True American. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1835-18??, 1838-10-13

oflasdanum, after which she YVES tied by the heels
TO .he tail uf horse and dragged through the
s,eets until her body torn TO pieces; her at
tndants were murdered the apo'. and the in
furia,ed mob conducted by the iriar proceeded to
the residence OF the poor artizan whom they mnf'
dered and afterwards p'undered their property
leaving the mangled bodies to be deNoured by CO.
gotes and sopilotes, wolves and vnliures.
The French Consul of Vera Cruz, Mons Carl
ere, hearing Of the outrage committed upon
his innocent and unoffending fellow citizens, with
prompttute that done honor to his head and fls
heat, INN ediately set GU, for the scene OF the
direu tragedy, where he arrived some eight days
after its occurrence, aud found TO his dslnay that
the civil authorizes had taken no cognlsahce Oh
the affair." whereupon he made an official demand
in the name of his country that the rlng-leadefs
should be arrested, tried, and punished by the law
which they had scandalously violated. "A
prompt and satisfactory reply was glyent y the
civil authorities, they assured him the cuoit,tte de
Ia ley, knife of the law should be applied to the
leaders without DELAY, and in accordance with that
pledge some ten or fifteen of the leaders were ar
rested, part of whom priest and trlars, these
latter belonging 10 the Holy Mother Cnurch were
handed over to the ecclesiastical court tor ad]udi-
cation, the res, were prosecuted with becoming
zeal, witnesses were examined and iul proof oil
guilt readily obtained, and the processes handed
| 10 the assessor to be sentenced. The Counsel then
returned to his official station in Vera Cruz, bear
ing with him renewed pledge on the part OF the
authorities that punishment would soon follow
The moment his back was turned the whole pow
er OF the Church put in resusition to save the
assass'ns from punishment, 'wer by the by tina,
is never vainy exerled in the sol d'sant public Of
Mexico. The result was that the pledge freely
| given by the authorities of the Mexican govern
ment ana cordially received by Nous Carrere or
the part of France, was redeemed by placing the
| culprits al liberty, and the Mexican government
by tina. act assumed the responsibility OF the muir
der aud robbery of the French c,izens. The
French government wisely says we cannot call thu
dead to lite, but as you have refused TO render vi
| justice by inf1lcting punishment your own ctl
zens, you must do the justice to repair the da
mage done TO our citizens as far as it be don,
in a pecuniary way. You have murdered our citi
zens and ROBBED their property, you must now pa,
their heirs a pension, and we cannot trust an,
more to your good faith you must capitalize tina
pension, or in other words you must pay 10 thu
heirs OF each individual whom you have assassin
ated, that precise sum; the interest of which, will
be equivalent to the pension allowed by France II
the heirs of such of her citizens perish in the
service of their country. Is this demand un]us
or illiheral? Does not eur country pay pension II
divers French citizens, the heirs OF French cti
zens, for injuries inflicted by accident negligence
on the par. of the officers of vessels of war
Then it sense of justice impelled the Amerlca
Congress to freely grant the latter, by what part.
Of reasoning do the Mexicans expect to escape
when then the In urles inflicted the French CT
tizens in their case, did not result from acciden
but design.
In lew days we will present some other case
at issue betW cen those two governments, That ar
if possible, OF more tagrant character, inasm NC
as they smanated direcl y from hen Mexican govern
ment. Your obedent servant,
AMERICUs.