Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1836-11-03

.er''on send you the accompanying slip, cut from
the Naeh',oches paper.
am, slr,,our obcdicni servant.
NEUTRALITY.
From the Phiiadeiphia NutionaI Gozet

NEUTRALITY.
From the Philadelphia National Gazette.
We nave received u communication from Nat.
ch'ioclcs commenting in severe terms upon tho
means adopted by General Gaines to Justify his
movement across the frontier, bu, its publication is
rendered unnecessary by previous letter, copied
werk or two since from tie National lntellipen-
, Ger. In reference 10 the assertion that imminent
danger from Indian hostIli,ies, was 10 he appre.
hcndcd, il is said Ina, /" tin commander at Nacog-
dochcs reported To his general that not the sIa-
dow of hostility existed, that none had existed, and
that MOI murder has been committed (cxccp, that
two Caddo Indians had been shot by the w,ies
fifteen miles west of he camp) since early last
spring" As General Gaines, IN crossing the Sa.
hpe. used his own discretion, he is bound 10 mako
ont a justification Of thai movement. Had he ac-
ted under positive orders, the would have been
different, and we should have laid tho RESPONSE
blily at the proper door.
Inns Tar, encouragement to the Texan cause,
from Which, he II good er bad, wo ought scrnpu-
lousy In have ahsl,ncd. seems to hn the motivc
by which the commanding general has allowed
himself to be actuated and every particle Of inior
nation We can enn induces the belief that the
large volunteer force called for by him would
have carried something more to that cause than
connenancc and good wishes, had il not been
Sonnhlt stayed. Irt,hr Goveromet still persists
IN It's obn"Nloususurpaton of the tertiary OF a
friendly Power, even to the point OF breaking oil
ITS relations with The minister OF that Power, and
the official newspaper treats all representations on
the sobjcc, with ndcccnev and con,umcfv.
From Mc hat,onai Mfcheeocer.
Every succeeding day furnishes us with addi-
uonal proofs that We have not been deceived in
atIribu,ing the violation oi the Mexican territory,
by the occupation Of Naeogdnches, 10 the most
unlusidahlo motives and that ihote has been n
\ far hur ns IN
the part of individuals connected with the Gov
"rnncnI, with the schemes of the Texan specu-
laiors. The articles which we insert above, will,
We think, satisfy our readers that we have not
erred IN prononnclng tins unfortunate movement
of the United States troops II deliberate viola
ton of the treaty with Mexico, SD recently san,-
toned by ihe highest authority oi our country,
and that the public reasons which have been
given in its justification mere prctest for ma
king the American dag Suhservicpt Ia ilie eaosc OF
tho Texan Adventures Iflhis be no, the object,
why ,sonr national dag planted on tho territory OF
Il friendly Power, without lis consent, upon plea
Of defending the frontier against the Indians, when
all the communications winch have been received
from persons on the spot, assert IN the most posi-
live manner that there never had been any ground
to apprehcnd danger from that quarter, and III The
absence of all proof of its existence The truth Of
the statements we have heretofore published from
our own correspondents ON tins subject are, we arc
happy 10 perceive tulIy colroboralcd and sustain
ed by the article which extract from the Nation
al Gazette; and i, now appears by that extract,
thai even 1.-the commander AT Naeogdochcs repor.
ted 10 his General, that no, shodon ~ hostih-
~ cristed that noHe had frisicd, and thai not u
murder ha, been committed Except that Two Cad
do Indians had been shot by the whites hiieeu
miles west of his camp since ea,ly las, sprin:.'
But the lcer'of tho Commercial Advertiser,
from Nacogdochcs, throws new light upon the SUBJ
iect. II apprrs that General Gaines, in his ex-
ircme hurry to execute the part that had been cast
for hun, instead Of bringing the United States
detachment from Fort Towson TO Camp Subinc,
along our shore Of the Red river through Arkan-
sns, and then marching il across (what he may
perhaps say he instructed to consider, disputed
territory to Nacogloches, openly crosses Rcd
river M Fort TowsoD, and marches through the
uudiSpntcd territory of Mexico for two hundred
miles. We confess, hitherto, we had suppos' d
that this detachment had crossed at Camp Sabine,
and that the movement al least would have had the
benefit OF some claim to territory, hovcvcr nndc-
fined and unnelIigiblc. Tho words Of the writer,
as will be seen by reference to the letter, are,
speaking OF General Gaines, land, what is worse,
directs the toops to The Red river and
ma III thfou h tho coanlr, TO the place Of desl-
n.,ion; 50 lhat tine troops came into the Mexican
dominons at least two hundred miles from Ma
cogdochcs, aud having arrived there, arc ordered
to ioriitv and erect other buildings"
That the violation would have been the same in
either case, we have no doubt but Is il is now re-
presented, there i, no excuse for it, Ii the first
time that we have been made aware of the fact,
that the troops crossed at Fort Iowson. We
trust if such should have been the case, and the
President has hitherto remained ignorant Of it, that
he will think due to The honor OF the country l,e
prcsidcs over TO Withdraw those troops IA, once
within the frontier limits. We quote passage OF
his celebrated letter to the Governor OF 'rennes
see, aud add that it would be much lTis honor To
give effect upon this occasion TO the sentiments he
has 81 well expressed.
"'fhc obligations Of our treaty with Mexico, as
well as the general principles which govern our
intercourse with foreign Powers, require us To
maintain strict neutrality in tho contc,, which
now acitatcs portion OF that Rcpnblic. SO long
'as Mexico iufs her du,iesto asthry are defined
by the treaty, ami violates none of the rights
which secured by it to our clilzens, any act
on the part OF the Government Of the United
States, which tends to foster spirit OF resistance
to the Government and laws, whatever may be
their character or form, when administered "'th-
in her own limits and jurisdiction, would ne UNI
authorized an highly improper. scrop"ons
sense OF these obligations has prevented me t'ns
far from doine any thing which can authorize ~"
suspicion that our Government Is nnn'ndini ct
them, and hope TO be equally cautious and CIR
cumspect in all my future conduct
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THlHE Battalion Court of Enquiry, for the first
II Battalion of l3lst Regiment, will be held
=, the Union Hotel on Friday the 4ih November