Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1836-09-01
From the ". Y. Euangfltst.

TExAs.-It is with feelings Of the most
patriotic satisfaction we record the firm
stand at length taken by the president Of the
United States against any violation Of the
obligations of neutrality On the part Of this
country towards Mexico. Gen. Gaines re-
Gently called on the four S. W. States for
10000 volunteers, for the dvOWcd object of
entering the disputed territory. Governor
Cannon Of Tennessee communicated the
rc1ui ,itiOn to General Jackson. now at the
Hermitage, Nashville; who promI thy ex
pressed his di>approblti0n OF the step. and
cOuntermanGed the order. He says in his
letter to Governor &.
ITO sanction that rcquistion for the rea-
sons Which accompany 1t, would warrant
the belief that it was done to aid Texas, and
not tTCma desire to prevent an infringement
OF our territorial or national rights. The OBJ
! legation Of our treaty with Mexico, as well
as the general principle which govern our
| intercourse with foreign powers, require US
! to maintain a strict neutrality in the contest
| which now agltates portion Of that repuD-
j lie. SO long as MexicO.tulils her duties to
Is as they ar defined by the treaty, and VIC
lates none of the rights which are secured
by it to cur citizens, any act on the Iart Of
the government 0! the United Stat2S which
would tend TO foster spirit Of resistance TO
the government and laws, whatever may be
their character and form, when administer
ed within her own limits and Jurisdiction
would be Unauthorized and highly improper
A ScrupulOus sense of these obligations has
prevented me thus far from doing anything
which can authorize the suspicion that oul
government is unmindful Of them, and
hope to be equally cautious and circumspec
in all my future conduct"
In letter to Governor Morehead of Kentucky
he says:
Regarding the reasons assigned by Gen
Gaines as not consistent with the relations
which we have maintained with Mexico
since the existence of the civil war in Tex
, as, or with those which it is our duty ant
wish to cultivate with that government, a
long as it observes good faith and friendship
in its intercourse with the United States,
feel myself called on to inform you that tina
requisiton has not received my appreciation
and that trust, if the men called for hav
been brought into the field, you will forth
with cause them to be mustered and dis
! charged, and await for further orders from
: the General Government IN respect to an
e other reQuisition for the militia.
n General Gaines was notified that 100
: volunteers in Arkansas, and 1000 in Mis-
n souri,, had received orders to be organize
# and held in readiness for one years service
;, should the emergency arise making their en-
poyment necessary on the frontier no.
commanded by him. This circumstanc
y makes the present requisition of Gen. Gaine
S. still more unaccountable, particularly as
IL is believed that our western frontier is no
e. tranquil.
n Under these circumstances, you will plea
I cause the troops cal ed for by the requisite
- in question, if they have been raised TO
;" discharged. They will be paid as soon
y an appropriation by Congress can be obta
4 ed for this purpose.
v am, very respectfully, your obedient sc
Id want, ANDREW JACASON.