility on the part of
the Indians were prompted by their
having been advised Of the large force
approaching Metamoras, and by the
expectation that the Texans would be
driven of, and the country given up to
them, has called upon the Governors
of Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi,
and Louisiana, each, for aregiment of
mounted gun-men, 10 cooperate with
the regular force under his command,
including the four companies OF dra-
goons from Fort Leayenworth.
alt was his intention, if he did not
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