True American. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1835-18??, 1839-07-30
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENTS.

.NcN OIH, July 18th, 1859.
John Gibson, Esq, New Orleans,
My dear Sir-I regret perceive that YOU are appa.
re'lv cndefmg your aid to Mexico, in her frutes4 ard
altogether helpless struggle with Texas. paragraph
rom Your paper relative to the mi Ihy preparations of
Santn Anna aud BuSamcn,c to overrun the Young Res
public the ensuing fall, is going the rounds Of the
newspapers an. is quoted with no little chncklng by
NE enemies OF Texas. Tint this has other ouna-
non tan the harmless vanity &" the Nlexcnns, cannot
hellevr-'r with all the pride and doggecnes of the
pnnls Character they will not consent to the indcpen
ue"ce OF cXas unless they well paid for it, or
severely whipped into it. Before leaving Texas for
Washington, Santa Anna, in repeated conversations
WIN General houston, AT which AImon,e acted inter-
prefer, remarked that folly for Mexico ever to
dream OF cnnqnering Texas, unless she could bring an
army Of 30 Oon men in the field and further he remark.
ed II she accomplished her object, Mexico never could
| re;an the country
Now il, when Texas, with her sparse population Of 30
10 :o'ooo, required such army conquer her. hat
"o, n now w1 ~ 1t e11e when her population
ol"ct OF those accomplished braggarts, shake the
confidence of capitalists here well in London they
know thatGcn Hamilton is now on his why England
ana Hy are now determined to make the credit Of Te:-
as h Il az that of Mexico rtctuully to preclude
the nntic paeh loan.
What can Me xico do'-She may, if You please send
an army 10000 Or 5O,OOb men, bnl where ave the pro-
VISIONS and snsennnce for such horde to cone from
Having the full and entire command of the Gulf of
Mrx'ro' with her fleet Of six of war, mud her armed
steamers. the Lavalla and Neptunr manned with
picked crews, Texas any moment, stop the incur
SONS OF these scmi-5ariarns. by stopping their sup
Plies Independently OF the bold front he can assume
WIN at least ~, 0iO men in the field to oppose them
what hundreds and thousands in the county, of the lone
star are painting for. This, too, without calculating
on the an Texas can at any moment draw from Ken
tuGky, Tennessee Miss. and I.nua.
NAT me finger otProvence clearly points the re-
rolntlon'z'ng OF Mexico, is as plain the in the
armament. Begin when they will the struggle, the
hsl" saxon race will not stop short of the shores of
the lacc as the limits their coqnests on this con
unnt. The War of opinion has long since began and
a i am neither prophet PROPHETS son.
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our heads before we hear of the armies of Texas being
at the gates OF Mexico. 1t is empln,icallv struggle
he'"N hight and Oar ness!cwixt liberty and the most
absolute despolism brtwixt the Protestant religion and
'le catholic, and pray that God may defend the right
IN tins briefly considering The question deem en-
f'V unnecessary to refer 10 the fact that in invading
'Ien IN their distracted country hosts of Frede~oS,s
VINO may pcrrlance obtain the asccnnncy in tn If alb
sIhce u WI" require "n army of2o,oO0 to watch them
alone and what with 30 or 30n 900 90 to Texas think
they will have enough do TO sustain themselves rhc
ldeu Is supremacy ridiculous.
Yours truly, A.
hem's our sentiments exackly" as the Backwoods-
man SAID. But our correspondent is mistaken in the
sp"s''"n that we are aiding unholy cause as tina,
OF Mexico. Oh, no. In giving notice of the intentions
Vi M'xco which we had from the best authority we
were merely performing duty to the public as ,our.
halst' Look nj the course of the True American from
NE 'efyl fr>t show OF Anstn's resistance to 1.-The
mo'her government, and our sympahics, energies and
acts WI" be found to be on the side of Texas and iber.
~. While on this subject will state what we 20 for,
S"""' while we live, adroc0te bm bouuda,y to
tic imgIo 1mcrican Rcp~biics on his continent - nd
tat 'S'-a l'"e ext. ndng hom the l<ihms of Panama
ny 'e racine coast round through the North w, st pas
"se' "o"h 'he Atlantic coast, running until the
lslhns of Panama is rcgaine,l In other words we ~
"r tue whole continent Of North America and the West
Indies as the domain Of Anglo. american Repul,,ics
We shall not take immediate possession of all This
vast territory but look forward to the time which win
ar've-whcn the surs and stripes shall wave oycr ,l
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