New-York tribune., 1841-10-01

CIV but throughout the STATE, 10 send sven I.er
10 TIC Assembly at it, approaching Session as wl
he active Games, and efficient il procuring de
liye.ance. We tru,t tina; it, statement. ard argu
incni, viii be widely read. thoroughly Pondero"
and wisely carried into eaeci AT the coming con-
test. Let the Wing Of lhi- Cry and State see 70
ii tina, ,he oppressed do not appeal to the" Tor
relief il VAIN
Tar Santa FL ExrEDutoN.--Olr readers
NAV remember that some weeks since ne stated
The opinion of = judcion' and well-iniormed FRIEND
that no. one man in ten of the Expedition recently
sea, out from Texa, to Santa 70 would ever return
alive: We gave a. hi. reasons for this belief the
facts that they are to march some eight hundred
miles through an unknown country occupied by a
ii,rc. savage zoe and at last if successful il
renchng ,l,eir destination, they are almost eertair
10 NEE, the determined opposition of the whole
population. Oar statements seem to have greatly
disturbed ST. Louis correspondent of the New
Orleans Picayune, who replies 10 them Il; some
length, with remarkable stupidity, and a. best a
v-ry slight rcgnrd for truth The insolent abuse
he lavishcs upon our informant, he may rest as
sureS IS quit" thrown away: for, by a long ac-
quaintanc- with the Texan people and character,
and by the special pains he took 10 inform himself
with regard this Identical Expedition, which he
was urgently solicited to join, he has become, be-
You'd all doubt, quite well qualified TO Judge of
It's probable results as the champion of the party
at ST. Louis.
The latter, in the first place, fatty conradicts
our Statement, that the party is, in great degree.
ignorant of the wild country through which they
are 10 pass; and declares, with great emphasis.
that the travel las been made before. To be
sure it has-but by whem BY few ,rnppers
half Whites and half Indians, who, from their in
innate knowledge Of the habits, and their SYM
pathy with the charac er of the latter. had nothing
foar from their enmi,y. They strollcd through
this wild region like the untamcd beasts which
they hunted bu, OF what possible service will
their journey be 10 the present party They made
no explorations marked gu, path, md left no
record of The roue pursued H.w, then, can this
Expedition be we'll informed all the difficulties
they must encounter in the travel Of eight hundred
miles from San Feipp- de Houston le Santa Re =
Tor we ssert that this is The distance. despite the
contradiction of our courteous assailant.
There mig occur difficulties with The Gu
rpsnches. he admits. bur thinks it quite u"li@"'r'
nasn,rcE a. they rrav"'Iinly never light but at
udvan;asc.' anj are. moreover. quietly settled nj
9onl quito out of TIE porty's line OF march With
AL due Difference. We submit whether ii be not
,ligh,ly hazardous for this Bobndil, valorous and
all-wse as he is, say precisely where fifteen nun
dred Camanchc Indians. the fercest, widest, least
settled and most nntamcable of all Western tribes,
are TO be found one day after another The EN-
pediticR consisting Of but SEQ men, may be narch-
inc on in the nimos, confidence that their Indian
foe is snugly cnsconccd far from their path; and
they MAY be first awakened from this pleasant
dream by The sudden onslaught of thousand
mounted, well-arned, blood-ihrsty savages upon
their flank OF rear-or these Indians noted for
he rapidity of their movements, and the sure.
swift destruction Of their march.
The character and prospects OF this famous fN-
petition may be fairly inferred from its history
l, was at first announced as having in view merely
trading purposes, as perfectly peaceful in ii' IN
,enlions, which were to open commerce with New
Mexico. twas organized under the supervision
OF the Texan government, and wen, under It's
special patronage and protection every thing like
hostility to the citizens was expressly disavowed
by all concerned, and repeatedly by the Texan Con-
sui himself By these assurances many worthy
men Were induced 10 leave their homes and
ioin the party. Not week had elapsed after
their departure, whca the Texan papers proclaim
ed the object to be what ali civilized men Su7t
call plumber, pillagc and the basc,t outrage upon
an nnofending people, living remote from and I'M
affected by all The troubles that have agitated the
Western country. The tale OF peaceful trade and
commercial purposes Is thrown TO the winds
and we are now told. with a very transparent
though mos; oracular mystery, o; the gran, and
in,por,an, results upon which the reaching
mind OF Lamar has been exhausting It's encr-
gies from the very first. This St. Louis solomon
expects. and soon tao. 20 see the CREDIT Of Teras
based upon better foundation HaH any FreRcd
banker can sir, ii. and from the Ha'ire s9i OF the
yesng Republic ne expects to seei' flow which in
plain English means thar If the Expedition sue
coed IN its work of robbery aud public plunde'-ii
The soil of New Mexico can be wres;ed from is
r'eh'"l owners, aud transferred by most iniqui-
."1' conquest 70 the Texan rulc the Golfers OF TIE
Santa Fsa"s will yield far richer supplies to the
eva" treasury than loans in France st any per
cent can give.
The Texan and New orlean. papers, since they