Southern Argus. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1834-1842, 1842-03-29

will be secretly placed at disposal!
Of the agents of the Mexico Govern
ment.
"lf your excellency desiSes peace
at this price, address6N me your an
swer at New Orlea under cover Of
The English ConsI by return of the
steamer.
81 am, sir. Wreatest consider
lion, "Youf~ FRY obedient servant
(Signe0" HAMILTON"
'sTo His Excellend Gen. Santa Ana I
"Your excelledty may address
your letters to JAS amilton-I have |
written with great -, order not
to loose the present
Your Excellenc the
goodness, if you an 70
do it in English, in AVoid the
translation Of a con 4 letter, in
which character L wi nsider your
answer.
Answer.
"Palace ofthe Cover lent of Mex
leo, February 18th, 1 2. Mr.. J.
Hamilton. Dear sir,-
Mr.. Packenham, mini y of Her
Britannia Majesty, placed ~ hands
in due time, your letters 18th
of January, last, which 4 ched
him by the steamer Ford at
present acknowledge its re after
the delay required by the Cd halter
on which it treats.
GA letter written without gious
acquaintance with me, either ial or
personal, by a man whose very acts
stamp him an enemy of my country,
could not fail to surprise me; and the
more so, from the want of tact and
delicacy with which certain PROPOSE
tions are addressed to one, who knows
how much is due to his eminent posi-
ton, and TO his own dignity and honor
You have placed me sir under the ne
cessity of being very explicit and Sc
we're, because | cannot consent that
you and the partisans of your cause,
should deceive themselves concerning
the final resolution of Mexico in the
question of Texas, nor can omit the
expression of the profound disgust
which you have excited in me, the
sale of Texas, acquisition of an in
fanny.
''You commence by acknowledging
yourself a citizen Of the United States
and at the same time agent Of Texas
for the recognition Of its independence
by the European Powers, and for the
we'll known and unfortunate negocla-
tons for loans. | do not conceive
how you can preserve the title of citi-
zen Of nation at peace, harmony and
friendship with Mexico, while at the
same time you endeavor to do her all
the harm in your power, and to cut off
/ from her a part of her territory, by
| meals which you have employed with
such singuiai- ac;ivity.-This species
of impudence with WHICH YOU present
yourself as a citizen of the United
Stores, sexciles vivid recollec4ions tn,S,tt
your countrymen first commenced the
war; introducing disorder into Texas
and still maintain it, in scandalous vi
olation of the treaties which should, in
good faith, unite the two nations. But
leaving this examination to the crili-
cism of the civilized world, which is
ignorant neither of the origin, nor the
tendencies of the usurpation of Texas,
| will quickly show you, that you are
mistaken, and that too, greatly, in sup
posing Mexico deficient of the means,
either in strength or the will to main .
tain her incontestibe rights.
We have fully weighed the actual
and the possible value ofthe Territory
of Texas, the advantages accrning TO
Mexico by retaining it in possession,
and still more the precarious situation
to'which she would find herself redu-
ced, were she to permit a colossus to
arise within her own limits, always
ready to advance and covetous to OBJ
tain new acquisitions by the trite title
of theft and usurpation: but even were
the soil Of Texas mere desert oil
sand, unproductive, save of thorns TO
wound the foot of the traveller, this
plain, useless, sterile and unproduc-
tive, should be defended with energy
and constancy, under the conviction,
that the possession of a right imposes
upon nation the necessity Of never
abandoning it, with shame and disgrace
to her name. If you are acquainted
} with the statistics of Mexico, you can
not be ignorant Of its population anG
: wealth; and if you have read history
: you will remember that the race 1Aicl
: now peoples the American continent
: are the same, which on 50 many mem
{ orable occasions, has Even sigma
! proofs not only Of constancy, but ever
4 of obstinacy in the defence of thei
S lands, their hearths and their nationa
individuality.
"Eleven years OF bloody and NOR
> tai strife, to conquer our lndepend
}, ence, will serve perpetually to prov
that strong passions agitate our breast