Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1837-01-26
VOL. 15-NO. 81.

lmaelne my surprise, then. on finding that re-
port ul favorable and sat siaaiory nature in
hoa, such report rs Would Justify the United
Siates. nav, mpel them, Il governed by former
usage, 10 ,mmediaiel, Recognise the indepen
] dener OF Texas. Mr.. Norht states that /" the
/ Texans IN complete and undislurbed pos
,e,slon OF all the territory they claim : that they
can nj ans time oppose an army of from I've 10
eight thousand men TO their invaders ana that
! they have a regularly organized and orderly
Government J IN short, he completely Damon
srates that the Government OF Texas is the do
k1eto Government of The land with ample phys
zeal ability 10 maintain Itself. In addition to all
this hp shows, what IS unaxampcd IN the hiso-
~ of the world,that the Mexican chief or Presi-
dent tSanta Anal Is captive and q stppant
Al the tcel tt the Texans, and earnestly inn
pofes 10 terminate the wal by the recognition
OF all they contend for Lei II be bofhe in mind
that this same captive, Santa Ana, who offers
10 RECOGNISE the independence OF Texas is the
lawful President OF Mexico until April next, and
has more military tame, and power. and Iniiu
rnce, than any twenty individuals of his, nation
Let u compare Ibis picture of the present post
ton oil Texas with hat Of Mexico when she was
recognised by the United States. Mexico was
recognised IN 1922 nj which time the ar
mles oi Spain had possession, among other
strong posts, OF The castle oi San Juan de ulloa
nj vera Cruz, probably mol inferior in strength
! 10 any castle IN the world, excepting, perhaps,
Gibraltar Quebec, and the Moro castle in CT
ba Santa Ana has SAID that, with htty men
and The possession OF this castle he would under
take ~ hold out against and revohtionzc the
Mexican nation. II is defended by three hun
dred aud srtenty i've pieces Of artillery, Of all 81
res In addition tn this Mexico had not until two
years after her recognition by the United States,
shadow ul constitution or form OF Government.
She wa, recognised IN 1922, and her constitution
or forln ol Government bears date 4th October,
I.I tn all May huo h.,,
INV olyrd m'inccs SAINT revolutions aud has shown
a total lncapnbIllty of self government, from her
recognition up to this period. To make this more
PLAIN will briefly relate the bloody and revoL
lina history ollhc Mexlcansepublic. On the es-
mhlIshmcnl OF the Independence of Mexico in
1872 General iuihidc, by fraud and force caused .
himself 10 be proclaimed Emperor. lie was soon
dethroned aud banishcd. lie returned, howev.
er from his exile, and was put 10 death Ths
beng over Victoria was elected President, du-
ring all Of whose term of service the country was
torn 10 pieces by Givll wat. and conspiracies, rs
i evneed by the rebellion and Punishment of
Montana and this very man, Bravo. whose proc.
amailon has been Just published. Victoria ser
we'd only -four years, and General Pedraka was
elected his successor bul he wns dispossesed Nv
violence, and Guerrero put III his place Guerrero
was scarcely seated before Bo>lamente, WIKI o.
pen war, deposed him, put him TO death,and ps
Ccd himself at the head Of the Government
la Ana disposscssed him by delnglng the couatry
with n civil war, which, after strewIng The
plains OF the noble State of Incatccas with her
murdered citizens, murdered only because they
commended for their constitution, rolled on with
ungluted vengeance and cannlbal icrocty to the
shores of Texas. where, however, the invincI-
bile Anglo American race soon checked his ri-
ralical career
THIS, IN lew sentences, is tho history OF
Mexico DUNG the fourteen years Of her indie
nendenre and what Is II but an unbroken his
tory Of treachery, OF violence and Of bloodl7
Can the same amount of crime and carnage be
rulled aud collected from one hundred years Of
the history OF any other Chrlstlanzcd people =
This wns the condition and history of Mexico
up 10 the capture Of Santa Ana in Texas. Let
Us what her present situation and resources
are, & ON this subject Nh. Mortit shall speak tor
US In page % OF his report he says Tbs
: cosmopolitan, newspaper published in Mex
ico, states that such Is the distressed con-
dillon of public affairs, thai Government can
not IN any way procure money''for a single
campaign lie refers 10 several executions that
have very recently taken place ior political rea-
sons, aud compares the acts of The party in
power the tyranny of Bustannnte
" The Congress Of Mexico, which is now in
sion, seem, to have exhausted all ordinary
modes OF raising revenue, md adverts to the ne
cessiiy Of levy,ng new contributions. The ma
tlonal power and integrity of Mexico seems 10
be osi IN these domestic difficulties /; and hence
Texas argues that other army will be
raised 10 the Rio Grandr against her.
There ~ much reason in Ibis assertion and
besides the feebIcnesS of The Government, the
people In The provinces adjoining Texas are
opposed 10 The war, AZ they have already suffer
ed severely ~ the progress and return of their
own army through their country. ZacatecaS
and chihuahua have manifested great desire
for peace and if the ambition of a few men
conlending for power could be ailayed, Mexico
" ould be quiet and Texas free"
II IS evident then, from Mr.. Mor6l's report
that Mexico cannot send anarmy of any mag
nitude INTO Texas on account of the confused
state OF parties, the exhausted treasury, the
division OF the troops into opposite commandan-
cies, The contest between those who are fer
Government and those who desire
a republic, and on account OF the opposition
to the war which is felt and expressed by
the Mexican provinces adjoining Texas
The last information contained in the Even
ing Star and Courier and Enquirer oil New York
vcriles his prediction for it is there stated that
the army destined Cor Texas was ordered back in
TO the interior to quel an insurreciionary move
ment against the existing Government, foment
ed and headed by one OF that host Of military as
prants so abundant IN unfortunate Mexico MIR.
Moriil next proceeds TO give condensed history
of the conflicts between The Mexican and Anglo
American races, from the capture Of Baton
Rouge by Colonel Kemper, in 1870 down to
the brilliant victory Of San Jscinto.
Ga this subject he says: hat Texas may
be able 10 do hereafter in her connict,it would be
merely supposlous to say but TO compare tbs
probability OF coming events with the success Of
hose that have passed, the result would be high
y favorable to the establishment and maintain
,nce of her independence. In order that yom
nay determine whether her history thus far may.
re considered as experience that will teach
successfully by example, submit the following