Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1836-06-30
GENERAL INTELLIGENCE,
From the Boston .AtlaS
REPORTED CLOSING OF THE
MEXICAN PORT

MEXICAN PORTS.
The Ne1D Orleans Bee furnishes addi-
tiOnal information in regard to our relations
with Texas and Mexico. which we perceive
are studiously omitted in the New ork
journals in the Texan interest. 1t is stated
in the Bee-an administration PAPER, that
there is not only rumor from Tampico that
the ports Of TuSpan, Tampico and Meta
moras, would be closed to American Com
nerce-but an apprehension at New-Or-
leans that general non intercourse with
Mexico will be the result of our interference
in the Texan revolt.
''And this,'' says the Bee, els not mat
ter Of surprise: fer if it would have been
proper for the United States to resolve on
non intercourse with France for the non full
tlrneut ola treaty; equally proper would it
be for Mexico 10 declare non intercourse
with the United States for non tulhllnent OF
a treaty Of alliance and neutrality.o The
result will be, of course, to compel merchants
10 resort to HAVANA as an cntrepot for their
/ Mexican trade from Europe and this coun-
| try This will materially in lure the trade
with Ncw-OrIcanS."
In 1880, there were about $4,000 Ameri-
cans resident in Mexico, for purposes Of
trade, independent Of the Inhabitants OF Tex
as. The number is now estimated at more
than 1000. These are at the mercy of the
Mexican authorities, if they choose to seek
redress and vengeance for our violation of
sacred treaties. If any such vengeance
should fall upon them, where will rest the
blame? Who are responsible for this per
mitted cOuntenanCed authorized levying of
troops to wage war against neutral power
Why has not Congress taken some notice
Of the IN iustifable arming and marching of
our citizens against nation with which we
are at peace, and with which, whether civ
iiized or savage, we are bound to maintain
our national faith and honor? Has this au-
gust BODY been 50 much occupied with THEN
schemes for getting rid of the surplus-the
Expunging II :0luUons-and their Gag
Laws-that they have had no Time for the
passage Of such laws as were requisite tC
preserve the public safety as well as the pub
lie credit?
Is a great branch Of our Notiona
Commerce to be Topped of, because our
own officers will not execute our laws
and because thy permit advtn>urtrs, anI
men Of desperate fortunes, to enlist sol
diers in cur bjrder8 to march against {
neutral power? And yet there is every
reason 10 apprvhtnd that such may be thu
case. y ne Cttt wv O1llLtiIS III 4OlOlS
ports to be exposed to imprisonment an;
insult, because Of the connivarce Of Gu
e government in the gros*est violation G
b our treaties? And yet even this we hav
a good reason to arpreherJ.
$ And after all for what have we thus e5
e posed the commerce Of our merchants, an
e the salty of our citizens For nelthe
e more nor less tnan the RE-EsTABL1sH
II MENT OF SLAVERY in province tror
IS which it had leen b.ottcd out by the ban
y barous anil bloody minded Nexicans =
The sangumarv code Of AI7xico-thc cru
J. ell. oppressive tvronicaI system of SAINT
}, Anna-had prohibited slavery through
d, out the Mexican domnions! The chiva
to rous, high-spirited liberty loving odver
50 turers and Migrants, whom the phjIanthrt
- Nv of land-spcculalors, and the cbi"alry
'o WalI-street, had congrcgated on the soil (
in Texas, spurned with disdain becomin
e. FREEMEN this assault on their L1EE1
~ TIES! "Dovn with the Tyrants, VII
IN will not permit Us to hold slaves >
e tervor was actually excited in some par
" ofthe country in the cause Of Freedom
~ when the whole revolution was an alta
~ of dollars and cents-a struggle for Il
be perpetuation of African sldvery-a col
he spiracy of Texas scrip-hoiders and the
oh agents IN short a WALL-sTREET REV
r. LUTON.
H. THE CHERoKEEs, Accounts from II
a. a. Cherokee nation are unfavorable. tt
,c- Mi4ledgevilIe Union of the 9th says:
n They have in fact given strong IND
in cations Of hostility, which cannot safe
IN be overlooked Since the failure Of II
ns Florida campaign, and the temporarysu
orr cess of the Creeks in Alabama and Gee
ay gia, the Cherokees in Murray. and 9th
- counties in which they are numerous, ha
its become sulky and insoIent in their q
ent meanor, and have declared that they W
burn the houses of the whites, and do
sh- much damage as possible. The Ross m
say that Ross has told them thattheIr Ia
sea should never be sold and that rather tn
oE' leave it, as required by the treaty, and
he the Jaws of Georgia. they will die hg
the ing on it. l. is believed by those who
well acquainted with them, that all