Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1836-08-25
DOMESTIC INTEELIs.ENG g
TIE CONTEMPORARIES.

From The National IHfcHi9oBccr, Ing. Ism.
We enrisi drr the Document which occuplrs The
prcccdn columns 10 be Of an importance scarce
~ infcrnr 10 that of the Proclamation oi Nentrall-
" of the lr,i President OF the United States III
1903. which prcvcnicd this then vonng nation from
being ineillcd in the wars OF the French Rcvon-
ton.
We lnil IT with particular satisfaction, as We
had been deceived bv the tone of the Globe aud
il, Satellites INTO y belief that the invasion oi
our neiphbor's territory, and the reqnison for an
additional force OF four Or FIVE thousand mounted
Volunteers 10 enable General GAINES TO measure
swords will, "ihe principal becerenl" IN that
territory, had the sanction Of The President OF The
United Srntes, or At least mel his appreciation.
We are glad 10 find that the course al the Com
manding General has been sanctioned only by the
kitclcn Cabinet, and utterly dsapprosod by
the President of the United States.
No longer ago than yesterday, the organ OF the
Kitchen Cabinct applied to those independent
presses which have taken precisely the same
ground as, it now appears, III" Prcs'd, Mt ol the
United States had I'm the order OF ine) taken be-
fore them, the following rnilian language
"Thc eyes of the country are upon the
wrctchcs who took part with France in her
mcditatcd wrong upon US. and who now side
with the butchers of Goad, who would bring
the hordcs Of the prairies 10 ravagc our from
tiers"
The infamou, asperSion thus cast upon rs and
our brethren falls with all is weight upon THE
PRESIDENT, WHO has gone 10 the full extent 81 all
that have ever maintained III regard TO the OBJ
legations imposed upon us by the treaty between
the United States aud Mexico, and the respect
which /, due to the laws OF nations and 10 the -
pinion Of the world, in reference 10 the contest
now waging in the territory lying west Of the
b, II diary between the two countries.
We could not rccapitulatr IN more iprclblc and
emphatic terms arguments on the subject than
by extracting from the Presidents Letter to the
Governor Of Tennessee the following sentences,
which, Ion that PURPOSE, we dciach from the body
Of the letter.
" The obieafioa, Of our treaty = it'll Mexico, as
treH as The .fn'rai principles ~hich Sorern our
intercourse ruth foreign Porers, require us 10
maintain strict neutrality in the contest which
now aeitarcs portion OF tina, Republic.
3" To sanction that rcquisition Of Gen. Games
for the reasons which accompany II, T0Hhd Tdr-
rant the bciiet that il mds dane TO aid Teas,
and mol from "A desire to prevent an infringement
oi our territorial OF national rights.
81 here is no information 10 justify the appre-
lrn>ion OF hosti!ilieS to any serious extent, from
the Western Indians"
The Goyernmen, of the United States having
adopted, in regard to Mexico and Texas, til,
same rule of neutrality which had been observed
IN all similar cases before, II was not TO hav,
been expected that General Gaines should hay,
based this rcqnSlIlon for additional military fore,
on reasons tidniV inconsistent mh The obHSa-
TONS Of that fafe.'
These sentences collectively entirely cover III,
urou ii which ", have taken, and which, ndi-
,lduals who had nothing To hope or fear in lli,
Inn all ali xt,.t
lcllow-cllizcn~, We heartily ncc has been lahrr
also hy the Executive OF the L. States. We re-
loitc the more, bcranSr, are free to confess
W. appr hcnded, from the indications from othc
sources, an opposite COURSE on the part OF the EN
/ cculNr.
|, i, indeed, with alao>t as uucn surprise a
pleasure that, IN TN, Importrnl crisis OF affairs
We find ourselves RANGED on the side OF the Execu
| tive.